1979 Bud Hastin's Avon Bottle Encyclopedia Collectors Guide

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1979 Bud Hastin's Avon Bottle Encyclopedia Collectors Guide
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THE 1 979 BUD NASTIN’S AVON BOTTLE ENCYCLOPEDIA T KJt
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RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AVON CLUBS
AS THE ONLY OFFICIAL AND MOST COMPLETE
COLLECTOR'S GUIDE IN PRINT.
HELPFUL HINTS & MEANING OF TERMS
The 1979 Avon Encyclopedia has been compiled by Bud & Vickie Hastin. To best understand
this book and its contents, please read this before starting through the book.
All items from 1929 to 1978 will give the first year and the last year date that the items were
sold by the Avon Company. Dates will read, for instance, 1930-36. This means this item was in-
troduced sometime in 1930 and was discontinued for the last time in 1936. Dates like 1970-71
mean the item sold in both years, but is very possible it sold for less than one year selling time.
An item dated for three years like 1958-60 means it sold in all three years, but could have only
been on the market for a period of about two years total time. All items dated 1886 to 1928
give only the first year the item was introduced and does not imply it sold for one year only, un-
less it states “only” after the year. Only the items marked with two dates from 1886 to 1928
mean the first and last year sold. All dates from 1929 to 1978 with only one year given means
this item was sold during that one year only and usually for a very short period. These items are
usually considered a short-issue and hard to find.
P-S P- means Original Selling Price. This is the full value price Avon puts on an item. It does
not represent a special selling price which is from 20% to 50% off of the O.S.P. The O.S.P. is giv-
en on all items in this book. S.S.P. means Special Selling Price (reduced in price). The O.S.P. or
S.S.P. price may vary as Avon may have put a different special selling price each time it was offer-
ed and the O.S.P. may have been changed from the time it was introduced to the time it was taken
off the market because of rising cost to make the product. Prices quoted are just to give you an
idea of what the item sold for from Avon.
CJVLV. means Current Market Value that most collectors are willing to pay for that particular
item. Many items priced in this book are priced both item only and item in box. Items in the
original box need not be full. The collectors price is for an empty bottle. If it is current and full
and in the box, then you can expect to pay full retail price or the special selling price that Avon
sells this item for. Only after Avon stops selling the item and it has been placed on the annual dis-
continued list Avon prints each year of items that will not be offered for sale again on its original
design, will Avon be considered as a collectors item and the value will start to increase.
BX). means bottle only (mint), no box. M.B. means mint and boxed in perfect condition.
All Avon tubes priced in this book are for full mint condition tubes. If a tooth paste tube or
other type tube has been used then it would not be mint. Tubes and soaps are the only items in
this book that have to be full to be in mint condition. Most all other items are priced empty un-
less otherwise stated. In most cases all older items will bring as much empty as they would full.
This book has been compiled from original CPC and Avon Catalogs, Original California Per-
fume Company catalogs used in the 1979 Avon Encyclopedia have been copied completely and
all items pictured in these original catalogs are pictured in the book. Years used are: 1896, 1906,
1908, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1928 and 1929 was the
last year that the CPC book was used. From 1916 to 1929 the CPC sales catalogs were black
leather type covers. 1916 to 1920 these books were hard bound. 1921 to 1929 the same size
books were soft cover bound. January, 1929, was the introduction of Avon Products with the
Avon name first appearing on a number of CPC Products.
The CPC sales catalogs 1896 to 1906 were smaller booklet type with soft covers measuring
6 5/8 in x 4% in The 1908 booklet is also a soft booklet measuring 4 1/8 in. x 8 in. The 1915
booklet is the last of the small sales catalogs before the large black books in color were issued in
1916 The 1915 book is dated and measures 4 in. x 7 1/8 in. 1930 through 1935, the Avon sales
catalogs has CPC/Avon Products in them in a 6% in. x 10 in. dark blue soft cover book. 1936
through 1957 the sales catalogs are the same size only with a green cover.
An entire set of Avon sales catalogs from 1930 to 1978 were used to compile the 1979 Avon
Encyclopedia Almost a complete set of Avon Sales Outlooks from 1923 to 1978 were also useEncyclopedia. anno
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1978 also used showing many special sets sold
Special Christmas sales catalogs from 1934 to 1J / » were
Outlooks were
only at Christmas time each year S«me ot the CFC
and caWogs „ you
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It is a real challenge and a profitable hobby to try and find one of every Avon ever made. Not
only are Avons in the price range of most every collector, but there is a true excitement in the
discovery of those old bottles. With this book, I hope to make it easier for you to find and identify
the older Avons and buy them in the right price range.
MRS. P. F. E. ALBEE
FIRST CPC AVON REPRESENTATIVE
People have asked me WHAT A BOTTLE IS
WORTH WITHOUT A LABEL. If it is an old
bottle where the label is the main thing that iden-
tifies the bottle and it is missing, then it’s worth
whatever you can get which is usually not too
much. It it is a newer figural bottle, then it
will usually take a few dollars off the price.
MINT CONDITION means items must be in
new condition as originally sold, with all labels
bright and correct, and cap and/or stopper. Items
need not be full or boxed, but will bring a higher
price in most cases if they are in the box. All
items in the book are priced empty in mint
condition only with right cap and all labels. Bot-
tles with no cap or label are of little or no value.
CPC bottles may have the same shape but
with different labels. Be sure to check labels
and boxes to get the right date on your bottles.
All items are dated in this book from actual
old Avon catalogs I have in my possession. I
have not printed any items I cannot prove dates
on. All dates in this book are factual and any
claim on bottles dated here to be older would be
in doubt. Most of the CPC items in this book
dated 1896 are probably some of the original 1886 to 1896 items. They did not change the bot-
tles for many years in the early days of CPC. 1896 was the first year a CPC catalog was printed.
TO BUY AND SELL AVONS. Garage sales, Flea Markets, Antique Shops, Bottle Shops are the
best places to buy and sell Avon bottles locally. To sell Avons in your own town, place a small ad
in your local paper and say Avon Bottles for sale with your address or phone number. Have a
garage sale and put Avon Bottles on your sign. People will come to you. If you have no luck lo-
cally, then Bud Hastin’s National Avon Club monthly magazine, The Avon Times, is the number
one spot in the U.S. to sell those extra Avons. The National Avon Club is the largest in the world
and Avon ads get the best results anywhere. Write Bud Hastin National Avon Club - Box 9868 -
Kansas City, Mo. 64134 for a sample copy of this club magazine. Send 21e in stamps to cover
IF A SET HAS THE BOTTLE MISSING, look up
the individual bottle in this book to determine
the price to deduct.
There are several reasons for pricing all items
empty. After Shave bottles are known to ex-
plode in sunlight or heat. Full bottles sitting on
glass shelves increase the chances of the shelves
breaking. After a few years, the contents be-
come spoiled or unsafe to skin and dangerous in
the hands of children. I feel if you buy the item
new, use the contents and you will still have
the pretty bottles.
A HISTORY OF THE
CALIFORNIA PERFUME COMPANY
NOW AVON PRODUCTS INCORPORATED
WRITTEN BY THE FOUNDER D.H. McCONNELL, SR. IN 1903
To give you a sketch or history of the birth and growth of the * California Perfume Company
is, in a measure, like writing an autobiography: our lives have become so identical and so inter-
woven that it seems almost impossible to separate us, even in history. I will ask you therefore, to
pardon whatever personal reference I may make of myself in describing to you how the California
Perfume Company has become the largest of its kind, not only in the United States but, I believe,
in the entire world.
In 1878, when but a mere lad, I left my father’s farm located near Oswego,City, New York
State. Here I spent my boyhood days, and through hard work and proper training developed a
good, strong, hardy, rugged constitution. When I started out in the world “to make my fortune”
I had this positive advantage over many who were less favored.
My first experience in the business world was as a book agent. I took this up during my school
vacation, and developed quite a faculty for talking, which I have since learned is quite essential,
and has stood me well in hand many times.
My success in canvassing was such as to invite me into the same field the following year, and
after two years’ hard work in the canvass, I was promoted from local canvasser to that of General
Traveling Agent. As General Agent I traveled in nearly every state east of the Rocky Mountains;
this gave me a valuable knowledge regarding the country; and my experience, both as canvasser
and as General Agent, gave me a good insight into human nature.
It is uninteresting to you to follow me through the different work from Chicago to New York
and from New York to Atlanta, Georgia, and back to Chicago, and finally, back to New York.
t^iese years I represented in different ways the same publishing company with which I
General
aS^a canvasser’ canvassing, appointing and drilling agents; starting and drilling
en , an corresponding with both after they once entered the field. My work as a...
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