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picked up some more jars - 6/20/2010 2:20:51 PM    thetater   Posts: 98 Joined: 6/16/2010 From: Burlington Ia Status: offline Went to the yearly art fair in town. Was a pretty hot day and usually its mostly just art for sale, but this year was a lot of booths selling antiques and bottles../ Don't know to much about them. I am working on getting a red book and some other books../ Attachment (1) < Message edited by thetater -- 6/20/2010 2:23:48 PM > Post #: 1

RE: picked up some more jars - 6/20/2010 2:21:24 PM    thetater   Posts: 98 Joined: 6/16/2010 From: Burlington Ia Status: offline i like the green tint../ Attachment (1) (in reply to thetater) Post #: 2

RE: picked up some more jars - 6/20/2010 2:22:12 PM    thetater   Posts: 98 Joined: 6/16/2010 From: Burlington Ia Status: offline liked this one and also the lid it had./ Attachment (1) (in reply to thetater) Post #: 3

RE: picked up some more jars - 6/20/2010 2:22:39 PM    thetater   Posts: 98 Joined: 6/16/2010 From: Burlington Ia Status: offline lid on the jar../ Attachment (1) (in reply to thetater) Post #: 4

RE: picked up some more jars - 6/20/2010 2:50:42 PM    thetater   Posts: 98 Joined: 6/16/2010 From: Burlington Ia Status: offline one more. Better cause I like it since the jar is squared off and not round../ Attachment (1) (in reply to thetater) Post #: 5

RE: picked up some more jars - 6/21/2010 7:42:09 AM    Wangan   Posts: 1136 Joined: 12/4/2009 From: Northern Maine Status: offline I need a Redbook #10 also.There are many variants,1/2",3/4" and 5/8" tall letters just on Masons alone can mean price differences.Heres a few references Ive written down. A ground (rough) top was made before 1900. Reproductions have 3 equally spaced mold seams but all 19th century Masons have 2 piece molds. Although the "dimple" in the glass to hold the wire closure was invented in the late 1800`s,it was patented in 1908 and eliminated the need for the wire around the jar to hold the closure wire in place. There is a "miget" Mason with a Zinc screwtop lid that is sought after,but I forget what they get for those.Maybe $40.00-$50.00? The third loop on Ball jars before it goes to the underscore dates it 1900-1910 Backward letters mean little to value.If it could hold a product good without a major problem they would keep right on making them.The more you made,the more you got paid.The single number on the base is the number of the mold crew that made the jar.This is how the company knew how many the crew made per day/night and thus got paid. Rare colors like any glass can be and usually are more sought after.I had a clear Lightning jar that was,(I broke it),worth $10.00 with the lid and bail wire.It was worth more than that to me,but I mean basic worth.The same jar in Cornflower blue,Amber or Apple Green is worth $125.00-$250.00 Most all common jars are worth $3.00-$5.00 I dont know about jar books,but some of the bottle books prices are quite higher than they really are worth. Welcome to the forum,good luck and I hope you finds some beauties. _____________________________ http://youtu.be/e4ujS1er1r0 (in reply to thetater) Post #: 6

RE: picked up some more jars - 6/27/2010 8:57:34 AM    suzanne   Posts: 688 Joined: 3/29/2009 Status: offline I can tell you 3 things about the second bottle, I own one too.  They are rather hard too find.  I've only seen one in my life and it was so pretty I had to have it, even though it was 5.00.    But sometimes they're on e-bay and don't sell for much, maybe because they don't look as interesting in photographs as they really are.  A mason book I picked up from maybe 20 years ago listed hundreds of fruit jars and it said that the manufacturer of the shepard's hook mason (that's what they're called) is unknown to this day but the  jars are believed to have been manufactured before 1900. (in reply to thetater) Post #: 7

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