Comments on: Digging on Antique Bottles: Start a Collection with Glass Ink Pots http://www.worthpoint.com/article/starting-antique-bottle-collection-glass-ink-pots Get the Most from Your Antiques & Collectibles Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Hugo Moraga http://www.worthpoint.com/article/starting-antique-bottle-collection-glass-ink-pots/comment-page-1#comment-138830 Hugo Moraga Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:23:22 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2504213#comment-138830 About 20 years ago, on a trip to northern Chile, I bought a beautiful antique colored water fountain. Then I found a pair of brown earthenware, and so over the years I have managed to collect about 90 different colors and shapes. The article, very good, I understand the thrill of finding treasures, I've lived it every time I can add a new item to the collection. In my house I have put my inkwells in a window, protected by a glass and a taillight on a ledge that has seven windows, the light through the inkwells is best. Thanks for presenting the story. About 20 years ago, on a trip to northern Chile, I bought a beautiful antique colored water fountain. Then I found a pair of brown earthenware, and so over the years I have managed to collect about 90 different colors and shapes.
The article, very good, I understand the thrill of finding treasures, I’ve lived it every time I can add a new item to the collection. In my house I have put my inkwells in a window, protected by a glass and a taillight on a ledge that has seven windows, the light through the inkwells is best.
Thanks for presenting the story.

]]> By: Kristen Cart http://www.worthpoint.com/article/starting-antique-bottle-collection-glass-ink-pots/comment-page-1#comment-108268 Kristen Cart Tue, 15 May 2012 21:00:10 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2504213#comment-108268 I was one of those little kids along for the bottle digging ride. Our main sites were Cudahy in Utah, between two rail lines, and Park City Utah at the old dump. But there were others. I remember the excitement of every new find, and that's where I got my start in marble collecting--something to hold my interest while Mom and Dad pursued theirs. There were a few insulator hunts along railroad tracks with my grandmother, too. This article sure takes me back! Thank you. I was one of those little kids along for the bottle digging ride. Our main sites were Cudahy in Utah, between two rail lines, and Park City Utah at the old dump. But there were others. I remember the excitement of every new find, and that’s where I got my start in marble collecting–something to hold my interest while Mom and Dad pursued theirs. There were a few insulator hunts along railroad tracks with my grandmother, too. This article sure takes me back! Thank you.

]]> By: Rick Price http://www.worthpoint.com/article/starting-antique-bottle-collection-glass-ink-pots/comment-page-1#comment-108122 Rick Price Sun, 13 May 2012 01:11:02 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2504213#comment-108122 Great write up Bram ! When you described the geometric ink find ,seemed like i was there .Very informative and great pictures ! Hope to see many more soon !Thanks Great write up Bram ! When you described the geometric ink find ,seemed like i was there .Very informative and great pictures ! Hope to see many more soon !Thanks

]]> By: Joseph Bottone http://www.worthpoint.com/article/starting-antique-bottle-collection-glass-ink-pots/comment-page-1#comment-107965 Joseph Bottone Wed, 09 May 2012 22:30:28 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2504213#comment-107965 Great article Bram....Makes me want to get out and dig! Keep up the great writing and digging too. Great article Bram….Makes me want to get out and dig! Keep up the great writing and digging too.

]]> By: Matt Chandler http://www.worthpoint.com/article/starting-antique-bottle-collection-glass-ink-pots/comment-page-1#comment-107948 Matt Chandler Wed, 09 May 2012 17:28:43 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2504213#comment-107948 Very interesting article! I enjoyed reading it over my lunch break. I loved the storyteller approach to the article while incorporating some interesting facts about bottles I never knew! I will definitely look for more entries from this author. Very interesting article! I enjoyed reading it over my lunch break. I loved the storyteller approach to the article while incorporating some interesting facts about bottles I never knew! I will definitely look for more entries from this author.

]]> By: Matt Cox http://www.worthpoint.com/article/starting-antique-bottle-collection-glass-ink-pots/comment-page-1#comment-107941 Matt Cox Wed, 09 May 2012 14:51:21 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2504213#comment-107941 Nicely done Bram, I too started collecting Inks. The first bottle I ever recovered while diving was a clear 8 sided umbrella with the ink and cork still in place, 30' down on the bottom of a NH lake in 1988. I have been recovering great old glass from underwater locations ever since. I like the photo sets use chose as they cover the range and styles of Inks available today to the starting and advanced collector/digger. Please continue to write for this company as I have used them in the past for value estimates on my recoveries and I know first hand your extensive knowledge of New England Glass. Nicely done Bram,

I too started collecting Inks. The first bottle I ever recovered while diving was a clear 8 sided umbrella with the ink and cork still in place, 30′ down on the bottom of a NH lake in 1988. I have been recovering great old glass from underwater locations ever since.
I like the photo sets use chose as they cover the range and styles of Inks available today to the starting and advanced collector/digger.

Please continue to write for this company as I have used them in the past for value estimates on my recoveries and I know first hand your extensive knowledge of New England Glass.

]]> By: Paul McClure http://www.worthpoint.com/article/starting-antique-bottle-collection-glass-ink-pots/comment-page-1#comment-107928 Paul McClure Wed, 09 May 2012 11:03:31 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2504213#comment-107928 Loved this article. I have also dug some inks and this really describes the feeling of finding a bottle. Also, your valuation of the inkwells is spot on. Thanks for an intelligent write up. Loved this article. I have also dug some inks and this really describes the feeling of finding a bottle. Also, your valuation of the inkwells is spot on. Thanks for an intelligent write up.

]]> By: Dale Lewis http://www.worthpoint.com/article/starting-antique-bottle-collection-glass-ink-pots/comment-page-1#comment-107918 Dale Lewis Wed, 09 May 2012 07:03:59 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2504213#comment-107918 Great article, Bram; fun and also informative. Good idea to direct beginner collectors towards inks as they are plentiful, usually fairly reasonably priced and have very obvious historical connections. Hope to see more such articles. Great article, Bram; fun and also informative. Good idea to direct beginner collectors towards inks as they are plentiful, usually fairly reasonably priced and have very obvious historical connections. Hope to see more such articles.

]]> By: Kevin Becker http://www.worthpoint.com/article/starting-antique-bottle-collection-glass-ink-pots/comment-page-1#comment-107905 Kevin Becker Wed, 09 May 2012 00:21:47 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2504213#comment-107905 I enjoyed this article. It was educational, but also fun to read. Great photos, too. Now I'll look at old bottles differently, and I'll think about how they were used in their original life. Hey, that's pretty neat, that you SCUBA dive for bottles! I hope you write more articles in the future. I enjoyed this article. It was educational, but also fun to read. Great photos, too. Now I’ll look at old bottles differently, and I’ll think about how they were used in their original life. Hey, that’s pretty neat, that you SCUBA dive for bottles!

I hope you write more articles in the future.

]]> By: RICK Weiner http://www.worthpoint.com/article/starting-antique-bottle-collection-glass-ink-pots/comment-page-1#comment-107904 RICK Weiner Tue, 08 May 2012 23:57:02 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2504213#comment-107904 Nice write up Bram.I never heard them called "Ink Pots" that has to be an English term. Check out my latest story from "Western & Eastern Treasure" "privy Paradise" http://19thcenturybottlediggers.com/ Nice write up Bram.I never heard them called “Ink Pots” that has to be an English term.

Check out my latest story from “Western & Eastern Treasure”

“privy Paradise”

http://19thcenturybottlediggers.com/

]]> By: Rob Keys http://www.worthpoint.com/article/starting-antique-bottle-collection-glass-ink-pots/comment-page-1#comment-107901 Rob Keys Tue, 08 May 2012 23:15:59 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2504213#comment-107901 Very enjoyable article. As the owner of a few inks I appreciated the allure of these passports to the past in the same way as Mr. Hepburn, but I especially loved the image of the digger racing back to two startled toddlers with "the find". Would love to here more of this style article. I suspect the author is as good a writer as he is a bottle collector. Very enjoyable article. As the owner of a few inks I appreciated the allure of these passports to the past in the same way as Mr. Hepburn, but I especially loved the image of the digger racing back to two startled toddlers with “the find”. Would love to here more of this style article. I suspect the author is as good a writer as he is a bottle collector.

]]> By: Martin Willis http://www.worthpoint.com/article/starting-antique-bottle-collection-glass-ink-pots/comment-page-1#comment-107891 Martin Willis Tue, 08 May 2012 19:36:35 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2504213#comment-107891 What a great article! I love when collectors have such a passion. I have put my son through similar situations as the toddlers with estate sales... "just a few more stops" I would say as the day dragged on. I always thought bottle digging (which I had done in my teen years), was one of the true to life treasure hunts you could do in New England. I used to go with a clam rake, and look in the woods for signs of a dump.. probably ruined a few pieces, but found what I thought were treasures. I hope to see more articles by you Bram, this was informative and very fun to read. Martin Willis What a great article! I love when collectors have such a passion.

I have put my son through similar situations as the toddlers with estate sales… “just a few more stops” I would say as the day dragged on.

I always thought bottle digging (which I had done in my teen years), was one of the true to life treasure hunts you could do in New England. I used to go with a clam rake, and look in the woods for signs of a dump.. probably ruined a few pieces, but found what I thought were treasures.

I hope to see more articles by you Bram, this was informative and very fun to read.

Martin Willis

]]>