canning jar on ebay. Nuked?

[saratogadriver]

Link. http://www.ebay.com/itm/BEAUTY-THE-MARION-JAR-MASON-S-PATENT-1858-GOLDEN-AMBER-MINT-/111198054973?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19e3ebaa3d I don't know squat about canning jars, but the color seems very odd. Obviously from the bidding, one or more people want it. Is it a nuked color?

Jim G

 

[FitSandTic]

That is a nuked jar.

 

[saratogadriver]

Somebody's gonna get hosed then, it's at $178 and climbing. I couldn't imagine that color is natural. There's a british ink on that's about that same color, that I've only ever seen in clear. It's a different seller, but I'm guessing it comes out of the same nuke as the jar. And neither says anything about them being nuked. NOT NICE... Jim G

That is a nuked jar.

 

[MNJars]

One sold last week for $1,400+ Definitely nuked and people fall for it. That or they are ok paying huge money for a nuked jar.

 

[MNJars]

Here is the link to the last one that sold. There have been a few of these Marion jars lately popping up. They are nuked people!http://www.ebay.com/itm/c1890-LITE-AMBER-FRUIT-JAR-THE-MARION-JAR-MASONS-PATENT-NOV-30th-1858-/151145852171?nma=true&si=y2aDFuMeEtjEhuXEld6rNY%252FX8iE%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[FitSandTic]

Such a shame! Marion jars are very common around my area. I have only seen them in aqua and a deep teal color. Even in the nice teal color they still do not command prices that I have seen these ugly nuked amber ones bringing. I can't believe that people do not know that the color is totally fabricated on these. I am not the smartest person but if I am spending that much money on a piece for my collection I am going to educate myself to the fullest extent on what I am buying. I can see if your making a on the spot purchase at a show or a flea market and if your a beginner in collecting by getting taken by this crap but these people have days to investigate these purchases on ebay.

 

[saratogadriver]

This one sold for $560 plus. Someone took an awful hosing. At least I can say that a lot of the nuked colors look "wrong" when you see them. It helps to be able to tell that they aren't right. Jim G

 

[saratogadriver]

This is the ink that I think is suspect. http://www.ebay.com/itm/c1900-LITE-AMBER-TOPAZ-CANNON-SHAPED-INK-BOTTLE-PAT-No-48709-/251369471485?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a86c9bdfd The Brits did some odd colored inks, but I've only ever seen this one in clear, maybe aqua. And, again, the color is funny. Jim G

 

[icollectfruitjars]

Caveat emptor and Ebay won't back up the buyers. There have been a ton of bottles and jars coming out of Florida that have been nuked. Not all of them are of the purple or "motor oil brown" variety. Some are being sold as "ice blue", "citron", etc. The National Insulator Association (NIA) had a really good article that was written on irradiation of glass: http://www.nia.org/altered/index.htm As you can see, depending on what additives were used in the glass they can turn different colors. There is still some debate on whether placing the irradiated glass in an over for a period of time will return it to it's "original" color. I bought a nuked jar and put it in the oven at 250-degrees for 2 hours and didn't notice any difference in color.

 

[MNJars]

I find it unfathomable that anyone, let alone 2 people that an auction demands, would pay that much for one of these jars. Look at what else is out there for that kind of money! You can buy some truly rare and amazing jars of great colors or closures for these prices.Something doesn't smell right about these auctions. Even collectors that are naïve of the irradiated colors wouldn't pay that much for a brown Marion, right? I don't know...