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nhpharm

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Not sure what you are referring to? Sounds like someone really wants the cap and thus throws a solid bid at it to ensure they don't get sniped.
 

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I guess, but wouldn't you just have that as your max bid so if it didn't go higher than 5 or 6 bucks you wouldn't be wasting your money?LisaThat's a lot to pay for a common milk cap!!
 

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Don't be surprised if the high bidder does not pay for it and it goes back up OR goes to the next high bidder.
 

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Lisa, this may help. The Bancroft cap is a variation that was not know before. So with two collector wanting it, it went a little higher than a common cap.
 

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Thanks UPmilks! I've noticed a lot of Upper Peninsula milks are going for high prices on ebay. i was bidding on a cloverdale from Manistique and was winning at 15.50 and right before closing time the bidding went crazy and it sold for 77$. How did you know about the rarity of the cap? Is there a magazine you subscribe to or a forum that talks about it? I have so much to learn at times it is overwhelming.Lisa
 

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Bill Edmonson, who put out the Michigan milk bottle books also put out a 3 volume set on Michigan milk caps. After that, I keep track of what surface by watching ebay and talking to other collectors. That is the highest I have seen that bottle sell for. Most often when a bottle like that sells high, there will be more listed, because that bottle isn't that rare.
 

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Reminds me of the time I bid $500 on a beer can on ebay with 1 minute to go & had high bid at less then $500. Then 10 seconds left & I still got high bid & think I'm going to steal it cheap. Then all of the sudden with less then 10 seconds to go it sky rockets to $3,500. I see this stuff happen all the time on ebay. Last second Snippers, It's common. LEON.
 

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Wow $3500! They were determined to get that can. Maybe another day you will have the opportunity to get one Leon.Lisa
 

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LisaTammy said:
Wow $3500! They were determined to get that can. Maybe another day you will have the opportunity to get one Leon.Lisa

I got one, but mine is a rusty POS. The one on ebay was mint 1+ like brand new from 1935. LEON.
 

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