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[GuntherHess]

We were talking about this at our bottle club Mon. night. I think the new record is now 85k. I belive it was for a cobalt Fishs Bitters.

Is that the one the guy was carrying in a diaper

 

[GuntherHess]

FOHBC National Bottle Show
http://www.americanbottle.com/

 

[scbottles*]

Pat I am pretty sure Mike said the blue fish bitters sold for $105,000.00

 

[appliedlips]

Jamie, I believe the Harrison's sold in the $30,000 range.. That fish bitters is crazy. I like some bitters but it seems crazy to me that two bitters have topped the prices in recent years ( atleast the ones made public).. Funny how the market works. Being a lover of history I can not understand flasks not being heads and shoulders above the rest in terms of price. I guess it doesn't matter but I'm not bidding on either, just find it interesting.

 

[BRIAN S.]

ORIGINAL: scbottles*

Pat I am pretty sure Mike said the blue fish bitters sold for $105,000.00

I heard it was 6 figures also !
That seemed a little high to me considering there are two known in Cobalt .
But , you know how stories go ........ next week it will have sold for a Million !

 

[baltbottles]

ORIGINAL: appliedlips

Jamie, I believe the Harrison's sold in the $30,000 range.. That fish bitters is crazy. I like some bitters but it seems crazy to me that two bitters have topped the prices in recent years ( atleast the ones made public).. Funny how the market works. Being a lover of history I can not understand flasks not being heads and shoulders above the rest in terms of price. I guess it doesn't matter but I'm not bidding on either, just find it interesting.

I agree with you Doug I just think it comes down to the fact that no really rare early flasks in a good color and in perfect condition have come up for sale in the past few years. Ther have been some really nice ones but nothing just mind blowing.

Chris

 

[coboltmoon]

Hello, I had heard a story about a million dollar artic beer bottle a while back. I did a google search and found this link. There is some good bottle history.

http://blog.seattlepi.com/whatsontap/archives/119903.asp?from=blog_last3


The bottle really sold for about ½ million and was full. There are some whiskey and other spirit bottles that have sold more with contents.

There is something fishy about the cobalt bitters story.[&:]

 

[appliedlips]

Chris, your right and I imagine some have sold privately for big money. Other than the killer Connecticut flasks Norm Heckler sold awhile back nothing too crazy has shown up.I'd love to see a Mantua Jackson,or similar mold show up in a crazy color, or even amber for that matter.

Cobaltmoon,That beer was a scam, and was worth a few hundred bucks.. You are right about full bottles of wine but those are not bought for the bottle.