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Found old bottles - 1/28/2003 2:05:12 AM    Guest I' m not really a bottle collector, but I came across some old bottles that are kind of interesting. My In-Laws are getting ready to demolish an house that is over 100 years old. In the basement, behind the furnace, is a dirt crawl space that is full of debris. After looking behind the furnace, into the crawlspace, I could just see the tops of some bottles with corks in them, in a cardboard box. After crawling in behind the furnace, we retieved 9 gallon jugs with corks and liquid inside. The liquid appears to be either homemake wine or sake' . Of the 9, 3 had obviously been contaminated, but 5 are still filled with a clear red/amber liquid. Newspapers on the bottom of the box, are dated: October 25, 1928. This appears to be home brewed alcohol made during prohibition. My question is: Is it more valuable to a collector to leave the corks and liquid inside of the bottle? Also maybe someone can tell what kind of bottles these are, I think they may be soda fountain flavor bottles. Thanks Steve Attachment (1)   Post #: 1

RE: Found old bottles - 1/31/2003 6:19:05 PM    woody   Posts: 1636 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: online The bottles could be soda extract of some sort, hard to tell. What does it smell like? I don' t think the bottles have much monetary value as they aren' t that old. I' ve dug bottles like these and they aren' t of any value to the " old" bottle collector. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to Guest) Post #: 2

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