Toxic_Waste
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I am new to poison bottle collecting but I keep learning things. A bottle seems to be worth whatever a collector is willing to pay for it. For example, some Wheaton coffin-shaped bottles, about 3" tall and manufactured as recently as 1971, sell on e-bay for anywhere from $9.99 to just under $100.
There are almost always small cobalt blue poison bottles listed on any given day, usually ones from the UK, and usually with the word "poison" embossed, or "Not to be taken" and some sort of either vertical ribbing or other texturing, such as "quilting," or raised bumps to indicate by touch it is a poison container.
Most sellers (on e-bay) of such bottles are listing them with no reserve at low starting bid prices of around or less than ten US dollars or the GBP equivalent. I have seen the winning bids average out into the $30 to $60 range, sometimes higher depending on if there is a cork or a label or unique bottle shape, etc. On dealer Web sites, the prices seem to be much higher, like $80 or more. I was surprised that people can get so many antique poison bottles at such low prices on e-bay. I would put a reserve price on any bottle I tried to sell, so I wouldn't have to let it go for like .99!
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New Collector - 
I have thought about it thoroughly and decided Poison bottles is what it is. I have hundreds of antique bottles but am not too interested in them, just the poisons. I know absolutely nothing of my bottles except that most are made by the same company that makes most of my insulators. Dominion Glass. or "diamond D's as i call them. 
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