Category Archives: ebay

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 (p. 411): E.H.V.B. stands for … 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 →

I was recently talking to a friend who has used ebay for over 10 years but had no idea how to look at completed auction results. This was a big surprise to me since I thought everyone used this feature. … Continue reading →

You do not expect to see one of these on ebay very often since they are fairly scarce. This one has damage in the neck but is in otherwise great shape. Not everyone can afford to buy a perfect one … Continue reading →

Here is an absolutely amazing bottle: great color, intriguing embossing and an unusually wide mouth.  It stands only 2-7/8″ tall and would be worth a bit more if it were larger.  The bottle is not for me but I think … Continue reading →

A rare patent model poison bottle turned up on ebay this week.  It’s a small clear bottle with an embossed skull and crossbones.    Anna and Clara Moss of Collingswood, NJ received Design Patent # 46,407 on September 15, 1914.  I … Continue reading →

Here is a classic early 19th century medicine bottle with unusual serifed embossed text. Marked “Dr. McMunn’s Elixir of Opium” What a great photograph! View Dr. McMunn’s bottle at auction on ebay Update: Another plain, smooth based Dr. McMunns Elixir … Continue reading →