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Hey guys, so I was under the impression milk of magnesias went for a pretty penny if it was one that had the date.. but looking at pricing a year later it either went significantly lower or I didn’t do my search right the first time. Either way, I have at least 25-30 m.o.m bottles 3 big ones with dates and the rest are the smaller version but my problem is,.. every single bottle is different. No two are the same. Does that effect the pricing? How would I go about pricing these? Some have dates some don’t all of them say pretty much the same thing but every one says it in a different variation. I realllllly need help on this one so if you have any info any at all that may help please respond! Here’s just some of them.
 

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As far as I know all the milk of magnesias are worth very little, date or no date. I'd personally price them all at a dollar or two each. Never seen that one in the first picture without the Phillips name on it but I doubt it's particularly collectible either unfortunately.
 

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You can try to get $3 for screw top ones and maybe $5-10 for corker. Plus S&H. Not worth much even though they are a pretty blue.
 

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As far as I know all the milk of magnesias are worth very little, date or no date. I'd personally price them all at a dollar or two each. Never seen that one in the first picture without the Phillips name on it but I doubt it's particularly collectible either unfortunately.

I keep hearing that but I can’t find any and I mean any online for that price. None. Are you guys talking yard sales? I believe you as I’m sure you’ve been doing this for much longer then me but this is what I see over and over online
 

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You can try to get $3 for screw top ones and maybe $5-10 for corker. Plus S&H. Not worth much even though they are a pretty blue.

I keep hearing that but I can’t find any and I mean any online for that price. None. Are you guys talking yard sales? I believe you as I’m sure you’ve been doing this for much longer then me but this is what I see over and over online
 

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Sometimes antique store owners near me will buy them from me since cobalt is a good seller around me. Usually these are worth around $3 a pop here, but in other places seem to be worth less than half as much.

I don’t get it because online I can’t find any for less then 7 and that’s rare. Usually around 7-20 and much higher as you can see if the screen shots I posted in two other peoples reply’s on here. No disrespect I just can’t find it :/
 

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I don’t get it because online I can’t find any for less then 7 and that’s rare. Usually around 7-20 and much higher as you can see if the screen shots I posted in two other peoples reply’s on here. No disrespect I just can’t find it :/
Online isn't the way to go for me. It's better to sell local in lots.
 

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I don’t get it because online I can’t find any for less then 7 and that’s rare. Usually around 7-20 and much higher as you can see if the screen shots I posted in two other peoples reply’s on here. No disrespect I just can’t find it :/
Go on Ebay and search milk of magnesia. See for yourself cat. I wish i could tell you different. ROBBYBOBBY64
 

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Go on Ebay and search milk of magnesia. See for yourself cat. I wish i could tell you different. ROBBYBOBBY64

ebay? Alright I’ll check it out. It’s ok. I just want to know what I can get for them because I used to get really excited every time I found one and it blows hearing they go for a dollar let alone less then 20. I wonder why everyone else sells them for so much.
 

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