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Phoenix Bitters

admin — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:24:50 +0000

2006-06-26 15:24:05

There are a nice mint pair of Phoenix Bitters on ebay this week: one in olive green and one in olive amber. It is curious that both examples of this relatively scarce American bottle currently reside in New Zealand. They are listed as auctions 102251042235 and 102251043301. The olive amber example closed at $1026.51; the olive green at $861.51. These prices are somewhat lower than these bottles have commanded in the past few years.

Masury's Sarsaparilla Cathartic

admin — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 13:51:42 +0000

Masury’s Sarsaparilla Cathartic with an iron pontil in a deep blue color…impressive! Ever seen one before? On ebay at auction # 6287151045. The bidding held around $13,000 to within a few hours of closing and the usual last minute bids drove the price up to $17,455, somewhat less than we thought it would bring.

Another recent big winner was a olive green sealed snuff jar with seal marked Gordon & Emmott London with flared lip. Just 17 bids brought the hammer price to $5,617.99

HP Herb Bitters – Awesome Color

admin — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 19:54:57 +0000

A recent ebay auction could not help but get my attention. The bottle in question was a H.P. Herb Wild Cherry Bitters bottle in an incredible yellow green coloration. Absolutely a top example – it closed at $4259.00, fairly priced … Continue reading →

Big bottle winners on ebay

admin — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:47:31 +0000

Topping recent auctions by a long shot was the rare Mississippi bottle which is a figural of a stump and grape leaves and was supposedly fresh to the market from an old collection. Known as the Imperial Levee bottle (it is embossed Imperial Levee / J Noyes / Hollywood, Miss.), it is rare especially in blue. One recently sold at a Glassworks auction for around 13 grand and this one cruised by to top out at $18,800.

Other big winners included an 18th century octagonal black glass bottle with applied seal marked simply with the initials “EC” also described as recently found by a diver in a river bottom in Guyana. It brought $8,992.

Another impressive sale was the pure amber New Jersey chestnut type bottle which brought $2,001.

ebay and PayPal phone numbers

admin — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 16:20:15 +0000

Sometimes there is a need to call someone at ebay or PayPal to correct a problem that cannot be addressed via the online resources of their web sites. But have you ever tried to find a phone number? Good luck! We’ll save you some time and post a few numbers right here:

e-Bay, Inc.
408-376-7400
Toll Free: 800-322-9266
And another one: 888-749-3229

PayPal
1-888-221-1161

Thanks to clicheideas.com for assembling this contact information along with amazon.com phone numbers.

Note: If you have been stung by a bad deal or some other problem with a transaction, you are probably better off addressing that using ebay’s dispute resolution service. Although making a phone call seems like you are taking immediate action, you may just get directed back to their online services!

Don Pickett collection at auction

admin — Thu, 06 Jan 2005 20:51:22 +0000

The Don Pickett antique bottle collection continues with another session that kicked off in mid December. Rumor was that some good deals were had in part one despite claims of poor descriptions. The current session ends January 19th.

The auction, with online bidding, can be found at bottleauction.com

Although their website address is nearly the same as ours (bottleauction.com vs. bottleauctions.com), the two sites are in no way affiliated.

Major web site updates

admin — Fri, 24 Dec 2004 20:06:55 +0000

Happy New Year. We have finally completed the new site layout and incorporated the look into most of the site along with some new content. You can expect to see lots more in 2005!

new to blogging….and now blog spam

admin — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 02:04:25 +0000

So, you want to have your own blog? Just set it up and start writing? Sure, just wait till you get hammered with comment spam. My first spam comment hit less than an hour after going live.

Fortunately, I have installed Three Strikes, a plugin for WP which I am pleased to say has, for its first four days of operation, solved the problem. WP is great if you are willing to spend a bit of time to finetune the installation

bottleauctions.com goes live

admin — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 16:07:27 +0000

The web site went live as of November 4th. At this point, it is pretty darn basic, but I am continuing to refine the layout and the scope.