American oil bottle

[dollarbill]

Hey was wanting to know if i sude leave the oil in the bottle as it was still corked an has about 1/4 of the oil still in it. Thank yall .bill

 

[cobaltbot]

I think it's a matter of personal preference. While it will never look as pretty as a clean bottle on the shelf having some of the original contents is a cool bit of history that will dissapear once its cleaned.

 

[GuntherHess]

I like labels but contents lower the value in my opinion.

 

[Bottle tumbler]

I agree with guntherhess, but if the contents are dry and it has a lable i would keep intact, your item should be dumped and cleaned.

 

[epgorge]

I might agree if it is partial contents, but what about full content, label and box such as this cough syrup?

 

[dollarbill]

Thanks so much for all your thoughts and opinions.So i belive i will pour the oil into a container to keep it as to preserve the history and clean the bottle. oh I know there are some that do not like this ? but Iwould really like to know a value as this bottle my be sold.Agian thank you all for you time and opinions and great knowledge.Good luck diggen and finding.bill

 

[capsoda]

That is whale oil Bill. It doesn't clean all that easy. It will leave a residue on anything it gets on that won't wash off easly. Warm the bottle in water and then dump it out doors somewhere out of the way and soak the bottle in some cleaner for several days.

 

[cobaltbot]

Hey that's a cool idea Bill, you could even put some oil in one of those little teeny vials that we dig, cork and lable it. If I was going to sell it, I'd probably clean it. But if I was going to keep it, and wanted it to look nicer, I'd clean it and then put the little vial back inside and put in on the shelf..

 

[GuntherHess]

Mint bottles with full contents are another story. I have a couple like that and wouldnt empty them. You have to be careful with them though. You need to make sure the cork doesnt dry out and come loose or leak. I turn mine upsidedown every so often to wet the corks.

Even on a bottle like that my experience is the box and label are what adds to the value. The contents are neat but it would probably sell for the same amount if it was empty. Buyers are often a bit leary about old bottles with contents being shipped through the mail. Good way to ruin a nice label if its not done very carefully.

 

[capsoda]

I like to dig old embossed meds like Foley's that are half full of that black watery stuff [&:] and try to get my friends to take a shot for 20 bucks. So far no takers. [sm=lol.gif][sm=lol.gif][sm=lol.gif]