Hello Everyone! I'm Jeanne. I am not a collector but have found myself in the position of having a lot of jars, beer bottles, and medicine bottles from a relative's barn clean out a few years ago. Long story short, Uncle who inherited everything was an alcoholic and lost the property. Grandparents were old German and didn't believe in passing anything to daughters so my mom and her sisters got nothing. When my Uncle died, the new owner gave my Mother 2 weekends to get in there and take what she wanted.
This stuff has sat in my basement for years because I've been too busy with family and work to deal with them. But the time has come. While I appreciate and will keep a few gems, I don't have a passion to collect these. When we brought them home, it was solely because the new owner was going to throw them all into the dump on the property. In truth, I needed a large moving truck to take everything home . My Grandparent's never threw anything away and this was a huge farm in Western PA with multiple barns and buildings. I couldn't bear letting this stuff go into a dump so I brought home what 2 car loads I could. What did get chucked by him pains me greatly. The whole situation is a heartbreak but such is life.
I need to read a lot to see what these all are and find people who really appreciate them to take them off my hands. Some bottles have no markings but are very old. I have zero interest in putting them on Ebay for bidding out. No time for that and these weren't taken for a money making venture. I just have a serious appreciation for old things and couldn't allow what I was able to get home go to dump that no one could ever access on private property in a rural area.
This stuff has sat in my basement for years because I've been too busy with family and work to deal with them. But the time has come. While I appreciate and will keep a few gems, I don't have a passion to collect these. When we brought them home, it was solely because the new owner was going to throw them all into the dump on the property. In truth, I needed a large moving truck to take everything home . My Grandparent's never threw anything away and this was a huge farm in Western PA with multiple barns and buildings. I couldn't bear letting this stuff go into a dump so I brought home what 2 car loads I could. What did get chucked by him pains me greatly. The whole situation is a heartbreak but such is life.
I need to read a lot to see what these all are and find people who really appreciate them to take them off my hands. Some bottles have no markings but are very old. I have zero interest in putting them on Ebay for bidding out. No time for that and these weren't taken for a money making venture. I just have a serious appreciation for old things and couldn't allow what I was able to get home go to dump that no one could ever access on private property in a rural area.