Next weekend - Santa Rosa!

Lou Lambert, Show Chairman, had the following to say;

Last years show was a huge success with almost double the public attendance from previous years and we’re expecting to exceed that this year. We have only four sales tables left as of today so don’t wait if your planning to be a part of our club show. There will be two old time collections being sold and some new dealers offering who knows what.
Dealers, don’t miss the dinner & get together Saturday night at the Union Hotel/ Restaurant in Santa Rosa. There will be raffles, great food, drink & full no host bar. This is one of the premier local places to meet at this killer family owned restaurant. 

See you there!

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Not whiskies, but a great auction regardless!

Pole Top Discoveries & Glass Discoveries

Auction #72

Catalogue for Auction # 72
Closing Date:
Monday June 1^st, 2015 at 10 P.M. EDT

http://www.rtam.com/poletop/cgi-bin/CATALL.CGI
 

Spring 2015 list is ready to go.

 Email for a free copy.
 

What to do?

How to trash your feedback rating on eBay in one easy step.

 

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Ebay, as of late, seems to have a lot of misrepresented bottles being offered.

 

Case in point is listing #131499202873.

 

Described as; "Antique Sulfolk Bitters Bottle"

 

 

The pictures clearly depict one of the 1970's fakes (not even a decent reproduction).

 

The listing description reads as follows; "ANTIQUE BITTERS MEDICINE BOTTLE. NOT A REPRODUCTION. "

Huh? Ray Charles could see this one for what it is from down the block!

Several days ago a short courtesy email was sent to the seller. It reads as follows;

 
"Good morning;

 

I thought that I'd drop you a line so that you can correct the listing in order to protect your feedback.

The item that you are offering is indeed a repro; and a fairly late one at that. They were produced in both Taiwan and Italy. It's one of the repro's dating to the 1970's and is easy to spot from across a room.

The "America's Life Preserver" embossed on the side opposite Suffolk Bitters is the easiest way to spot it. Production techniques employed on this repro are also significantly different than the originals, which date ca. 1870's. Another identifier is that the originals were embossed with the proprietors names, "Philbrook & Tucker / Boston", whereas the repros are not. The repros were produced in several colors ranging from straight amber to shades of yellow, on into greens and teal. A few are also documented to exist in cobalt blue.

The repros, such as yours, are an inexpensive decorative item, and generally sell on the retail market in the $25~ - $50~ range, depending on condition and color.

Best of luck."

And still the listing runs. Maybe a few more equally informative emails to the seller are in order~

 

One can only wonder. Ignorance or ....? This listing would do P.T. Barnum proud.