Welcome to our forum family. You will find the answers to all of your questions about bottles, rarety... values... descriptions... whatever you are looking for. Whatever you find, it seems like somwone on this forum has dug one... found one... bought one or seen one.
As far as your co-workers go... let them laugh, just as long as they keep picking those bottles for you...[]
When you find a real nice one that is a high dollar keeper, don't go back and tell the guys what the value or rarety is, cause then they'll be pickin up the bottles for themselves and shovin them into their own pockets![]
These bottles are Cianti wine. Italian wine. Still available today with a woven basket around the base so it can stand up. No real value but nice if you have an old one with an applied top.