Another problem that arises in collecting glasses will be types of glasses that are called errors. This term means that something went wrong when creating the glass. It could be that the wrong name was given to a character, a name was cut in half, or other various design flaws such as wrong coloring or forgotten color, smaller nose, etc. If you know your aspiring collection well enough, then you would be able to spot them. The problem occurs when deciding on whether to buy it or not.
The main obstacle is our own perception of errors. As its name suggests, the glass features an error of some sort. By that logic, it should make the glass less valuable. Right? Or does it make it that much more unique and even more valuable? These are just a few thoughts that might be running through a person’s mind. Then, say if it is valuable, people will not let these glasses go easily. They may either not be for sale or sold at an extremely high price for a beginner.
Again, there are two solutions with an error glass: buy it or leave it. Leaving it and going for the “flawless” glasses would be safe. However, taking a risk of it being valuable and not getting it would be disheartening. Buying it would cover that risk, but it creates a new one. Could it be junk and a person just wasted their money?
My recommendation when finding these glasses is to buy them. Errors are actually more valuable for two reasons. First is that there is something wrong, which makes it unique. Second, there are very few that are made (once the error was discovered), meaning they are rare. This combination is what makes them worthwhile for any collector, but know your prices. One that I have heard of but have not seen (without the use of the Internet) is called the “Small-Nosed Sylvester.” For some reason, this Sylvester’s red nose was made smaller and surrounded by additional black paint. I also read somewhere but have also not seen it, that there is a glass with the Tasmanian Devil and the “Devil” part of his name was cut out. I probably will never see them, but I’ll always keep an eye out for them.
Normal nosed Sylvester (Knox).
Small nosed Sylvester (Webster).
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I have 3 Road Runner 1973 Pepsi glasses with no beep beep AND also with toes touching. I also have a Slow Poke Rodriguez 1973 Pepsi glass where Slow Poke has a piece of yellow straw hanging out of his mouth on one side of the glass only. The other side of the glass is the normal picture of Slow Poke with no piece of straw in his mouth. These are the only examples of these glasses just like these that I have ever seen and was wondering just how rare they might really be and how desirable to other collectors. Thanks.
That’s cool. I have heard of the Road Runner without “beep beep,” but not that and the toes touching. I also never heard of or seen a Slowpoke like that. That Road Runner is rare and then you could add to its rarity with the toes. Normal Slowpoke glasses are hard to find, so I would say this is a very rare find. Now as to them being desirable, I’d say most definitely. They are unique glasses that any true collector would want to have.