4 new additons from the Auburn, CA show

[Wilkie]

I had a great time at the Auburn show today! It's always the best one in Northern California. I did not buy much, I only intended on picking up a cobalt Dickey Pioneer bottle but I only saw 2, one was reasonably priced at 40 dollars but had a lip chip, the other was mint and the guy wanted 110 bucks! I was hoping to find a good example for around 60 so, sadly, I came home without one.
I did get 4 that I like though, the smallest one is the smallest embossed bottle I have ever seen. It is 1 1/4" small and is embossed CUTTER. Anyone familiar with this little guy? It is amber.
The second one is "yellow" and is 2 3/4" tall and is embossed LENGFELD'S / SAN FRANCISCO.
The 3rd one, the smaller of the two clear ones is 5 3/4" tall, square, bim, and embossed SACRAMENTO CHEMICAL CO. / ENTOMOCIDE / SACRAMENTO, CAL.
The 4th, the tallest, is 7 5/8" tall, clear, bim, and embossed rather plainly, A. M. KURTZ / PHARMACIST / TURK & HYDE / S.F. (this one is listed as "extremely rare" in Edrick Miller's book.
I could use help with all except the Kurtz. as far as scarcity and value. I'm most curious about the tiny "CUTTER" bottle and would like to know where it's from. The guy I bought it from said it was dug in California so it "could" be a western bottle.

 

[Wilkie]

What a great deal!!!

One thing that really stood out to "me" at the Auburn show today was this guy who was selling poisons. He had two little green 3 -in - oil bottles, not real common but not rare either. I had three at one time and sold two. Kovels has 'em listed at 6 dollars, I think I got mine for 3 a piece. At any rate, these were priced at a meager, $60.00, not $6.00 but $60.00. I couldn't believe it. Just thought I'd share that 'cause I thought it was rediculous!

 

[NorCalBottleHunter]

RE: What a great deal!!!

somehow i missed you again, wilkie, i happen to have a mint blue dickeys.......

 

[Lordbud]

RE: What a great deal!!!

Had plans to go up to Auburn with a couple old bottle buddies but turned out neither one could make it...I would have liked to go after all these years.

The Cutter bottle is from Berkeley, I have one of the little guys like you purchased.
I have a slightly larger example also amber glass embossed The Cutter Laboratory Berkeley, Cal.

How much did you pay for the Kurtz bottle?
That is one I would have bought too, if I'd seen it first!

Any good jakes or other San Francisco druggists?

 

[Wilkie]

RE: What a great deal!!!

ORIGINAL: Lordbud

Had plans to go up to Auburn with a couple old bottle buddies but turned out neither one could make it...I would have liked to go after all these years.

The Cutter bottle is from Berkeley, I have one of the little guys like you purchased.
I have a slightly larger example also amber glass embossed The Cutter Laboratory Berkeley, Cal.

How much did you pay for the Kurtz bottle?
That is one I would have bought too, if I'd seen it first![]
Any good jakes or other San Francisco druggists?

Thank you very much for the information on the Cutter. The Kurtz I picked up for 30 dollars. It is a very clean bottle, non dug condition and has no issues at all. The embossing is rather plain and I really like it. I didn't find a single jake that I didn't have, there were several but the same old ones you always see. There were several San Francisco druggists and this time, a guy had boxes full of Sacramento druggists which I was interested in. I went back to his booth at 2:30 and all his stuff was packed up already, I really hate it when the dealers pack up early. I like to look at "all" the tables and then go back to buy what I liked. You'd think these guys would be more interested in making a sale then getting out 1/2 hour early. Oh well, I guess he didn't want my money.

 

[Wilkie]

RE: What a great deal!!!

ORIGINAL: NorCalBottleHunter

somehow i missed you again, wilkie, i happen to have a mint blue dickeys.......

I got there at 1:30 and left at 3:00. I tried to look at people more this time, it's hard with all them goodies laid out on the tables, but I didn't see you.
I didn't get the Dickey's this time but that will give me something to look for next time I guess. I have two of the amber ones.

 

[Lordbud]

Good deal on the Kurtz, it is clean and also a fairly large size.
To think one could pick up almost any local druggist for $5-10 back in the day...

Just an FYI, the weekly offering of a blue Dickey on ebay is currently here from regular
seller jeffrosen23:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Western-Dickey-Pioneer-Chemist-S-F-Cal-cobalt-1870s_W0QQitemZ300279185529QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item300279185529&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1318

 

[Lordbud]

Check out this page from the 1890 San Francisco City Directory listing "Druggists", so many of
these companies had bottles made.

 

[NorCalBottleHunter]

RE: What a great deal!!!

my blue dickeys is possibly up for trade. i have been on a western tooled top whiskey trip lately, picked up 7 at the show, it was about all i bought

 

[Wilkie]

RE: What a great deal!!!

I went through a whiskey phase a few years ago and have a pretty decent collection of San Francisco whiskey's. Nothing real spectacular except for my Pioneer whiskey, "tooled top" which I'd probably never part with. I'd love to know which one's you bought at the show. I was looking for the snowflake that someone said they would have there. It would have been out of my price range but I was interested in seeing it, and the sample that was dug recently, must have sold before I got there. Can you post a pic of your dickey on your myspace (that sounds awful I know, lol) Maybe you should post it here on the forum so everyone knows what we are talking about[]