one man trash is another mans treasure

[african chickens]

so the people who used to live in our house were trash collectors, so we own an island made of trash, mostly old glass bottles but we have found tons of other antiques. If there is an old antique you collect i can ship it to you, definitely looking for glass bottle collectors just let me know.

 

[african chickens]

What was the time frame of the trash?

oh i dont know i found something back there that was 82 years old so

Lucky! My hubs cleared out four 20 yard dumpsters of trash from our property, and also over 50 tires. This doesn't include the trash he threw in the regular trash cans.

What kind of antiques?

there's all sorts of things back there even a old bathtub here a few of my favs we found

the mug is a lucky find its 82 years old and in perfect condition

this one really confuses me

 

[african chickens]

i found these two guides online

 

[african chickens]

That mug! How lucky that it's still in great condition. I found fragments of the exact same double-green-stripe mugs, saucers, and plates in a PA creek, I think they were from a nearby historic hotel... I wonder how common that pattern was -- and also how you found out when it was from. Thanks for sharing!!

i will post pics later but the writing on the bottom is still readable its cool since most of the things back there are in pieces so we just recycle them if not i try to get rid of them

 

[SmiYa0126]

Lucky! My hubs cleared out four 20 yard dumpsters of trash from our property, and also over 50 tires. This doesn't include the trash he threw in the regular trash cans.

What kind of antiques?

 

[DickMidnight]

yeah thing is it can only be bought in japan

just because it’s stamped “japan” doesn’t mean it can only be bought there. that’s probably just where it was made.

 

[african chickens]

so i went on a little shopping spree in the swamp yesterday with 26 bottles in near-mint condition i did wash them to the best of my ability

 

[african chickens]

Same here. We bought a property at a tax auction. So much garbage. Especially glass bottles. Snuff bottles, liquor bottles, medicine bottles.
Good luck getting rid of yours!

thanks, we will see how it goes i just figure most of it is broken so the ones that are almost perfect just a little dirty could be worth something

 

[african chickens]

I hope so. My daughter collects blue bottles. I'm not sure why. She has taken quite a few. Hopefully you can find a local collector.

we will see, i did hear the colored bottles are worth more

 

[Finnie]

Look for codes on the bottoms of the glass bottles and then Google those codes. Also search for them on eBay to see how much people are (trying) to sell them for.

I found a brown beer bottle from the 60s or 70s. It was shaped different than modern beer bottles, so I didn’t know what it was until I googled it. People on eBay were selling the same bottles for $10 each.

I don’t want to become an eBay seller, so I donated mine to Goodwill. But you have quite a source. Might be worth your while to try to sell them.