Wheelah23
Well-Known Member
So a few days ago, I won my second holy grail bottle on eBay, for the rather high price (by local bottle standards) of around $50. Two grails down, one to go!
Until the South River show in February, I hadn't the slightest idea that there existed a blob from Glen Ridge. One rather dopey dealer planted a dream in my skull, though. He said he had one at his house, but didn't bring it for whatever reason. He said he'd bring it to the Brick show in the beginning of May... By some miracle I was able to find him, and he didn't have the bottle... [
] I gave him my email address, and he hasn't contacted me since. Like I said, dopey... I made it clear I would have paid a lot of money for the bottle. So anyway, last week this bottle popped up on eBay. I won it for a high price, but I still think I got a bargain in the long run, as this bottle is very rare. It's in better condition than I had dared to hope after seeing the auction pictures. I'm almost disappointed, in a sense, because I was hoping to dig an example in better condition to replace this one, but I guess that's not going to happen! Anyway, yesterday, I got this email:
"Hello, My name is Brian Bossert. I was the other bidder on the Bossert & Rose bottle. I originally wanted the bottle for the name, obviously, but after losing the bid, I did some research on my family and found that my great, great grandfather had started the M. Rose Public house in Glen Ridge; his name being Frank Bossert. I even have old pictures from the 1890's of the place. Knowing this now I would have bid much higher to win the bottle, as it is part of my family history. Not sure if you would be willing to sell it, but I am offering you $100.00 for the bottle. I understand if you want to keep it, but if you are interested at all at making a profit on it, please write back and let me know. Thanks very much for your time, and I hope you have a nice weekend.
Sincerely, Brian Bossert"
Now, obviously, I am not going to sell this bottle... But I emailed the guy back, and told him if I ever find another one, he can have it. I also told him what I know about Frank Bossert:
"In the old Montclair directories, starting in 1890 and until 1900, Frank Bossert is listed as a beer bottler, at the address 173 Bloomfield Ave. I suspect around this time, he set up the bar in Glen Ridge. "
So, how cool is that? I'm in contact with the guy whose ancestor ran the company that used my holy grail bottle! [] Obviously it would be very cool to see pictures of the "M. Rose" bar, so I will update when I get those. Without further ado, here's the bottle:
Until the South River show in February, I hadn't the slightest idea that there existed a blob from Glen Ridge. One rather dopey dealer planted a dream in my skull, though. He said he had one at his house, but didn't bring it for whatever reason. He said he'd bring it to the Brick show in the beginning of May... By some miracle I was able to find him, and he didn't have the bottle... [
] I gave him my email address, and he hasn't contacted me since. Like I said, dopey... I made it clear I would have paid a lot of money for the bottle. So anyway, last week this bottle popped up on eBay. I won it for a high price, but I still think I got a bargain in the long run, as this bottle is very rare. It's in better condition than I had dared to hope after seeing the auction pictures. I'm almost disappointed, in a sense, because I was hoping to dig an example in better condition to replace this one, but I guess that's not going to happen! Anyway, yesterday, I got this email:"Hello, My name is Brian Bossert. I was the other bidder on the Bossert & Rose bottle. I originally wanted the bottle for the name, obviously, but after losing the bid, I did some research on my family and found that my great, great grandfather had started the M. Rose Public house in Glen Ridge; his name being Frank Bossert. I even have old pictures from the 1890's of the place. Knowing this now I would have bid much higher to win the bottle, as it is part of my family history. Not sure if you would be willing to sell it, but I am offering you $100.00 for the bottle. I understand if you want to keep it, but if you are interested at all at making a profit on it, please write back and let me know. Thanks very much for your time, and I hope you have a nice weekend.
Sincerely, Brian Bossert"
Now, obviously, I am not going to sell this bottle... But I emailed the guy back, and told him if I ever find another one, he can have it. I also told him what I know about Frank Bossert:
"In the old Montclair directories, starting in 1890 and until 1900, Frank Bossert is listed as a beer bottler, at the address 173 Bloomfield Ave. I suspect around this time, he set up the bar in Glen Ridge. "
So, how cool is that? I'm in contact with the guy whose ancestor ran the company that used my holy grail bottle! [
] Obviously it would be very cool to see pictures of the "M. Rose" bar, so I will update when I get those. Without further ado, here's the bottle:
