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repaired bottles, the sequel - 12/12/2004 9:49:07 AM    bearswede Posts: 3191 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline This is a saratoga-type mineral water that hails from a town near me in western MA... A Haskins with a small basal chip just sold at one of the big 4 online auctions for around $850... Mine had a flat, nickel-sized clam-shell flake off the base toward the front of the bottle... It displayed ok, but the missing glass was noticeable on close inspection, and quite obvious when the bottle was turned over, exposing the base... Attachment (1) < Message edited by bearswede -- 12/12/2004 9:53:29 AM > Post #: 1

RE: repaired bottles, the sequel - 12/12/2004 10:01:58 AM    bearswede Posts: 3191 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline here's a pic of the repair from the front... Attachment (1) < Message edited by bearswede -- 12/12/2004 10:19:47 AM > (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 2

RE: repaired bottles, the sequel - 12/12/2004 10:09:50 AM    bearswede Posts: 3191 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Here's the base... The repair is at the top... You can see that the glass at the base is naturally undulous, and the repair fits right in... Attachment (1) < Message edited by bearswede -- 12/12/2004 10:21:03 AM > (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 3

RE: repaired bottles, the sequel - 12/12/2004 12:47:16 PM    bearswede Posts: 3191 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Here's (perhaps) a better photo of the bottom front... Attachment (1) (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 4

RE: repaired bottles, the sequel - 1/5/2005 3:20:45 AM    drjhostetters   Posts: 162 Joined: 3/2/2004 Status: offline Hey Bear... Repaired or not that is a beautiful bottle ..I see why that other one sold for so much...of course I am partial to green bottles...if you want you can will me that bottle..snicker snicker! Keep on huntin'.. The Doc... _____________________________ The Doctor...Dr. J (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 5

RE: repaired bottles, the sequel - 1/5/2005 6:29:07 PM    bearswede Posts: 3191 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Hey Doc... Thanks... If my wife, kids or dog don't want it, or I don't sell it at the Little Rhody Bottle Show this weekend, or at some show in the future, or on ebay...it's yours!!!! When I was diggin' bottle dumps back in the 70's in Belchertown, MA, I dreamed of finding a Haskin's... Now I do my "diggin'" on ebay, and this baby popped up at a price I couldn't afford to pass up... Say, do you have one of those early, crude black glass Hostetter's kickin' around the house you don't need anymore??? Ron (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 6

RE: repaired bottles, the sequel - 1/5/2005 8:21:20 PM    tazmainiendigger Posts: 1003 Joined: 11/21/2003 From: State O Maine Status: offline Ron would you settle for a yellow one? Taz (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 7

RE: repaired bottles, the sequel - 1/6/2005 10:41:38 AM    bearswede Posts: 3191 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline hi taz... I actually have a beautiful honey amber "hoss" , shiney glass like liquid amber, with L&W and 4 dots embossed on the base... it has what appear to be a series of scratches, but the more I look at them, the more they look more like in-manufacture flaws that were manifested at the surface of the glass... anyway, I've been salivating at the crude, black-glass "hoss"es that have been floating by on ebay, just out of reach (of my pocketbook, i.e.)... Ron < Message edited by bearswede -- 1/6/2005 10:42:49 AM > (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 8

RE: repaired bottles, the sequel - 1/31/2005 12:55:14 AM    drjhostetters   Posts: 162 Joined: 3/2/2004 Status: offline Wow... Where have I been? Is it really the 30th of Forever now? Guess I didn't expect a reply to my silly statement... And alas the only true Dr. J. bottle I have is a medium amber...it was my very first dig find about 30 years ago (thus my Forum "handle"), (I dug a case of twelve, several amber, a few clear and only the one embossed...I gave all but one amber and one clear to friends..kept the embossed one naturally.) Keep on diggin' and lookin'... The Doc... _____________________________ The Doctor...Dr. J (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 9

RE: repaired bottles, the sequel - 1/31/2005 8:58:18 AM    kastoo   Posts: 1875 Joined: 9/7/2004 From: Lagrange, GA Status: offline Do you repair bottles? I have one that is not valuable enough to repair by most folks standards but I want to anyway. I wish I knew how. I have 2 bottles, a broke off top and a broke off bottom that I want to make one bottle out of. It is a straightside coke. this is the top: http://www.thetreasuredepot.com/cgi-bin/bottles/bottles_config.pl?read=9067 this is the bottom: http://www.thetreasuredepot.com/cgi-bin/bottles/bottles_config.pl?read=9066 What would you charge to do it? (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 10

RE: repaired bottles, the sequel - 1/31/2005 11:01:55 AM    bearswede Posts: 3191 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Hi kastoo... It sounds as if you have a complex repair there... Trying to fit pieces from two different bottles is not anything I've tried... Maybe someone out there in the forum might give it a shot or walk you thru it... Good luck! Ron (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 11

RE: repaired bottles, the sequel - 1/31/2005 3:08:02 PM    bearswede Posts: 3191 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Hey Doc, Taz: Here's my 'Hoss... Ron Attachment (1) (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 12

RE: repaired bottles, the sequel - 2/2/2005 1:46:30 AM    drjhostetters   Posts: 162 Joined: 3/2/2004 Status: offline Hey Bear... I believe mine is identical to yours, might be a little darker...I haven't seen it in about 20 years (believe it or not) I packed it away in one of my seven or eight boxes of bottles stored in the garage and attic, when we moved (many many moves) and haven't unboxed it. I may have to find that box and "refind" my first find. Keep on "refindin'"... The Doc... _____________________________ The Doctor...Dr. J (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 13

RE: repaired bottles, the sequel - 2/3/2005 8:39:24 AM    kastoo   Posts: 1875 Joined: 9/7/2004 From: Lagrange, GA Status: offline How did you repair that? I have a chipped lip I need to repair. Fortunately it is clear BUT how do you match color? Thanks (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 14

RE: repaired bottles, the sequel - 2/3/2005 5:54:22 PM    bearswede Posts: 3191 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Kastoo... Check out "bottle repair" topic under the Cleaning & Repairing forum... Ron (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 15

RE: repaired bottles, the sequel - 2/7/2005 1:32:46 PM    diginit   Posts: 703 Joined: 4/7/2004 From: California Status: offline Howdy folks, I found a honey amber last month,Thought you might like to know what kovels says. Item Number Item Price bottle-bitters1999aa243 (Bitters) Dr. J. Hostetter's Stomach, Medium Honey Amber, 8 3/4 In., R-H196 $40.00 (1999) bottle-bitters2001af12 (Bitters) Dr. J. Hostetter's Stomach, Amber, 8 3/4 In. $25.00 (2001) Lots of variants. some fairly expensive. _____________________________ Life is a Ditch. (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 16

RE: repaired bottles, the sequel - 2/7/2005 2:49:02 PM    bearswede Posts: 3191 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Hey, 'Dig... Mine appears to be an H-195, 8 7/8", golden yellow amber, $90-125 (J. Megura, 2000)... If it had olive in it, it'd be $300+, according to Kovels', 2002. I like mine a lot... The glass is shiney and "liquid" looking... Ron Attachment (1) < Message edited by bearswede -- 2/7/2005 3:05:21 PM > (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 17

RE: repaired bottles, the sequel - 2/7/2005 8:37:48 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Soooo if I stick an olive in my honey amber Doc. Hostetters it'll increase in value? Sweet! Should I use ripe black ones or the green ones with the pimento? _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 18

RE: repaired bottles, the sequel - 2/7/2005 9:02:20 PM    bearswede Posts: 3191 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline It would have to be imported "olive" colored olives, marinated in x-tra virgin olive oil, I think... Better add some hollyhock honey, to be on the safe side... Ron (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 19

RE: repaired bottles, the sequel - 2/7/2005 9:08:09 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Hey! who you calling 'Honey'! < Message edited by Maine Digger -- 2/7/2005 9:08:37 PM > _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 20

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