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RE: TEST - 8/16/2007 10:40:53 AM    tigue710 Posts: 1748 Joined: 7/11/2007 From: connecticut Status: offline Thanks, but actually that was a guess!  I considered location, the fact that it is a southern slug, and the fact that most of those types of flasks are very scarce...  I'm a bottle freak too, I eat sleep and sh*t bottles, so I'm getting kinda good at these I guess! (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 21

RE: TEST - 8/16/2007 12:59:28 PM    capsoda Posts: 7923 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: online Yea, What Matt said..... Get to work bud. _____________________________ 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 GuntherHess) Post #: 22

RE: TEST - 8/16/2007 1:20:12 PM    Humabdos   Posts: 446 Joined: 6/13/2004 From: Greenville Texas The Blackest land whitest people Status: offline I don't know about yours but I just paid $75  for this one. It lists for $175 by a well known Whisky bottle seller on his price list. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220137538569&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=012 (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 23

RE: TEST - 8/16/2007 3:09:21 PM    lobeycat Posts: 3805 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: online Like Gunth said..document this. An Auction report, (a mention in a book published by someone other than you would suffice) an email from a collector we know, I got it, throw it up on ebay with a $1000 reserve and lets see how she does. Better hope Dixie's watching because there isn't a man alive up here that would give you $300 for that coffin. Ya see Spence it isn't that I don't believe you, god knows I've found valuable bottles at flea markets for almost nothing, I just have to be shown like a simpleton. To help you along I e-mailed a few southern flask colletors your pic with the info you provided. It takes awhile sometimes but I'll post it as soon as it arrives. i really hope it's worth $500, love finding good stuff cheap! Lobey. (in reply to Humabdos) Post #: 24

RE: TEST - 8/16/2007 4:17:40 PM    cc6pack   Posts: 543 Joined: 7/12/2003 From: Mableton, Ga. Status: online Spence U said if we had seen it last Saturday to keep out of it. I did. I sitll find it hard that what U quoted is the true value. Not that I don't beleive U, just hard to see 3-4 hundred for that bot. (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 25

RE: TEST - 8/16/2007 7:10:07 PM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline ive already turned down $175 and $350 for this one, so its atleast worth that much, i would do like lobey said and throw it on ebay with a $1,000,000 reserve just to see... im kind of curious how it would do on ebay myself... _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to cc6pack) Post #: 26

RE: TEST - 8/16/2007 7:14:30 PM    tombstone   Posts: 124 Joined: 12/21/2005 From: wv Status: offline on ebay really talk it up like it's special.  It might be the next half million dollar bottle. (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 27

RE: TEST - 8/16/2007 7:23:12 PM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline  its Ca. 1890s-1900, and ive done some of my homework on it, but i still have a ways to go... the reason its so rare is because for some reason or other there arent very many coffin flasks from tennessee, i suppose they are all rectangular or strap sides... i think i deserve atleast a C+ or B- i did take it to the show, and seek someone who knew, i found reggie lynch at the show, he was set up across from me, showed it to him and he tried calling Ralph but he couldnt get him... then he gave me his name and told me to go to the FOHBC website and Email him from there... Ralph Van Brocklin lives in tennesee and collects tenessee flasks, along with western whiskeys and bitters... i assure you he came highly recommended by reggie, and i KNOW reggie wouldnt recommend him if he wasnt reliable, i know this because he found a couple other people at the show from there who he thought would know about it, and he got mad at them because the first thing they did was say "do you want to sell it?" when he brought them over with the understanding that it wasnt for sale, and that they were to give information, and help me price it, all of which tried to low ball me... i had estimates ranging from 20-50 all the way up to 150... turns out its $350.... and unique... _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 28

RE: TEST - 8/16/2007 8:04:41 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5160 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline Sounds like you've done some work on it, good job. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 29

RE: TEST - 8/16/2007 8:10:25 PM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline quote: you've done some work yeah your about right, ive done SOME work but now i need to do some MORE! hope i can dig up some more information on it _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 30

RE: TEST - 8/16/2007 10:31:47 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5160 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline Here is an example of the type of info you might find that can be useful... http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~nashvillearchives/merchantslicenses.html That is a list of nashville merchant licenses for 1895 (around the time when your bottle might of been made). If you are lucky you can get a street address or period of operation off sites like this. Start putting bits of info together. The more you get , the better you can search. Many times you just hit dead ends though. Especially for rare items.  < Message edited by GuntherHess -- 8/16/2007 10:33:43 PM > _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 31

RE: TEST - 8/16/2007 10:50:01 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5160 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline http://www.pre-pro.com/midacore/view_vendor.php?vid=BNA4372 An interesting link... Seems they were around quite a while since they were in the 1874 business dir. Gives an address too. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 32

RE: TEST - 8/16/2007 11:13:01 PM    capsoda Posts: 7923 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: online Hey Matt, Your gonna over load Spencer whit all that info and then someone will have to go over and grease his head to get him in and out of the Love Shack. Hang in there Spencer, you'll find all the info you need sooner or later. _____________________________ 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 GuntherHess) Post #: 33

RE: TEST - 8/17/2007 8:59:17 AM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline thanks alot matt! i didnt see it on that merchants listing, but i may have missed it...they really need to organize that list into alphabetical order... is it strange that they only found it in the 1874 directory? my bottle isnt even  close to that early... tooled top, not applied...definately your typical 1890s-1900 coffin flask.... _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 34

RE: TEST - 8/17/2007 11:38:40 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 5160 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline I expect the 1874 date is when they first incorporated. That's why i was saying they must of been in bussiness for quite a while since your bottle was likely made 20 yrs after that date. The 42 S Market Street address may be one little piece of the puzzle. < Message edited by GuntherHess -- 8/17/2007 11:40:59 AM > _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 35

RE: TEST - 8/17/2007 11:48:41 AM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline That was a "Trick-Test" It would be like me putting up a milk bottle and asking the same question. _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 36

RE: TEST - 8/17/2007 12:08:54 PM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline Distillers only, except for 1874 when the copies include Wine & Liquors, Wholesale & Retail. N Market became 2 nd St in or around 1904. this was at the bottom of the page on the second link, funny thing is it was supposed to be South market not North... and no trick, i gave you all the necessary information to find something out about it, all i had to start with was the bottle... _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 37

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