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    SANBORN MAPS FROM EDRNET

    I don't know why some of you are paying for Sanborn Maps...They're available online in .pdf format here: http://sanborn.umi.com/ For free! Username: Residence Password: Welcome HTH, Rick
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    Anybody Know Anything About This One??

    Well, somebody paid a lot of $$ for a repro..... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=006&item=160030884605&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 $204 is just a little much for me......[;)] Rick
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    Anybody Know Anything About This One??

    Yeah Ron, I'm thinkin' the same thing..that's why I'm asking. It looks older, but embossed patent meds shouldn't go back as far as this one seems to be. Or could they?? The bottle looks similiar to a very early John Moffat (circa. 1830s-1840s), but doesn't quite "fit the mold" if you...
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    Anybody Know Anything About This One??

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Crude-Whittled-Dr-Js-Indian-Tonics-Elixers-No-Reserve_W0QQitemZ160030884605QQihZ006QQcategoryZ890QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Looks early, applied string lip? Early 1800's?? I'm thinking of bidding...but I can't find any info anywhere. Thanks, Rick
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    The Nice Thing about eBay is.......

    Hi Cobalt, Here's the other side. HTH,
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    The Nice Thing about eBay is.......

    when you pay a fair price for an AMBER bottle, and when it arrives...........it's Bright Yellow with a hint of Olive!!!! [:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]
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    Sat digs with the family

    Nice Finds!! The stoneware "sugar top" you found is actually the top to a "Rebekah by the Well" teapot. See the link below. http://www.tias.com/9126/PictPage/1922078681.html Happy hunting, Rick
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    I Think I Found a Good Whiskey Today!!

    Thanks all for the input. I'm goin' to hang on to this one...besides, it looks good on the shelf! [:)] Rick
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    I Think I Found a Good Whiskey Today!!

    The lip is tooled with some glop. It came out of a privy (with nothing else really good) here in the San Francisco Bay Area area last week, and it cleaned up very nicely. Here's some more pics of the lip and the base.
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    I Think I Found a Good Whiskey Today!!

    Anybody know anything about this one?? Value, etc.?? It's embossed: "TEA KETTLE" picture of a tea kettle "OLD BOURBON" "SHEA.BOCQUERAZ & McKEE" "AGENTS" "SAN FRANCISCO" Tooled, applied gloppy lip, whittled, dark golden amber, 12" tall. Thanks, Rick
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    Value of a Deep Green Teal Cone Ink??

    I came across this one today. Any idea on the value? 1880s-90s BIMAL, smooth base, 2 3/8" tall, no embossing. Thanks!
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    Another One With My Name On It...

    Well . . . I've been known to collect bottles with my last name on them, such as: and, Here's a new one I've added to the collection: The $%^# thing is worth at least 10 times more than all the others put together!! [:o] Jeez, it's just a few ounces...
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    GEOCACHING

    I've been geocaching with the wife and kid for a couple of years now. I'm maintaining 12 caches and we've found 50 or so. The great thing about the sport is that you end up going to places you never would have gone to before. I went out with a buddy of mine to find a cache and on the hike out...
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    Dilemma...

    Happy Birthday, Ron!! I've looked at both those bottles, and I would definately go with the Indian Bitters!! Go ahead and Splurge!! It's you're birthday!! (besides, you can always sell something to offset the cost, that's what I do...) There's always something really cool...
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    Bearswede's Birthday

    Just thought I'd sing you a little birthday song, too.....Animal Style !! "Hippo Birdie, Two Ewes... Hippo Birdie, Two Ewes... Hippo Birdie, Deer Ron... Hippo Birdie, Two Ewes!!!" Have a GREAT DAY!!! Rick
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    Cobalt B.P.CO., Flat Base??

    2 3/4" tall, BIMAL, 1890s, Don't these usually have a round bottom??
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    No longer a virgin !!

    Welcome Dave.. Nice haul for the first time out!! You must've been diggin' somewhere with cold winters and lakes...there weren't any ice rinks back then!! [;)] Out here in Calif., I've occasionally found the first "inline skates" in 1890s dumps... they clamped onto your shoes and each skate...
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    Just a Bunch of Old Barrels...

    Hi Wendy, On the bottom picture, left to right: "Hall's"-Light Honey Amber "Bourbon Whiskey Bitters"-Light Peach Puce "Old Sachem Bitters and Wigwam Tonic"-Med. Cherry Puce "Turner Brothers New York"-Red Amber towards the base w/Pucey shoulder and neck "Greeley's Bourbon...
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    Just a Bunch of Old Barrels...

    I finally have enough to fill a shelf!! (well, almost....)
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    Sarsaparilla & 2 drug stores, S.F. and San Jose

    Any ideas the value of these, recently dug in an 1800's privy? THE EDWIN W. JOY CO. SAN FRANCISCO SARSAPARILLA 8 3/4" tall LOUIS CALLISCH DRUGGIST SAN JOSE, CAL. 7 1/2" tall CASE'S PHARMACY PURITY-ACCURACY SAN JOSE, CAL. 3 1/2" tall Thanks!!

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