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pickel bottle before and after professionaly cleaning - 7/25/2010 4:11:01 PM    hunter2000   Posts: 282 Joined: 4/26/2010 From: southern NH Status: offline Old pickel bottle before and after being professionaly cleaned what are your thoughts? looking for opinions Worth more /better or should have left as it was aprox date 1860ish no imbossing anywhere. Hunter2k Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: pickel bottle before and after professionaly cleaning - 7/25/2010 4:11:48 PM    hunter2000   Posts: 282 Joined: 4/26/2010 From: southern NH Status: offline after Attachment (1) (in reply to hunter2000) Post #: 2

RE: pickel bottle before and after professionaly cleaning - 7/25/2010 4:12:18 PM    hunter2000   Posts: 282 Joined: 4/26/2010 From: southern NH Status: offline after Attachment (1) (in reply to hunter2000) Post #: 3

RE: pickel bottle before and after professionaly cleaning - 7/25/2010 5:00:15 PM    peejrey   Posts: 1547 Joined: 7/4/2010 From: Hickman TN Status: offline ooooo.... shiny.... _____________________________ Tennessee stuff, and labeled Meds ___Preston J. Reyome____ (in reply to hunter2000) Post #: 4

RE: pickel bottle before and after professionaly cleaning - 7/25/2010 5:54:25 PM    swizzle Posts: 3583 Joined: 3/2/2005 From: Upstate NY Status: online I think that's one that I would have left alone. The waves of opalization looked pretty cool. If it was embossed then yes a good tumble would be nice to help bring out the words. To each there own. It'd be cool to see the same identical bottle sitting next to that one to show as a before and after. Its a really cool shape. I'd love to dig a few of them. It looks cool tumbled as well and it looks like a nice professional job. Some are gonna love the tumbled look and some are going to be against it. I'm one of those that's stuck in the middle. Swiz (in reply to peejrey) Post #: 5

RE: pickel bottle before and after professionaly cleaning - 7/25/2010 8:07:42 PM    beendiggin Posts: 2861 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline I think it looks great cleaned up... _____________________________ Paul (in reply to swizzle) Post #: 6

RE: pickel bottle before and after professionaly cleaning - 7/25/2010 11:43:38 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9282 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: offline Like wise,...real nice clarity. _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to beendiggin) Post #: 7

RE: pickel bottle before and after professionaly cleaning - 7/26/2010 12:15:55 AM    lobeycat Posts: 6697 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline Hard to see the before but most of us have had, or seen bottles with the same sickness. some people like to keep it orig. I think it's worth more cleaned. Not a whole lot more but 20% maybe. Not many pickle collectors like 'em grimey. Nice job. _____________________________ http://youtu.be/YkdOqdpSc0A makes a man cry it does lol. (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 8

RE: pickel bottle before and after professionaly cleaning - 7/26/2010 12:30:02 AM    staticx32   Posts: 74 Joined: 7/19/2010 Status: offline Looks good but I agree with swizzle, I would have maybe washed it out with some soap and water but nonetheless, still looks good. (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 9

RE: pickel bottle before and after professionaly cleaning - 7/26/2010 4:12:08 PM    hunter2000   Posts: 282 Joined: 4/26/2010 From: southern NH Status: offline I did leave out one thing I have had this bottle for over Twenty years and it was washed as well as it could have been . I have beat myself up for years and even spent an hour at the cleaners debating to do or not to do. I am still interested in everyones opinions (in reply to staticx32) Post #: 10

RE: pickel bottle before and after professionaly cleaning - 7/26/2010 4:24:17 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 11468 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline I used to be for pretty much cleaning everything but I am finding I want to leave many items as dug these days. There is definately a good argument for not cleaning bottles. For instance no one would tumble a 1st century Roman bottle (obviously an extreme case). I still find it worth cleaning bottles that have good color or whittle that cant be fully appreciated with staining/oxidation. Many bottles look fine as dug , oxidation and all. I think it needs to be decided on a per bottle basis. Just keep in mind it is an irreversible action unless you have about 150+ years to wait... _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to hunter2000) Post #: 11

RE: pickel bottle before and after professionaly cleaning - 7/26/2010 4:24:48 PM    Staunton Dan Posts: 2249 Joined: 5/5/2005 From: Batesville, VA Status: offline The important thing is how do you like it? What's done is done. Try it this way for 20 years or so. It could begin to grow on you and then you might want to tumble all of the bottles that you dig. I personally like the new shiny look which is the way that it looked when it was new minus the lable of course. _____________________________ Just when you think that you have life figured out, someone changes the rules. (in reply to hunter2000) Post #: 12

RE: pickel bottle before and after professionaly cleaning - 7/27/2010 12:01:56 AM    blobbottlebob Posts: 3356 Joined: 12/20/2005 From: Wisconsin Status: offline Hey Hunter, I wouldn't beat yourself up about it either way. Its done now. If you feel that maybe you shouldn't have done it, chalk it up to experience and never make the same mistake again. If you like it, then there's no worries there either. I, personally, am not a big fan of tumbling. I'd much rather see that original patena. Kind-of like I'd rather see wrinkles on Kenny Roger's face. It shows character and age. A wrinkle free Kenny looks unnatural to me - but that's just me. (in reply to Staunton Dan) Post #: 13

RE: pickel bottle before and after professionaly cleaning - 7/27/2010 1:29:37 AM    staticx32   Posts: 74 Joined: 7/19/2010 Status: offline I'll throw my two cents in again if you guys don't mind, but seeing a piece dug from the ground is amazing.  To think it had been laying there for 100+ years.  The only and ONLY REASON I am not a fan of tumbling is because TO ME it makes the piece look like a replica because it just looks brand new.  That is only my personal opinion though.  I do like your piece though and it has great color.  Don't worry about it too much if you don't like your decision because there are BILLIONS of bottles still in the ground that are up for grabs and doing whatever you like with them is just another factor of the American dream   (in reply to blobbottlebob) Post #: 14

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