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RE: Whats the Rariest Figural in USA - 2/18/2007 12:39:41 PM    bearswede Posts: 2910 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline quote: I am dying to know more info on the bottle. What year? Value? Where'de you get it? Dug? What's the color? Is it rare? Where do I get one? Sorry, Joel... Didn't mean to mislead you... I can only WISH I owned this one...As Kelly said, it went for around $68,000... I guess Jeff said it was $67,500 on the Travel Network show that aired recently... Altho this bottle remains the "Everest" of my fantasy collection, my real life holy grail remains attainable... I saw one on an on-line bottle shop the other day... By the time I had lined up all my little duckies to make sure I could make an offer, the dang thing had been sold... Don't presently have a pic (there's one or two on the forum somewhere), but it's the colored Pheonix Bitters by John Moffat... Ron < Message edited by bearswede -- 2/18/2007 12:48:59 PM > _____________________________ "I LOVE Wolfies!!!!!!!!!!!!" (in reply to epgorge) Post #: 21

RE: Whats the Rariest Figural in USA - 2/18/2007 2:30:35 PM    tombstone   Posts: 124 Joined: 12/21/2005 From: wv Status: offline 1 < Message edited by tombstone -- 2/18/2007 2:32:28 PM > (in reply to Gunsmoke47) Post #: 22

RE: Whats the Rariest Figural in USA - 2/18/2007 2:32:48 PM    bearswede Posts: 2910 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Oops!! I thought that was an Indian Queen... Turns out it's a Puritan Queen...ROR... Double Oops!!! Where'd it go????? Hey, Man... This post depends on the one you wiped out above ^... Ron < Message edited by bearswede -- 2/18/2007 4:10:02 PM > _____________________________ "I LOVE Wolfies!!!!!!!!!!!!" (in reply to tombstone) Post #: 23

RE: Whats the Rariest Figural in USA - 2/18/2007 3:09:36 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5175 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline It looks like one of the bottles from that infamous SF dig. I'm not sure a tapered octahedral (or whatever shape that is) is considered a figural. I think it has to represent some known object (dog, moose,washington monument [close but no cigar], pickle, etc, etc.) < Message edited by GuntherHess -- 2/18/2007 3:10:52 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 Gunsmoke47) Post #: 24

RE: Whats the Rariest Figural in USA - 2/18/2007 4:19:12 PM    bearswede Posts: 2910 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline OK... If we toss that one... I gotta go with the cobalt hot air balloon "Captif 1878" with a price tag of $7840... But it's probably French and elegible to be disqualified as a furriner... Bear < Message edited by bearswede -- 2/18/2007 4:20:16 PM > _____________________________ "I LOVE Wolfies!!!!!!!!!!!!" (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 25

RE: Whats the Rariest Figural in USA - 2/18/2007 4:35:40 PM    Jim Posts: 2437 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: online Ron, Did you HAVE to make me look at that Bryant's again?? I'm keeping the paper towel companies in business wiping all the drool off of my computer . Jock, I don't happen to collect Avon bottles, milk bottles or barbed wire...But there are people who do, and I say good for them. Can you imagine how boring (and impossible) collecting would be if everyone liked the same thing?? 99.9% of all bottles would be worthless, regardless of age, color, type, etc., simply because if there are no buyers, there can be no sellers! Looks like I threw thousands of dollars down the drain on my rare poison bottles, because every single one of them dates well after 1900 . Collect what you like, and please don't feel the need to insult others for doing the same! ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 26

RE: Whats the Rariest Figural in USA - 2/18/2007 4:36:19 PM    epgorge Posts: 2422 Joined: 12/29/2006 Status: offline HOw about the princess or Indian Queen Attachment (1) _____________________________ (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 27

RE: Whats the Rariest Figural in USA - 2/18/2007 4:40:33 PM    epgorge Posts: 2422 Joined: 12/29/2006 Status: offline or the national Attachment (1) _____________________________ (in reply to epgorge) Post #: 28

RE: Whats the Rariest Figural in USA - 2/18/2007 4:46:27 PM    epgorge Posts: 2422 Joined: 12/29/2006 Status: offline or this Harvey's bitters which just sold at auction for $24,000 Attachment (1) _____________________________ (in reply to epgorge) Post #: 29

RE: Whats the Rariest Figural in USA - 2/18/2007 4:52:46 PM    Jim Posts: 2437 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: online Joel...You're killin' me, man! In my area of collecting (poisons), the 7 1/2" amber Norwich coffin is the rarest figural. I believe there are 4 known. Price range is $12,000-15,000, but will likely go higher if and when one comes to market. ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to epgorge) Post #: 30

RE: Whats the Rariest Figural in USA - 2/18/2007 6:50:43 PM    epgorge Posts: 2422 Joined: 12/29/2006 Status: offline This one just sold for a phenomenol amount at bottleauction.com. Attachment (1) _____________________________ (in reply to Jim) Post #: 31

RE: Whats the Rariest Figural in USA - 2/18/2007 7:02:06 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5175 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline Indian, corn, skull, all good figurals _____________________________ 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 epgorge) Post #: 32

RE: Whats the Rariest Figural in USA - 2/18/2007 7:03:13 PM    Jim Posts: 2437 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: online The skulls are always a hot item. They came in three sizes. While they are a rare bottle, there are other poisons that are more rare but underappreciated in my opinion. I know of some unique bottles in the irregular hexagon series that have sold for less than half of what a mint skull will bring. I think those days are coming to a close, though. Two irregulars have been sold recently around the $5K range! I hope to add a skull to my shelves one day, just to have one. ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to epgorge) Post #: 33

RE: Whats the Rariest Figural in USA - 2/18/2007 7:13:17 PM    epgorge Posts: 2422 Joined: 12/29/2006 Status: offline Jim, You know it is funny, how I just can't wait to get a bottle. Then I get it and it sits on my shelf. The thrill of desire, the excitement of discovery and the anticipation of getting it on your shelf is nothing but a memory. It is the thrill of the hunt that entices me. Enjoy it. You will have one on your shelf one day. You may just have to trade off something else to do it. Joel _____________________________ (in reply to Jim) Post #: 34

RE: Whats the Rariest Figural in USA - 2/18/2007 7:33:17 PM    Jim Posts: 2437 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: online I hear you there. If it weren't for digging/buying to sell/selling/trading, I wouldn't have a lot of my best bottles. I've sold and traded some bottles that I still miss, but the ones I got from doing it are sweet! The thrill of the hunt is something that I will be enjoying for life...Out of the 28 known proprietary poisons on my list, I have 5 of them, only 23 to go . The most complete collection I know of has 25 of 28. And then there are the ones that haven't been discovered yet. ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to epgorge) Post #: 35

RE: Whats the Rariest Figural in USA - 2/18/2007 8:15:45 PM    CALDIGR2   Posts: 528 Joined: 6/20/2005 Status: offline Both of the two knwn "mint" examples of the cone Bryant's were dug in CA, one in Sacramento and the other in the "Big Dig of '98" in San Francisco. They were sold seperately and both brought in excess of 60K. I have pawed over and drooled on both specimines. _____________________________ Mike Dig no privy before it's time. (in reply to Gunsmoke47) Post #: 36

RE: Whats the Rariest Figural in USA - 2/21/2007 2:12:22 PM    BigJock   Posts: 59 Joined: 2/12/2007 Status: offline in 1980s I had many american collectors asked me for Barb wire and insulators and milk bottles, (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 37

RE: Whats the Rariest Figural in USA - 2/21/2007 5:31:04 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5175 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline I believe Barb Wire was a bad movie with Pam Anderson. You must mean Barbed Wire. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barb_Wire _____________________________ 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 BigJock) Post #: 38

RE: Whats the Rariest Figural in USA - 2/21/2007 7:48:11 PM    bottlediger Posts: 1458 Joined: 2/19/2006 From: York Pa Status: offline yeah and tell him how much the broken one sold for (in reply to Gunsmoke47) Post #: 39

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