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A little advice, or a lot. - 5/23/2007 7:24:00 PM    Giftsatgreatdeals Posts: 82 Joined: 5/23/2007 Status: offline I have been selected by a friend to help sell off some bottles that he has aquired through a generation of families that  collected them from old mining towns in Montana. In my research I found these forums and must say I have a more positive outlook on the success now. Anyway to start with,  the bottles range from remedy's, whiskey, inkwell's and poison bottles. the 1st thing I need to know is should I scrub clean them? have them professionally cleaned or leave as is?  Yes the idea is to make money on them so obviously spending money to clean a 1 dollar bottle would be a loss. I plan on posting pics some at a time to get some feedback on the bottles, to learn about the age and what not. I hope I don't over spam the forums. I intend on selling through Ebay and eventually post set prices on a website I have when I learn more about the value. Any starting tips would be aprreciated. Dallas Post #: 1

RE: A little advice, or a lot. - 5/23/2007 8:30:52 PM    lobeycat Posts: 3766 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: online This is a good place to start Dallas. About cleaning...just clean any loose grime. soap, water and a scrubby sponge on the outside. fill them half way with water and a drop of soap and shake like hell on the inside. Course if there full of mud soak them in batches in a 5 gallon bucket. let the buyer have it cleaned if he or she thinks it necessary.   putting a value on them. invest a few dollars in a good book or two. any large bookstore will have have several in the hobby section. Kovel's bottles price list is a good one also Jim Megura's official price guide to bottles is another.   learning about bottles and there ages takes awhile. here's a good site to get you started http://www.sha.org/bottle/index.htm     There is a wealth of knowledge on this forum. If you can't find the answer here, it may be unanswerable. Also check ebay for a similar bottle, you'll get a pretty fair idea what the market will bring. good luck, Lobey. (in reply to Giftsatgreatdeals) Post #: 2

RE: A little advice, or a lot. - 6/3/2007 7:53:52 PM    madpaddla Posts: 2759 Joined: 12/29/2005 From: The great state of New England Status: offline Dallas: Welcome to the forum.  Tons of knowledgable people here.  Pick apart what info they provide and that should give you a good start on bottle age, value etc.  Good luck.  Maybe you will keep a few for yourself. Madpaddla _____________________________ It pays to look down. Ebay stuff http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZspliffybigfeetQQhtZ-1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-ckIv1tiaU&feature=related (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 3

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