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    bottles are worth less now?

    Bottle prices have gone nuts in Australia for the past couple of years and getting higher all the time, there has been a few that have dropped over the years (mostly middle of the road items) for various reasons. Examples, there was a fair few 26 oz Frankston springs all white ginger beers...
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    Bottle digging ethics?

    It can be hard to find decent people to get out and dig with, if you dig with as many people as you can and weed out the untrustworthy and those you just plain don't like in time you will form a small group you can trust. The group of diggers I often go with is a good example, we are all...
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    Torpedo Bottle

    The Torpedos with "K" on the base are from the Kilner Brothers Glass works in England, they are pretty common finds in Australia and the UK but probably not so easy to get in the US. Bottlenutboy is spot on about the reason they where made like that. Date is from the late 1880's to 1900.
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    Pricing websites

    May not be much use to you as this site is Australian found bottles but Bottleguide if the biggest and best price guide to Aussie bottles out there online or printed, It's AU$33 a year but gets bigger and better all the time and is always being updated. http://www.bottleguide.com.au/
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    Aussie Bottle collection stolen, 19 Nov 2004

    That is a rare bottle but not one of the ones stolen, I know who that seller is and they are OK. Thanks for keeping an eye out, I know this reply is a bit late but I kind of missed your reply [:@] .
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    Case Gin pics

    Great bottles the old case gins [:D] , one of the few that seemingly can be found in any country in the world too.
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    hey IRISH

    Shifting tons of dirt and clay, I'll show you what I got when I take some photo's on the weekend [;)] .
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    RIP

    R.I.P. Steve Irwin. Nothing inappropriate in the photo's here, that was his job and passion so nothing wrong with a photo of a croc. I've never watched his shows so can't comment on them but he did a great job in practical conservation and wildlife managment and was a huge hit in the US...
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    Aussie Bottle collection stolen, 19 Nov 2004

    Not much, They will not get away with it though is all I can say.
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    Harrison, Fitzroy Bottles

    You called? [:D] I'm back. Nice torpedo, has it got a little C.S. Co (Cannington Shaw) or the like near the base? I bought one the other day and it's got that and I'm sure the usual one is M.G.B.W. made. The three way and bulb codds are fairly rare, the lamont was easy to get when the...
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    Few latest finds

    This is the other side of the ink showing the Pottery stamp and the pouring spout. That hairline looks worse in the photo, it's hardly noticeable in the flesh. It stands ten inches high.
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    Few latest finds

    Got a few the other day, I took these photo's today and will photograph and post the rest on the weekend. This is a Field ink with a J. Bourne potters stamp on the other side and a John Gosnell pot lid.
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    Nice Ginger Ale

    Photo of the back embossing, Rowlands / late / Rowlands & Lewis / Ballarat / Melbourne / Ginger ale etc.
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    Nice Ginger Ale

    Got this Rowlands Ginger Ale blob top corker a little while ago, it's got the farmer and miner (plus coat of arms etc.) trade mark that Rowlands is famous for and loads of embossing on the back. Anyone got photo's of some blob tops this shape? there are a few from Australia (at least two...
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    Got a few Chemists

    Got a few nice ice blue chemists the other day, I've never seen the big one before, still can't get that crud out though. L to R, H. Francis Melbourne with "English made bottle" on base, T.H.Buzza Footscray with a monogram TM and E.G. Hooper Hawthorn .W Hawthorn and Footscray are old...
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