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    Beginner Question - Price Guide?

    There are a number of bottle price guides that have been published over the last 40+ years, and I have some of them in my library. But I consider most of them to be almost useless for finding the current values of any bottles. They are mostly good for "documentation" that is, knowing that...
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    Tips for Finding Glass Railroad Insulators?

    K6TIM, It's a lot more complicated than that. Your post is making some bad over-simplifications. There are quite a few very collectible, scarce to rare insulators that are not necessarily found in "fancy" colors!! For instance, some of the rarest insulators known are found in ordinary...
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    Another Bottle found today on beach...

    Try doing a search with PETROLAGER LABORATORIES. Those bottles have "P L" above the trident, inside the crest. Not sure about the time period when "D L" was used, but presumably the initials were for Deshell Laboratories, but maybe made sometime before OR after the bottles marked P L ?? ...
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    Marbles I found on my antique landfill

    That sounds so exciting!! The very best of luck with your digging and finding goodies!!! I will also add this comment - you should Definitely PLEASE save any shards of broken Hutch Soda bottles if the embossed company name, city and / or state is part of the broken piece! There are over...
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    What is this C.C LTD bottle

    I don't think that bottle has anything to do with Coca Cola. I found a few other bottles mentioned that have what appears to be a "C C Ltd" online, including a ketchup bottle. Maybe the second "C" could state for "Condiments"...
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    So is this a pretty early insulator?

    I forgot to add that is the most common color, the basic aqua (blue green). There are some H.G.CO. beehives of that particular type (H on top, no PETTICOAT on reverse) that are in a nice true green (not aqua) and they are worth more - in the neighborhood of 30 to 40 dollars if in good...
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    So is this a pretty early insulator?

    Hi CCB420, That's a "beehive" style telegraph insulator. That is not the earliest type of beehive made by Hemingray. Their oldest beehives (introduced in about 1885) have the word "PETTICOAT" on the rear skirt. That is a type that was probably started around (give or take a couple years) 1895...
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    A collection of PDF''s. Manufactures and makers marks.

    There sorta is a section already - it has a place where anyone can post URLS to other webpages with historical, background information, charts, lists etc. When viewing this site home page, scrolling down a ways, it is located farther down on the page under "MISCELLANEOUS" forums. It is...
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    A collection of PDF''s. Manufactures and makers marks.

    It wouldn't be a glass insert in my opinion - unless some kind of "gasket" was used to minimize glass to glass contact. If they take a "compression" type lid, I think the chances are a lot lower in finding one that fits exactly. I still don't understand just what those jars would have been...
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    A collection of PDF''s. Manufactures and makers marks.

    Not sure but they look like they would take some size of screw type lid. It may or may not be easy finding new lids of the same exact size and threading to fit well. Maybe try different lids from newer jars and see if any will work well. By the way, the jar with the #5412 on the bottom is...
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    A collection of PDF''s. Manufactures and makers marks.

    Hi, I think they are all packer jars, and probably held some kind of food product. Without a label it is hard to say for sure. The amber jar might have held some brand of coffee or coffee creamer? As you know, the NW stands for Northwestern Glass Company of Seattle. Without knowing for sure...
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    A collection of PDF''s. Manufactures and makers marks.

    Hello Rick & Carrie! Well, the general shape is called a "wide mouth packer jar" and that means a "generic" jar that could have contained any of many different products. But, since it is amber glass I am guessing it might have been a coffee jar. Some brands of coffee used to be packaged...
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    A collection of PDF''s. Manufactures and makers marks.

    Thanks Rick & Carrie!! I'm always glad when anyone shows interest in bottles, jars, or glass of any type, whether old, new or vintage! Take care!
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    A collection of PDF''s. Manufactures and makers marks.

    Rick and Carrie, I only commented because the way your paragraph was worded seemed to imply the PDFs were created from your own research. Again, no offense intended. This is an example of why so many readers will refrain from posting anything on this site because they are afraid of blowback...
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    A collection of PDF''s. Manufactures and makers marks.

    Hi Rick & Carrie, I'm not meaning to be argumentative at all (and I DO agree that glassmaker marks are VERY important and can help greatly with provenance and history of a bottle, and can make differences in the value of some bottles and jars), and I believe you are well-meaning, but I think...
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