| Collectibles bottles are especially easy to collect. | | | | site. Avoid impulse buying, check out the seller's |
| You never know when and where you will find | | | | reputation, check out how the seller presents him |
| your next collectible bottle. No matter whether | | | | herself. |
| you are collecting as a hobby or if you are a | | | | If you are selling collectibles bottles on an auction |
| serious collector, you never get over the thrill of | | | | site, set your bids at a reasonable price, make |
| discovering a new find. | | | | sure your descriptions are accurate and your |
| People collect many types of different collectibles | | | | pictures are clear, choose an appropriate payment |
| bottles. When you are collecting you can choose | | | | method, and check out your buyer's reputation. |
| to focus your collection on a certain type of glass, | | | | I can't stress enough how important it is to |
| or a certain manufacturer of the bottles, or a | | | | research what you have first. Research the |
| certain time frame, such as Civil War bottles, or | | | | history of the company that made the bottle, or |
| however you choose to organize your collection. | | | | the product of the type of bottles you are |
| Or you can collect certain types of collectibles | | | | searching for. Many early bottles sell for several |
| bottles such as vintage perfume bottles, | | | | hundred to several thousand dollars. Often, |
| Coca-Cola bottles, Chinese snuff bottles, poison | | | | dishonest dealers will try to sell fake merchandise. |
| bottles, medicine bottles, and the list goes on. | | | | You should be careful and keep an eye out for |
| When first starting out, search through your | | | | fakes. |
| house, you might be surprised at what you will | | | | When you shop for your collectibles bottles |
| find. Look in your attic, or garage, in your laundry | | | | remember that condition and rarity count toward |
| room and in your kitchen. Then look in your old | | | | making a bottle more valuable. If a bottle is one |
| china and knick knacks. For example, I found the | | | | that originally came with packaging, such as a |
| collectibles bottles that I didn't know I had in my | | | | perfume bottle, remember that the presence of |
| dining room. You never know where they will crop | | | | the original packaging can greatly impact the price; |
| up. | | | | the bottle is worth much more with the |
| You might start keeping an eye out at yard sales, | | | | packaging. |
| flea markets and thrift stores for collectibles | | | | It goes without saying that the older the bottle |
| bottles. You have to be picky and do your | | | | the better. Those collectibles bottles that are very |
| research though. I suggest you use the Internet | | | | old, pre-19th century especially, are of course the |
| at first to browse about the different types of | | | | most valued. Perfume bottles that are handmade |
| collections. Then, once you become serious, invest | | | | or signed by the maker can also demand higher |
| a small amount in a bottles guide, a book which | | | | prices. |
| helps identify and price bottles. | | | | If you decide to look into the world of collectible |
| If using an auction site such as eBay to buy | | | | bottles, you will surely become fascinated with the |
| collectibles bottles, use the same common sense | | | | many types of bottles that are collected. |
| that you always do when shopping on an auction | | | | |