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poison for auction - 9/13/2006 5:24:03 PM    welddigger   Posts: 552 Joined: 4/24/2004 From: Hereford,PA. Status: offline http://www.rtam.com/glassworks_catalog/cgi-bin/CATALL.CGIGlassworks auction has some rather high end poison in this auction. Just thought I let you guys know! If the link is the wrong lot they start on lot # 495. Post #: 1

RE: poison for auction - 9/13/2006 8:50:15 PM    Jim Posts: 2429 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Those are some sweet bottles! The 12-oz Friedgen is the one that was posted here about two months ago. I wondered what had happened to it. ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to welddigger) Post #: 2

RE: poison for auction - 9/14/2006 12:59:52 PM    bottlediger Posts: 1453 Joined: 2/19/2006 From: York Pa Status: offline I am pretty sure that is the same bottle that was on this forum. "bought at a sale in northeast Pa" same deal as the dude that was on here. Already a bid at 3,000 daaaaaaaaaaaaaaam (in reply to Jim) Post #: 3

RE: poison for auction - 9/14/2006 1:12:53 PM    cowseatmaize Posts: 2135 Joined: 12/2/2004 From: Metro West, MA Status: offline To bad, it sounds like he's got "the eye". I would be nice to hear him check in now an then but that was the only post he's made. Good luck to him anyway I say. http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m_60863/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm _____________________________ My 10¢ worth (inflation) Eric If you love what your doing it might be illegal, so watch your back. (in reply to bottlediger) Post #: 4

RE: poison for auction - 9/14/2006 10:36:59 PM    bottlediger Posts: 1453 Joined: 2/19/2006 From: York Pa Status: offline He had no idea what he just bought until Jim told him on here. I think he paid a buck fifty as in one dollar and fifty cents....daaaaaaaaaaaaamnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn thats a helova profit (in reply to cowseatmaize) Post #: 5

RE: poison for auction - 9/15/2006 12:16:03 AM    Jim Posts: 2429 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline It was $1.25......a whole buck twenty five! That just goes to show that there are indeed a few killer bottles still out there to be found in unlikely places. If it were in my budget right now, I would be owning this one! I'm happy for Tom, and I think he will be quite pleased. I have made a few similar buys, but the profit was measured in hundreds, not thousands (yet). ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to bottlediger) Post #: 6

RE: poison for auction - 12/9/2006 11:53:48 AM    tomkirby   Posts: 10 Joined: 5/28/2006 From: honesdale, PA Status: offline Well I'll give you an update on that friedgen bottle. I still have it. Here's the story. I got an offer to sell the bottle privatly for 3,600, I told him that I wouldn't jump on the first offer I got. Beinging the nice guy I am, I told him I would give him the right to top the best offer I got. So any who, 1 month down the road I got an offer for 5,000. I told the other collector about keeping my word to the first guy. The first guy said, 5,000 was alot of money, give me 1 day to think about it, I agreed. The nextday came and he could not come up with the money that soon. So I told him I would put the bottle in an auction to give him time so he could bid on it. He thanked me perfusley. The second collector was pretty irrate. He said good luck! I hope you sell it, but I won't be bidding on it. Turns out none of the two bid on it! That's what I get for beinging the nice. Moral of the story "take the 5,000 GRAND" Tom (in reply to cowseatmaize) Post #: 7

RE: poison for auction - 12/9/2006 3:49:29 PM    bottlediger Posts: 1453 Joined: 2/19/2006 From: York Pa Status: offline oh well you still made out pretty good there bud, dont get down on yourself its only money (in reply to tomkirby) Post #: 8

RE: poison for auction - 12/9/2006 5:56:31 PM    Jim Posts: 2429 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Good to hear from you, Tom. At least you still have it, so the ball is in your court. I am certain that there are a few guys in the poison community who DO have the cash and would love to own the 12-oz Friedgen. If you like, I may be able to hook you up with a buyer. I don't want any commission or anything like that. I also have a different auction house that I can recommend. Let me know if you think I may be able to help. ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to bottlediger) Post #: 9

RE: poison for auction - 12/9/2006 9:11:40 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5157 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline Not sure that story made sense to me. If the one guy offered 5000 and the first guy couldnt match that why wouldnt you sell it to the other guy that offered 5000? When you put it up for auction what was the reserve? If it was 5000 I would have figured I was being jerked around and not bid. Maybe I'm missing something. _____________________________ 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 tomkirby) Post #: 10

RE: poison for auction - 12/10/2006 8:02:29 AM    tomkirby   Posts: 10 Joined: 5/28/2006 From: honesdale, PA Status: offline I wasn't trying to jerk the guy around, the first guy wanted so bad I gave  him two more months by putting it up for auction. Yes the reserve was 5000. Tom (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 11

RE: poison for auction - 12/10/2006 8:10:48 AM    tomkirby   Posts: 10 Joined: 5/28/2006 From: honesdale, PA Status: offline Sure Jim, if I can get the 5000 for it. If not, I'll hold on to it, seems to appreciate well. I'll owe you & the misses dinner if you do. Maybe we can get together and dig my property. My house was build in 1864 and I'll bet I can dig the the house next door too! It would be my first dig! Tom (in reply to Jim) Post #: 12

RE: poison for auction - 12/10/2006 8:21:45 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 5157 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline I know you were just trying to be fair, I'm just saying from the buyers viewpoint I can see why they might think they were being played and not bid. I hope you get the 5K for it. _____________________________ 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 tomkirby) Post #: 13

RE: poison for auction - 12/11/2006 12:41:10 AM    Jim Posts: 2429 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline I'll see what I can do for you. In my opinion, $5000, while not cheap, is not at all out of line for that bottle. And if it doesn't bring that much now, it will in 5-10 years. I'm very glad that I bought some of my irregular hexagon poisons when I did, because I wouldn't be able to touch them for those prices now. They are a solid investment, especially the rare ones! Your 1864 house should definitely have some good bottles buried around it. My digging partner and I are currently excavating a privy that was used by several buildings that date to at least 1850. We are making some killer finds, I have it posted in Digging and Finding. I don't know when I would be free for a road trip, but it is certainly something that we can talk about. I will make a few contacts and let you know if I can make the sale for you. ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to tomkirby) Post #: 14

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