What the...

[Wheelah23]

This is a Wheaton bottle, right? I have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA how this is going for so much... I see them in shops in south Jersey for $10. What is going on...?

The offending auction

 

[Wheelah23]

Seriously, what am I missing? Is there something special about this one? Here's some past sale prices...

$25.75

$23.50

$18.01

 

[epackage]

People are BATSHIT CRAZY and STUUUUUUUUUUUUPID ?!?!?!?!? Buy em' up when you see them in stores and sell them on the Bay. I always have my eyes peeled for them...[]

 

[cyberdigger]

people are out of their skulls []

 

[Poison_Us]

I'm no Wheaton expert...I know as much as the book says about their history..but as for the value of these novelty bottles go, you would have to ask the Wheaton Club. There may be rare colors or something...but still worthless to us poison people. But I dont see any color difference between this and the other 3 auctions...but may be missing something... or as Jim said...Stupid.

http://www.wheatonclub.com/

They do have a pretty cool website.

 

[JustGlass]

This seems to be one of those wheaton bottles that appeal to some collectors. When I see these type bottles for under $20.00 I will purchase them and then resell them. I have always made enough profit on them to make it worth my time. I even list them the right way as repros and still make money. The reds and blues seem to command the higher prices. These I consider no different than a blue warner's safe cure. Repro money makers.

 

[cowseatmaize]

Yes they are Wheaton but the Ruby color brings in the $$$. The other colors don't get near that much in general. Same with the other 70's miniature series.

 

[BellwoodBoys]

For some reason everbody pays big $$$ for wheaton poison bottles.

 

[Wheelah23]

But all four auctions I posted are for the red ones. What's so special about the first one?

 

[cowseatmaize]

The $200 I can only say one thing about..."private listing". I never trust those.