Fake Citron Davis Vegetable Pain Killer?

[RIBottleguy]

I had this Davis Vegetable Pain Killer in my watch list, and expected it to be a $50 bottle. Of course there were some crazy bidders who helped smash the old record price for a non-pontiled Davis Pain Killer. I showed the listing to a friend of mine and he thought it was fake! I've seen another citron Davis before, but what are the odds this one is coated?

Ebay

 

[cyberdigger]

No, I don't think it's fake, and the color is really the color, not coated.. I don't see the hinge mold the seller speaks of, but it doesn't appear to be one of those Italian repros..

 

[cyberdigger]

...then again, looks like it was clear coated... [8|]

 

[tigue710]

its hard to tell, with some of these"painted" bottles the only way to tell is to dip them in something... it would not be unusual to see a davis in this color, and there are not any reproductions known of, but there are a few dipped or painted bottles turning up out there although not any Davis I know of.

 

[andy volkerts]

[] At least there not turning up here in California yet!!

 

[cyberdigger]

I'm not saying the color was altered, I'm saying it has been covered inside and out with a clear coat.. see the drip marks and the pool of goop on the bottom inside? Looks just like one of my failed clear-coating experiments.

 

[appliedlips]

Looks real to me, dont see anything about it that looks altered or coated.

 

[cyberdigger]

Sorry to persist, but I'm quite sure it has a coat of poly on it.. the water-based stuff..

 

[RIBottleguy]

Hmm, good observations! If you don't mind me playing the devil's advocate, is it possible the bottle was recently rinsed out and those drips are water?

 

[cyberdigger]

That would be some pretty icky rinse water.. [8|] []