Lots of Ball Jar Questions

[awilliams]

Hey everyone. My neighbor has recently tasked me to go through her basement full of jars and find the "good" ones. She has probably close to 500 jars. Well, I ordered Redbook #9 and it came in today and have been busy ever since! I have found a few that I am uncertain of. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Amber.

 

[awilliams]

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[coreya]

from looking at the pictures it looks like (from left to right on first pic) #1- 274, #2- 238, #3- 206 , #4- 250 , #5- 223 AND #6- 234
I wish I was there to go thru those jars, must be like christmas!!!

 

[idigjars]

Hello Amber, any colored jars down in that basement besides aqua or blue like these?

The far left half pint Ball Perfect Mason usually goes for $80-125 on ebay, lip chipped jars might be a little less.

Nice jars, it's fun isn't it!! Take care Paul

 

[awilliams]

Oh man I'm tellin' ya!! It was so much fun! It was a shame I had to leave before my kids got off the bus. I would probably still be there! Well, like I said I got my first infamous "Red Book" that everyone keeps talking about and I figured that small half pint might be worth a little something. I also found sacks and sacks full of zinc lids (both kinds-rings and full zinc and also lots of glass inserts) still in the box, never been used! The great thing is that I don't have to clean any of them. What's funny is I started this whole bottle collecting thing a while back when I bought a cigar box full of repo bitters bottle miniatures. Now I am hooked on Jars!! Ahhh! So much fun! Thanks for your help. I only went through about 1/3 of them so I might be posting more soon. My neighbor is an elderly lady and really needs some money so she wants me to go through all of them this week! I got my work cut out for me. Thanks Again! Amber

 

[Paa Paw]

Awesome finds.....Have you heard of the Ball Jar Collecters Web page Lots of information available there.....Thanks for sharing the photos.Are there any Different colors?????

 

[awilliams]

I will have to check out the website. Also, I looked for about three hours and didn't find any different colors. BUT I am brand new to the jar collecting thing so my color senses haven't matured quite yet. I did notice some jars were more green (or maybe aqua) than Ball Blue. But I could be very wrong.