The Wild West Auction (July 2022)

1 7/8" clear dose glass, MS Morden & Co Druggists. Belleville, ON. No chips or cracks. Date: Country (if not USA): Canada State: City...

EAGLE BOTTLING WORKS/FRANK BAUDINO PROP./AGUILAR, COLO. The town was named for state legislator J. Ramon Aguilar. Following the Ludlow Massacre on 20

ALAMOSA/BOTTLING/WORKS/ALAMOSA, COLO. Aqua in color, 6 3/4"tall. According to Preble, style S3 and dates c. 1902. Unmarked base with light haz...

Originally named Ute City, the small community was renamed Aspen in 1880, and, in its peak production years of 1891 and 1892, Aspen surpassed Leadvill

1. BOULDER/SODA WATER/CO./BOULDER, COLO. Aqua, 6 3/4 inches tall, & dates c.1902-03 according to Preble. 20 marked on base with a wiped top. Ext...

THOMPSON/&/BRADDOCK/SODA/BOTTLERS Aqua, 6 5/8" tall. Applied top. Marked with COLO.C.G.CO on the base. Rim chip approx. 1/2". Other t...

The Denver Hotel/ Breckenridge/ Colo. W7 in Preble. Circa 1900-05. Half pint pocket flask, ground screw top. This bottle is listed in Preble, but may

A popular stagecoach stop, and railroad depot following the 1890s, Buena Vista is located midway between Salida and Leadville. 1.) B JACKSON/BUENA VI

G A MONTAG/BUENA VISTA/COL Bright green, 7 5/8" tall. Applied top. Preble dates this c. 1887-88. Made at Colo. Glass Works. Still contains me...

G.A.MONTAG/BUENNAVISTA/COLO. G.A. 6 1/2" tall. Amber & has the appearance of being dead mint, but has an expertly replaced top. Preble dat...

1. F.STOCKDER/CANON CITY/COLO. Clear, 6 5/8" tall. Wiped top. Number 20 marked on the front near base. Unmarked base. Lip chip and some roughne...

2 Central City, Colorado hutch bottles. Very light aqua blue in color. 1. JOS. S. BEAMAN/CENTRAL CITY/COL. `Reverse - THIS BOTTLE NOT/TO BE/RETURNED/

CHRIS FISCHER,/CENTRAL CITY,/COL. 6 3/8" tall. Light aqua in color and a fairly good clarity despite a bit of bubbling within the glass. A litt...

J.B./CENTRAL CITY/COL Blob top soda. 7 1/8" tall. (Joseph Beaman), dates c. 1876-80 according to Preble. Nice aqua color. Applied top. Pinhead ...

COAL CREEK/FABRIZO & SONS/BOTTLING WKS. Purple & measures 6 7/8 inches tall. Base has the circle with a line through it marking. No. 40 on f...

Pair of Coal Creek hutches from FABRIZIO & SON COAL CREEK BOTTLING WORKS. 1. Aqua, 6 7/8 inches tall. c. 1909-10 according to Preble. No. 5 on f...

5 Colorado City, Colorado hutches, all different variants according to Preble. 1.) S41 COLORADO CITY BOTTLING WORKS STOCKBRIDGE with round, almost ov

1.) COLORADO SPRINGS/MINERAL WATER CO./COLORADO SPRINGS./COLO. Flint but probably originally purple (slight purple tinge to this viewer). 6 5/8 inches

Trio of Crested Butte Hutch bottles. 1. ORESCHNICK & YOKES/CRESTED BUTTE/COLO. 6 7/8" tall. Light aqua hutch soda bottle. Rare 1902 &am...

Unlisted ELK MOUNTAIN BOTTLING/J. BOYLE/CRESTED BUTTE/COLO. Aqua & measures 7 inches tall. Base marked with circle with a line though it. No. 40...

1. THE HARVEY MOULTON/MERC. Co./CRIPPLE CREEK/COLO. Purple, 6 1/2" tall. Wiped top. Cir. - 1910. One 1/4" shallow, open bubble on right re...

(5) Standard Bottling & MFG. Co. All with Wiped tops. 1. THE STANDARD BOTTLING & MFG.CO./CRIPPLE CREEK/COLO. (larger free style lettering)....

1.) DEL NORTE/BREWING CO/DEL NORTE/COLO. Aqua, 6 7/8 inches tall and Preble dates this c. 1889-91. Wiped top with COLO C.G. CO. on base. Sizeable slic

1.) L. GILBREATH---DENVER, COLO. Aqua & measures 7 1/4 inches tall. The & SON is missing. Base marked with the three dimensional star. Resid...

4 A.D. Simmons hutch bottles. 3 different compositions of glass. 1.A.D. SIMMONS/DENVER,COLO. Light purple, 7 1/2" tall. Wiped top. Pictorial f...

1. THIS BOTTLE IS THE PROPERTY OF/BOULDER SPRINGS BOTTLINGCO/DENVER, COLO. Aqua, 7 1/8" tall. Wiped top. Cir. - 1890. A 1/2" Flash on insi...

Contains 2 HANNIGAN BROS/DENVER, COLO. bottles. 1.) Purple, 6 3/4 inches tall and an unmarked base. Minimal interior staining; Minor external case wea

1.) SCHAAF/&/BUNSOW,/DENVER,/COLO. Aqua & 7 1/8 inches tall with an unmarked base. I. G. CO. 255 marked on reverse above base. Rough case we...

Pair of C.A. Scheidemantel Green & Aqua Hutches. Must have for the collector that wants both styles! 1.) As described by Preble, Aqua Green, st...

S127 in Preble, Denver. Preble notes this is Colorado's earliest embossed mineral water. Preble notes in his historical synopsis of Peabody on p...

1. SHAIN & SIMMONS/DENVER Aqua, 6 3/8" tall. Applied top. Letter S marked on the base. A little as-made surface roughness otherwise no dam...

STANDARD BOTTLING Co/DENVER/COLO. 6 1/2" tall. According to Preble, style S151a, wiped top, different base. Dates c. 1888-90. Base imprint S.B....

1. JAMES DASCOMBE/DENVER/COL Aqua, 6 1/2" tall. Applied top. UNLISTED VARIANT Marked C & CO on reverse near base. Cir. - 1881-1883. Slight ...

1. THE CARBONATED/BOTTLING WORKS/I.FOX/DENVER,COLO. Clear, 6 3/4" tall. Wiped top. Number 10 marked on the front near base. The base is marked...

1. STAR / BOTTLING WORKS/DENVER/COLO. Aqua. 7 1/8 inches tall with an applied top. Star at base. Haze on exterior can be cleaned. Interior spotting, l

1.) G & G/DENVER/COL. Aqua. Measures 7 inches tall with an unmarked base. Preble believes it may have been Goodfellow & Goodfellow but state...

1. SILVER/STATE/BOTTLING/CO. Aqua, 6 3/4 inches tall & c. 1893-94 per Preble. Wiped top with C. C. G. CO. on base. Headstone slug plate with whi...

This is a tooled top amber quart whiskey with a light stain. 3 pinhead sized chips on top. W32 in Preble however this is an unlisted tooled top versio

This Eaton bottle is no W41 in Preble. It is a rare applied top amber whiskey from Colo. This specimen has a chip on the roll below the top. It also h

S.D. Decker Prop./ Old/ Whiskies/ A/ Specialty/ Denver, Colo./ Harry Walker Manger. Clear half pint shoofly. No embossing on base. Glass imperfection

Three clear and one amber flasks. The clear flasks are half pint, the amber is a pint. Clear: green ribbon whiskey, R G Shipman. 1908 tax stamp, full

AMERICAN WINE CO./407- 16TH ST./DENVER, COLO. 6 1/4 INCHES TALL CLEAR WITH IRIDESCENCE COFFIN FLASK UNMARKED BASE. SLIGHT HAZE INTERIOR. PREBLE W20, C

EARLY GROUND SCREW TOP DENVER. 6 INCHES TALL SHOO FLY FLASK. CLEAR WITH IRIDESCENCE. PREBLE W28, C. 1893. BLACK PINPRICK SPOTS ON FRONT. LIP CHIPS. BA

CHAS HUMBERG/1217-1219-15TH ST./DENVER,COLO. Shoo fly flask. Clear and measures 6 inches tall with an unmarked base and outside screw top. Rough condi

Cooper's/ Apex/ Denver, Colo. W35 in Preble, circa 1900. Half pint shoofly flask. Choice condition. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Co...

B48 in Preble, c. 1869. This is an exceptionally rare mineral water style quart from Denver. It is a deep amber, heavily whittled, applied top. Pinhea

1.) CHAS.F. TESCH/DENVER/COLO. Aqua. 6 7/8 inches tall with C. C. G.CO. on base. Preble dates this bottle c. 1893-94. It is hazy on exterior and inter

Denver Club/ Trade Mark/ Whiskey. Aqua hue. Applied top. W40 in Preble. According to Preble, "This bottle was probably made by Denver Glass Wor...

ENDLICH & GOOD/ DENVER CITY/C T 6 3/4" tall. Early territorial soda with a bit of a drippy top. Bubbling around base & a light hazy qu...

F.W.KOCH&CO./1544 LARIMER ST. Clear shoo fly flask measuring 6 inches tall with an unmarked base. Swirl design around base. Light interior stain...

FRANK HOFFMAN/1105/15TH ST./DENVER, COLO. Shoo fly flask with a ground top and unmarked base. Clear and measures 6 inches tall. Curved ribbing detail

W70 in Preble, c. 1895-90. Rare pint pumpkin seed flask. This is one of only five pumpkin seed flasks, the classic western mining camp whiskey shape.

G. W. GARDINER/1547-1549 TREMONT ST./DENVER, COLO. Clear shoo fly flask measuring 6 inches tall with an unmarked base. Swirl base design. Outside scre

1.) DENVER BOTTLING WORKS GAISER BROS., Aqua, 7 1/2 inches tall with G.B. (appears as C.B.) on base & an applied top. C. 1895-96 per Preble. Cas...

Unlisted flask in Preble. Related to W44, an embossed clear fifth, c. 1891-93. This ground, screw top flask with ribbed base has great eye appeal. No

Half pint shoofly flask. W51 in Preble. 1898-1900. Outstanding example. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Denver Provenance:

J.C.SEBERGER/4068 MARKET ST/DENVER,COLO. Light purple shoo fly flask with rainbow iridescence. Swirl base & measures 6 inches tall. Staining and...

W29 in Preble, c. 1895-1905, half pint shoofly. A gem. This whiskey flask is from the world-famous Brown Palace Hotel of unsinkable Molly Brown fame w

Pair of Molly Brown's Palace Hotel Beer Steins & Cabinet Photo by W.H. Jackson. The H. C. Brown Palace opened on August 12, 1892. It cost $...

According to The Larimer County Independent Newspaper of Fort Collins, Colorado, dates c. 1909 and "has unquestionably the best restaurant serv...

Smith & Holland/ 1543 Curtis St./ All. Whiskey Guaranteed/ 11/ Years Old/ Denver, Colo. Clear half pint shoofly. Ice pick flash in the top. Poss...

W72 in Preble, 1890-95. Several chips in the top on the backside, otherwise clean and nice. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City:

THE ABBEY BAR/ROBT. J. BAIRD/1740 CHAMOAST./DENVER COLO. Shoo fly flask with vertical ribs. Outside screw top and measures 6 inches tall. Clear but a

W31 in Preble. Half pint shoofly. Circa 1894-97. The Bull's Head is a classic name of a Western saloon. It appears to have had its start in Texa...

Beautiful medium to dark amber applied top, 4 piece mold, whiskey fifth, there is a manufacturers defect underneath the top drip. There is a chip on t

Two Gun Wa Chinese herb and vegetable remedies in medium to dark amber, with tooled tops. Both examples are damaged. The dark amber specimen has a bub

Gary Bracken's Denver Gun Wa Chinese Remedy pint collection. Four different colors, medium lime green, deep red amber, root beer amber and yello...

Beautiful example of the Gun Wa remedy in quart size. Very near mint, only a small scratch on an edge panel under the "R" of harmless. Bea...

Dark amber square bitters style bottle, 8 inches tall, 2 1/4 inch square. Applied top. Mineral springs M @ I Company. Generally very mint except minor

Jepson's// Dyspepsia Bitters "C & Co." on base. Dark red amber, applied top. Preble page 278 though no inventory number. Clean, ap...

The Kuner Pickle Co. clear glass decanter bottle. Was originally the Kuner-Empson Cannery, but was sold to John Empson's brother, Max, sometime ...

The town was organized from September 1880 to April 1881 by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG, later known as the Denver and Rio Grande W...

W83 in Preble, pint coffin flask. Clean and mint, a gem. Circa 1895-1899, also comes in a half pint. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorad

J. Kellenberger / Wholesale / Wines and liquors / Durango, Colo. in circular slug plate. Beautiful amethyst huh and clean bottle. Manufacturers defec

J. Kellenberger/ Wholesale/ Wines & Liquors/ Durango, Colo. in circular slug plate. Amethyst hue and clear bottle. Tooled top. Black swirl in to...

THIS BOTTLES/THE/PROPERTY/OF/JOHN J. FRENCH Aqua, 6 3/4" tall. Wiped top. Dates c, 1893-95.Tombstone style slug plate. Double strike letter F ...

1. OIL CENTER BOTTLING WORKS/H.STEIN/FLORENCE/COLO. Clear, 6 7/8" tall. Wiped top. Number 40 on front near base. Cir. 1901-1903 per Preble. L...

1, OIL CENTER BOTTLING WKS/JOHN H. KELLEY/FLORENCE/COLO. Purple, 6 3/4" tall. Cir.-1890-98. Wiped top. Number 20is marked on the front near the...

POUDRE VALLEY/FORT COLLINS COLO./BOTTLING WORKS. Fort Collins- Colorado's Craft Beer Capital! This Fort Collins, Colorado- Poudre Valley Bottlin...

Fort Collins is situated at the base of the Rocky Mountain foothills of the northern Front Range, approximately 60 miles north of Denver and 45 miles

CITY BOTTLING WKS./S.S/ FT. MORGAN Originally Camp Wardwell in 1865, and eventually renamed the following year Fort Morgan. Located along the Overlan

Georgetown was established in 1864 when the Belmont (silver) Lode was discovered nearby. By the 1890's the silver had played out. FYLER & L...

4 Glenwood Springs, Colorado hutch bottles. As identified by Preble, their descriptions are as follows: 1.) E.S. HUGHES , S183. Aqua & dates c....

W86 in Preble. Half pint pocket flask, original metal screw cap. A beauty. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Glenwood Springs

W87 in Preble. Half pint pocket flask, ground screw top, c. 1904-06. Minor inside stain, lower left quadrant. Interesting square air vent on front fac

For the purple lover or interior designer in need of some extra vintage flair! Glenwood Springs is located in the narrow mountain valleys that host th

GOLDEN BOTTLING CO/GOLDEN/COLO 6 5/8" tall. The only Golden, Colorado hutch bottle, dates c. 1904-05, according to Preble. Clear in color, nic...

HENRYGWURTZ/GRAND/JUNCTION COLO Aqua, 6 1/4" tall. Wiped top. Made by American Glass Works Limited, Pittsburgh, PA (1880-1905). Interior stain...

Rare clear Grand Junction Whiskey. 12.25" tall, 3.25" diameter. W94 in Preble. Manufactures defect in top does not affect cond. Tooled top...

THE SENATE SALOON/GRAND JUNCTION/COLO. 7 1/2 INCHES TALL, PURPLE BOTTLE WITH SCREW TOP AND LID. 2 MARK ON BASE. EXCELLENT CONDITION. FOR THE PURPLE LO

Greeley was named in honor of Horace Greeley who had come to Colorado in the 1859 Pike's Peak Gold Rush. Greeley was editor of the New York Trib...

The City of Gunnison got its name from the first known European-American explorer of the area, John W. Gunnison. He was searching for a route for the

MURRAY BROS./GUNNISON/COLO. SHOO FLY FLASK with unmarked round base. Measures 7 1/2 inches tall, an unlisted height. Wiped top with collar. Purple in

QUINN & HOGAN/THE TURF/GUNNISON, COLO. Purple Shoo fly flask measuring 7 1/2 inches tall with unmarked base and wiped top with collar. Cloudy ex...

Grouping of 4 Gunnison City, Colorado hutch bottles. 1. JOHN RISSE/GUNNISON CITY/COL. Preble reference S207. Aqua, 6 3/8" tall. Dated c. 18...

Three variants of the John Risse, Gunnison City, Col. hutch bottle. 1.) JOHN RISSE/GUNNISON/CITY/COL. Aqua, 6 1/2" tall. Wiped top. No other w...

On January 5, 1859, during the Colorado gold rush, prospector George A. Jackson discovered placer gold at the present site of Idaho Springs, where Chi

W100, 1894-95, half pint coffin flask, light amythest. A gem. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Idaho Springs Provenance: Gary

Half pint shoofly flask. W101 in Preble, c. 1897-1900. The Weinberger is perhaps the easiest whiskey flask to find for a Colorado mining camp. It come

Founded 163 years ago in 1859 by prospectors during the early days of the Pike's Peak Gold Rush, Idaho Springs was at the center of the region&#...