Looking for Montana Hutch's/blobs

[mtfarmer]

Hey! I'm trying to put together a collection of old sodas from Montana, and thought I'd better post just in case anyone out there has any that they'd consider selling. Just started collecting several months ago, but dearly love the things. Thanks, and have a great one!
-Aaron

 

[privvydigger]

goodluck on your adventure....I imagine that will be a rough & tough possibly expensive venture. I'll keep you in mind if I dig one

 

[Neily06]

Here's one

http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-MERRITT-CO-HELENA-MONTANA-aqua-BLOB-TOP-soda_W0QQitemZ370144262334QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item562e5138be&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116#ht_861wt_1002

 

[mtfarmer]

Thanks guys! I actually already purchased a "Merritt" bottle from the same fellow that has the one listed now. Yea, this is a challenge.....I believe there's close to 100 different Hutch's from Montana, and only 10 or so blobs. Pricing's all over the place. For a more common one from Butte, you can expect to pay $50 or so, while an ultra-rare one from the tiny town of Neihart was rumored to sell for $1500. Ouch! It's all good though.....have aquired around 15 or so, so only have a hundred or so left to go! If I can find just one a month, I should have a pretty good handle on a collection in about 9 years or so! Ha ha.......we'll see!

 

[bn2bwld1@gmail.com]

Hey mtfarmer, I have just become a new member and noticed you are looking for Montana soda bottles. Many years ago I dug bottles with my parents and Grandparents. What a wonderful experience it was but because of the room issues and such I have decided to sell the majority of my collection. I do have several soda bottles from Montana as that is where we dug. I will go through them and see what I have and let you know if you are still interested. I also have some round bottomed soda bottles but they don't have names on them.

 

[Dean]

Hello Aaron,
I have the 2 Helena hutchs pictured below and could probably be pursuaded to let one of them go. Let me know if this is one that you need.

Thanks,
Dean

 

[div2roty]

I am surprised that you only have two Dean.

Good luck with the Montana collection. I've sort of started down the same road with Delaware bottles.

 

[mtfarmer]

Hey Folks! I e-mailed both of you just now, so let me know if they don't come through alright!

2 responses tonight.....the stars must be aligned. Almost got a concussion when I fell over backwards in my chair!

Wish I was where you guys are tonight. It's 20 degrees here, blowing around 40mph, and snowing HARD. Much too early for winter......We had to spend 2 months in Houston last summer to address a medical issue with my son, and I swore I'd never gripe about cold weather again. Now, here I am....griping about cold weather.....again!

And div2roty, wow what fun you're going to have. There's gotta be ALOT of Hutches from Delaware aren't there? And colored pontiled sodas? oooohhh I wish we had a few of those! I'm trying to think of something we have here that you don't have. Oh..... I know......rattlesnakes, dust, and wind. Lots and lots of wind....

 

[div2roty]

There are about 100 different hutches from Delaware if you count variants from the same bottler. I have about 50 of those. Off the top of my head I believe that there are around 10-20 iron pontil sodas, plus a few more colored smooth base sodas. I only have 3 of those.

Recently I've focused my collecting more on demijohns, early utility bottles and I like to get more into figural bitters.

 

[div2roty]

Snow sounds terrible. I've been running in shorts and a t-shirt still. Its been getting up to 65-70 here recently. We do have lots of wind though since I am close to the beaches and southern delaware is all flat.