So...in the past month I have bought (from three different people) four relatively well done repaired lower end bottles from New Hampshire...two pharmacy bottles with replaced lips, a pharmacy bottle with a polished lip, and a blob top beer with a replaced lip. They were all well-enough done to pass muster with the sellers, some of whom are very experienced...I suspect that they didn't expect inexpensive bottles like these to have been repaired (prices ranged from $5-$65) and probably didn't look to closely. Nonetheless, this is the first time this has happened to me with lower end stuff and I suspect there is a collection that was recently sold that included a lot of repaired stuff...just wanted to give folks a heads up. I have to imagine that someone did this as a collector and not a dealer because a lot of time went into repairing some inexpensive bottles.
By the way, the sellers have all been great about it...always refreshing to deal with good people!
By the way, the sellers have all been great about it...always refreshing to deal with good people!