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Common bottle list - 6/21/2004 1:19:34 AM    Humabdos   Posts: 446 Joined: 6/13/2004 From: Greenville Texas The Blackest land whitest people Status: offline If your new to Bottle collecting you might find this list helpful. This list is from Antique Bottle Collector's Haven list of common (worthless) bottles. I think I have everyone of these! Even though most are "worthless" I still like them! Happy hunting! Glen Aspirin Atwood's Jaundice Bitters, though labeled examples and sample sizes have some value. Avon Bromo-Seltzer Dr. W.B. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin California Fig Syrup Capudine Carbona Celery-Caffein Certo Chamberlain Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy Clorox Citrate of Magnesia Dalby's Carminative Duffy Whiskey Edison Battery Oil Father John's Medicine, Lowell, Mass Frostilla Grolsch Beer I.W. Harper (whiskey) Heinz Hick's Capudine (a Raleigh NC product) Hoyt's Cologne Javex Jim Beam (click link for more info) Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy Dr King's New Discovery for Colds Lea & Perrins Listerine Lydia Pinkham's Medicine Lysol Murray & Lanman Florida Water (unless labeled or pontilled) Mellin's Food Milk of Magnesia (any brand, including Phillip's) Minard's Liniment Pinex Dr. Pitcher's Castoria Pond's Extract Purex Sauer's Extract Scott's Emulsion (some bottles embossed with fish) Three-In-One Oil Vaseline Vick's Watkin's (usually furniture polish or some other household product) Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup (but the pontilled examples are valuable). General tips on identifying other common/worthless bottles: Any bottle with "WHEATON" on the base is a reproduction. Medicine or whiskey bottles with no embossing and no label are typically worthless unless they come in an unusual color like citron or puce. Most screw cap bottles are worthless. Noteable exceptions are White House and Speas Vinegar. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post #: 1

RE: Common bottle list - 6/21/2004 2:28:40 AM    Ryan Posts: 86 Joined: 12/6/2003 Status: offline This is a great post! I collect insulators too and with them, as with bottles, you have half the battle won if you know which ones are basically worthless. Personally I think the Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhea remedy is worth about $5 on ebay, and I'll bet you could get $8 or so at an antique show, but still common nonetheless... Here's some more that I've determined to be basically worthless: Ballard Snow Liniment Benedictine Cardui The Woman's Tonic Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Furst-McNess Co Hood's Sarsaparilla Mary Goldman Maltine MFG Co Omega Oil Phenolax Wafers The Mother's Friend Anyone else have some to add? -Ryan (in reply to Humabdos) Post #: 2

RE: Common bottle list - 6/21/2004 11:41:19 AM    woody   Posts: 1530 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline I suppose the old adage; "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", has some merit to this post. So is, "Another man's trash is another man's treasure." Also, what may be common in one area might not be available in another, therefore, what may be common to you might be worth something to someone else. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to Humabdos) Post #: 3

RE: Common bottle list - 6/21/2004 11:48:29 AM    kawdog   Posts: 192 Joined: 10/22/2003 From: Ruston Louisiana Status: offline I noticed when I first saw that list on another site, just about every bottle I found was on it. Good thing I don't dig bottles for money . So I may never get rich bottle collecting, but it sure is alot of fun. It is a handy list though for people who or wondering if that old bottle they found is rare or common. kaw (in reply to Humabdos) Post #: 4

RE: Common bottle list - 6/21/2004 12:44:35 PM    Guest my digging partner once said to me." if we were digging for bottles to sell, we would go hungry alot of the time". it's great when you first start collecting, all bottles are keepers and each new bottle brings excitement. but after you have been collecting awhile it gets hard to get excited. all you dig is duplicates , and it gets hard to add a new one to the collection. most bottles dug or found are common, that is why we find them first . the key to finding old and rare bottles is keep looking and do some homework to find the location with the older bottles. this is were the $ are. keep at it and you will find what you are looking for. _____________________________ Always looking Mint Cola bottles, and local bottles from North Carolina (in reply to Humabdos)   Post #: 5

RE: Common bottle list - 6/22/2004 4:23:43 AM    IRISH   Posts: 1238 Joined: 11/23/2002 From: cockatoo Australia Status: offline For a list of the very common bottles found in Australia (a lot are on the list's above) have a look at Oz-riley's website, there is a few above that I have never seen but it's amazing how many common bottles in the US are also common here. (in reply to Humabdos) Post #: 6

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