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Me and that KU-10 the last word did I do right - 5/31/2007 9:32:59 PM   
OsiaBoyce


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From: Chinquapin, S.C.
Status: online 		A while ago I was faced with problem of two auctions same day. At one there was this killer bottle. And at the other was three super rare S.C. crown tops from my home town. I opted for the home bottles and paid the wopping price of  730.00 for the three. Yes crown tops now I got got 2 of 5 known 1 of 5 known and 1 of I don't know how many,but not many. One of the reasons I did not attend was that I knew that skull would bring a mint. Well I don't know every thing. Well a few weeks ago looking through the bay ya know what I saw? Yep that bottle. It sold for 1,250.00,not bad. And what did it sell for at the auction I didn't attend? 150.00 make me sick dollars,I thought Paula was gonna shoot me. She said I had best speak no more about it. Now all I need is some one to tell me I done the right thing,after all they were hometown bottles, hmmmmm 730.00 vs 150.00 hmmmm. Oh well




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RE: Me and that KU-10 the last word did I do right - 5/31/2007 10:37:14 PM   
zanes_antiques


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Status: offline 		I always like to remind myself that the high bidder at an auction may not have stopped at the price they got something. If you were there to bid against them it may have brought a $1,000!

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RE: Me and that KU-10 the last word did I do right - 5/31/2007 10:51:46 PM   
capsoda


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Status: online 		Home town bottles are always great especally if they are RARE. I would have done the same thing and my wife would have been pissed cause she is a cobalt freak.

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RE: Me and that KU-10 the last word did I do right - 6/1/2007 10:28:47 AM   
lobeycat


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Status: online 		Please take no offense, you asked for opinions and opinions I got.  I wouldn't give a bucket of piss for a crown top. They have no appealing qualities that I can disern. There's no craftsmanship in the making, pretty much all the same form and shape and it's damn hard to impress somebody with a crown top collection. Now look at that skull for instance. LOOK AT IT! Now thats a bottle! The glass on the face,especially the nose, is paper thin. It took skill to produce this, and I'd bet they still rejected and remelted half of them. If a guest in one's home saw something like that they wouldn't be able to keep their paws off it. Something to be proud of and pass down to the ungrateful children so they can sell it on fleabay to buy a hot tub for the backyard of the house you co-signed for, after your dust.
If i saw a box on the side of the road with a sign that read extremly rare one of a kind crown tops, please give a good home, I'd swerve across three lanes of oncoming traffic doing 85 and run them down, just to prevent some innocent person, from ruining their lives with them.
Remember I mean NO offense. I love all my bottle collecting, hoarding, twitchy eyed brothers and sisters. Even if you do collect soda bottles that aren't much older than yourselves.

lamo! Ahhh  that's better, Lobey.

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RE: Me and that KU-10 the last word did I do right - 6/1/2007 11:04:40 AM   
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Something to be proud of and pass down to the ungrateful children so they can sell it on fleabay to buy a hot tub for the backyard of the house you co-signed for, after your dust.


Lobey, Your killing me here...

Osiah,
The only thing that stands out on that poison is the chip, to me. I do like hometown bottles and collect them myself. I paid $122 something for that Carpenters Grip Syrup, knowing Matt had it leisted for $46. The value was more to you so you paid it. I find nothing wrong with that.

Anyay don't worry. If you worry you die. If you don't worry, you die. So, why worry. Enjoy showing the locals those bottles.

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RE: Me and that KU-10 the last word did I do right - 6/1/2007 11:05:29 AM   
digdug


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Status: offline 		  I think going to the auction to buy the local bottles was a good decision. Like an earlier post said-if you would have been there-the price probably would have gone up-2 people bidding against each other.
And in answer to Lobeycat-  I don’t get this “If it isn’t what I collect it is crap” attitude among some bottle collectors.  I’ve been on a few digs with a group and someone will always start breaking bottles, because in their opinion, it is worthless.   If you collect Rembrandt art, because you feel his work is truly divine art, but hate Picasso art because “it looks like he failed Kindergarten art class and his paintings/drawings look as if he finger painted with both hands tied behind his back” , that doesn’t give you a right to destroy any Picasso art you see to prevent someone else from wasting time or money on it.  It is all a matter of taste and preference.
  I’ve learned. I think the Commemorative Coca-Cola bottles that have been made from the 1970’s to now are worthless, but there are people who pay some big bucks for them.  I had talked to some people about Commemorative bottles and learned some things about them.  I bought a 75th Anniversary Coke bottle at a flea market for $6 and sold it for $350!  I don’t collect them, but now I do buy them and sell them to help me get more spending $$ for the bottles I collect. 
Why can't we all just get along???

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RE: Me and that KU-10 the last word did I do right - 6/1/2007 11:06:44 AM   
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If i saw a box on the side of the road with a sign that read extremly rare one of a kind crown tops, please give a good home, I'd swerve across three lanes of oncoming traffic doing 85 and run them down, just to prevent some innocent person, from ruining their lives with them.



Remember Lobe, WWJD

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RE: Me and that KU-10 the last word did I do right - 6/1/2007 12:35:33 PM   
lobeycat


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Remember Lobe, WWJD

I'm thinking, and this is only a well informed hunch that, J would mash his foot down on mine and grit his teeth.

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RE: Me and that KU-10 the last word did I do right - 6/1/2007 1:19:57 PM   
cobaltbot


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Status: offline 		Man, I got two good laughs right after lunch!!!!!!  Humor is the best medicine, lobey I don't always agree with you, and I don't completely now, but that was damn funny!  It's a good thing in my opinion, everyone's different - would be  boring otherwize.

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RE: Me and that KU-10 the last word did I do right - 6/1/2007 1:24:12 PM   
cobaltbot


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Status: offline 		And for Pat's sake, local bottles mean a lot to me, they're part of the local history that I love delving into and I find that just as interesting as beautiful national glass and craftsmanship. 

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RE: Me and that KU-10 the last word did I do right - 6/1/2007 2:33:11 PM   
epgorge


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this is only a well informed hunch that, J would mash his foot down on mine


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RE: Me and that KU-10 the last word did I do right - 6/1/2007 3:35:11 PM   
Gunsmoke47


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Status: offline 		I can't put things as eloquently as Lobes! But I too would have opted for the Skull Poison! The thing is Pat, are you happy with the deal that went down? That's all that matters. Gunsmoke47, Zane, Cap and Lobey don't make a damn. It's what makes you happy! Besides,  you got some crown tops that no one else will have unless you sell them to them!! Kelley

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RE: Me and that KU-10 the last word did I do right - 6/1/2007 4:38:17 PM   
bearswede


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his foot


Sandal-shod...?


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RE: Me and that KU-10 the last word did I do right - 6/1/2007 5:35:24 PM   
lobeycat


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Sandal-shod...?


What else!
    Ya know I stared at WWJD like my nephew would state at a slide rule and an odd but strangely cofortable memory from an old girlfriend came floating into my consciousness like a cloud on a sunny afternoon. Again I had that stare.

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RE: Me and that KU-10 the last word did I do right - 6/1/2007 8:37:17 PM   
cobaltbot


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Status: offline 		To me one of the best things would be killer local bottles, this is possible in places like Baltimore or wherever those skulls are made but not everywhere I guess.

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RE: Me and that KU-10 the last word did I do right - 6/1/2007 10:30:12 PM   
zanes_antiques


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Status: offline 		Hmmmmm? Did I say something offensive?

The point I was trying to make was that, just because an item brings a certain amount at an auction, doesn't mean it would have went as cheap if you were to have bid on it.

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RE: Me and that KU-10 the last word did I do right - 6/1/2007 11:05:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have to agree with the crown top killer, down with the crown top!!! Hail the to blob!

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RE: Me and that KU-10 the last word did I do right - 6/2/2007 4:40:14 AM   
zanes_antiques


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Status: offline 		In my HUMBLE opinion

 I think if you were looking for something and found it for a price you could affordand Bought it with a "smile" on your face. You not only did right but also garnered the aquisition of something that you and also atlleast one other person thought was worth that price or even more.

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RE: Me and that KU-10 the last word did I do right - 6/2/2007 10:21:36 AM   
Gunsmoke47


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Status: offline 		I agree totally Zane. It is whatever makes the person doing the deal happy. Not anybody else. We all have different tastes. Kelley

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RE: Me and that KU-10 the last word did I do right - 6/2/2007 9:22:08 PM   
lobeycat


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Status: online 		Please post a pic of the crowns next to the skull. I really need to compare the two.
thanks,
Lobey.

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