Category Archives: ebay

New auctioneer ABCR Auctions, based out of Victoria, Australia, is kicking off their efforts with a first auction which closes August 1, 2010. Amongst the 238 lots in the first auction, some items that may be of interest are: Lot … Continue reading →

Two rare McKeevers Army Bitters turned up on ebay this week. Both were reported to be in mint, undamaged condition. The first, which closed on July 4th, brought $3301 and was auction # 190409345590. The seller was from the Atlanta, … Continue reading →

This olive green iron pontil NEPTUNE GLASS WORKS bottle got my attention.  I checked with one longtime New Jersey collector and he had never heard of it. The reverse panel is marked CROWLYVILLE N.J. Medicine? Whiskey?  What do you think? … Continue reading →

27 bids brought this lovely cobalt Louisville Eagle flask up to $3801.  It was clear from the seller’s description that they had NO idea what they had!  Guess they were surprised that this antique bottle brought that much. In this … Continue reading →

Recently, this ACL soda (that’s Applied Color Label for those new to bottle collecting) from the 1940s or 1950s brought a generous $305. When I say generous, my bias is showing: I have a hard time accepting bottles of this … Continue reading →

When was the last time you saw a photograph of a (now) antique bottle taken in the 1840s? I can’t imagine there are many such images in existence. Right now on ebay is a “dag” of a man holding a … Continue reading →

Hard to imagine someone dug this great bottle up – talk about lucky. As the ebay listing says, it was found in 2009 in Champaign, Illinois From the book, Ketchup, Pickles, Sauces by Betty Zumwalt: E.H.V.B. stands for Elias H. … Continue reading →

The Radium Radia company was a short lived patent medicine business founded in the early years of the 20th century. Little did they know that the Pure Food and Drug Act was coming in 1906, and it would mark the … Continue reading →