What is the most valuable bottle that you own or have sold?

[ArmyDigger]

Just curious as to the highlights of peoples collections.

 

[Timelypicken]

First three are local so that why they bring some money around me. All of these bottles would bring around $100 plus per bottle. The really nice witesoda and the mcneails peak may bring more.

 

[logan.the.collector]

Just curious as to the highlights of peoples collections.

The rarest bottles in my collection happen to be local. The most valuable is from an extremely short lived business venture of G.A. Cronkrite, known for bottling out of Rouses Point, NY. My example is a Tupper Lake, NY example of which only two have been on the market over the past few years. The second photo is all of my local slug plates about a year ago, which doesn't include some of my even rarer new ones. Just thought I would share. Both are from my instagram page. The G.A. Cronkrite could go from anywhere between 80 and 120 dollars. Mine is the only known with a seal, at least here in Tupper Lake.

 

[PlaneDiggerCam]

Here is my highlight. Its a super rare local soda, one of only 3 known to exist.

 

[brent little]

The most expensive bottle I have sold in 45 years of collecting was sold on Maple Leaf Auctions on the last one they had this past October. I had a picker show up with a ginger beer bottle from Mount Forest ,Ontario. The bottle was A. Robertson. All his bottles as far as I knew where of English manufacture with the tan bottom and brown slip top half. THIS bottle was completely different. It was a solid cream body with crazing over the entire bottle. As soon as I seen this I knew it was from Brantford Potteries, Brantford, Ontario.It had a large thumb chip on the back side. i asked how much he wanted for the bottle and we did a trade for a sign i had roughly 400.00 in.Got a hold of Scott Wallace at Maple Leaf he arranged to have Steve Redman do the repair and we entered it into his auction in October of this year. it brought 5000.00.

 

[bottles_inc]

Hey, welcome to the forum. Of the stuff I've dug, these bottles are probably the most valuable.

This is a local bottle that as far as I know is one of a kind. Its not listed in any books. Worth its weight in gold to me but not many people out there are collecting Kings Park bottles (probably nobody, honestly) so the market is limited.

This bottle's also a rare local but it has more appeal. Unknown shape/make for this particular bottler, and Patchogue is one of the more collected towns on Long Island. I've had a few people ask to trade for it, but I like it too much to give it up. (If you're reading this, Howard, find me a John Mack and you've got a deal!)

This is in super rough condition, but it's a local 1900-1910 tenpin that I haven't seen another of. Bet I could get a Benjamin for it from the right buyer. People love tenpins.

This is probably my favorite bottle. Its a whisky. Cylindrical charles and co's go up on ebay about once a year but I've never seen a square. Probably worth at least a hundo.

In terms of measured value, I bought this Tweddle's for $100.

 

[bottles_inc]

Here's a bonus for you: this is the John Mack bottle I mentioned before. It's also unlisted, like the Keane, but its rarer to a degree because E. F. Keane made a bottle with another guy named Henno and the Keane & Henno is listed (albeit rare). Mine is broken, but also the only I know of. If there's other kings park collectors out there they'd probably consider this valuable. I sure do.

P.S. if anyone's got a John Mack or a Keane & Henno let me know

 

[willieboy]

Just curious as to the highlights of peoples collections.

Just curious as to the highlights of peoples collections.

 

[brent little]

Nice stuff.Courtland Street must be a pontiled???

 

[willieboy]

Not exactly an answer to original question but the most expensive two bottles (one is a jug) I have in my collection is; (1) the bottle is olive shaded green like a lot of Saratoga type bottles and the same shape. What makes this bottle different and extremely rare is the embossing, it is embossed PONCE DELEON SPRING/ WATER/ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. with a monogram representing the fountain of youth, (2) a one gallon jug, stinciled WHITNEY'S PONCE DELEON SPRING/fOUNTAIN OF YOUTH/TONIC WATER/No 1513 ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. The 1513 is not a address but a reference to the date Ponce DeLeon supposedly landed in St. Augustine. Research indicates the bottle is from the 1870's and the jug is from 1890 -1910 era. Together they are valued at $10,000 plus. the jug is one of 2 known examples and the bottle is one of 5 known. Both of these came to live with me in 2020, best thing by far that happen to me this otherwise lousy year.