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Rare Bitters Dug.........???? - 5/5/2008 11:40:48 AM    caldigs   Posts: 109 Joined: 5/19/2005 From: San Francisco, CA Status: offline Fresh from the ground.  I have never seen this bottle before, but heard one collector state he believed it was a western bitters.  Have you guys back east seen this before ?  Does anybody have some history on it ?? Embossing reads: TIPTOP BITTERS H R & CO. The glass color and style of top on this bottle sure look western, but I may be wrong !!!  Thanks Attachment (1) < Message edited by caldigs -- 5/5/2008 11:44:30 AM > Post #: 1

RE: Rare Bitters Dug.........???? - 5/5/2008 11:47:55 AM    lobeycat Posts: 3218 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline $350 $400 bottle _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smJmVFCx_y8&feature=related (in reply to caldigs) Post #: 2

RE: Rare Bitters Dug.........???? - 5/5/2008 11:52:31 AM    cc6pack   Posts: 443 Joined: 7/12/2003 From: Mableton, Ga. Status: offline . < Message edited by cc6pack -- 5/5/2008 11:53:45 AM > (in reply to caldigs) Post #: 3

RE: Rare Bitters Dug.........???? - 5/5/2008 12:07:27 PM    caldigs   Posts: 109 Joined: 5/19/2005 From: San Francisco, CA Status: offline Thanks lobey, what are you basing your value upon ?  Do you have any history on the bottle or company ? < Message edited by caldigs -- 5/5/2008 12:08:36 PM > (in reply to cc6pack) Post #: 4

RE: Rare Bitters Dug.........???? - 5/5/2008 12:17:35 PM    lobeycat Posts: 3218 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline quote: Do you have any history on the bottle or company ? Heck no, sorry. Don't really remember where i even saw one. Pretty sure it wasn't ebay though. Glasshouse I think. I know it's scarce to rare, I date it to the 60's easy. Price guides are in the truck I'll run out after lunch and see if it's in one of them. Killa bottle! _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smJmVFCx_y8&feature=related (in reply to caldigs) Post #: 5

RE: Rare Bitters Dug.........???? - 5/5/2008 12:24:06 PM    Dansalata   Posts: 202 Joined: 10/18/2005 Status: offline NICE FIND CALDIGS, A SWEET ONE WTG!!! _____________________________ DANSALATA (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 6

RE: Rare Bitters Dug.........???? - 5/5/2008 12:41:51 PM    caldigs   Posts: 109 Joined: 5/19/2005 From: San Francisco, CA Status: offline I forgot to mention that it came from a 60's/70's privy and is much greener than the photo suggests. (in reply to Dansalata) Post #: 7

RE: Rare Bitters Dug.........???? - 5/5/2008 4:58:46 PM    capsoda Posts: 7347 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Saw one at a bottle show but don't remember what the guy wanted for it but it was high. He wasn't a local guy either. There was also a Tip Top Bourbon, wonder if there was ant connection. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to caldigs) Post #: 8

RE: Rare Bitters Dug.........???? - 5/5/2008 5:04:11 PM    corrybottles   Posts: 63 Joined: 4/27/2007 Status: offline This is what I found in the Ring & Ham Book: T31 // TIP TOP / H R & CO / BITTERS (9 1/8" x 3 5/16" )Round, Yellow-olive, Applied mouth, Lettering encircled, Rare (in reply to caldigs) Post #: 9

RE: Rare Bitters Dug.........???? - 5/5/2008 7:45:23 PM    beendiggin   Posts: 426 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline Bitters bottle supplement by ring lists it at 150 and up. _____________________________ Paul I will dig a cobalt skull. (in reply to caldigs) Post #: 10

RE: Rare Bitters Dug.........???? - 5/5/2008 10:52:37 PM    appliedlips Posts: 1341 Joined: 1/30/2005 Status: offline       Heckler sold two in '95 for 93.50 and 121.00 and Pacific Glasshouse sold one in '97 for $231.00.2 were listed in yellow olive and one in olive amber. (in reply to caldigs) Post #: 11

RE: Rare Bitters Dug.........???? - 5/6/2008 6:43:39 PM    caldigs   Posts: 109 Joined: 5/19/2005 From: San Francisco, CA Status: offline Thanks guys, it appears to be a rare bitters than collectors are not willing to pay for. (in reply to appliedlips) Post #: 12

RE: Rare Bitters Dug.........???? - 5/6/2008 7:05:05 PM    lobeycat Posts: 3218 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline cal those auction quotes are over ten years old. i think if it went on the market today it would come close to $400. throw it up on ebay with a 10,000 dollar reserve and see how high it goes. Lobes. _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smJmVFCx_y8&feature=related (in reply to caldigs) Post #: 13

RE: Rare Bitters Dug.........???? - 5/6/2008 7:51:48 PM    appliedlips Posts: 1341 Joined: 1/30/2005 Status: offline       I agree with Lobey on price now and think $400 is in the ballbark.If you could prove it was Western it would sell for 10 times that.If it were a figural with the same rarity it would bring alot more too.An auction is the only way to know for sure but I think that is good money for a bottle. (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 14

RE: Rare Bitters Dug.........???? - 5/6/2008 7:52:15 PM    marjorie040 Posts: 352 Joined: 12/3/2006 Status: offline Hi Caldigs, Bottle Pricing Guide by Cleveland 2007 puts your bottle at $400-$500 It's a beauty! Marjorie _____________________________ marjorie040 McClellanville, sc (in reply to caldigs) Post #: 15

RE: Rare Bitters Dug.........???? - 5/12/2008 6:27:21 PM    lobeycat Posts: 3218 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline Wrote Heckler a short note on this baby. His reply... Dear Rich,   I believe we sold one of these in the MacKenzie collection.  Quite rare but not highly desireable.  Regards, Norm, Sr.Not a wealth of info but a little help. I'm waiting on a reply from a western bottle guru, maybe he can pin it down a bit in more detail. Lobes. _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smJmVFCx_y8&feature=related (in reply to marjorie040) Post #: 16

RE: Rare Bitters Dug.........???? - 5/13/2008 7:14:35 PM    Lordbud   Posts: 184 Joined: 6/16/2005 From: San Jose Status: offline I think because the total embossed area of the bottle is contained in fairly small circle is what keeps the price down for what is an otherwise really nice piece of glass. (in reply to caldigs) Post #: 17

RE: Rare Bitters Dug.........???? - 5/14/2008 1:00:50 PM    CALDIGR2   Posts: 427 Joined: 6/20/2005 Status: offline It is a beautiful bottle, but I can find no references to it being western. Like most eastern bitters, sodas, meds, etc, many are dug in the west. Those products were shipped here in great quantities during and after the Gold Rush when the transient population of CA was large and mining activity at it's highest. Of course, this trend continued into the later silver and gold boom years, too. _____________________________ Mike Dig no privy before it's time. (in reply to Lordbud) Post #: 18

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