Post a pic of the best bottle you own or have ever owned

[Lordbud]

FOR MAN AND BEAST is says on the back. Any Western diggers seen another one of these? Maybe one came out of the "Big Dig" in 1998?

 

[baltbottles]

Phil,

I never get tired of seeing that picture of your hamptons group.

Chris

 

[appliedlips]

Phil,that is a very impressive run of great bottles.I hope to find one,someday.

Here is one I let go of a while back and was probably the most attractive bottle I have ever owned.It had a couple radiating potstones otherwise it would have sold for $20,000+.I still made out very well but it is one of only two regrets(the other I replaced).The color was second to none that I have seen.

 

[appliedlips]

The other side

 

[bottlediger]

Wow Bro, very nice flask. I love how crude it is and the color is amazing! Did you dig that piece?

Digger Ry

 

[appliedlips]

Ryan,

No,unfortunately I didn't dig that one.If I had I would have never sold it.I have been lucky enough to have dug a couple of aquas in this mold.I found it in antique mall one day along side of more common Cornucopia-Urn in a ginger ale color.The clerk told me the owner of the mall was the one selling them.She went on to tell me that he brought them in looked in the Kovel's price guide,found a listing for a eagle - cornucopia in green (probably one of the common New England molds) and priced it at $375 and the other at $175.After calling the owner and explaining the damage I bought the pair for $400.I knew it was a good one at the time but not how good.I sold it for alot more than that.

 

[Sam_MaineBottles]

Here's the best and favorite of my Maine smooth base bottles, it's a Peruvian Tonic Bitters from W. F. Phillips & Co. of Portland (1856-1883).

 

[Sam_MaineBottles]

Even has some partial paper label. I picked this up on ebay last spring, seller wasn't a bottle person and had a vague description. Paid arond $45, value around $600.

 

[glass man]

THIS IS LITERALLY BRINGING OUT THE "BEST" IN EVERYONE AND I AM THANKFUL FOR IT ,CAUSE I AM SEEING BOTTLES THAT ARE AMAZING !! HAVE NEVER SEEN IN YEARS OF BOTTLE SHOWS,MAGAZINES, OR IN BOOKS!!

 

[dollarbill]

Hey Jamie have to agree this is one of the best threads ever started with some truely amazing bottles . There is one other in the collectors chat about inks that is a great one too.What a great looking flask there Doug makes me think maybe I'd ike to collect a few of them to. Love the colors there to Phil44 . Thanks all for sharing your beautiful bottles And as allways good luck diggen and finding . Cant help but post another while not really old but quit rare from Byrds Antactic expedition. 1928 '29
bill