Recent content by Robby Raccoon
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I like snuff bottles
I think it was in 2018 or 2019 but there was on ebay a pontiled snuff that appeared to be 1700s or very early 1800s with partial label intact featuring the "long s" that looks like an f. Anyone recall it? It was cracked but went high, so I think others realized how old it was upon seeing the font.- Robby Raccoon
- Post #5
- Forum: Displaying and Photographing
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found a mushroom shaped cement type marker can anyone identify what this is?
I once saw something similar embedded in a very old concrete road as a cross-walk marker. Normally when I find these, they're brass markers denoting who/what/when.- Robby Raccoon
- Post #5
- Forum: Any other Collectibles
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Curious about Ebay
As a seller, that's how I prefer it assuming the item was described correctly and arrived intact. If I got paid for selling an item/service, I want to stay paid. I used my packing materials, tape, and time to ship it to you. There's no way I'm gonna wanna have it come back to me, especially...- Robby Raccoon
- Post #15
- Forum: General Chat About Bottles
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Sump'n different..Antique Coleman gas lamp.
Very pretty. Do you have the primer for it, though? The priming device looks like a mini bike pump.- Robby Raccoon
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- Forum: Any other Collectibles
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Any of these authentically early?
The two handled examples look very good for being old, but the middle example I'm not so sure on.- Robby Raccoon
- Post #17
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Towar's Wayne County Creamery's Long Reach as a Chain Dairy
Hoping to dig one! Thanks!- Robby Raccoon
- Post #6
- Forum: Milk & Dairy bottles
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Towar's Wayne County Creamery's Long Reach as a Chain Dairy
Do you have info on Lapeer brewing co at all? I've been scouring the online directories and just haven't been turning up much for any of the cities or towns in this county. It's been rather surprising when you consider that my hometown was just as big back then and had 40 different bottlers by...- Robby Raccoon
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- Forum: Milk & Dairy bottles
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Pre-Pro Chicago Beer Tray
Bruce, I'm afraid by the time I made this thread I had already relisted it. lol. Robby, thank you. I list things for a couple people as well there.- Robby Raccoon
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- Forum: Current Auctions and Sales
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Crack, yes or ?
It looks like a manufacturing flaw from cooler glass moving in the mould-- hot enough to be somewhat liquid, but cold enough not to have formed perfectly.- Robby Raccoon
- Post #6
- Forum: Insulators
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Pre-Pro Chicago Beer Tray
I sold this tray a few months ago, but the buyer decided he didn't want it and opened a "not as described" case against me on fleabay. So I lost over $100 USD as I paid outta pocket for the extra shipping cost, signature confirmation, full insurance, and return shipping. It left me very angry to...- Robby Raccoon
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- Forum: Current Auctions and Sales
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Towar's Wayne County Creamery's Long Reach as a Chain Dairy
I was searching for any evidence of bottlers in Lapeer County, Mi, before 1930 when I found that Towar's Wayne County Creamery had operations in Lum and Imlay City, many miles from their headquarters. Surprisingly, I didn't see a reference to them in Lapeer, but I suppose Lapeer County Creamery...- Robby Raccoon
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- Forum: Milk & Dairy bottles
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Wooden brick mold.
Very nice. Fire 'em slow in the fire pit. ;)- Robby Raccoon
- Post #26
- Forum: General Chat
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I'm probably going to start political parties on the antique bottles page due to this question. Lol.
In general, most collectors say it ended at the start of WW1, but recycled glass cullet and stockpiles of manganese would surely have kept it going till 1918 or 1919 in many areas.- Robby Raccoon
- Post #5
- Forum: General Chat
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Cooling a drip or a repair
Sadly, Red has passed away. But I'm not sure that inner bit would have a notable effect on cooling the glass. Honestly, you really don't want the glass to cool quickly. It must be very slowly cooled and annealed to prevent cracking or fracturing. I'm thinking it may have had a repair to the...- Robby Raccoon
- Post #2
- Forum: General Chat About Bottles
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Ceramic jug
Just to clarify, technically any fired earthenware is by definition a ceramic. Normally, it is only archaeologists and potters that call everything a ceramic though: so I understand why many people think calling, say, a jug a ceramic, is incorrect.- Robby Raccoon
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- Forum: General Chat About Bottles
