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Category Archives: eBay
The Charter Oak Historical Flask
John Pastor, pictured with Liz Maxbauer above, had this great little flask called a Charter Oak at the 2012 Baltimore Bottle Show (Read further: A Salute to the 2012 Baltimore Antique Bottle Show) this past March. It was part of a preview … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Bottle Shows, Early American Glass, eBay, Flasks, Historical Flasks, History, News
Tagged American Glass Gallery, Baltimore, Charter, Charter Oak, Connecticut, Eagle, Hartford, Holly Noordsy, Independence, Jeff Noordsy, John Pastor, Liz Maxbauer, Oak, Royal Charter, sandor fuss, Wyllys Hyll
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David Kyle gets the Capital Bitters on eBay
First of all, congratulations to my friend, Dave Kyle from Thousand Oaks, California. I first heard about this specific Capital Bitters in an email from a contact in Baltimore close to a year ago. I was rather excited because I … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters Bottles, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, eBay, News
Tagged Capital Bitters, D.C., David Kyle, sandor fuss, Washington
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The Amber Willington Cathedral Pickle Jar
Many of the early American pickle bottles and jars were made in the 1850′s and 1860′s. As would be expected, the earlier examples have pontiled bases and exceptional character. The most popular style amongst collectors is the “cathedral” pickle with … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, eBay, Glass Companies & Works, History, Pickle Jars
Tagged Bill Bixby, Cathedral, Charles Gardner, Connecticut, Coventry, Don Smith, Ebenezer Root, Elisha Brigham, Frederick Rose, Jim Hagenbuch, Jim Persing, John C. Mosman, John Turner, Mansfield, Norman C. Heckler, Pickle, Richard Rushton-Clem, Roderick Rose, Spafford Brigham, Stephen Brigham, Willington
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MAJOR Cathedral Pickle Collection News
[PRG] I try to shy away from people selling things on this site but WOW, wait to you get of load of this!!! Hi Ferdinand, I am sending you some pictures of a collection that took my Mother, Father and … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Collectors & Collections, eBay, Figural Bottles, News, Pickle Jars
Tagged Cathedral, collection, eBay, Pickle
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Early Blown Glass Blue CATHEDRAL PICKLE BOTTLE closes on eBay
Well the dust has settled on that surprising blue Cathedral Pickle that closed today on eBay for a handsome $16,200. WOW! Here are a series of pictures and write-ups the seller (storybook553) posted: On this bottle, the paper is taped … Continue reading
Posted in eBay, Figural Bottles, News, Pickle Jars
Tagged Bernard Taylor, blue, Cathedral Pickle, eBay
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The big star in Hollywood, Mississippi is the Imperial Levee
An absolute favorite bottle of mine is the ‘Imperial / Levee / J. Noyes / Hollywood / Miss.‘ figural wine or whiskey bottle. This bottle comes embossed with the typography noted above and un-embossed. The bottle was made somewhere between … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Collectors & Collections, eBay, Facebook, Figural Bottles, History, Whiskey Bottles, Wine & Champagne
Tagged amber, Casper's Whiskey, Charles Aprill, cluster, cobalt, collection, grapes, Hollywood, Imperial, Levee, Meyer, Mississippi, New Orleans, stump, Tunica, Vicksburg, Whiskey, Wine
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Really liking this “Charleston Shield” Superior Soda Water
You can not miss this eBay listing for a blue Superior Soda Water or “Charleston Shield“. The bottle is drop dead gorgeous and is in great condition. This has to be one of my favorite sodas because of the embossing, … Continue reading
Posted in Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Digging and Finding, eBay, Soda Water
Tagged Charleston, Eagle, eBay, Mike Newman, shield, Soda, Superior Soda Water, water
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J. W. Coltons Nervine Strengthening Bitters & Trade Card
I was looking around eBay yesterday and eventually hit my bookmarked section on Trade Cards. I saw the usual cards, many being Burdock Blood Bitters but one card jumped out for a couple of reasons. The first was the strange … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters Bottles, Collectors & Collections, eBay, Ephemera, Humor - Lighter Side, Tonics, Trade Cards
Tagged Bilious, bitters, Colton, Coltons, Dispepsia, Elixir, indigestion, J.W. Colton, Meyer Collection, Nervine, Nervous, Strengthening, Tonic
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G1-15 Historical Flask in Clear Flint Glass
[In from collector Socrates Necklas, based on a story I heard about at the Baltimore Antique Bottle Show this past weekend] Hi Ferdinand, Here are some pictures of the G1-15 in clear flint glass. There is info in the book … Continue reading
Posted in Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, eBay, Flasks, Historical Flasks
Tagged bottles, Corning Museum of Glass, Dr. Robert Brill, eBay, Flasks and Dr. Dyott, flint glass, George Washington, GI-14, GI-15, Helen McKearin, Historical Flask, Kenneth M. Wilson, Mark Vuono, Socrates Necklas, Van Rennsselaer
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Use a Penny for Scale
Some time ago, and we still laugh about it now, we had an interesting and unexpected learning experience on eBay when my wife bid on what she thought were some large (12” tall or so) dinosaurs for my grandson Nicholas … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, eBay, Facebook, Humor - Lighter Side, Photography
Tagged Dalby's Carminarive, Dinosaurs, Drake's Plantation Bitters, penny, photography, scale
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