Here is a link to Dargate Auctions - they are previewing now and the auction starts Feb 12th (3 days)...
You can even go and preview or email questions...it's a live on line auction and they have literally tons of stuff...
BUT...if you scroll down to items #2611 thru 2618....you will see...
They are taking bids...some beautiful glass...jars...2 medicines...1 bitters bottle...just click on the category on the left...and don't forget to sign up to receive future previews/reminders about their auctions!
http://www.gregspurgeon.com/auction/index.asp
Happy Birthday Bradley - and WELCOME to the forum!
Just jump on in - there are a lot of great folks on here to interact with!
Would love to see some pics of your collection!
Just wanted to post this in case anyone on the forum did not read the post (see the link below)...if you want to "play" to need to send Lobeycat an email - there is 22 participating now - and there's a lot more people that haven't signed up yet! I just don't want anyone to miss out on what is...
Did anyone watch the saga of the "balloon boy"? I didn't even know what was happening and one of our crews came in and said OMG turn on the TV...so we were all watching the end of this drama as the balloon was traveling along...being followed by the helicopters...then it started to slow...
I'm curious...everyone on here loves bottles/glass - but most people have more than one interest/passion:
What's something that you collect that has so far eluded you? What are you searching for? Do you collect fishing stuff and there's a lure you need to finish your collection...Do you...
Just wanted to say "Happy Birthday" - I hope you have a great day (and upcoming year)!
...and I hope you find some awesome treasures and share them with us soon!
Came across this web site...it list company histories (alphabetically) on tons of companies...including bottling companies and others that is sure to be helpful...
Check it out!
http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/
You always hear about people putting a note in a bottle and throwing it in to the ocean for someone near or far to find...I'm just curious if you were to "dig" a bottle that had a note inside of it - from long ago - how totally cool that would be!?!?!
If you were to put a note in a bottle...
I'm just wondering...there is a lot of talk about finding the "newer" stuff (I'm talking 50-60-70 +) stuff when digging and it not being worth anything and it gets thrown back in...all the talk about bromo's, and vick's, etc. and how common they are...
Since almost nothing is being made in...
Found this and thought it would be a quick reference for dating items...
U. S. Patent Numbers and Corresponding Dates
These dates are a handy reference that you may find useful for figuring out when an item was first produced. For example, if you find something with a patent number of...
This info was published by Bill Lockhart...just simply a ton of info and the depth of facts provided about bottles and the history of bottles (soda, etc.)....and the companies....
Chapter 2 is additional info about dating bottles found...lots of stuff I had never read and I think anyone that...
Cecil Munsey
13541 Willow Run Road
Poway, CA 992064-1733
(619-487-7036)
e-mail: <cmunsey@sdcoe.k12.us>
Rare bitters bottle sells for world's record price
by Cecil Munsey
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A world's record price of $68,750 was
successfully bid for a recently discovered...
Again - googling for research I came across this...I read the articles on amber 7-up bottles (if you collect soda's - especially the 7-up's/Howdy's - you should read these) #107-108-109... and also the one about the History of Bottle Collecting #111...
--->>> One article talks about lead...
This is another site I came across...everyone probably already knows about it though...it also lists this forum under the bottle section! YAY! (so they must know something!) ...there's categories for everyone...meds, poison, milk, acl/soda, even diving sites...