splante
Well-Known Member
According to Kovels Antiques here are some record prices paid for bottles
California Club house whiskey bottle medium chocolate amber 1/5th 1872-1874 $30,000
Firecracker flask..embossed George Washington bust and eagle portrait..1820-1840 called firecracker flask because it has the names of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson and the year 1776 embossed on the ridge both died on July 4th 1826……….$1000,000
Various early to mid 1800 flask $10,000 to $40,000
Dr. Wrights tonic bitters bottle yellow and olive tone 10 inches 1845 -1860 $14,400
St. Nicholas Stomach bitters bottle..otis NY deep honey amber 9 inches $ 9,360
Wheelers Berlin bitters bottle Baltimore open pontil 1840-1860 93/8 inches $11,700
American sealed wine bottle. Embossed JH Vernon glass company deep clear green 1810-1820 $26,900
Medicine Pitkin glass works Manchester conn. Octagonal lt yrllow/olive 1783-1830 $6,435
R Flangans Mineral water bottle Philadelphia half pint yellow green $11,115
And now this
http://cgi.ebay.com/Extremely-Rare-10-oz-Mountain-Dew-bottle-1965-NICE-/130471424449?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e60b3f1c1 not bad for a bottle less then 50 years old
Pictured the 100k firecracker flask
California Club house whiskey bottle medium chocolate amber 1/5th 1872-1874 $30,000
Firecracker flask..embossed George Washington bust and eagle portrait..1820-1840 called firecracker flask because it has the names of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson and the year 1776 embossed on the ridge both died on July 4th 1826……….$1000,000
Various early to mid 1800 flask $10,000 to $40,000
Dr. Wrights tonic bitters bottle yellow and olive tone 10 inches 1845 -1860 $14,400
St. Nicholas Stomach bitters bottle..otis NY deep honey amber 9 inches $ 9,360
Wheelers Berlin bitters bottle Baltimore open pontil 1840-1860 93/8 inches $11,700
American sealed wine bottle. Embossed JH Vernon glass company deep clear green 1810-1820 $26,900
Medicine Pitkin glass works Manchester conn. Octagonal lt yrllow/olive 1783-1830 $6,435
R Flangans Mineral water bottle Philadelphia half pint yellow green $11,115
And now this
http://cgi.ebay.com/Extremely-Rare-10-oz-Mountain-Dew-bottle-1965-NICE-/130471424449?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e60b3f1c1 not bad for a bottle less then 50 years old
Pictured the 100k firecracker flask