Wine bottles from wrecks,,are they valuable?

[Bahama Jim]

i have been proding around an old wreck, others have found old wine bottles, are they worth recovering, any value to them,,,what if they have wine still in them?

 

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[releventchair]

Keep researching! Some is still drinkable,i myself would not want to pay what its worth, ($$$to right buyer(s)but applaud it. Bottles too can be sold or go other directions. As a home brewer i like old bottles,some are a pain to clean and different styles have different uses. Like dry land recoveries it depends on the maker,type, condition and who is after them. H.H.

 

[surf]

others have found old wine bottles, are they worth recovering, any value to them,,,what if they have wine still in them?

Hello Bahama Jim,

Welcome to Tnet. I'm an old bottle fan. Yes they are worth recovering. Some do have substantial "value." We have a Bottle & Glass forum here. Please do put up some photos when you find some. Good luck.

 

[Red James Cash]

It may be drinkable,but dont if its rare.Heres an interesting fact.

Oldest Wine

The oldest datable wine has been an amphora salvaged and drank by Captain Jacques Cousteau from the wreck of a Greek trader sunk in the Mediterranean circa 230 B.C. Wine jars recovered from the Pompeii eruption of A.D. 79 were found labeled VESUVINUM – The oldest known trade mark (1979).

 

[cooper1841]

The square one is a Case Gin bottle the others appear to be black glass,applied top, maybe 3-peice mold (1840-1870). Very collectiable, without the barnacles!