A Newport collector really wanted a
milk bottle I had, and while I wasn't planning to sell it he offered
a nice B.F. Downing Jr. Newport, RI as a partial trade and I
relented. As a bonus it was an unlisted size!
Another dump crier was a damaged Geo.
M. Butler Pawtucket, RI. This
one happened to be an unlisted clear ABM variant. Let's hope
there's a mint one out there!
I met with someone who was advertising
old bottles on Craigslist on the way back from a bottle show. I
was surprised to learn he wasn't a collector and just got a whole
collection from a storage locker auction! There were many commons
but quite a few rare bottles in the lot. Among them was a Wm. D.
Rife & Co. Newport, RI blob top. I had never heard of it so
it was a good find!
Fellow collector Art sold me a nice
clear quart Bell Bottling Co. Providence, RI soda. I have one
in aqua but it is unlisted in clear! It's a nice addition to my
modest collection of pictorial RI sodas.
The Craigslist collection yielded
another surprise, a green Yacht Club Bottling Works Centerdale, RI
soda. It was my first embossed one in green, which is an
unlisted color!
