Buckeye Bottles Bring Big Bucks

Holtzermann's Patent Stomach Bitters bottle, cabin, amber, applied sloping collar, smooth base, label with "Holtzermann’s Stomach Bitters Compound, The Ahrendt & Sons Co., Sole Manufacturer, Toledo, Ohio," c.1885–1895, 9 7/8 in., $660.
At one time, it seemed everything came in a glass bottle—milk, medicine, soda, liquor and more. Today those old bottles can be worth quite a lot of money. A Glass Works auction in Pennsylvania offered over 300 antique bottles. We picture examples of some of the types of bottles that collectors look for, all related […]