Lot
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of Bids | Final Bid |
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1. "AMERICAN / FAMILY BITTER CORDIAL - MANUFACTURED / BY PAUL CONDAY / PITTSBURGH PA", (unlisted), Pennsylvania, ca. 1870 - 1880, medium amber, 8 7/8"h, smooth base, applied tapered collar mouth.
Perfect condition, a great rarity!
We auctioned this bottle when it was in the Larry Umbreit Collection and have not seen another.
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| 8 | $ 250 |
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2. "DR. BEARD'S / ALTERATIVE TONIC / & / LAXATIVE BITTERS / NANTIC MASS", (Ring/Ham, B-41), Massachusetts, ca. 1880 - 1890, bluish aqua, oval form, 8 1/2"h, smooth base, tooled lip.
Lightly cleaned but retains a few minor scattered scratches.
Not many of these around. George F. Beard was a dentist who lived on West Central Street in Natic, his office was in Framingham.
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| 9 | $ 120 |
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3. “BIG / BILL / BEST / BITTERS" - (reverse side is identical), (Ring/Ham, B-95), American, ca. 1900 - 1910, medium yellowish amber, 12"h, smooth base, tooled mouth, original "Big Bill Best Bitters" neck foil.
The bottle is in perfect condition.
The name "Big Bill Best" could refer to President William (Big Bill) Taft who served as our 27th President from 1903 - 1913 (the same time as the bottle). At 340 pounds he was our countries heaviest President!
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| 7 | $ 130 |
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4. "BIG / BILL / BEST / BITTERS" - (reverse side is identical), (Ring/Ham, B-95), American, ca. 1900 - 1910, medium reddish amber, 12 1/8"h, smooth base, tooled mouth.
The bottle is in excellent overall condition.
Identical to lot 3 except in a different color.
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| 5 | $ 120 |
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5. "BLAKE'S / TONIC AND DIURETIC / BITTERS", (Ring/Ham, B-122), American, ca. 1880 - 1895, aqua, 9 3/4"h, smooth base, tooled lip.
A tiny shoulder potstone has a slight in-making cooling flaw surrounding it.
Rated as extremely rare. The only auction record was in 1995!
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| 11 | $ 150 |
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6. "DR DE CURLEY’S / CELEBRATED / HERB BITTERS - CURES INDIGESTION / AND / LIVER COMPLAINT", (Ring/Ham, D-37), Maryland, ca. 1870 - 1880, yellowish amber, 9 7/8"h, smooth base, applied double collar mouth.
A pinhead in size flake is off a panel edge at the base, otherwise in pristine 'attic' found condition!
A very rare bitters, usually sold in one of our Premier auctions.
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| 1 | $ 400 |
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7. “ST / DRAKE'S / 1860 / PLANTATION / X / BITTERS - PATENTED / 1862", (Ring/Ham, D-105), New York, ca. 1862 - 1875, amber 6-log cabin, 9 3/4"h, smooth base, applied tapered collar mouth.
Perfect condition, but some of the embossing is a little weak.
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| 3 | $ 100 |
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8. "ST / DRAKE'S / 1860 / PLANTATION / X / BITTERS - PATENTED / 1862", (Ring/Ham, D-105), New York, ca. 1862 - 1875, yellowish amber 6-log cabin, 9 3/4"h, smooth base, applied tapered collar mouth.
Perfect condition, but some dried shoulder contents should be washed out.
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| 4 | $ 120 |
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9. "ST / DRAKE'S / 1860 / PLANTATION / X / BITTERS - PATENTED / 1862", (Ring/Ham, D-108), New York, ca. 1862 - 1875, reddish topaz 6-log cabin, 10 1/8"h, smooth base, applied tapered collar mouth.
A 3/16" by 1/8" sliver type chip is off the side of the lip and a few spots of roof peak wear.
Minor dried contents should wash out. Nice reddish color, different from the normally seen amber.
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| 1 | $ 100 |
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10. "ST / DRAKE'S / 1860 / PLANTATION / X / BITTERS - PATENTED / 1862", (Ring/Ham, D-110), New York, ca. 1862 - 1875, medium yellowish amber 4-log cabin, 10 1/4"h, smooth base, applied tapered collar mouth. Excellent overall condition.
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| 4 | $ 110 |
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11. (Lot of 2), "ST / DRAKE'S / 1860 / PLANTATION / X / BITTERS - PATENTED / 1862", (Ring/Ham, D-110), New York, ca. 1862 - 1875, medium amber 4-log cabin, 10 1/4 and 10 3/8"h, smooth bases, applied tapered collar mouths.
One has a 3/8" by 3/16" milky bruise in the inside edge of the lip and spotty external stain.
The other bottle is perfect, but some minor dried contents should be washed out.
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| 3 | $ 160 |
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12. (Lot of 2), "ST / DRAKE'S / 1860 / PLANTATION / X / BITTERS - PATENTED / 1862", (Ring/Ham, 105), New York, ca. 1862 - 1875, amber 6-log cabins, 10" and 10 1/4"h, smooth bases, applied tapered collar mouths.
One example has top of lip roughness, a 3/16" edge of base chip and some letter wear. The other has some slight roof peak and log wear, but no form of damage.
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| 4 | $ 170 |
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13. "J.M. LAROQUES (motif of a stomach including appendix) / ANTI-BILIOUS / BITTERS - W.E. THORNTON / PROPRIETOR - BALTIMORE MD.", (Ring/Ham, L-29), Maryland, ca. 1875 - 1885, amber, 10"h, smooth base, applied double collar mouth.
A 1/8" chip is off the edge of the base and a few label panel scratches.
Rated by Ring/Ham to be extremely rare one of only two, (possibly three) known examples. Very unusual embossing! John M. Laroques was a Baltimore Druggist.
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| 15 | $ 850 |
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14. "DR. HOFFS / GERMAN / STOMACH BITTERS - A.S. DICKSON / MEADVILLE / PA,", (Ring/Ham, H-138), Pennsylvania, ca. 1875 - 1885, yellowish amber, 9"h, smooth base, applied tapered collar mouth.
An extremely faint, thin 1/2" hairline stress crack is at the shoulder on a label panel.
Very rare Northwestern, Pennsylvania bitters, the last one selling at auction was in 2007!
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| 8 | $ 300 |
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15. "DR. J. HOSTETTER'S / STOMACH BITTERS", (Ring/Ham, 194), Pennsylvania, ca. 1870 - 1885, amber, 9"h, smooth base, applied sloping collar mouth.
The bottle itself appears to be free of damage, but most of the surface (90%) is covered with a heavy blue metallic stain.
For those of you who collect these often times referred to as 'Benicia' type bottles (which is where many were found) here's a great one!
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| 0 | $ 50 * |
