CASPERS WHISKEY w/FAKE LABEL

whiskeyman · Mar 5, 2006

Think Brian and I had discussed this bottle before but I couldn't locate the thread.
It's a clear BIM label only rectangular flask-like bottle. Currently one listed on eBay. I emailed the seller and informed him it was a fake label. I was emailed back by his son, seems the seller is in the hospital ICU unit. Son said, thanks for the info and he would take it up with the winning bidder...??
here's a pic...and the auction url...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6258075417&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

whiskeyman · Mar 5, 2006

Here's what I told him...
Were you aware this bottle has a fake label upon it, made in about 1970 by a fellow who lives in Pulaski VA ??? He had bought a couple os cases of the plain bottles at a local auction. Printed up the labels himself and placed them on the bottles and sold them as a gag bottle. He also created similar labels noted as: Hellers Bros. Bitters/Bristol, Va. Also fakes.
Sorry to bust your bubble.

AND...his reply...

Hello. I am answering for my father, who has taken very ill and is currently in ICU. I appreciate you telling me and I will follow up with the winning bidder.

whiskeyman · Mar 5, 2006

You guys have heard of key word spamming? Well, the guy that cooked up these labels used "keywords" ta make it appeal to collectors of various categories of bottles.
Bitters...Whiskey...Cure...Female Weakness...Tonic...and of course: Casper
Fatigue is also mis-spelled...futigue.

BRIAN S. · Mar 6, 2006

Yeah , I saw it Charlie . I can't believe all the bids on it .
Even Corky bid on it I believe ?
The label isn't even a good fake ! Most early bottle labels were usually quite graphic. Well , at least the Bitters were.

whiskeyman · May 25, 2006

Can ya believe this? Same seller but different ID...Identical fake labeled Casper's...sheesh.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTIQUE-CASPER-STOMACH-BITTERS-TONIC-BOTTLE-ROANOKE-VA_W0QQitemZ6282399990QQcategoryZ890QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/align] [/align]'tis possible the previously mentioned one was returned...??[/align]

cowseatmaize · May 26, 2006

Interesting, it's got all the same marks and the same little knick. It's the same label if you ask me.

bearswede · May 26, 2006

Did you see this...?

"In Memory of Twofromsalem, My Best Friend, Mentor, and Father"

Ron

GuntherHess · May 30, 2006

Fakes passed down through the generations....
At least no serious bids on it this time.

whiskeyman · Mar 28, 2007

Well, seems the fellow is at it again. I wonder just how many of these he has anyways?

Click for current Ebay auction:

ANTIQUE CASPER STOMACH BITTERS 6" BOTTLE, ROANOKE, VA.

GuntherHess · Mar 30, 2007

He seems to have his own little cottage industry.[

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