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  1. J

    Need help identifying a possible Pitkin bottle

    First off, I am not very experienced with early flasks at all as I have generally collected cathedral pickles and pontiled medicines for decades but my inclination is the flask is quite possibly a Mantua Ohio glassworks product due to style and form although I didn't see one with a big top like...
  2. J

    3 of a kind!

    I have had a few of these over the years with different labels and they were always for some brand of olives. That's average size but I have seen taller. I would have to say these style bottles in general date from the teens to maybe as late as the 30's possibly 40's even. That's rough but...
  3. J

    Cobalt pictorial Philly druggist - Hunsberger

    There are no words except maybe "Stunning". What a bottle! Congrats. Johnny M.
  4. J

    Hi everyone, I'm from Houston and I collect antique pharmacy bottles.

    Just Google "cathedral pickle bottle". Lots of cool examples can be seen. They are quite beautiful and there are lots of sizes,shapes and designs. Johnny M.
  5. J

    Hi everyone, I'm from Houston and I collect antique pharmacy bottles.

    Here is a nice small pickle. It has a pontil too! Johnny M.
  6. J

    Hi everyone, I'm from Houston and I collect antique pharmacy bottles.

    Kinda busy today but maybe pluck one off the shelf for a quick pic later today. Johnny M
  7. J

    Hi everyone, I'm from Houston and I collect antique pharmacy bottles.

    Hi. Probably not for me but thanks so much! I go for the dark green colored cathedrals mostly. Appreciate you letting me know. Johnny M.
  8. J

    Hi everyone, I'm from Houston and I collect antique pharmacy bottles.

    Welcome! I collect pickles. Enjoy the forum. Lots of friendly people here and lots of useful info is freely shared. Johnny M.
  9. J

    Tippecanoe figural bitters bottle dug

    Nice find! I dug one about 45 years ago that was partially exposed in a muddy bank in some tree roots on the outer edge of a city dump I was digging. Pretty good shape with just a few scuffs on that big mushroom top. Just amber but hey, an iconic bottle all the same! Johnny M.
  10. J

    The Watson Collection!

    Yeah buddy. It's a shame about his passing. A true legend in the hobby. I'm glad the family has decided to redistribute the collection into the active collector market. While honorable and permanently giving back, I'm glad it wasn't donated to a museum or squirreled away and only having select...
  11. J

    Inherited a Few Bottles - Wolfe Drug Store San Rafael & Larkspur California

    My pleasure. Glad I found a link so we all could learn more about the bottles origin and history! Johnny M.
  12. J

    Inherited a Few Bottles - Wolfe Drug Store San Rafael & Larkspur California

    https://thelostnation.wordpress.com/john-c-wolfe-1839-1902/ Some info I found. Tried to copy the link. Johnny M.
  13. J

    Inherited a Few Bottles - Wolfe Drug Store San Rafael & Larkspur California

    I know little of Western bottles but Calif bottles are usually popular overall and having whole state spelled out is very very rare I believe. Great bottle and I bet will prove to have surprising value! Johnny M :)
  14. J

    The Watson Collection!

    Looks like Glassworks Auctions and those of us involved in the hobby have struck pay dirt! The Watson collection will apparently be auctioned off over quite a while and bottles held for decades and beyond belief will certainly hit the block. I'm stoked!! Johnny M.
  15. J

    Help! I've been Embrocated

    Thanx. I guess if you wanna break your piggy bank you can land a piece or two now and again. It's amazing how bottles are still generally affordable to guys who dig deep. Compare them to paintings and the like. People pay 100 MILLION or more for a painting that's the size of a piece of notebook...
  16. J

    Help! I've been Embrocated

    Yeah. He bought a box lot of some sort with an eye on a thing or two I suppose that primarily interested him for resale and when unpacking it all found the old bottle. He learned it had a pontil mark and put it on Ebay where he sells stuff. I don't recall where he opened the bids but probably...
  17. J

    Help! I've been Embrocated

    Thanks. I figure money comes and goes but some bottles you may never see again. I got popped by a sniper bid on a Coverts Balm of Life and a Skerretts oil and almost missed this by another snipe. Finally brought home the bacon but paid like it was steak! LOL. Johnny M. :)
  18. J

    Help! I've been Embrocated

    Yeah it's an unreal color. No auction record of anything like it. I paid a pretty penny but I have a healthy financial slush fund to use towards investing in super examples. I don't know what this bottle would have done with Heckler,American Glass Gallery or Glassworks auctions but I've seen...
  19. J

    It's a bummer, so many busted up hutches.

    That is unfortunate but that spot you're in sounds like a honey hole! Johnny M.
  20. J

    Help! I've been Embrocated

    Well I have been forming a small sub-collection of colored pontiled meds so when that Roberts Vegetable Embrocation hit Ebay I just gasped, turned off all financial common sense and bagged it. It wasn't cheap but then again, I believe the color to be possibly unique. Guess that's the world...

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