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RE: UNOPENED HOSTETTER'S BITTERS - 8/20/2007 9:56:03 PM   
RICKJJ59W


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Hey Goldennail Sorry I came off that way, but the for (what its worth) thing was just a reaction,(in side joke) nothing to do with you, just messing around that's me, sorry if I shook you up, as to your bottle you have, on ebay I saw one that was half full go for 100 bucks, so I would say over the 100 buck mark no problem with the great shape that's in, its cool to have an untouched bottle and  know that's how it sat on the shelf way back when. Good luck with it. Rick


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RE: UNOPENED HOSTETTER'S BITTERS - 8/20/2007 9:59:11 PM   
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Rick...I didn't take any offense to your "outrageous" dollar figure answer.  I'm a retired Navy Commander so I'm used to hearing "bs".  :)  Tigue...I've asked my mom for more details on the bottle re: ounces and year so that I may provide more info.

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RE: UNOPENED HOSTETTER'S BITTERS - 8/20/2007 10:06:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		i can see in the pic it has embossed writing on the opposite side of the Hostestters panel, a small arch on the top of the panel... either way it is for sure a machined bottle, can tell that from the alc. content... not to mention they didnt put the alc. content on there until the food and drug act made them do it!  and that arch, what ever it says makes it later too....

they say 18 fluid oz's, looked it up...


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RE: UNOPENED HOSTETTER'S BITTERS - 8/20/2007 10:54:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		yea sometime I dont think before I type,I dont even bother to see how old members are  I just rattle it off, I have to check my self some time, Jim may be on to some thing. SICKRICK   have a lovely day

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RE: UNOPENED HOSTETTER'S BITTERS - 8/20/2007 10:58:21 PM   
RICKJJ59W


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Status: offline 		cool, EYE EYE SIR! hey how old are you any way? if your a retired navy commander you cant be a kid? tell me your not a kid so I can bust lobes lobes bhahahah!!! Rick

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RE: UNOPENED HOSTETTER'S BITTERS - 8/20/2007 11:01:36 PM   
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You're a hard man Rick! Dude just want's to know what he has here. And he's a kid! Geesh.
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Getting ready for the
commanders answer  lol


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RE: UNOPENED HOSTETTER'S BITTERS - 8/20/2007 11:05:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		I think she said she was 50...

The later Hostetters with labels and contents are somewhat common. But still nice items for bitters collectors. The early ones are pretty rare in complete condition.


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RE: UNOPENED HOSTETTER'S BITTERS - 8/20/2007 11:17:07 PM   
RICKJJ59W


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quote:

I think she said she was 50...
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ORIGINAL: GuntherHess

I think she said she was 50...

hahahah  hey LOBE  a 50 year old kid!  wow LMAO
you dont have any that age still at home do ya?




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RE: UNOPENED HOSTETTER'S BITTERS - 8/20/2007 11:42:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		Rick...Bust lobes?  Is that ears?  Gosh, I can bust a lot more than that!...but this is a public forum and I do like to maintain my decorum as a retired military officer!  :)  For Tigue, my mom states that the bottle says 18 ounces.  How does that date it?  Still around 1910 or so?   I'm attaching a side picture of the bottle, but in the picture it looks like Braille to me...though my mom states that it indicates Hofstetters.




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RE: UNOPENED HOSTETTER'S BITTERS - 8/21/2007 12:18:42 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: goldennail

Rick...Bust lobes?  Is that ears?  Gosh, I can bust a lot more than that!...but this is a public forum and I do like to maintain my decorum as a retired military officer!  :)  For Tigue, my mom states that the bottle says 18 ounces.  How does that date it?  Still around 1910 or so?   I'm attaching a side picture of the bottle, but in the picture it looks like Braille to me...though my mom states that it indicates Hofstetters.





18 is what I meant, my memory failed me there!  About 1910 to 1920 or so, about 40 bucks...  A nice bottle all the same!

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RE: UNOPENED HOSTETTER'S BITTERS - 8/21/2007 12:20:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hi welcome to the forum! You have a very very nice example of a common bitters...I would definately say 40 or 50 on it.

Dont mind rick hes a little schizophrenic...and lobes stands for lobeycat...ricks fuel for the fire

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RE: UNOPENED HOSTETTER'S BITTERS - 8/21/2007 12:25:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		I appreciate all the info from everyone.  Obviously the bottle is not worth as much as hoped/I'd been led to believe...thus, my brother's "dibs" on it isn't a big deal to me.  :)  I'll find something else in my mom's "treasures" to put my own "dibs" on!  :)

Thanks, again, for all your info and inputs!  :)

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RE: UNOPENED HOSTETTER'S BITTERS - 8/21/2007 5:57:21 AM   
RICKJJ59W


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Status: offline 		Don't listen to that Tony guy ..... SHUT UP RICK!!  noooo you shut up! rick! Im Talkin here!!!     wooo  what was that?

   that bottle will bring more then 50 bucks its full, 100 bucksor more , get back to me if you sell it so i can say Rick you where right!  Rick rick

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RE: UNOPENED HOSTETTER'S BITTERS - 8/21/2007 8:22:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		The "18 ounces" indicates its a later bottle. One way to identify the early bottles is the "r" in Dr will have 2 dots under it. The later bottles used a bar under the "r". On the later machine made bottles the seam will go all the way to the top of the lip but thats hard to tell with the lead foil on it.

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RE: UNOPENED HOSTETTER'S BITTERS - 8/21/2007 10:10:52 AM   
CALDIGR2

 

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Status: offline 		It is an ABM Hostetter's from the late 1910s and would currently bring the 40-50 dollars that Tony mentioned. I have had several full contents, full labeled Hostetteter's, ranging in age from 1870s to 1910s, none of which brought much more than a hundred bucks. There are LOTS of them out there.

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RE: UNOPENED HOSTETTER'S BITTERS - 8/21/2007 8:13:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		   Goldennail,

   Very nice bottle!As someone else mentioned there are alot of Hostetter's in alot of attics so it is not real rare even with label and contents.Another thing I noticed is that your bottle is the machine made variant and dates to 1910 or so.Without the label the bottle would be worth less than $10 but with label I would say $30-$50.The amber hostetter your mother seen sell for $3500 must have been an iron pontilled example.Nice find and thanks for posting.Doug

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