Cola bottle set to fetch $100k at auction

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A Coca-Cola bottle believed to be a rare prototype the company created in 1915 is set to sell for over $100,000 at auction. It is believed to be the only surviving bottle from the prototype period, as all the bottles were meant to be destroyed. A prototype of an even earlier design sold for $240,000 in 2011.

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