Bottle in Illinois???

[wyat]

Can anyone tell me where I can find a good (fair) bottle dealer in Il.?
I have dozens of bottles, glass,china, & vases of all shapes, colors, and
sizes and don't know much about them. Any advice would be good.

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

DR.ÖTEK Metal Detector, Waterproof Gold Detector, Pinpoint & Terrain Modes, Professional Metal Detector - Grab it through Amazon!

[treasurefiend]

I don't know of any dealers, but I would be glad to take some of your extras off your hands.

 

[EDDE]

pics are a great start
how old are the items? pre 1900 1900-1930s-1950's ?
are the labels intact are they embossed etc ?
are they dug or hand me downs?

 

[Lowbatts]

How many you want Fiend? Got a few thousand left. Heck you found a spot just yesterday that is probably bottle-icious.

 

[wyat]

TreasureFiend: Thanks for tryin to lightin the load man!, But the only bottle I'll share
is a bottle of Crown. P.S. Thanks for the service brother! I gota brotherinlaw in
Bagdad (USAF), best friend in Afganistan (USMC), and step brother that just came home
from Iraq (USMC). You are all appreciated

 

[wyat]

Edde: One of my sh!# head brothers took the cord for my printer and camera
so I gotta get new ones, then I gotta try to figure out how to post them.
I'm a heavy equipment operator so I've demoed alot of houses, and found
alot of them in old homes. I've dug several unintentionally while detecting.
Some are clay,some are blown,old soda bottles,medicine bottles,but most I
think are old booze bottles. I have 3 that match, 1 of wich is three feet tall
and has a pewter tap (valve) at the base and the other two are about 20"
tall. The lables are good but they are Italian so I don't know what they say.
I have a green one that is over 4' feet tall that kinda looks like a lamp, I
think it's German (cant read it either). Two Jim Beam bottles that are
black with some French lookin guy on them, A white jug that says "Thomas
Jefferson's Monticello" and the lid is glass and cork and has a date of 1849 on
it. I have alot more but I'll post pics when I get set up. Some I've found in what I
think are old outhouses and I've never done a bottle dig before but I think I'm gonna
give it a shot in the spring.

 

[EDDE]

no worries man just bump it with pics and will get back
try trolling ebay for whiskey bottles that will give you an idea how to start pricing

 

[BADWOLF]

Depends on where you are. Our mayor (Mt.Vernon), a Mary Jane Chesley is a collector and some what of an expert of many types of bottles.

 

[mikewaz]

Whoa!!!
I never even knew they made bottles that damn big. I thought the big bottle of Galiano was the biggest one out there. I guess I learned something today .
Mike