Hi All,
I'm reading thru the forum here and I'm a new collector. I've found a few fruit jars, nothing exciting yet (at least not that I know of!). I've just ordered the Red Book, and also a couple of older small books from eBay (Burris's book from like 30 yrs ago and the 2007 update of the "1000 Jars" book).
Anyway . . .
I'm supposed to go see a lady tomorrow about some fruit jars. She told me her grandpa passed away this past year, and in the basement there's 100's of fruit jars. The guy canned his own since around after WWII until a few years ago. So these would be modern jars. So I'm figuring not very collectable, right? I think some may be full still (yuck, or yum??). She told me a bunch of them are green glass, other than that I've got no info. The guy wouldn't use antique jars to can fruit, you think?
I've tried to educate myself a bit the last few days, but it's overwhelming info. What i could really use are a few 'hints' or guidelines. Can anyone give me a few quick clues if the jars are collectable? Any help appreciated. Right now my entire collection is like 50 bottles & only 2 of them are fruit jars. Tomorrow I may come home with 250 more. [8D]
I'm reading thru the forum here and I'm a new collector. I've found a few fruit jars, nothing exciting yet (at least not that I know of!). I've just ordered the Red Book, and also a couple of older small books from eBay (Burris's book from like 30 yrs ago and the 2007 update of the "1000 Jars" book).
Anyway . . .
I'm supposed to go see a lady tomorrow about some fruit jars. She told me her grandpa passed away this past year, and in the basement there's 100's of fruit jars. The guy canned his own since around after WWII until a few years ago. So these would be modern jars. So I'm figuring not very collectable, right? I think some may be full still (yuck, or yum??). She told me a bunch of them are green glass, other than that I've got no info. The guy wouldn't use antique jars to can fruit, you think?
I've tried to educate myself a bit the last few days, but it's overwhelming info. What i could really use are a few 'hints' or guidelines. Can anyone give me a few quick clues if the jars are collectable? Any help appreciated. Right now my entire collection is like 50 bottles & only 2 of them are fruit jars. Tomorrow I may come home with 250 more. [8D]