Part 1 of the Don Dwyer collection of bitters and soda bottles will be sold online, Feb. 26-Mar. 7

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Feb. 2, 2021 - PRLog -- American Bottle Auctions will present Part 1 of the Don Dwyer collection of bitters and soda bottles in online auction #70, starting on February 26^th and ending on March 7^th. Part 2 will be announced in the coming weeks. Part 1 will contain about 250 bottles, nearly all from the Dwyer collection but to include an assortment of related go-withs. Bidders can register and bid at the American Bottle Auctions website, americanbottle.com.

"Don Dwyer has spent decades putting together a collection of bitters that had just about every example made for and sold in the West," said Jeff Wichmann of American Bottle Auctions.  "In addition, his interest in Western soda and mineral water bottles added greatly to his huge entire inventory."

Just a few of the better bottles in Part 1 of the Don Dwyer collection will include the following:

• V. Squarza bitters bottle with applied mouth, in a beautiful cobalt blue (S 170). The product was trademarked in 1865 and was possibly called either a Hygienic or Selene Bitters. It's only the second one ABA has ever sold and its condition (9) is near perfect.
• Dr. Wonser's USA Indian Root Bitters bottle in a chocolate amber (W 146). Dr. Wonser Western bitters bottles are hugely popular with collectors, due to their amazing embossed design and the letters U.S.A. with the doctor's name. This one also grades 9.
• Bryant's Stomach Bitters (Cone) with applied top, sticky pontil mark. The Bryant's Cone might be the most iconic Western bottle out there (one sold in 2000 for $67,500). There are maybe 10 known in any condition. This one had a crack that was resin repaired.
   
• Cassin's Grape Brandy Bitters, circa 1866-1873 (C 78). This is a second variant example in a beautiful yellow-green color. It appears unblemished, but there is an in-making area on the lip that created an imperfectly formed top. Still, it grades well at 8.5.
• Lacour's Bitters with "Sarsapariphere" on the reverse, with applied mouth, in a yellow-green (L 3). The lighthouse-shaped Lacour's Western bitters are very popular. This example is about perfect, but with some unusual appearing areas. It is graded 8.5+.
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