I heard that during prohibition, some gin was sold as medicine "Kidney Gin" to make it legal. I have several different bottles labeled Kidney Gin. If yours has 'Kidney' embossed on it, you have a ready buyer Rick..Thanks...Ron
Do the Bottle Auction houses report the amount you receive from selling through them? I'm sure that a certain dollar amount is required by law to be reported, but is that figure for a single bottle sale or cumulative for the entire year? Thanks...Tons
I've been playing with the pictures I use for my laptop background slide show and thought I would share.
This first one is E.J. Rose's Magador Bitters....
The sealed bottle with liquid could be water. I had one with full label identified as sterile water or purified water or something like that. I sent it to Guntherhess last year. I have another one, full with label, that is Adrenalin. That liquid is more yellow though.
I've also heard this...
Two of my friends and I bought a car in the early 70's for $10. No back window, shakey brakes, etc. We used it to run into snow banks and other unhealthy pursuits. Used it for a year or so and sold it for $25. What a blast....Ron
Pat/Jim (and others)...when you go to an auction, are you up for buying "anything" that you feel will bring a profit, or do you stick to certain comfortable categories, like bottles, comics, etc? About the best I've done is a bottle I got for $150. Only 4 known and hard to price, but guessing...