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BOTTLE SELLS FOR RECORD PRICE
"The rare deep sapphire blue flask General Washington and Bust (McKearin GI-14) brought $100,620 at an online Heckler Auction that ended April 2, 2010 The back of the flask pictures an eagle and the initials T. W. D. (Thomas W. Dyott was a glass maker who worked at his own factory and later at the Kensington Glass Works.) The flask has the names Thomas Jefferson and John Adams on the ridge and is also called the firecracker flask because of their 4th of July, deaths in 1826. Dyott, a smart salesman, quickly made the commemorative flask by altering the mold of an existing flask made only in aquamarine. This one came in many colors to attract more buyers. Only a few of the flasks are known in sapphire blue."
This is quoted from Kovel's recent online newsletter. http://kovels.blogspot.com/2010/04/bottle-sells-for-record-price.html Anyone can see this bottle and the entire auction at www.Hecklerauction.com. Theoretically speaking, one of these could be found in the wall or attic of an old building. Or in a dump or privy.
"The rare deep sapphire blue flask General Washington and Bust (McKearin GI-14) brought $100,620 at an online Heckler Auction that ended April 2, 2010 The back of the flask pictures an eagle and the initials T. W. D. (Thomas W. Dyott was a glass maker who worked at his own factory and later at the Kensington Glass Works.) The flask has the names Thomas Jefferson and John Adams on the ridge and is also called the firecracker flask because of their 4th of July, deaths in 1826. Dyott, a smart salesman, quickly made the commemorative flask by altering the mold of an existing flask made only in aquamarine. This one came in many colors to attract more buyers. Only a few of the flasks are known in sapphire blue."
This is quoted from Kovel's recent online newsletter. http://kovels.blogspot.com/2010/04/bottle-sells-for-record-price.html Anyone can see this bottle and the entire auction at www.Hecklerauction.com. Theoretically speaking, one of these could be found in the wall or attic of an old building. Or in a dump or privy.
So here's a photo of it-
