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    no seams

    Turn-molds will usually have twist marks in the glass of the neck, stretched bubbles, etc. that also give away their origin.
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    Big old bottle in wicker

    I have one which is it's twin in size & the wickerwork. The guy I got it from for $10 said it was from San Francisco, turn of the century, & was locally produced. I wouldn't know any different, so I accept his description. It's aqua, and I have so far resisted the temptation to remove the...
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    Hop-Cel Nerve Blood & Brain Tonic

    Thanks Brian. Well, mine is apparently a different variant than what he lists. Mine is 9" and his is 10-3/4". I sent him a pic & description, maybe he'll get back & tell me mine is a previously unknown, one-of-a-kind variation worth $500! Just kidding.
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    Hop-Cel Nerve Blood & Brain Tonic

    Ron, thanks I guess I missed that year Kovel's. I assume that a "tonic" would have a significant alcohol content...for medicinal purposes only of course. You really have to wonder if all those old bitters, tonics & cures didn't just taste like #@!$%#! .....I've never seen any review of what...
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    Hop-Cel Nerve Blood & Brain Tonic

    I store my larger bottles in those liqour store boxes with the 12 cardboard compartments, They're safe & the boxes stack well...and one room has become loaded with them. After a while, I forget what is where...and sometimes it's a real treat to open a box I haven't seen in a long while, & get...
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    Owens bottles question for the experts

    I know about Owens marks, & how they date a bottle to the first ABM machines etc. but I have a bottle with "Owens" embossed on the bottom, inside a large Owens mark, and now this guy that I know is trying to tell me that some early Owens bottles were embossed this way? Is this true? Never seen...
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    Green Calisaya Bitters

    Thanks.... Thanks, Kent. The amber is rarer, I guess. I like the other colors, so I'm happy with it. Looks like a good, but maybe not a great trade. Back to the trading floor, got some others today, I'll try to put a couple up that I have no clue about.
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    Green Calisaya Bitters

    I think I maybe scored on this one. I found one listed in amber, same size & embossing..for $125 in an 8 year old Kovels or Warman's...one or the other. No listing for a green example. I'd think green would be rarer than amber, but I don't know. Nice tooled bottle is 8" tall by 4-1/4" by...
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    Korean War Float 50" Diameter

    Really nice float! I found a few in Alaska in the early 80's that were 15" diameter, that's the biggest I have seen. Never seen one like yours still in the web. That's a good item, but I wouldn't want to guess it's potential value on Ebay. Never seen one sell before. I traded mine away because...
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    Ebay scam

    This guy I was dealing with did not understand the system enough to know that I was someone he had burned before, using a different username. I got hip to him by checking his feedback, & monitoring his sales for a couple months. He sells 10 items, but only gets feedback for 1 or 2. A really...
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    Martini Cocktail Green Bottle

    The bottom of the bottle....
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    Martini Cocktail Green Bottle

    Traded for this bottle, just wondering if anyone knows it's vintage & if it has any value beyond the $1 I gave for it. It's nicely embossed, "Per Martini Cocktail Usate Martini Vermouth..For Martini Cocktail Use Martini Vermouth" It's 12-1/2" tall with a deeply indented bottom. Mold seams run...
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    Ebay scam

    Almost the same thing happened to me, with a non-bottle purchase. Leaving me with no recourse, I proceeded to get a different user name, & then I bid on & won another of this crooks' items, for more than he had taken me for originally. Upon receiving his email after the sale, I informed him...
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    Unexpected discoveries

    How did it get there? Good question, I won't guess about that, but I will suggest that originally there was probably more than just the one. 2 volts of battery power wouldn't be of much use for anything. Maybe you will find another one someday.
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    Unexpected discoveries

    Dang! Really, I was blue-sky guessing! Last time I saw one was 30 years ago in Montana. If only I could be so lucky picking lottery numbers.
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