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ball jars Bob Clay - 7/10/2008 10:47:34 PM    arthur   Posts: 476 Joined: 5/15/2008 From: new river valley VA/WVA border Status: offline Since I am starting to find some ball jars in descnt shape.  What  about different colors and how about the nunber stamped on the bottom does any one number make the jar worth more then another and are colors worth more then clear.  Also does atlas jars fall into the same category as Ball----Arthure Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: ball jars Bob Clay - 7/11/2008 11:55:22 PM    Hoosier49er   Posts: 65 Joined: 8/2/2005 Status: offline Hi Arthur, The colored Ball jars tend to be worth more. Especially certain greens, amber and true blues. As far as the numbers go, 13 is about the only number people really look for. Supposedly people thought it was unlucky and they broke them. The number on bottom was just a mold number though, and doesn't really tend to make much difference in value. I have a shoulder seal Ball jar with a number, four dots, AND roman numerals on the bottom. The older Ball jars will have a ground top/lip. Atlas jars are almost always worthless, unless you get a one in a million oddball. They were a different company than Ball.  Hope this helps, _____________________________ Joe Hoosier49er (in reply to arthur) Post #: 2

RE: ball jars Bob Clay - 7/12/2008 10:33:18 AM    jarsnstuff   Posts: 281 Joined: 8/28/2004 From: California Status: offline Ya know Arthur, when you list someone's name in the title of your post, it appears that you don't really want to hear from the rest of us.  Assuming that wasn't your intention, I just like to add to Joe's answer.  While mold marks do not affect value, if you want to collect a jar from every mold Ball made, by all means do so.  Collect what you like.  And, Atlas jars in clear and aqua are of very little value, but they also made some very collectable colors of blue and green that are definitely not throw-aways.  -Tammy _____________________________ http://groups.msn.com/FruitJarRingBoxes (in reply to arthur) Post #: 3

RE: ball jars Bob Clay - 7/12/2008 2:49:48 PM    arthur   Posts: 476 Joined: 5/15/2008 From: new river valley VA/WVA border Status: offline Thanks to all (in reply to jarsnstuff) Post #: 4

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