Question About Canning Jars

[flowerbug]

5 Most Valuable Mason Jars Ever Made: From $500 To $23,500

When a mason jar costs $23,500, we had to dig a little deeper. From patents to a burned-down factory, these are the most valuable mason jars ever.

nerdable.com

never seen any of those before! *whew!*

 

[SandBillyGirl]

Check for cracks or chips. Never saw a standard canning jar glass failure in all my canning. The only failures were when my ex MIL used regular glass jars instead of canning jars

Oh...that's scary.

 

[SandBillyGirl]

5 Most Valuable Mason Jars Ever Made: From $500 To $23,500

When a mason jar costs $23,500, we had to dig a little deeper. From patents to a burned-down factory, these are the most valuable mason jars ever.

nerdable.com

OK, that's funny. But I can't understand *why* people would pay so much for one of those jars...doesn't make sense to me.

 

[baymule]

If I had one, it would be for sale........

 

[SandBillyGirl]

Oh, same here!! I just don't understand the mindset of the buyer.

 

[Hinotori]

Same as anything people collect like baseball cards. The jars resemble coins more.

I had to explain to my mom why just because coins are old, doesn't mean they are really worth anything other than face value. It's the misprints that usually have value. I collect wheat pennies and bicentennial quarters, but, only in so much as I get from change. I have a lot of quarters from our days of using a laundromat. I have some silver quarters and dimes that came in the rolls from the bank. Bookstore I worked at allowed us to buy (trade) coins from the till. Just had to have shift supervisor oversee it. I just like to look at them every now and then.

I'm mostly of the opinion that antiques should be working. Like my 1905 skillet or my 1920s eggs basket I use every day.

 

[flowerbug]

Oh, same here!! I just don't understand the mindset of the buyer.

collectors of all types with the extra money.

 

[flowerbug]

Same as anything people collect like baseball cards. The jars resemble coins more.

I had to explain to my mom why just because coins are old, doesn't mean they are really worth anything other than face value. It's the misprints that usually have value. I collect wheat pennies and bicentennial quarters, but, only in so much as I get from change. I have a lot of quarters from our days of using a laundromat. I have some silver quarters and dimes that came in the rolls from the bank. Bookstore I worked at allowed us to buy (trade) coins from the till. Just had to have shift supervisor oversee it. I just like to look at them every now and then.

I'm mostly of the opinion that antiques should be working. Like my 1905 skillet or my 1920s eggs basket I use every day.

i love wheat pennies too. for some reason those have always been my favorite. i have some other coins too, but not many and not in great condition.

as a kid i'd have Mom buy me a bag of rolled up pennies and i'd go through them looking for wheat pennies. i don't know where those wheat pennies went as i didn't have them at college with me. later on i started up again but just keeping whatever i came across in change. i still don't have a very good collection, but it's ok. i don't also have the time or money to add to it so i guess i'm over the active phase of collecting.

i also have a bottle collection which is more accurately called a bottle with dust collection up in boxes on top of my bookshelves. i've meant to get rid of it for years but it is still up there collecting more dust. i do want to keep a smaller selection of bottles from it that i do like but only about a dozen or so. ink wells and a few colored ones that are nice. the fun part of these was going with a friend and digging them up and cleaning them. once i moved away from that area i no longer had the desire to do that kind of work any more. gardening is much more rewarding. beans are my newer collection (and i have too many of those too!).

 

[SandBillyGirl]

I'm mostly of the opinion that antiques should be working. Like my 1905 skillet or my 1920s eggs basket I use every day.

Yes!! That is exactly how I feel.