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BEWARE DRAKES ON EBAY - 4/9/2010 12:15:21 AM    bttlmark   Posts: 420 Joined: 11/23/2005 From: N.E. Florida Status: offline This guy has sold several Plantation Bitters in the past and you will not get the color you see in the auction. need4speed1960 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200456235766&_trksid=p2759.l1259 Post #: 1

RE: BEWARE DRAKES ON EBAY - 4/9/2010 1:35:44 PM    RED Matthews Posts: 2268 Joined: 8/2/2008 Status: offline Thanks bttlmark;  I am working on a little write-up for our monthly bottle club next week regarding repro bottles.  The have been around as far back as the oldest known glass makers, where they could apply their knowledge of glass making to duplicate whatever people wanted to have.  Early Roman glasshouses reproduced the glass applications in Italy for their people - of items they saw elsewhere in their captured domain.  Early American Whiskey Flasks were almost all reproduced to satisfy the people that just had to have one.  The objective has been "if it will sell at a profit then make it." RED Matthews _____________________________ http://www.bottlemysteries.com/welcome/ (in reply to bttlmark) Post #: 2

RE: BEWARE DRAKES ON EBAY - 4/9/2010 3:07:58 PM    jays emporium Posts: 1386 Joined: 12/18/2006 From: Victoria, Texas Status: offline I looked at his feedback and he has not sold any bottles in the last 4 months, just sports cards.  His star rating for "Item as Described" is perfect.  I assume you had some dealing with him in the past or you wouldn't have posted that.  What happened? (in reply to bttlmark) Post #: 3

RE: BEWARE DRAKES ON EBAY - 4/9/2010 6:52:16 PM    BRIAN S.   Posts: 1704 Joined: 5/27/2003 From: The Mountains of Tennessee Status: offline It's my experience that PUCE bottles show much more Amethyst tones in pictures when taken in indoor lighting . I have had this happen in my own pictures . I will always ask for a natural lighting ( outdoor ) pic of a bottle if coloration is questionable . < Message edited by BRIAN S. -- 4/9/2010 6:53:02 PM > _____________________________ Tennessee Hillbilly My Brothers car in action . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWDd0TBWItc Always looking to buy or trade for Drake's Plantation Bitters and Drake's go-withs . And Tennessee Bottles and Jugs (in reply to jays emporium) Post #: 4

RE: BEWARE DRAKES ON EBAY - 4/10/2010 7:38:45 PM    CALDIGR2 Posts: 2159 Joined: 6/20/2005 Status: offline No, genuine Drakes do come in deep claret, and just about any other color in the bottle rainbow. Personally, I have yet to witness a reproduced Drakes that is done well enough to fool most collectors. Please explain who is making these fakes and where they are blown. _____________________________ Dig no privy before it's time. (in reply to BRIAN S.) Post #: 5

RE: BEWARE DRAKES ON EBAY - 4/10/2010 9:17:10 PM    BRIAN S.   Posts: 1704 Joined: 5/27/2003 From: The Mountains of Tennessee Status: offline I have been fooling with Drake's for about 20 + years now , and I have NEVER seen a repro Drake's Plantation. I however have seen and owned some period copy cat bottles. Or what could be consider a copy cat ...... as some are very similar to the classic Plantations. And yes , Drake's come in every color of the rainbow . I'm still looking for an Aqua . Anybody ever heard of one out there ? Attachment (1) _____________________________ Tennessee Hillbilly My Brothers car in action . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWDd0TBWItc Always looking to buy or trade for Drake's Plantation Bitters and Drake's go-withs . And Tennessee Bottles and Jugs (in reply to CALDIGR2) Post #: 6

RE: BEWARE DRAKES ON EBAY - 4/16/2010 8:01:41 AM    glass man Posts: 7554 Joined: 1/30/2008 From: GEORGIA Status: offline NEVER HEARD OF AN AQUA ONE. DO YOU KNOW IF THEY EVEN EXIST? WHAT ABOUT CLEAR? I HAD TO SELL A HONEY AMBER 6 LOG THAT I KNOW IS NOT RARE,BUT I LOVED IT!! JAMIE _____________________________ LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED ! IF YOU NEED A BLESSING OR A SONG THAT WILL PICK YOU UP PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS SONG FROM"VAN THE MAN"MORRISON! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi4R2YXv_AE (in reply to BRIAN S.) Post #: 7

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