Perfume, vanity, and barber bottles

[Wallaman]

Wanted to know if dug perfume bottles ranging in size from a half dollar and up, clear glass, cobalt, cut glass, frosted, some with lids, most not. Vanity bottles, barber bottles are collectible and have any value.

 

[CanadianBottles]

Depends on the age but some bottles in those categories are definitely collectible. Barber bottles especially, I know there are some serious collectors of those. I think in general the ones that were meant to be displayed on a barber's counter are fairly valuable.

 

[Wallaman]

CanadianBottle: Thank you for your response. I am now in the process of cleaning bottles I dug back in 1970's. I have so many to sort out into different categories and I wasn't sure if I should spend as much time with those particular ones. I know people love to see photos of bottles, I do too. I have a couple problems with posting photos of what I have. (1) I have an old Android phone and I am not computer savy, and ... (2) It is literally impossible for me to take pictures of all I have, fronts, backs, sides, bottoms. I love old bottles but I am not knowledgeable as to knowing what the bottom marks, seams, tops, etc., etc., mean. I spend hours every evening browsing bottle websites, ebay, marketplace trying to find out about all these things so I can have some idea of a monetary value for what I have. It is totally confusing. I can literally find a dozen different prices for a Hoods or Ayers Sarsparilla bottles. Same goes for all the different bottles I have tried looking up so far.