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label remnants - 3/24/2005 10:26:31 PM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2311 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hi everyone, i would like to know if there are small pieces of label on a dug bottle, should you try to clean around them? is better to leave them on or clean them off. help on this would be appreciated. i have several bottles that i havn't try to clean yet because i can't decide what to do. thanks rhona Post #: 1

RE: label remnants - 3/25/2005 6:04:38 AM    bearswede Posts: 2910 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Hi Rhona... I'm probably not the best one to offer advice on this... I love the look of old glass... Labels only get in the way for me... especially bits and pieces of them... Of course, if I had a chance to own a nice bottle with an intact label, I probably wouldn't turn it down... And I have been known to paste facsimile labels on a bottle or two for display... Make sure you get plenty of other opinions before you make a decision... Ron (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 2

RE: label remnants - 3/25/2005 7:29:02 AM    Bottle tumbler   Posts: 370 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Noxen pa Status: offline the only good a label is if it is more then 75% there or if it is the top with the name, I dont keep labels on if I dig the bottles. I have found that they dont keep anyway and it doesnt add any value. Now I have bought bottles in boxes with labels, dr kilmer's, no embossing at all 1910 or so and full labels and I got 150 for the first one on ebay and 250 for the second one. so it depends, dug bottles with part or most missing it all comes off, if I buy them with full labels I keep them on. rick (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 3

RE: label remnants - 3/25/2005 10:15:26 AM    grdigger35   Posts: 161 Joined: 2/23/2004 From: Northern Michigan Status: offline I agree with Rick & Ron. Especially if the bottle is embossed in any way. If it is not embossed and you can't read most of the label, what good is it? I believe it is individual preference. _____________________________ Dale Stannard (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 4

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