.....Interesting how we all have different parameters for collecting. Some collect bottles from a given area.....some collect because of color....some collect because the bottle has their name in it.....some collect because "it's what they find"....some collect a particular type of bottle...(bitters, whiskeys, sodas etc).....I think that some people collect bottles because it gives them an idenity....fills missing parts of their person.
I really like the good bottles that I find....minus the Kilmers, Scotts Emulsion...etc...not that they aren't good, but they just don't ring my bell anymore. I have some low dollar bottles that remind me of great times with friends and I keep them for that reason, but they still are reasonable bottles ( S.B. Rothenburg milk glass gin) I really like color and crudity...and the Western Sodas bring that home....I don't do hutches....They pretty much look all the same, but I would proudly display a Truckee hutch or an amber San Jose hutch.... so I guess value enters into it as well.
My collection has a little of everything....a few whiskey's, a few sodas,even pot lids...Saying that....everything I have on the bottle shelf "rings my bell!!!!! & maybe completes my idenity.
Wouldn't it be interesting if some of yoooze guys...chimed in...and maybe added an overall picture of their collection....probably been done....but then I'm having my second cup of coffee and I am on a caffeine rush.....Gonna go have lunch with a friend.
I really like the good bottles that I find....minus the Kilmers, Scotts Emulsion...etc...not that they aren't good, but they just don't ring my bell anymore. I have some low dollar bottles that remind me of great times with friends and I keep them for that reason, but they still are reasonable bottles ( S.B. Rothenburg milk glass gin) I really like color and crudity...and the Western Sodas bring that home....I don't do hutches....They pretty much look all the same, but I would proudly display a Truckee hutch or an amber San Jose hutch.... so I guess value enters into it as well.
My collection has a little of everything....a few whiskey's, a few sodas,even pot lids...Saying that....everything I have on the bottle shelf "rings my bell!!!!! & maybe completes my idenity.
Wouldn't it be interesting if some of yoooze guys...chimed in...and maybe added an overall picture of their collection....probably been done....but then I'm having my second cup of coffee and I am on a caffeine rush.....Gonna go have lunch with a friend.