Hello Jerry.
I have an English medicine that I can find only a little about. It is clear, rectangular with narrowly bevelled corners, flared lip rolled on top of itself, irregular solid rod pontil scar (as I remember), a little shy of 5" in height, and embossed ANTI-SCORBUTIC DROPS //...
I bought a pontiled medicine on ebay, and paid all the money and then some. The crudeness and unusual collar sold me on it. However, when the bottle arrived it had a 1/2 crack on the corner of two embossed panels, which of course was not disclosed by the seller in his descriptions. Not only...
Almost always, a decent bottle on ebay will get the immediate notice of the ebay sharks and quite often result in a last minute sniping frenzy. There are very few steals to be had. But every now and again, usually because of a title and/or description some how not formulated to the seller's...
I've been collecting "seriously" now for about 2.5 years. I'm becoming increasingly frustrated about the omission of damage by a particular auctioneer. Although I'm not naming any names, I think the veterans may know who I'm typing about. One bottle I bought had 3 rather large, unsightly...
First timer with a question for the veteran members. In the Greer catalog, Charles Moore describes a number of great colored meds as the only one in existence. The sapphire blue Medicinal Oil is a good example. I've always been under the impression from Moore's wording that this Medicinal Oil...