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RE: WHATS IT WORTH??!! WHATS IT WORTH??! WHATS IT WORTH? - 7/5/2007 10:58:47 AM   
carling

 

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Status: offline 		When I was new to the bottle bug, I posted questions and always asked for values, and I still do.  If the great guys on this site had never answered me because of some of the reasons I've heard above, I never would have been on this site again.  I believe you should help all the first time or new people posting no matter what their question is, or whether or not they ever come back.  Unfortunately I'm still basically a newbie as far as bottle knowledge, and I can't contribute like I would like to like the rest of you.  But I sure appreciate everyone's time they spend helping others and myself in the past!

So to summarize everyone's above postings, you need to know the value of what you own because: 
- For trading so you don't get ripped off
- For selling so you don't get ripped off
- For buying so you don't get ripped off
- For insuring against loss so you don't get ripped off
- For proper storage to decrease damage risk for rarer valuable items
- Because its human nature to be naturally curious to know!

Boy, I would love to go to a bottle show where "value" isn't a concern with the "true" collectors of the hobby.  Where the greatest value is appreciating how they look on their shelves, or the history behind the bottle, or how it was made, or how it was found.  Yeah, right!  I've seen the prices at the bottle shows! 

When you decide to get out of the hobby, and putting family inheritance aside,.....Are you going to give all your bottles away to the collectors in the hobby who "appreciate" their beauty and history?  Or are you going to sell them?

Everyone should know the value of what they own whether you are a collector or not.  And it shouldn't be insulting to any hobby to try and find out this info.  If not for you, then for your family who will need to know when you are dead and they are stuck with your property.  You won't own your bottles forever.

Rick  (Carling)

Thanks again to all who've had answered my previous postings this past year and given me great info regarding bottles and other stuff I have come across.  Including values!  I really appreciate everyone's time.  There are a great bunch of people on this site!

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RE: WHATS IT WORTH??!! WHATS IT WORTH??! WHATS IT WORTH? - 7/5/2007 11:43:31 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yea I know what your saying carling,I have helped many New Comers out also, and I still do to this day, I can give you a list if you like? but I still don't like (WHAT'S IT WORTH) being the( first) thing out of some ones mouth, how common is this? or how rare? is much better, just the way I see it, and that's the way I keep it, as to bottle shows I don't go to them, a lot of people like them I don't, I went to one (once) that  was back in 2004 when I dug a 22 foot brick liner with a 600 bottles in it, some people remembered us from the  local paper, and started asking to buy some of the bottles we dug, I didn't sell a one, what I did see is greed in a lot of those peoples eyes,not all but a lot, don't take it the wrong way now, to each his own, some like bottle shows, some like screw tops ect I don't, and I am just stating my view the way I feel, don't jump the gun now, seeing things different is what makes the world go round, I like reading all the different (views) on this thread but when it all come down to it WHAT ITS WORTH is the last thing on my list.,I am not going to retire on a bottle find anyway, oh and to your question of what I am going to do with all my $$$$ good bottles when I die? MAN THEY ARE GOING IN THE BOX WITH ME!!!! BHAHAHAHAH!!!!  SO THEY DON'T END UP AT A BOTTLE SHOW! Yea baby! Its gona be in the will, I hope no one on this forum digs me up just for some  stinking glass, if so make sure you toss a few good ones back for the next guy! hope its a bottle (lover) lol   SickRick




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RE: WHATS IT WORTH??!! WHATS IT WORTH??! WHATS IT WORTH? - 7/5/2007 12:02:16 PM   
carling

 

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Status: offline 		Yeah, I thought about bringing a few things with me, too, in the box 6 feet under.  But maybe I'll just stick with something simple like pictures so nobody digs me up!  (Some of the guys on this site live a little too close to me ).  Not sure yet if I'm going to Will my stuff away one day, or sell it and live it up the best I can before both feet are in the hole!  Take care..........Rick

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RE: WHATS IT WORTH??!! WHATS IT WORTH??! WHATS IT WORTH? - 7/5/2007 12:40:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		Wow after 30minutes of reading I figured Id post my opinion, and if you dont like it, stick it.
I love to find bottles, but I have to buy most of the ones ive got since I live in the middle of nowhere WV (no sanborn maps or anything from my area). Sure Ive got bottles worth $100+ and Ive sold alot of my bottles. Im 16 and work my butt off if I find something I want, for example last fall I decided I wanted to buy a Camaro, well theres a beautiful red 1 settin in my garage now, and I sold some great bottles, and I admit I profited on alot of them, but I had tied my money up in them to begin with. Id rather know the value of things than loss my ass on something. I love to find out the history of any bottle I have not just the value, and Im glad to share any info if Ive got it. Id also love to dig with someone that knows what there doing someday, but for now alot of my bottle collecting involves the value.  But thats just my oppinion.

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RE: WHATS IT WORTH??!! WHATS IT WORTH??! WHATS IT WORTH? - 7/5/2007 1:12:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		I like your opinion wvhillbilly!  It sounds like you work hard and have nice things to show for it!  Being interested in the value of a bottle and in the history of a bottle are not mutually exclusive - I, like you, have an interest in both. 

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RE: WHATS IT WORTH??!! WHATS IT WORTH??! WHATS IT WORTH? - 7/5/2007 2:50:42 PM   
L C

 

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Status: offline 		Don't you just love different opinions !! I believe all of the comments I have read pertaining to this subject has been really great, and I think a really nice thread has been started on the subject. That is what makes us all different as individuals.
    As for when I pass on, I have to Sons that will end up with whatever Myself and My Misses have worked for over the span of our lives. This is what my oldest Son says to me in reference to what I cherish as for my bottles and other collectables I have - Dad, when you are gone we are selling every bit of this &%$#! My youngest Son could care less about any of it as well. (Just scares the daylights out of me, might have to do like Rick, take it with me when I go !!) . My Boys do collect some sports memorabilia, usually what they find in my garage here that I have come onto, that they get for nothing), you know, the Junk!

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RE: WHATS IT WORTH??!! WHATS IT WORTH??! WHATS IT WORTH? - 7/5/2007 2:57:28 PM   
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ORIGINAL: bottlenutboy
also by the long timers and the shorttime regulars too, i also have to agree that it gripes my ass everytime i hear it, i guess i just feel that that shouldnt be the first thing someone asks, you might as well ask "how much can i SELL OUT  for?"


dem sounds like fighten words little man. you got a problem wit the way i conduct my posts?

Rick.

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RE: WHATS IT WORTH??!! WHATS IT WORTH??! WHATS IT WORTH? - 7/5/2007 3:31:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have one daughter she is 24 now she thinks my bottles are (cool) but do you think when I am in the ground, she will put hundreds of bottles around her house??  NOT!! !! some stranger will get there hands on them! not if I can help it  
 
When I started this post I didn't mean to start sh@#$%^t  but you know sh!@#$%^it  happens  hahahah!!



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RE: WHATS IT WORTH??!! WHATS IT WORTH??! WHATS IT WORTH? - 7/5/2007 3:40:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		HILLBILLY said it ALL! in 8 words If in yall don't like it stick it!!! that's just how I feel, I can tell you this though... I love each and every one of you like brothers and sisters in this Glass World We Live In. Rick



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RE: WHATS IT WORTH??!! WHATS IT WORTH??! WHATS IT WORTH? - 7/5/2007 4:12:51 PM   
L C

 

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Status: offline 		I think for the most part that everything said is pretty much on the positive side Rick, I have actually enjoyed it myself.

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RE: WHATS IT WORTH??!! WHATS IT WORTH??! WHATS IT WORTH? - 7/5/2007 4:17:28 PM   
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RE: WHATS IT WORTH??!! WHATS IT WORTH??! WHATS IT WORTH? - 7/5/2007 5:35:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		Bahahahah!!!! LMAO! Your Killing me!!! George. That aint one of your permissions is it? 
humm that burger is worth about a quarter..........................pound!!!! quarter ton? but that pic is priceless!!


I cant stop laffin!!!! And that's woth a million bucks.
That's one messed up pic dude,I have to save that baby and do some photo shop with it, slap my buddys face on there haha.


Rick

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RE: WHATS IT WORTH??!! WHATS IT WORTH??! WHATS IT WORTH? - 7/5/2007 6:34:58 PM   
EndlesDreamer

 

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Status: offline 		I figured I might jump on this topics band wagon. First off, I am a "newbie" to this world of bottle collectiing. I am learning as I go along, and with the help of a friend here. Someone who took time out, to help me along. I havent been digging in a privy...yet...but Ive been digging an old dump along the creek for the last week. The first thing I do, when I get back with my backpack of bottles, is try to find out as much as I can about the HISTORY. I search every possible place on the web, read for hours, and write down as much info as I can. When Im at a dead end, I try to post here, to get that missing link of info. Not really "whats it worth." Some have been kind enough to reply, and many thanks to you all. Since my new found hobby as begun, I can tell you what its worth to me...my teenage daughter rolls her eyes,and says Mom your "gay". Been told Im lost to a bottle ( not the booze bottle either) When friends online ask what im doing, and I say "researching bottles" they give me the LOL. It's been worth being dirty, breaking nails, and being cut up to all hell. I have no answers for "what are you doing with all those bottles?" There are worse things in life I could be doing...I hated history in school, now I cant seem to get enough history. Even tho, I havent found a WOW bottle yet, it hasnt made the interest any less.
 
NEWBIE point of view

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RE: WHATS IT WORTH??!! WHATS IT WORTH??! WHATS IT WORTH? - 7/5/2007 7:16:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		WoW!  I did not see a $ sign in that whole paragraph, very good grasshopper, I do see HISTORY though hahaha that's good  you don't get discouraged when you dig common stuff in dumps, in time you will dig better and better stuff, if you stay into it like you are, you have to keep letting the bottle bug bite, after a while the bottle GOD shows up and life is good. Rick 



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RE: WHATS IT WORTH??!! WHATS IT WORTH??! WHATS IT WORTH? - 7/5/2007 7:26:47 PM   
EndlesDreamer

 

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Status: offline 		LOL "grasshopper", but I really AM!  I have gotten bit by the bottle bug...and I LOVE it!  I did forget to mention your name, Rick...you are an asset to this forum, and to all the newbies. I do appreciate all your advice, and words of wisdom. May the bottle God, be good to you. Im not giving up, I cant wait to hear you say "WOW grasshopper you did great!"

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RE: WHATS IT WORTH??!! WHATS IT WORTH??! WHATS IT WORTH? - 7/6/2007 8:20:14 PM   
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ORIGINAL: appliedlips

  The one you got attacked for inquiring about?HahaYes,I still have it and enjoy it very much.It is tempting to sell it,the way the market has been the last 6 months or so,though.Take care,Doug


LOL  Yeah , I thought that this might be you from your posts and your finds . You dig some great stuff ..... a lot of research and dirt moving huh ?
That forum really shocked me with the warm welcome from a couple of diggers. HaHa 
I had a Blue green and an Aqua Root's at the time and thought your Green one would be a nice addition to the grouping if you were going to sell or trade it. Both my Root's are gone now ( in trade ) for what I collect ( Drake's ).
Have a good one ! Brian

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RE: WHATS IT WORTH??!! WHATS IT WORTH??! WHATS IT WORTH? - 7/6/2007 10:07:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		    Brian,

   Thanks for the compliment.You are right alot of research and dirt moving with more focus on the latter.It is not so much about luck,and where you live and dig as it is about moving dirt.It is about averages.Most pits suck but you have to get them out of the way.I hate when I hear people say" I don't have places to dig like you."Another reason I never give locations.The places I dig in a way suck,because they lack many pontilled sodas and other big city bottles but we manage to get some other nice stuff.Show us some pics of those beautiful Drakes sometime.Doug

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RE: WHATS IT WORTH??!! WHATS IT WORTH??! WHATS IT WORTH? - 7/7/2007 12:40:20 AM   
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Status: offline 		It seems that everyone has a bit of a different opinion on this one, so lets give mine a go. I first came to this site looking for information on a bottle that I had found. I didn't know a thing about bottles then other than the fact that some had value. I have many interests coins, clocks, knives, books, cars etc. I also carve wood dolls and I collect bottles. I am a history buff, I am involved with the local museum just a few miles away. The history on anything intrigues me.
  I don't collect these things purely for the fact that they are old. I have a pile of bottles here that have history to them that I would gladly sell......hmm...let's see how about a bromo seltzer I will let you have it for say.....$75.00 or this really old brown bottle that says clorox on the side I couldn't let it go for any less than $125.00. If you are willing to pay those prices I will gladly unload them on you and 50 more just like them.
 Part of collecting bottles is in the money aspect. You can't tell me any different. IF YOU DO then I would gladly give you 50 cents a piece for those pontiled ink bottles or 25 cents a for that funny  shaped bottle there...what is it you call it a Drake's Plantation something or other?
 
I would like to know the opinions of the people that are looking at this forum right now and trying to make up their minds as to whether or not they should join. They see a post like this and the first thing that  a lot of them will do is to say "What a bunch whining idiots" and they will never visit the site again.
 If you don't want to help somebody out when they ask you a question, then don't do it. But don't complain because somebody is seeking advice or help on determining the value of a bottle.
When you first started collecting bottles, let me guess what one of the first few sentences was. "WHAT IS IT WORTH??!!"
 
That is my opinion and I am sticking to it.

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RE: WHATS IT WORTH??!! WHATS IT WORTH??! WHATS IT WORTH? - 7/7/2007 10:38:07 AM   
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THEY ARE GOING IN THE BOX WITH ME!!!!


Mmmmmmmmm... I posted here on the forum many months ago the thought that I would want my ashes to be sealed inside the crude ol' Dr. Townsend's I had... Then I could maybe someday be sold at a bottle show and forever be in the company of grand old glass...

Sold that bottle... Guess I'll have to get anuther...


Ron





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RE: WHATS IT WORTH??!! WHATS IT WORTH??! WHATS IT WORTH? - 7/7/2007 10:54:00 AM   
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