Last week, a pretty decent glop top popped up out of
nowhere. The seller appeared to have been liquidating a theme collection of
Gilt Edge items. The listings ranged from the ridiculous to the sublime. Paper,
ephemera and bottles made up the lions share.
One of the bottles was a glop top Old Gilt Edge / Wichman
& Lutgen cylinder fifth. Described as,
" EARLY OLD GILT EDGE BOURBON WHISKEY BOTTLE WICHMAN
& LUTGEN SAN FRANCISCO CAL
CA CALIFORNIA
A request for a more detailed description was responded to
with "quart
amber has no cracks or chips, some mold flaws like bubbles in glass and stretch
mark on back neck, and one tiny flaw in lower front of bottle, not sure if this
is a bubble burst or something else."
The listing photos were anything
but helpful.
A request for better photos of the flaw were replied to with
"my camera
will not take a good picture of the flaw, the most I can tell you is it is not
very noticable.".
I passed.
And so, a bottle that most probably would have sold at a normal online
auction, for a grand and change plus "the juice", brought a whopping $331~.
Someone got a screaming deal.
Congrats to the new owner!
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