bottle populations

[myersdiggers1998]

ok ,so from what i've found out this bottle is unique,1of 1 known.

 

[cyberdigger]

The project should obviously focus on very rare bottles... it should be a website for lonely molds...[] ..if more than I dunno let's say 62 examples known, it's not worth listing...[8|]

 

[brokenshovel]

Once two bottles are "known" the value drops. I know of several collectors, perhaps myself included, that may not divulge that they have a bottle.
Could there truly be a "one of one" for an embossed bottle? No, the cost of making a mold or a plate is too great.
The second bottle is waiting to be found or more then likely waiting for some collector to admit is exists.

 

[myersdiggers1998]

great insight ,thanks for the info. everyone.

 

[Poison_Us]

That makes me happy I don't collect bitters right there.. []

 

[GuntherHess]

Must be nice to wipe your butt with thousand dollar bills.

Are they that good? I cant tell the difference between $100s and $50s, maybe I need to upgrade?[]

 

[rockbot]

I'm sure every town has a few rare,scarce,hard,only 1 of 5 etc. Its all about demand. If you have a lot of bottle collectors in your area and they are looking for a particular bottle it doesn't matter if they're 3 or 10 it will be of a higher value then some bottle that has only 2 known but not a desirable one to collect.

A bottle is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

Its frustrating when people refer to certain bottles as rare and I have a bucket of it out under the barn.

Bottle prices are much higher here in Hawaii cause we have a lot of collectors and a limited land mass to find them in. Not to mention a lot of the good stuff is kept out of circulation by some collectors to exaggerate values.

 

[myersdiggers1998]

found a little more info. on the bottle posted,dr.adams took over the woodruff house drug store in july of 1882.If anyone can find us more info. it will put a [] on our faces.

 

[RedGinger]

This is an interesting question. Off the top of your head(s), what bottle comes to mind when you think "Very Rare"?? It is a really good idea for a site. I guess some collectors may not like it because it could cause values to go down, but I would be really interested in a database of bottles. It could be a site where you list where you found a bottle, just type it in and then you could search a certain bottle to see how many others have found, if any.

 

[Dabeel]

Could there truly be a "one of one" for an embossed bottle? No, the cost of making a mold or a plate is too great.
The second bottle is waiting to be found or more then likely waiting for some collector to admit is exists.

Good point that I completely agree with,
Doug