"Finished pontil." Seriously?

[sandchip]

Carlcat does it again. Anything to make a sale. Of course the American flag and the dressing room mirrors make up for it.

*FINISHED PONTIL*YELLOW AMBER HALL'S BARREL BITTERS~ ESTABLISHED 1842~NEW HAVEN | eBay

<p> THIS BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF HISTORY HAS ENTRAPPED BUBBLES, AND WHITTLE THROUGHOUT.

www.ebay.com

 

[nhpharm]

Yep...drives me nuts! And steer wide and clear of his labeled stuff.

 

[hemihampton]

He sez it's a 1870's Pontil?

 

[Newtothiss]

He sez it's a 1870's Pontil?

In that case, I've found a gang of "pontils"....

 

[Johnny M]

Carlcat does it again. Anything to make a sale. Of course the American flag and the dressing room mirrors make up for it.

*FINISHED PONTIL*YELLOW AMBER HALL'S BARREL BITTERS~ ESTABLISHED 1842~NEW HAVEN | eBay

<p> THIS BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF HISTORY HAS ENTRAPPED BUBBLES, AND WHITTLE THROUGHOUT.

www.ebay.com

I saw that and got a kick out of it myself. How many types of pontils does that make now? LOL

 

[CanadianBottles]

Yep...drives me nuts! And steer wide and clear of his labeled stuff.

Wow really haha, he sold this pontil "poison" with a label reading "call a physician at once". That sounds like the sort of thing you'd expect to see written on an 1850s bottle, right? https://www.ebay.com/itm/2040754307...=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

And then there's this monstrosity. Looks like a copy of an old newspaper ad stuck onto a modern decorative bottle? I think that's the first time I've ever seen someone trying to pass off something that isn't even a label at all as the original label. And someone actually bought that thing. https://www.ebay.com/itm/2040470955...=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Weirdly enough, in the description for this one he says that he thinks the label is non-original. As far as I can tell it's one of the only legit labeled bottles he's sold in the past few months. https://www.ebay.com/itm/2040986805...=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557