Yankeepeddler
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First off, I'm happy to have located this website and also I'm fairly new to the "world of old bottles" but have always had a certain fascination with early quality bottles.
Just tonight I won a rather interesting bottle on eBay.
It looks to be circa 1840 and is pontiled and written on the side is "N. Wood Portland Me" I paid handsomely for it but it has an undeniable appeal. I wrote to the seller several days ago about the "gunk" in the bottle that's obvious in the photos but he didn't reply.
Since it seems the bottle has pretty good rarity and market value I decided to "go for it" and hope that I can remove the residue that's contained about one quarter of the way up from the bottom. Is it appropriate or advisable for me to attempt to do so or is it better left "as is" with the contents intact from a value standpoint??
If it's advisable to attempt to remove it does anyone more knowledgeable than I have some adivce on how I'd go about removing it without damaging the bottle or its value?
Any and all input and advice is welcome.
Thanks and again I'm happy to have found you folks!
Just tonight I won a rather interesting bottle on eBay.
It looks to be circa 1840 and is pontiled and written on the side is "N. Wood Portland Me" I paid handsomely for it but it has an undeniable appeal. I wrote to the seller several days ago about the "gunk" in the bottle that's obvious in the photos but he didn't reply.
Since it seems the bottle has pretty good rarity and market value I decided to "go for it" and hope that I can remove the residue that's contained about one quarter of the way up from the bottom. Is it appropriate or advisable for me to attempt to do so or is it better left "as is" with the contents intact from a value standpoint??
If it's advisable to attempt to remove it does anyone more knowledgeable than I have some adivce on how I'd go about removing it without damaging the bottle or its value?
Any and all input and advice is welcome.
Thanks and again I'm happy to have found you folks!