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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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    Patience Rewarded

    Thanks, and I imagine you are probably right. It's too perfect to be that old. Also, the pontil mark isn't like ones I have studied on vintage examples. The more I look at it closely, the more I think it is likely a Mexican made item. Especially when I compare it directly to my other known...
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    What Tools Do You Use To Dig?

    The real deal fanatical diggers I've met around my area will often have a specialized home-made digging tool made out of deer, or even elk antler. They'll use these whenever they think they're near some paydirt & they want to work more carefully. The horn won't scratch or crack glass it hits...
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    Unexpected discoveries

    Just a wild guess, but depending on what it's made of it could be part of a calcium battery, with the battery Co.embossing on it. These batteries are used for remote weather stations, Telephone Co.installations etc. and have been popular here in the USA for alternate energy set-ups "off the...
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    Patience Rewarded

    Not a lot, just a slight high-point ring where it touches down when sitting. The bottom is slightly indented, and so it sits on just a slender ring of glass. It does look almost too perfect to be 100 or more years old, but I do know from the son of the lady that Lester had gotten it from, that...
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    Patience Rewarded

    I've known Les for about 20 years. We didn't always used to get along, but now he's 85...and I'm 53....time has mellowed us both out, and we get along fine. A couple years ago I went to him with some stamps, that's his addiction...and I spotted this beauty, on a back shelf in his shack. I...

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