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Hello everybody,I have been visiting my grandparents up here in Payson, Utah, which is about an hour from salt lake city. They live on a old farm that has been in there family sense the 1800's and I helped them clean out there granary and in the back of it there were 10 or so ACL milk bottles. My great-granddad was a milkman so thats where i think they came from. Sense they're a little hard on cash I offered to try to sell the bottles for them. I tried to research online anything about the bottles and could find nothing. These are all mostly local bottle's and i'm hoping they could be worth something. It would be great if anybody could tell me what they know about them and if they know the value. Thanks it means ALOT!Ben List of bottles:x2 Town pride milk, store bottle, Spanish fork, UtahHouse of Milk and Honey, Orem, UtahMoss Dairy, Woods Cross, UtahCream O Nebo, Payson, Utah (My favorite)RoseHill Dairy, Salt Lake City, UtahDougs Jersey Dairy, Prescott, ArizonaArden Dairy (No city)Houstons Jersey Milk (No city) Pictures are also attached!
 

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If those could be your great-grandfather's why wouldn't you keep or try to convince them to let you keep them. I have been trying to get something from my family history. If you have to sell them, I would try to keep a couple personally or buy them if you have to.
 

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Thanks for responding John!I am going to keep 1 or 2 of the bottles. My granddad isn't sure if there his dads because these look like there from the sixties or so and he was a milkman in the 20-30's. These are more likely bottles that were delivered.Thanks,Ben
 

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Also would anybody know how I would get these appraised? Could I just walk into an antique shop and ask them? Or could anybody take a guess on here?
Thanks!
 

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Just a wild guess but I would think to an avid milk bottle collector they would be worth at least ten bucks apiece, to a Utah collector maybe a lot more. Your best bet would be to put em up on e-bay and let the collectors price em for you...........Andy
 

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Don't know their value but have to comment on the Arden bottle , that is some really great graphics for a milk . Hope they make some money on them , well know what it is as for being low on cash at times .
 

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Coulple things ---- First off, I totally agree with nevadabottles in that you should keep these until you figure out wherher they are, or are not, family bottles. A piece of family history to pass down is positively priceless. I spent years tracking down my grandfathers bottles! Research the dairy or the delivery and get the background. Second off, it is very rare that milk bottles have much of a price tag to them. Highly sought after milk bottles bring in say $50-$150 among industry collectors, but most bring in around $5-$25 each. Third, there are certainly regional milk bottle collectors that can help to answer your questions. The largest and most knowledgable milk bottle collectors in the country are members of the National Assiciation of Milk Bottle Collectors - an organization that can be found through the link below. I highly recommend joining the group as it's very cheap and gets you in touch with greatesr collectors and tons of knowledge. I've been a member for years, and it's great!

http://www.milkbottlecollectors.com
 

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