Those must be REALLY bad photos, or my monitor is way off, because that is not what I call cobalt blue. Looks teal blue to me.
Anyway, I want to hear what the experts think. I doubt it is worth that much with how much bottles have taken a hit unless it is super desirable, and like 1 of a kind or something.
This guy is nutz. It is a nice bottle, and I don't doubt that it is rare, but ten grand is probably a reach even if it were mint. I agree that the pics suck, and the damage is more significant than two "small" chips. If the right collector needed it, it could still have some decent value, but not 10 large or anything close to it. ~Jim