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April, 2020 The Antique Shoppe Page 5
SHIP IN A BOTTLE shark, and true history ships
WHAT’S IT WORTH ANTIQUES MINUTE Continued from Page 3 such as Titanic depicted inside
glass bottles. 21st century SIB
BY: Mike Ivankovich As these bottles became builders continue the tradition,
available, the hobby of building a adding dioramas of seaports and
ship in a bottle truly set sail. lighthouses along with a ship.
Understanding the Antiques & Collectibles Pecking Order While people of many 20th century ships in a bottle
professions enjoyed creating are intricately more complicated
Here’s a concept that’s rarely discussed: “The Antiques & Collectible Pecking impossible bottles, lonely sailors than those of the 19th century, but
Order”. What I mean is that there are different levels within the Antiques & created most SIPs by whittling collectors still seek out the older
Collectibles trade, and it’s sometimes interesting to watch an item move from tiny ships even
one level to the other, and how “value” changes at each level. sailing though
This is a true story and a perfect example of what I’m talking about. Some schooners the glass,
years ago my friend purchased an Antique country wooden bucket, in original in some
blue milk-based paint, at a Garage Sale (level #1) for $1. We met the next day and bottles,
at a Flea Market (level #2) where we were both set-up and he sold it to me for placing
$10. It was a fair price and I had no intention of selling it. My plan was to take it them is cloudy
home and add it to my collection. inside and
Temporarily I placed it in my van. The next thing I knew another dealer who bottles as milky. A
happened to be shopping the Flea Market saw the bucket and asked its price. a way of cloudy
I said it wasn’t for sale. Before long the offer was $200 and I couldn’t say “No” fighting bottle
any longer. I accepted the $200 and split it with my friend. I later learned that the suggests
the new owner was a high-end antiques dealer. He took it to the high-end boredom a sailing
Antiques Show (level #3) where he was of a This ship in a bottle was created in 1901 and was ship
exhibiting that weekend and I heard long sea offered on eBay for $1,949. coming
through the grapevine that he sold voyage. out of a
it for $500 to a serious and wealthy foggy cloudbank on the open sea,
collector (level #4). Ships in a bottle continued into calling the sailor home again,
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something purchased for $1 at a Garage movies such as Jaws, depicting home again, home again to the
Sale on a Saturday morning, traded the tiny Orca next to the giant sea.
hands several times, subsequently
selling for $10, then $200, and finally SARASOTA
for $500, on the very next day. This
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can move through the Antiques &
Collectibles Chain or Pecking Order,
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