The cardboard box with the cut-off top was in the center of the table and reachable only if I stretched my arms. From where I stood at the edge of the table, I could tell…
Category: bottles
Spotting a fake Coca Cola bottle
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When you’re in Georgia, you expect to see a lot of Coca Cola. When you visit antique shops and malls in the state, you expect to see even more. And I saw plenty of Coke paraphernalia…
Christmas stocking stuffers buried in box lots
Posted in Beauty Products, bottles, Carvings, Christmas, collectibles, Dolls, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, Holidays, jewelry, and Personal items
The woman was as gleeful as a little girl with her boxes of Barbies and doll clothes. She couldn’t wait to get them home and go through them, she said. You never know what’s hidden…
The glass bottle was hiding in the box of throw-away knickknacks – the others, like it, no bigger than my fingertip. They were the type of items we all pick up thinking that we might find a use…
Wild Turkey bourbon decanters
Posted in bottles, collectibles, and Figurines
Someone had removed the turkey’s head. It was lying there exposed next to two other ceramic decanters of Wild Turkey bourbon. Maybe an auction-buyer had lifted it out of its cradle to take a closer…
The bottle was beautifully shaped – a seated island man, the yellow coloring of his hat and shirt contrasting against his coffee-brown body. I wasn’t sure what he was selling as he sat there on a…
The scent of perfume bottles
Posted in Beauty Products, bottles, and collectibles
I don’t wear perfume but I do love the bottles they come in. Many of them are works of art, as refined as some of the fragrances they hold. I’ve found a few in box…
Buying old dusty bottles of whiskey
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Would you buy an opened bottle of Seagram’s at auction? How about an unopened bottle caked in dust, looking as if it’s been sitting in an attic or basement untouched for years? Does whiskey…