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The iPunty Rod Internet Newsletter Of The Little Rhody Bottle Club May 2001 This page is updated around the 1st week of every month The next meeting of the LRBC will be held on May 8th at 7:30 p.m. at the Pontiac Library, Greenwich Ave., Warwick, RI Speakers for this month will be Rob Fahey and Bill Ladd who will give a presentation on a Civil War era dig they participated in right here in RI. Have you been digging? Come on in and tell us of your adventures! Bring in the items you found whether intact or shards. Club News April Meeting by Pam Sroka The first order of business was the treasury report. The treasurer seems to think that we need to cut back on costs. However, there is a need for a new cabinet for our library right now. There are many new books that have been donated or purchased and we do need more room. Our librarian, Maureen Kelliher, has been putting them in order and organizing the bottle magazines into binders so they will be easier to find. We did vote in favor of buying a new cabinet.   Other ways of cutting costs is to print shorter newsletters. Ed Greer suggested smaller print. I was doing larger print for the older members (Yeah, it was me, all right? They say the eyes are the first to go, or is it? I forget). Another way of cutting back was suggested by Rob. Send the newsletters by email to those who know how to use them! (not like me). Unfortunately, some people may not be able to open what I send them. I have a computer handicap, it's called an iMac! Sorry, Dave. I know you like the one you have but there are certain things that the computer I have can't do! (Dave's note: Pam, I will come over and teach you how to be a good Mac person. Your iMac can do anything you want, you just have to know HOW it's done. I send things to non-Mac people all of the time and have no problems. Now that I'm unemployed I can come over anytime. I get $15 per hour for training, $20 per hour if there's no coffee.) If anyone in the Scituate area has access to a copy machine for 4-1/2¢ please contact me at pjdiggs@aol.com or blobtops@aol.com.   Dues by Pam Sroka For those of you who haven't paid your dues, I don't know what more to say! There has been a renewal slip in the past couple of newsletters but most went unheeded. Dues are only $10 per year. I wasn't going to send you your newsletters this month but you can thank Steve. He thinks he will be able to reach you, but if you aren't paid up by the summer break, don't look for a reminder or even a newsletter in September. Dues are due in January and 4 months is plenty of time to get your payment in. Some of you have paid twice this year, and some were paid up for a couple of years in advance. Thank you all! If you have prepaid then your membership will be extended for that amount of time. If in doubt, and you to pay again, then membership will be extended for the appropriate amount of time. Ed sent me an envelope that he uses for another association he belongs to which has all of the information on it including a mailing label and a stamp for return postage. This might be a good idea for next year. If you do not want to renew and you've been a long time member, please call or email me to let me know. Don't worry, this will be the last time I mention dues until they are due again next January.   Club Dig by Pam Sroka Stanley, Stanley, Stanley! We just might take you up on that dig at your place! You've been asking and now we're answering. It would be great fun! Arthur and I were in that area yesterday, he had to deliver something to a customer there, and what a beautiful area! So, if the offer still stands......   Club Photos by Pam Sroka Thank you Jacquie! You've done a wonderful job with the photo albums. Jacquie takes the pictures then puts them into the photo albums. You may have seen her at the show, wandering around, looking like a photojournalist.   Broken Records, Broken Truck by Matt King Gene McCain and I took a road trip to an auction in Southbury, CT, which featured some great bottles! I'm always hearing that bottle collecting isn't what it used to be. Horse feathers!! The auction was well attended by some of the hobby's major players and the prices were reflected by this. There were about 4 or 5 bottles in the $200-300 range that sold for $350-450 and then a hush came over the crowd as a G IV-1 Masonic Eagle in brilliant amethyst hit the block. The bidding opened at $10,000 and when the final hammer price was knocked down, a new record for a Keene flask had been established. $50,000 had just been spent on what I personally felt was the most beautiful bottle that I had ever seen. Not the most expensive, but the most beautiful! Two different things for those who think price dictates beauty. A Corn For The World followed, also in amethyst, and then a new record was set for a Baltimore flask at $42,500. I believe the "right" bottles are stronger than ever! This is no sad time for bottle collections. The rest of the auction remained strong and we walked out of the auction bottleless, but not disgraced. It was a little pricey and sometimes not buying is the best venue. I talked to a very well known and respected collector a few days after the auction and asked him how he made out. "GREAT! I didn't get anything!" Which was kind of how I felt. On the return trip, Gene's truck decided to call it quits on the highway about 10 miles north of Hartford. That's about a 5 day hitch hike these days from SE Mass. We got a chance to meet some of CT's finest State Troopers (real nice guy) who got us towed and gave us a lift to a rest area. I called a fellow bottle collector, Paul Trembley, and he and his wife Marie graciously came and picked us up. They brought us to their house, fed us, and entertained us. This is one of the best parts of bottle collecting, the camaraderie. Gene and I handled the situation as best as humanly possible, but to lift our spirits Paul dug out some great bottles to keep us entertained and all was right with the world! After a great breakfast Paul took us back to the truck in Westwood. What great hosts! We thank you both a lot. Another adventure for the books. My advice? If you break down do it near a friend who is a bottle collector!   Upcoming Events May 20 - Sturbridge, MA Sturbridge Bottle Show & Sale 10 AM to 2 PM, early buyers $10.00 from 9 AM until 10 AM Hamilton Rod & Gun Club, Hamilton Rd. INFO: David Graci, PH: (413) 594-8655 or email at stonebotle@aol.com Classified Ads Wanted: Do you have RI bottles which are not listed in Antique Bottles Of Rhode Island? Or maybe you have a bottle in a color or size that is not listed? If so, please send the information to me for inclusion. Proper credit will be given and all information is greatly appreciated. Send by email to: oaklawn@earthlink.net or write to: David Andrews, 192 Wilbur Ave., Cranston, RI 02921 (Don't forget to check out the book online at http://www.littlerhodybottleclub.com/bottlebook/abofri ) Bottle collections. Always buying pre-1900 bottles and jars as well as painted sodas, milks, crocks, fruit jars, etc. Call Arthur: 401-647-3585 New England utility bottles. Call Rob Fahey: 508-520-4632 Toy marbles. Will pay cash. Call Jerry Biern: 401-826-3933 Bitters, Peppersauce, and Demi-Johns. Call Jan Boyer: 401-539-2051 1/2 gallon spring water bottles with arched slugplate. Preferably with bail and closure. Please call Art: 401-647-3585 or email: blobtops@aol.com Seltzer water bottles. Wanted in various colors such as red, cobalt, pink, and yellow. Please call Angelo: 401-421-3782 Woonsocket milk bottle - Carl Hendrickson Dairy. Wanted by his granddaughter Donna. Please email her at: dhendrickson@wallace.com. Pontil Providence bottles. Looking for quality pontilled bottles from RI especially from Providence. Also looking for nice squat sodas i.e. Harvey, Marlor, etc. Please call Gary: 401-862-4200 or email at VMAXwarior@aol.com Cardarelli Farms or Dairy Milk bottles. LRBC member always buying any bottles or other items from the dairy. Please contact Mike Cardarelli at 401-941-7112 or by email at: cardarelli@juno.com. Thank You. For Sale: Scarce RI fire related bottle!! I have several of these scarce bottles for sale. Click here to see a representative photo. All are in excellent condition with some very light cloudiness inside. Bottles are 5-3/4" tall, clear, cylindrical with an eight paneled mug base and are embossed COMBINATION / LADDER CO. The company was in business beginning in the late 1800's in Providence. Price is $15.00 each (plus $3.95 for shipping). Email inquiries to: oaklawn@earthlink.net. 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