John Wingert, Pottsville Pa.

[averagejoe]

I have a 1850-60's John Wingert emerald blue quart bottle with a very slight crack. Its the only wingert bottle in existence. I'm asking $10,000..obo Pic are available upon request.

 

[averagejoe]

Its from pottsville, pa. extremely rare. the only one. crack seems to be no more than one inch long and appears to be inside the glass.

 

[averagejoe]

Sorry bottle is sold. Sold for $23,498.oo at Blum's auction Sunday night.

 

[Flaschenjager]

Hi averagejoe and Welcome to Antique-Bottles.Net -
Congrats on selling your bottle! I'm sure many here, including myself, would love to see this bottle. Do you have a photo that you could put up for all to see?

 

[hope4]

wow! That is alot of money!

Averagejoe you don't sound very average to me.

Good for you!

Hope

 

[pa digger]

Hey Joe:

Where are the pictures of the quart? Im not saying that this story is not true! but i do find it hard to believe that it sold for that kind of money? If it did then someone is crazy. I could see it going for that kind of money if it were light puce in color. But the one that you sold maybe $3,000 - 5,000 range. We bottle guys would like to see a picture of the bottle and maybe a picture of the auction list saying that it had sold for this amount.

 

[Bottleman]

Hello, I do a lot of digging down in Pottsville and have dug a few broken quart Wingert’s but never a whole one. That is a lot of money even if it were mint. Do you dig this your self in Pottsville? A few months ago there was a construction site downtown that you had to sneak into but there were broken squats everywhere! My buddy and I were only able to get one whole one and it wasn’t even pontiled. I think that the workers picked up all of the whole ones and I am just waiting for them to surface on eBay and at auctions.

~~Tom