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Green Poison bottle? - 2/6/2011 4:04:19 PM    Wheelah23 Posts: 4294 Joined: 8/9/2010 From: Glen Ridge, New Jersey Status: offline This bottle is actually my neighbor's. She has it in a window, sitting next to a bunch of modern decorative pieces. I don't want to tell her I want it, because she's so nice I wouldn't want to feel bad about taking it from her. It's a nice shade of green. It's got a tooled top. That's really all I know about it, as I don't know much about poison bottles. Here's the front: Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Green Poison bottle? - 2/6/2011 4:04:39 PM    Wheelah23 Posts: 4294 Joined: 8/9/2010 From: Glen Ridge, New Jersey Status: offline Here's the back: Attachment (1) (in reply to Wheelah23) Post #: 2

RE: Green Poison bottle? - 2/6/2011 4:06:16 PM    Wheelah23 Posts: 4294 Joined: 8/9/2010 From: Glen Ridge, New Jersey Status: offline Here's the base. I think it says "C L CO", but also something I can't read. Any ideas? Attachment (1) (in reply to Wheelah23) Post #: 3

RE: Green Poison bottle? - 2/6/2011 4:06:49 PM    Wheelah23 Posts: 4294 Joined: 8/9/2010 From: Glen Ridge, New Jersey Status: offline Here's a picture from the top. Attachment (1) (in reply to Wheelah23) Post #: 4

RE: Green Poison bottle? - 2/6/2011 4:11:59 PM    lobeycat Posts: 6697 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline $300 all day! more if it's a larger  size.  Going to look nice in your window! _____________________________ http://youtu.be/YkdOqdpSc0A makes a man cry it does lol. (in reply to Wheelah23) Post #: 5

RE: Green Poison bottle? - 2/6/2011 4:15:01 PM    Poison_Us Posts: 2954 Joined: 5/27/2009 From: Savannah, Ga. Status: offline This is a KI-1.  Most commonly found in Cobalt and Green.  Size matters in price of course.  The more sought after issues are the ones with Pharmacy or Druggist names on them.  Base embossing is a bit hosed to really make out what it is. Mid size bottles like this have been selling for about $40 lately.  There is a whole table of the different embossings, sizes and colors.  All of which matters in the price.  Give me a size and I can narrow it down for ya. _____________________________ Poison Us Member: APBCA ( www.poisonbottleclub.org ) Visit Us @: www.poisonousaddiction.com Looking for digging partners in/near Savannah. Be a friend. Give the "GIFT" of Poison. (in reply to Wheelah23) Post #: 6

RE: Green Poison bottle? - 2/6/2011 4:20:05 PM    lobeycat Posts: 6697 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline A green C.L.G. for $40?? sign me up for a few dozen! _____________________________ http://youtu.be/YkdOqdpSc0A makes a man cry it does lol. (in reply to Poison_Us) Post #: 7

RE: Green Poison bottle? - 2/6/2011 4:24:41 PM    Wheelah23 Posts: 4294 Joined: 8/9/2010 From: Glen Ridge, New Jersey Status: offline I measured it; it's almost exactly 5" tall. I looked closer, and the base actually says "C. L. G. CO.", which would be "before 1900-1920", according to Bottle Makers and their Marks. < Message edited by Wheelah23 -- 2/6/2011 4:27:03 PM > (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 8

RE: Green Poison bottle? - 2/6/2011 4:36:20 PM    Jim Posts: 3630 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline It's a four-ounce. The greens are tougher to come by than the cobalts. I'd buy as many as I could for $40 as well. They have come down in price the past few years, but that one should still be good for $100. A few years ago (when I was collecting the KI-1 and KI-2 bottles), I paid $150 for my green 4 oz. KI-1 just like that one. These bottles are interesting. Although they look "BIM" from the mold seams, they were not introduced until around 1914, and were made by "semi-automatic" machines. They were not blown, but finishing tooling was still hand-done on the tops. These machines were in service at Carr-Lowrey Glass Co. until the 1940s or 50s. A friend of mine has an embossed KI-2 from Dykema's drug store in Michigan with an original Dykema's prescription label dated 1953. They may have just been using up old stock bottles, but it is very possible that these bottles were made all the way into the early 50s. They look like something from the 1890s, but they're not. I studied these bottles a lot when I collected poisons, and I still think about getting back into them. Now would be a good time, with the lower prices.  ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 9

RE: Green Poison bottle? - 2/7/2011 7:39:38 PM    Poison_Us Posts: 2954 Joined: 5/27/2009 From: Savannah, Ga. Status: offline Jim is right.  I jumped the gun with this as I was rushed and was without our book to look.  The Cobalt issues are more prevalent than the green.  Historically for this size they would sell between $75 to $175.  It was the cobalts that have been selling for $40 as of late.  Prices are starting to creep up slowly lately...so things are swinging back around. _____________________________ Poison Us Member: APBCA ( www.poisonbottleclub.org ) Visit Us @: www.poisonousaddiction.com Looking for digging partners in/near Savannah. Be a friend. Give the "GIFT" of Poison. (in reply to Jim) Post #: 10

RE: Green Poison bottle? - 2/8/2011 1:03:36 AM    Jim Posts: 3630 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline I liquidated my KI bottles at the peak of the market. The money was good, but man, I still miss them. I plan to acquire a small assortment of decent bottles for a new display, along with a few others that I already own. There will definitely be a KI or two in there for some color. ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to Poison_Us) Post #: 11

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