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Bromo Seltzer from Baltimore - 7/28/2011 6:58:34 PM    Bottles R Us   Posts: 106 Joined: 7/4/2011 From: Welland, Ontario, Canada Status: offline Hi, I recently bought a small lot of bottles for $12. There were more bottles, and I got the best ones of the lot. It was mostly unembossed medicines and painted label Pepsis. This Bromo Seltzer was one of few embossed bottles that weren't beverages. The bottle is embossed "BROMO SELTZER/EMERSON/DRUG CO/BALTIMORE MD." Right on the M of BALTIMORE there's a big bubble. I think it has a pontil on the bottom, it's a rough circle with a B in the middle. How old is this bottle, and what's it worth? Bottles R Us Attachment (1) _____________________________ If you know any dumps of cans or bottles in the Niagara Region, let me know! Even if they're just slicks, I want to dig them! Post #: 1

RE: Bromo Seltzer from Baltimore - 7/28/2011 7:05:58 PM    epackage Posts: 9796 Joined: 5/3/2009 From: Jersey Status: online no value and no pontil..1920-30's is my guess < Message edited by epackage -- 7/28/2011 7:07:41 PM > _____________________________ I WANT PATERSON NJ BOTTLES !! Being NICE for the SAKE of OTHERS !!! (in reply to Bottles R Us) Post #: 2

RE: Bromo Seltzer from Baltimore - 7/28/2011 7:20:32 PM    cyberdigger Posts: 12291 Joined: 11/29/2008 From: I 195 @ US 9, NJ USA Status: online Bromo seltzers are indeed very common, but people who don't know much about antique bottles like the color, so sometimes they actually sell for a few dollars. Most veteran bottle diggers throw them over their shoulder, busy searching for something worth taking home. (in reply to epackage) Post #: 3

RE: Bromo Seltzer from Baltimore - 7/28/2011 8:18:31 PM    baltbottles   Posts: 2300 Joined: 11/25/2002 From: Baltimore Maryland Status: offline I don't throw bromo's away I put them in my dollar box at shows. They always sell. Chris _____________________________ Please visit my website Antique Bottles Of Baltimore at : www.baltimorebottles.com Looking to buy Pontiled Baltimore bottles of all types Email me at baltimorebottles@gmail.com (in reply to cyberdigger) Post #: 4

RE: Bromo Seltzer from Baltimore - 7/28/2011 10:04:48 PM    Wheelah23 Posts: 4293 Joined: 8/9/2010 From: Glen Ridge, New Jersey Status: offline I think some Bromos can be worth money. Ones is nice colors (not cobalt) can be worth more, and I think ones in big sizes (I've heard of a gallon size) are worth more. A machine made one like yours is worthless to bottle collectors, unless you can dupe a noob into buying it _____________________________ Looking for bottles from Glen Ridge, Montclair, Bloomfield, Orange, East Orange, West Orange, South Orange, and if I like 'em, any other bottles from Essex County NJ! Also Manahawkin NJ! Message me if you want to find them a new home. (in reply to baltbottles) Post #: 5

RE: Bromo Seltzer from Baltimore - 7/28/2011 10:04:53 PM    swizzle Posts: 3596 Joined: 3/2/2005 From: Upstate NY Status: offline I like bromo's. If I don't dig one then I consider it a bad day of digging. My digging buddy dug 40 of them in one day about a month ago. He said it was his person record for bromos. Here's 2 of mine. (in reply to baltbottles) Post #: 6

RE: Bromo Seltzer from Baltimore - 7/28/2011 10:30:53 PM    cyberdigger Posts: 12291 Joined: 11/29/2008 From: I 195 @ US 9, NJ USA Status: online You couldn't pry this one from my grip.. (in reply to swizzle) Post #: 7

RE: Bromo Seltzer from Baltimore - 7/28/2011 11:02:12 PM    Rockhounder55 Posts: 836 Joined: 7/22/2008 From: Winnemucca, NV. Status: offline Hey Charlie, is that one of the "Don't be shy, show me your stri-ations?" ~Mike _____________________________ I see dead bottles.............and they're all broken. (in reply to cyberdigger) Post #: 8

RE: Bromo Seltzer from Baltimore - 7/28/2011 11:14:43 PM    cobaltbot Posts: 3878 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline Throwing away bromos! Sacrilege! Swiz, nice backward Z 4 inch! Attachment (1) _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to Rockhounder55) Post #: 9

RE: Bromo Seltzer from Baltimore - 7/28/2011 11:35:47 PM    cobaltbot Posts: 3878 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline Pretty sure there's no gallon size but never say never.  There is a gallon size Noxzema though, that I want.  The Bmore book lists the largest at 9 inches but I've never seen one above 8". _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 10

RE: Bromo Seltzer from Baltimore - 7/29/2011 7:47:20 AM    swizzle Posts: 3596 Joined: 3/2/2005 From: Upstate NY Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: cobaltbot Swiz, nice backward Z 4 inch! Good eye man. Hey is that the same "The Bromo co. that I have but with a paper label? < Message edited by swizzle -- 7/29/2011 7:51:24 AM > (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 11

RE: Bromo Seltzer from Baltimore - 7/29/2011 7:59:23 AM    Bottles R Us   Posts: 106 Joined: 7/4/2011 From: Welland, Ontario, Canada Status: offline Hey Swizzle, Is the bigger Bromo in your picture the same one as mine? It looks the same... Also, an antique store I visited had the tiny bromos selling for upwards of $10. Ones like mine went for $20+. But a lot of their stuff is VERY overpriced. _____________________________ If you know any dumps of cans or bottles in the Niagara Region, let me know! Even if they're just slicks, I want to dig them! (in reply to swizzle) Post #: 12

RE: Bromo Seltzer from Baltimore - 7/29/2011 8:09:54 AM    swizzle Posts: 3596 Joined: 3/2/2005 From: Upstate NY Status: offline As far as I can tell it is. How big was your backwards Z? Mine is exactly 4" tall. I also have a backwards 4 on the base. All the other bromos I have the numbers are the right way. Not to sure how many different size variations there are with the bromo corkers. What's the biggest embossed bromo that they made? To the original poster of this thread, there is a lot of different variations of Bromo's including some speelin' errors. There Bomo Seltzer, the backwards Z like I posted above, Bromo Setlzer I think that last one is right. Bromo's as common as they are are still highly collectible. Not super valuable but someone always has shelf space for them. Even some of the most seasoned diggers on here will still bring them home. They make great gifts to people who are interested in old bottles but don't know much about them. Bromo's have been the gateway drug to many of the people here that are addicted to old glass. Swiz < Message edited by swizzle -- 7/29/2011 8:12:04 AM > (in reply to Bottles R Us) Post #: 13

RE: Bromo Seltzer from Baltimore - 7/29/2011 8:47:48 AM    Bottles R Us   Posts: 106 Joined: 7/4/2011 From: Welland, Ontario, Canada Status: offline Never noticed the backwards Z, mine does not have that error. Would that add value to the bottle, like with error coins? Or is it just considered a different type? < Message edited by Bottles R Us -- 7/29/2011 8:49:42 AM > _____________________________ If you know any dumps of cans or bottles in the Niagara Region, let me know! Even if they're just slicks, I want to dig them! (in reply to swizzle) Post #: 14

RE: Bromo Seltzer from Baltimore - 7/29/2011 9:09:57 AM    cobaltbot Posts: 3878 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline Swiz, mine is the regular company but I added it to have one with a good label. Don't have one like yours yet and have not seen one with a label.  The backward Z is the most common spelling error to find, adds a little bit of value. _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to Bottles R Us) Post #: 15

RE: Bromo Seltzer from Baltimore - 7/29/2011 1:19:26 PM    swizzle Posts: 3596 Joined: 3/2/2005 From: Upstate NY Status: offline Bottles R Us, the only backwards Z I've ever seen on ebay sold a month or so ago for $31 so yes they can be more valuable. Some errors on various bottles were done on purpose so not every error you see is a true error. Cobaltbot, any idea what the rarest bromo spelling error is? Swiz (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 16

RE: Bromo Seltzer from Baltimore - 7/29/2011 3:20:35 PM    towhead Posts: 2679 Joined: 12/31/2004 From: GREAT LAKES Status: offline Look here: http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/Colbolt-Blue-Backwards-Z/m-412630/tm.htm -Julie (in reply to swizzle) Post #: 17

RE: Bromo Seltzer from Baltimore - 7/30/2011 7:01:48 AM    swizzle Posts: 3596 Joined: 3/2/2005 From: Upstate NY Status: offline Thanx Julie. That's got some nice info in it. I'm actually going to try to collect all of the different spelling errors. Swiz (in reply to towhead) Post #: 18

RE: Bromo Seltzer from Baltimore - 7/30/2011 6:02:12 PM    VTdigger   Posts: 329 Joined: 4/1/2011 Status: offline any one know if there's any spelling errors on other commons? For example, Listerine, Fletcher's castoria, Mellin's food etc. _____________________________ If there is a bottle... I will find it. Looking for Local embossed bottles from Bennington VT and Bennington county (in reply to swizzle) Post #: 19

RE: Bromo Seltzer from Baltimore - 7/30/2011 6:04:23 PM    cyberdigger Posts: 12291 Joined: 11/29/2008 From: I 195 @ US 9, NJ USA Status: online Hostetter's has some, I believe.. (in reply to VTdigger) Post #: 20

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