Collectables?
By webeishere
@webeishere (36313)
United States
October 21, 2008 11:56am CST
I like collecting old time things. I have a comic book from the 30's. I have a cashed and cancelled stock certificate from a Railroad Co dated the early 20's. Now as I was up at the farm cleaning out the pole barn I ran across a ferw cardboard boxes. As I lifted the first one I heard glass rattling inside. Bummer. Well I did find 4 jars total. These are older canning jars. Not sure of their age or what not. But 2 are ATLAS E-Z SEAL, and 2 are Ball Ideal jars. They have the steel clasp that goes across the glass top to seal it. They are missing the rubber gaskets/seals though. There is no rust on the clasps really either. Does anyone have an idea as to their age and or worth? Have you any old jars such as these?
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14 responses
@kareng (61152)
• United States
21 Oct 08
Awesome find. You should check out antique roadshow and see if they are coming to your area soon :) Their website may have some useful information also. I'm sure you have already searched online.
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
21 Oct 08
I've a lot of old stuff and what not that I'd love kinowing their value/worth.
Actually I have not researched at all on this or any other items.
Thanks also.
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Thanks also.
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@tyc415 (5706)
• United States
21 Oct 08
I love the old time things myself. I used to love to go to estate sales in the country with my mother when I would go visit her. I have heard of those jars because my grandmother and my aunt used to can all the time. I remember also when they would use parafin to put on top of their jams and jellies they canned. I will do some checking later for you on the jars.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
21 Oct 08
They still do use paraffin wax for jellies etc as a seal.
Thanks also for your help.
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@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
21 Oct 08
[i]Hi Grandpa B,
hmm..I have no idea about that, maybe you just do not know that you are keeping a treasure!
ANyway, I love the idea but I don't have any collections...LOL! I bought some jars before when I had my trip but it wasn't expensive and just an ordinary one![/i]
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
22 Oct 08
So far it appears to be made around 1923 or there abouts.
Thanks also.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Oct 08
hi Grandpa Bob mymom seventy years ago used Ball ideal jars and atlas ez seal, they are really old with the steel clasp. wonder what they are worth? I wish I did have some of them, I found a glass hobnail vase I was given when I was ten, and I am now 82, well will be on the fifteenth of Nov. I wrapped it gently and packed it with the stuff we are moving. sitting around with all these boxes is giving me the whim whams. be glad when we are moved.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
22 Oct 08
Seems these are actually made from 1923 to 1933.
So they are around 70 plus years old.
I love them.
The Atlas have not been researched by anyone yet though.
Good luck with the move also.
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So they are around 70 plus years old.
I love them.
The Atlas have not been researched by anyone yet though.
Good luck with the move also.
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@sudalunts (5523)
• United States
22 Oct 08
I have a silver certificate, not sure what the year is. I had it in one of my bibles. One day when I was going to church, I wanted to use that particular bible and couldn't find it. Gee, I looked everywhere, then one Sunday when I was getting my other bible out of the car for church, I saw it there.
My husband has a Davy Crockett plate, when he was a kid he always ate off of his Davy Crockett plate, but it got broken. He went on ebay maybe ten years ago, and found one for sale, we won the bid and now he has an authentic Davy Crockett plate.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
23 Oct 08
My wife, being a waitress, gets a lot of Silver Certificate Dollar Bills.
She has a lot we have stored in a bank vault.
Also a couple Gold Certificate $10 bills and $5 bills as well.
Also a lot of old coins and foriegn currency as well.
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@jonastabuena (2307)
• Philippines
22 Oct 08
I used to collect of stamps and old coins, and coins from other countries, but i lost my collections, when we move to other places, I'm not at home when the time the pack my things, and when i ask my mom about it, she wasn't able to recall where did she put my stuff, and all stuff where mixed up, since then, i stopped collecting those kind of stuff i lost my excitement of collecting again.
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@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
22 Oct 08
I'd hazard a guess of somewhere around the 40's...if you ever get Antique Roadshow in your area you might take some of your oldies to them...they are really good at knowing value and age.
I have a silver certificate that is really old but that's about it.
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@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
22 Oct 08
Grandma used to use those but I don't know how much they are worth. They're at least 50 years old, though, since she was using them before I was born and I'm 54. Are you selling them? Bad time to sell, hang onto them till the economy gets better!
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
23 Oct 08
These are from when I was very small as well.
I remember her canning veggies of all kinds in them.
Seems these are from the 1920's.
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@walijo2008 (4644)
• United States
23 Oct 08
I've got a few old jars like that, I have a lot of old things in my house, as my mother in law collects antiques, and they are all over the place. I would suggest going to an antique store and see if they can tell you anything about the jars. I have an old butter churn jar, and I went to the antique store and saw one just like it, and it was worth 75.00, I couldn't believe it, there were a number of items I saw in there that I have at home, and they were worth more than I thought. So go to an antique store and you might find out more about them.
@tamarafireheart (15384)
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22 Oct 08
Hi GRANDPA BOB,
I think thoseold comic books may worth a lot of money but I don't know about the jar, I don't have much of the old stuff but I have pop annual book from the 60s, I don't know if that will be worth anything, I hope you will be lucky with some of your old things, I have old thing here from 59, my hubby! don't think hes worth anything, hehe.
Tamara
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
22 Oct 08
They seem to be from the 20's or so.
1918 to 1923 I think.
A good friend helped me with this info.
Thanks to her as well.
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@LouiseKnittel (4764)
• United States
21 Oct 08
I can remember seeing those jars back when I was a little kid... They have to be really old.. because my birth certificate just expired LOL
Nice find. I hope that you get the answer as too what year they are from!
Nice find. I hope that you get the answer as too what year they are from!2 people like this
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
22 Oct 08
Expired?
I've hads t
I've had to replace mine a few times from being so old.
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I've had to replace mine a few times from being so old.
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@xialvti (15)
• China
22 Oct 08
When I was young ,I like to collect multicolor cards .That is my first collections. At school times ,I collected conch.That is because my home near the sea.Now I like to collect the photo of my friend .When I feel alone ,I like to see this .Hoping all my friends live happily everyday.
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@ECHECH (45)
• Philippines
22 Oct 08
i like to collect cards from all occasions like birthday cards, christmas cards, valentine cards, invitations to weddings and parties, thank-you cards. i have a bunch of them i keep in a big box. they're from family members, relatives or friends. they remind me of milestone events in my life. when i go through my card collection, i would always recall those important events in my mind. each card represents colorful memories...
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