Value of Civil War Bottle and Yellow Jar?

Welcome to our Antique Bottle community

Be a part of something great, join today!

Robby Raccoon

Trash Digger
Joined
Jun 14, 2014
Messages
4,318
Reaction score
225
Points
63
Location
Locō movērī
Well, I know it's not proper netiquette to ask for value, but I'd like to sell these bottles at our upcoming West Michigan bottle show (I'll be making a post for that) as I'd like to downsize and use the money to (hopefully) pay for a class or two at the college. But these are a bit harder to properly value using eBay as compared to some of my other bottles.

I've been looking on eBay's sold listings for a long time, but the identical bottle still hasn't come up. The closest I've found was a peened-out one, but this one has full embossing.
Hosp 1.JPG
Hosp 2.JPG
Stained, medium-light embossing, no damage beyond normal ground staining and minor scratches. About 9.5 inches tall.

Also we have this clear, lightly embossed little brother:
IMG_20180122_150606.jpg
The clear one is a 3-piece mould, shoulder-embossed, and holds 12 ounces, standing about 7 inches high.

The Lightning jar is yellow-amber, I should think.
Jar 1.JPG
jar 2.JPG
Putnam 62 on bottom. Holds nearly 30 ounces of water and stands 8 inches high with lid. Ground lip, chip on lip in back. Newest patent on lid is April of 82. Clean and bright.

So, if anyone can help me, I'd be most grateful.
 

botlguy

Well-Known Member
Joined
Nov 20, 2009
Messages
5,414
Reaction score
12
Points
0
Location
The woods North of Spirit Lake, Idaho
I can't help you with the bottles, they are out of my area in interest but I know they are desirable. I would think the larger one would be $100 +. I believe the smaller versions are much less desirable. As for the jar, that seems to be a much nicer color than average, if you're comfortable with $150 start there and see how it goes. However, others may think it's worth more. I'm not adding to my jar collection anymore but I would offer $125 if I were. I know this doesn't help much but its all I got.
Jim S
 

Robby Raccoon

Trash Digger
Joined
Jun 14, 2014
Messages
4,318
Reaction score
225
Points
63
Location
Locō movērī
Jim, your assistance gives me more to go on than I had before.
All of them I got for a very good price, compared to what I was thinking they're worth, what research suggests, and what you suggest. So any profit is gain.
 

Members online

Latest threads

Forum statistics

Threads
83,216
Messages
742,899
Members
24,229
Latest member
TracyPecora
Top