poison for auction

[welddigger]

http://www.rtam.com/glassworks_catalog/cgi-bin/CATALL.CGIGlassworks auction has some rather high end poison in this auction. Just thought I let you guys know! If the link is the wrong lot they start on lot # 495.

 

[Jim]

Those are some sweet bottles! The 12-oz Friedgen is the one that was posted here about two months ago. I wondered what had happened to it. ~Jim

 

[bottlediger]

I am pretty sure that is the same bottle that was on this forum. "bought at a sale in northeast Pa" same deal as the dude that was on here. Already a bid at 3,000 daaaaaaaaaaaaaaam

 

[cowseatmaize]

To bad, it sounds like he's got "the eye". I would be nice to hear him check in now an then but that was the only post he's made. Good luck to him anyway I say.
https://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m_60863/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm

 

[bottlediger]

He had no idea what he just bought until Jim told him on here. I think he paid a buck fifty as in one dollar and fifty cents....daaaaaaaaaaaaamnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn thats a helova profit

 

[Jim]

It was $1.25......a whole buck twenty five! That just goes to show that there are indeed a few killer bottles still out there to be found in unlikely places.

If it were in my budget right now, I would be owning this one! I'm happy for Tom, and I think he will be quite pleased. I have made a few similar buys, but the profit was measured in hundreds, not thousands (yet)[]. ~Jim

 

[tomkirby]

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[align=left]Well I'll give you an update on that friedgen bottle. I still have it. Here's the story. I got an offer to sell the bottle privatly for 3,600, I told him that I wouldn't jump on the first offer I got. Beinging the nice guy I am, I told him I would give him the right to top the best offer I got. So any who, 1 month down the road I got an offer for 5,000. I told the other collector about keeping my word to the first guy. The first guy said, 5,000 was alot of money, give me 1 day to think about it, I agreed.

The nextday came and he could not come up with the money that soon. So I told him I would put the bottle in an auction to give him time so he could bid on it. He thanked me perfusley. The second collector was pretty irrate. He said good luck! I hope you sell it, but I won't be bidding on it. Turns out none of the two bid on it! That's what I get for beinging the nice.

Moral of the story "take the 5,000 GRAND"

Tom
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[bottlediger]

oh well you still made out pretty good there bud, dont get down on yourself its only money

 

[Jim]

Good to hear from you, Tom. At least you still have it, so the ball is in your court. I am certain that there are a few guys in the poison community who DO have the cash and would love to own the 12-oz Friedgen. If you like, I may be able to hook you up with a buyer. I don't want any commission or anything like that. I also have a different auction house that I can recommend. Let me know if you think I may be able to help. ~Jim

 

[GuntherHess]

Not sure that story made sense to me. If the one guy offered 5000 and the first guy couldnt match that why wouldnt you sell it to the other guy that offered 5000?
When you put it up for auction what was the reserve? If it was 5000 I would have figured I was being jerked around and not bid. Maybe I'm missing something.