ROBBYBOBBY64
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My neighbor does garbage removal. Emptying houses of degree, sometimes everything someone owned. He always gives me the bottles, crates or whatever he pulled from the place. He gets some of the most amazing things. I can't believe people don't want the stuff, but for whatever reason they don't.Yes I believe the part about non collectors just keeping stuff buried in their closets. Had a non collecting friend that received a gift of a bottle from another non collector ( I know weird right). My friend Al showed this bottle to me because he knew I was a collector. My eyes popped out of my head, it was a cornflower blue petal wax sealer fruit jar with an iron pontil. I don't know much about fruit jars but I knew it was something special so I checked into it and got a round about price of 500-850 (1980's prices) Took it to the Baltimore show in Timonium showed it around and sold it for him. $650, probably should have waited for an auction setting but Al was thrilled with the sale price.
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