Bottle Collecting Yesterday And Today

Bottle Collecting

Yesterday And Today

Bottle collecting is very popular hobby and is one of the oldest and least expensive fields of antiques in which one man’s trash is another man’s treasure… but in rare instances those treasures can be worth thousands of dollars. Glass bottles in nearly every imaginable form and color have been produced in this country and others, and just about every old house and antiques mall contains old bottles. From patent-medicine bottles, or barber, beer or bitters containers to old ink bottles and even Avon bottles. Bottle collecting is not an entirely new hobby, but it seems to have experienced an upsurge in recent years.

Bottle collecting can be as wide or as specialized as the individual collector wants to make it. Lets look at some specific types of bottles, some of the terms associated with the general collecting of bottles, and places to find bottles to add to, or start, your own collection. Bottle collecting does not have to involve a great deal of back-breaking digging. Collectors may be found scavenging old dumps, uncovering jungle growths, and even donning scuba diving gear to search in the ocean.

Bottle collectors are a little like fisherman when it comes to telling stories. At any get together of bottle collectors you’ll hear fish tales about the ones that got away, whether it be the broken $1000 bottle found in the last privy dig or the $500 missed opportunity at a recent auction or on Ebay.

Bottle collectors can be very picky about the condition and it has a great impact on price. Dealers will use a black light to inspect a bottle for hidden epoxy repairs. Bottle collectors are interested in the bottles, themselves, and consider the history of an individual bottle or the bottler to be of interest but less vital than possession of an item itself. Of greater importance is the value and desirability of each container.

The vast majority of bottle collectors seek the bottles and other artifacts that were once everyday containers for a range of household articles. Bottle collecting offers the excitement of the unexpected and the lure of future profits to the adventurous. Bottle collecting is a great hobby and anybody can do it. But it should be about collecting items you like, and hopefully reading this will help with those purchasing decisions.

Bottle collecting is an active and fun way to learn about history. Soda bottles are probably the most popular type of bottle collected. Bottle collecting is a popular hobby and there are books published that give auction prices and likely values for various items. The thing is, within any community, some common understandings about values start to emerge.

Bottle collecting is a hobby that can be fueled in many ways. You may want to visit antique and curiosity shops, travel to other countries, investigate attics and garages, buy bottles from other collectors, or even search for your own. Bottle collecting is making fast gains on stamp collecting to become one of the nation’s top hobbies, as indicated by the profusion of bottle shows and the dedication of collectors. Some of the best deals can be made at bottle shows, although many prefer their weekend dump excursions. Bottle collecting is one of the most rapidly growing hobbles and as a result old refuse dumps and attics are more often being probed for valuable additions to collections. Digging collectors dig wherever they notice an old homestead or lot. They look where the former residents put their trash.