BRIAN S.
Well-Known Member
Heckler Auctions Settting New World Antique Bottle Auction Record!
[align=center] **Our earlier email was a bit premature, as the flask is currently still in callback status. Stay tuned in, we'll keep you updated!**
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[/align][align=center]A New World's record for the highest selling bottle at auction is being set in the Norm Heckler auction today, April 1, 2010. The bottle is referred to as the "firecracker flask" because of the names of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson embossed on the medial ridge of the flask along with the date of 1776. Adams and Jefferson both died on the 4th [/align]of July 1826. This flask is in commemoration of that event. Most importantly, this example is one of the few known in the color blue. At last check-in, the current bid was holding at $76,000, which along with the 17% buyers premium comes to a tidy $88,920.
[/align][align=center]The bottle is listed thusly; Lot 61 "General Washington" and Bust - "T.W. D." and Eagle Portrait Flask, Kensington Glass Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1820-1840. Brilliant deep sapphire blue, inward rolled mouth - pontil scar, pint. GI-14 Exceptional color in this "firecracker" flask. Strong impression and extremely rare color. A great bottle in every way. Ex William Pollard collection, Warren C. Lane, Jr. collection. [/align]
[/align][align=center]Other great bottles were included in the sale and once again it points out the amazing interest in rare and desirable antique bottles hitting the auction block. Heckler Auctions is located out of Woodstock, Connecticut and the auction catalog can be viewed at http://www.hecklerauction.com/Auction89/olcatalog/db_paging.asp[/align]
[/align][align=center]The new record will beat the old record set by American Bottle Auctions for the sale of a Bryant's cone shaped Bitters. That bottle came to $68,750, a record in 1999. [/align]
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[align=center] **Our earlier email was a bit premature, as the flask is currently still in callback status. Stay tuned in, we'll keep you updated!**
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[/align][align=center]A New World's record for the highest selling bottle at auction is being set in the Norm Heckler auction today, April 1, 2010. The bottle is referred to as the "firecracker flask" because of the names of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson embossed on the medial ridge of the flask along with the date of 1776. Adams and Jefferson both died on the 4th [/align]of July 1826. This flask is in commemoration of that event. Most importantly, this example is one of the few known in the color blue. At last check-in, the current bid was holding at $76,000, which along with the 17% buyers premium comes to a tidy $88,920.
[/align][align=center]The bottle is listed thusly; Lot 61 "General Washington" and Bust - "T.W. D." and Eagle Portrait Flask, Kensington Glass Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1820-1840. Brilliant deep sapphire blue, inward rolled mouth - pontil scar, pint. GI-14 Exceptional color in this "firecracker" flask. Strong impression and extremely rare color. A great bottle in every way. Ex William Pollard collection, Warren C. Lane, Jr. collection. [/align]
[/align][align=center]Other great bottles were included in the sale and once again it points out the amazing interest in rare and desirable antique bottles hitting the auction block. Heckler Auctions is located out of Woodstock, Connecticut and the auction catalog can be viewed at http://www.hecklerauction.com/Auction89/olcatalog/db_paging.asp[/align]
[/align][align=center]The new record will beat the old record set by American Bottle Auctions for the sale of a Bryant's cone shaped Bitters. That bottle came to $68,750, a record in 1999. [/align]
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