Jay,
It's been a while since I've been in the forum. I can't wait to see your collection at Houston Bottle Show. It looks like a great collection. I have a few bottles you may want to look at to add to your collection [8|] A Soda from El Campo- still full and a medicine from Galveston -...
Thanks for all of the positive comments. My wife and I will be working very hard over the next 3 weeks to get more bottles added. In February, we will donate 15% of all sales to the forum.
Thank you for your order and comments. The hardest thing to hit is the bottle description. If you are not satisfied, either send it back and I will refund the purchase price of the bottle and the shipping, or make an offer and if it is acceptable, I will refund the difference.
from: http://www.myinsulators.com/glass-factories/bottlemarks3.html 9scroll down to spelling of STAR
Star (5-pointed star on base, example shown)............Star Glass Works/Company, New Albany, IN (1869-c.1880). Star Glass Company was formed and operated by John B. Ford (dba John...
I did not know either. I am pretty sure it is lemon or lime juice from the research. L ROSE & CO LEITH & LONDON
One of the hardest parts of determing price has been for bottles from manufacturers that were in business for a long time or are still in bussiness.
Thanks and Happy New year.
In response to GuntherHess and privvydigger, we researched using google, ebay, kovels, etc. Many times we could not even find a similar bottle for price comparison.
That is why we have the make an offer feature. In making an offer, no justification on why a lower price is fair value...
We have added over 200 bottles now at http://www.theoldbottle.com/shop
We are willing to bargain on all bottles.
In addition, if you are not satisfied, send it back and you will be refunded the purchase price plus one way shipping.
The store uses USPS parcel to determine rates. If I...
Neither, my wife collected bottles. Bought them at antique shops etc.
We bought an unclaimed storage owned be a deceased person in Galveston TX. His obit mentioned that he had the largest antique bottle collection in Texas. Do not if that was true.
I wanted to sell the whole...
I just found one of these also. The link provided to Casey and Lowe Pty Ltd is a Sydney, Australia firm of historic archeologists glass page has been change to http://www.caseyandlowe.com.au/pdf/sydcon/ch214glass.pdf
Yes, a lot of good information at that site. I have been to that site probably 60 times and did not even think about going there to research gravitator. Just googled gravitator and not much came up.
Thanks for the reminder.
Another good site for North American beers and sodas is...
Would I know it was a gravitator from looking at something in that picture above such as the curve at the neck or something else? Thanks for your reply.