mctaggart67
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I've seen two of these gems, both being well locked up in collections. I've heard rumours of a couple more, including one that is a lighter green like a more modern 7-Up or a circa 1900 Scweppes green. Anyhow, it really doesn't matter about the exact number known because this sort of bottle is top drawer, the "toppest" drawer in fact.
As an interesting aside, I think that it sometimes works in a super bottle's favour not to be the only one known, since having a couple of ones already existing gets more people talking about them in a covetous, competitive manner, and this, in turn, whips up even more interest in acquiring them. Consquently, the value goes up because the demand does. Also, at work is that selling-price precedents get set. Meanwhile, one-of-a-kind bottles can get snapped up into a collection, and, depending on the collector, stay in the collection as a secret to the wider hobby. A second one shows up, but even though nobody's "heard" about it, few are brave enough to venture an extraordinarily huge offer or accept paying an extraordinarily high asking price, since there is no other price to got by and no years have been spent dreaming about getting "that bottle" which one or two other collectors publicly showcase. In our hobby desire about the known can drive people to the ridiculous when it comes to money their willing to spend. However, I'll end by saying that this doesn't always apply to the rarest of the rare. Often, really experienced collectors just know that it feels right to pay the big, big bucks to acquire a one-of-a-kind treasure.
As an interesting aside, I think that it sometimes works in a super bottle's favour not to be the only one known, since having a couple of ones already existing gets more people talking about them in a covetous, competitive manner, and this, in turn, whips up even more interest in acquiring them. Consquently, the value goes up because the demand does. Also, at work is that selling-price precedents get set. Meanwhile, one-of-a-kind bottles can get snapped up into a collection, and, depending on the collector, stay in the collection as a secret to the wider hobby. A second one shows up, but even though nobody's "heard" about it, few are brave enough to venture an extraordinarily huge offer or accept paying an extraordinarily high asking price, since there is no other price to got by and no years have been spent dreaming about getting "that bottle" which one or two other collectors publicly showcase. In our hobby desire about the known can drive people to the ridiculous when it comes to money their willing to spend. However, I'll end by saying that this doesn't always apply to the rarest of the rare. Often, really experienced collectors just know that it feels right to pay the big, big bucks to acquire a one-of-a-kind treasure.
