Can some one ID this bottle?

[wfoster74]

I wanted to get some info on this one. I could not find any and all i have to go off of is the writting on the front.

Front: http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc252/wfoster74/SDC10883.jpg
Bottom: http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc252/wfoster74/SDC10884.jpg
Top: http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc252/wfoster74/SDC10885.jpg
Side: http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc252/wfoster74/SDC10886.jpg
Logo: http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc252/wfoster74/SDC10887.jpg

writting:
A.J. ABBOT
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
GAINESVILLE FL.

 

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[wfoster74]

I can post better pictures if needed, now as for research what do you recommend? I could not find anything on the A.J. ABBOTT name or the Chicago board of trade and their relation with Gainesville FL.

 

[Skrimpy]

That's a nice strapside. I would start with bottle collectors in Chicago and Gainsville. There is a better chance a collector in those towns will know more, or at least how rare that slug plate is. SWR is right. You may have a pretty valuable bottle there. Strapsides around here go for 20 bucks or so with no slug plate and in common colors, and 50-100 in rare colors. It's amber or yellow to me but you might have to tumble it before you'll know for sure. I don't know how rare either color is, but I know around here they are way less common than clear and aqua. The name on the slug and the color make that a really nice find. Wherever you got that, get back there and dig some more!