A ca. 1862-1875 S.T. Drakes 1860 Plantation X Bitters bottle sold for $19,890; a ca. 1865-1875 Old Dr. Townsends Celebrated Stomach Bitters bottle realized $16,380; and a ca. 1840-1860 Greens Aqua Mixture Jackson Mississippi bottle garnered $8,775 in Glass Works Auctions online-only Premier Auction #187 held Oct. 27. The auction featured 272 lots of various antique bottles, historical flasks and early American blown glass with all online traffic driven through the Glass Works Auctions website (www.glassworksauctions.com). Overall, the sale grossed $372,000. Phone and absentee bids were accepted. All prices in this report include a 17 percent buyers premium. The S.T. Drakes 1860 Plantation X Bitters (Ring/Ham, D-108, Patented 1862) was the first bottle in the sale and the top lot. It was a visually clean, near perfect example with a very bold impression. Even the typically weak S.T. Drake stood out. It was the color, though, that captivated bidders. All Drakes collectors know that the green coloration is the rarest and most sought after of all Drakes bottles, said James Hagenbuch, the owner of Glass Works Auctions. It has that highly desirable lighter density of color, so light you can read a paper through it. This was a truly exceptional example in a real dazzling green color. The ca. 1840-1860 Greens Aqua Mixture Jackson Mississippi bottle was a bluish aqua color. The bottle is very rare. This example was sold at auction in 1992 through the Harmer Rooke Gallery in New York City for $990. A ca. 1865-1875 Old Sachem Bitters and Wigwam Tonic bottle (N.Y., Ring/Ham, O-46) with a smoky moss green barrel was nearly perfect and commanded $15,210. Old Sachem Bitters barrels are known for their wide array of colors. Of those, ones in shades of deep green are the rarest and most desirable. A ca. 1866-1875 The Fish Bitters W.W. Ware / Patented 1866 medium lime green bottle in the shape of a fish with an applied aqua glass lip was reeled in for $5,850. The bottle was very rare and in a desirable color, as pure green as any weve sold, commented Hagenbuch, and the applied aqua mouth was unique. A New England ca. 1840-1860 Howards / Vegetable Cancer. and / Canker, Syrup bottle (Odell, pg. 118), in an old yellowish amber color, with an open pontil and applied mouth, breezed to $5,850. It was an exceptional example. Its also rarely offered at auction, especially with the more desirable open pontil. A ca. 1865-1875 Saratoga Seltzer Spring Co. (motif of bubbling bottle) / Saratoga, N.Y. SSS (in script) olive green pint bottle rang up $3,802. The bottle was in fine condition save for some dried base contents. It was rated as No. 7 in Bernard Puckhabers 1973 list of the Ten Most Wanted Saratogas. Another highlight was the ca. 1835-1840 American Eagle pale vaseline color pint bottle, depicting an eagle with a serpent in its beak (referred to as the Snake of Corruption and believed to have been made for William Henry Harrisons presidential campaign of either 1836 or 1840). It soared to $11,700. The historically important flask was rated #29 in McKearins American Glass top 40 historical flasks. An early British ca. 1711 black glass onion form wine bottle (reading M / I.S. / 1711 on an applied seal), deep yellowish olive green in color, found a new owner for $4,095. This bottle was pictured in Burtons, Vol. 2, page 559, with the caption, The pyramidal lettering may suggest a tavern seal. It was sold at Sothebys in London in 1987 for 1,100 pounds (roughly $1,450). Glass Works Auctions has offices and a gallery in Pennsburg, Pa. For additional information, call 215-679-5849 or email info@glswrk-auction.com.