New to this site and the bottle world need help.
Hello,
I just signed up, I purchased two boxes of bottles today at an estate sale...I don't know anything about bottles, except what I've been trying to find out on the internet since this morning. From what I can tell I have a lot of medicine bottles...brown, some perfume bottles, some flasks, some kitchen condiments, some house hold items bottles, and bathroom item bottles. They are all so dirty I was soaking half of them in water in the bathtub, so at least I could see the markings and read what the bottoms say, but then I was thinking that maybe there is a right way and a wrong way to clean old bottles?
The marking I have figured out so far are: Hazel Atlas, Federal, Jeanette, a lot just have numbers on the bottom and then I have a bunch that have a mark that kind of looks like a space ship...can anyone help?
Donica
I just signed up, I purchased two boxes of bottles today at an estate sale...I don't know anything about bottles, except what I've been trying to find out on the internet since this morning. From what I can tell I have a lot of medicine bottles...brown, some perfume bottles, some flasks, some kitchen condiments, some house hold items bottles, and bathroom item bottles. They are all so dirty I was soaking half of them in water in the bathtub, so at least I could see the markings and read what the bottoms say, but then I was thinking that maybe there is a right way and a wrong way to clean old bottles?
The marking I have figured out so far are: Hazel Atlas, Federal, Jeanette, a lot just have numbers on the bottom and then I have a bunch that have a mark that kind of looks like a space ship...can anyone help?
Donica
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You can also utilize a service like Imageshack to upload a group of photos - see the recent post by "HaloOffspring" who uploaded several dozen pictures.
A bottle brush can be really helpful to clean bottles - try your hardware or grocery store. Dishwashing detergent works great for general grime.
Thanks,
Donica
Sorry to say that there is not much value in what I see. There might be some interest in the shoe dressing bottle, but in general mid-20th century bottles like these are still really common and do not have much value. There are exceptions to every rule: milk bottles and fancy soda bottles from this time period can be very collectible.
Donica
This will give you an idea of what people are selling things for, if they are getting bids, etc. The best data comes from completed auctions (also a choice in the left navigation) but requires that you login.
HTH