Not sure if this is true (my dad told me this), but the bottle with the marble was an early soft drink bottle. Pressure from in the bottle would hold up the marble to seal it. When you drank from it you used your tongue to push the marble clear to allow the liquid to come out. When you released the marble it made a ‘pop’ sound, hence the term pop for soft drinks (at least here in Atlantic Canada).
They were also used here (Scotland) in beer / cider bottles ! And even in my youth if you took your bottle to get refilled it saved 50p on the price ? This was refilled from a barrel of cheap sherry,lol, ah the insanity of youth ?it was a quick and cheap way to get wasted. ? Lol
Yep it’s called a cod bottle (named after the person who invented it, not the fish). They still actually sell soft drinks in them in Japan mostly (ramune soda)- you can find them in specialty shops in the US. The old ones can be fairly valuable because children used to break them open to get the marble, so it’s hard for bottle diggers and mudlarkers to find unbroken ones.
I agree with Melissa at 5:44 “ I think EVERYONE knows”. So wonderful your humor and small talk while sorting the trailer! You two have great chemistry and are fun to watch. Your channel has given hours of entertainment and sure beats the “Breaking-News” on TV
@@elainedee9314I've never heard Alex intentionally be condescending to Melissa, and I've watched nearly every video he's done since the Potter's House series. If he says anything he thinks may have hurt her, he's quick to clarify what he meant. Also, Melissa is a jokester and can tease him right back. From what I can see (and I've watched a lot of The Behavior Panel videos, which analyze body language), they have a healthy relationship and mutual love/respect for eachother.
I had that Barbie van! The sides were made of cardboard and one side sagged but I loved it. Sure wish I'd kept it, along with all my Barbie stuff, but it disappeared long ago.
I had that barbie camper when I was a kid and it actually looked similar to the big bread van that my dad turned into a camper for our family to use. It was therapy for him after losing three fingers on his right hand while working on machinery at work.
This has been a fun series! I am always so amazed at how knowledgeable Alex is on his finds. I enjoy the history you incorporate with the items! Thanks
This series is quite ironic. I understand part of the reason you closed your store front was so that if something happened to you, then your family would not have to deal with selling all the inventory in the shop. And here you are helping out a family where that is almost the exact situation - all the old inventory from a previous antique business needed to be dealt with. Must be very affirming for you about your decision to change your business model to buying and on-selling immediately so you don’t hold onto inventory. Such a clever decision on your part and so considerate of your family. This was very interesting watching all the box contents be revealed.
The bottles you found that had the marble stoppers in them are called Cod Bottles. To find them unbroken with with the marble still in the neck, is rare as kids would look for them, break the necks to get the glass marbles! Very nice find and certainly collectable 😊!
They are called Ramune bottles in Japan and are sold here year round, but most popular in the summer during festivals. I saw 6 packs of them just yesterday.
I'm here almost crying, I live in Australia and i used to have one of those BLUE BABY MUSIC box things, i yelled when i saw it, this is insane, to see something like THAT on the other side of the world that you used to own, i'm a bit freaked out haha
The bottles with the marble stoppers reminded me of when I was a child. I lived next to a mansion house. At the back where the old tennis courts were was also an old Victorian tip. So as you do , us kids would spend our time digging it up and looking for treasures. We found all kinds of bottles including some of those fizzy pop bottles with the marble stoppers. We took them to a local antique shop and the owner told us we were lucky to find them intact as quite often the children back then would smash them open to have the glass stopper to play marbles with! Sadly though my friend took them home to wash them. She had lined them up on the patio to dry and her monstrous little brother used them as target practice for football and smashed the lot. Her brothers name? ….. Alex 😏
My brother was a smoker at 8 years old. I gave her sister an old blue mason jar. They're expensive, and I realized it was more rare. I gave away hundreds of dollars in expenses of a bottle. It was labeled "Perfect". And honestly, I'm okay with it. I don't have be time with it. I'm glad you have the time to go with these type things.
If you are ever in need of a video idea, I'd love to know what the process is at the auction house. Pricing, photographing, inventory, shipping etc. It's amazing to me how fast such big loads of stuff get processed and ready to go.
If you watch the “Musician’s House” series, I feel Alex did a pretty good job of walking through the process. I’m pretty sure that’s where I found it. I’ll go back and see when I get a second. It’s toward the end of the series
I have the Barbie country camper. The camp stools go with it and are "stored" behind the driver's seat. There should be 2 of them. I played with mine so much that the plastic tent that folds out that it came off. It should also have 2 sleeping bags to go with it.
Feeling Blue Nothing is cooler than a blue Ball® glass jar, right? Those blue mason jars were mass-produced until 1937 using sand from around Lake Michigan. It was that sand that gave the glass its blue hue. Those blue jars are not rare. However, if you find a mason jar that reads BBGMCo. on the side, you could have a very rare jar. Those mason jars were produced in clear, aqua, and amber colors. Only four amber-colored jars were ever made, making it one of the rarest jars in the world.
A tip when attaching the Barbie windshield and other old plastic pieces is getting the car interior restore sprays that softens plastic a bit. It can help old plastic from cracking, because lots of plastics get brittle with age.
Melissa you are such a saint.!! Always smiling always loving and so gracious with everything you put up with with Alex and his collecting!! Big hugs for you!!
The horns are cow, not deer. Deer and elk antlers have branches that are called points (if memory serves). Also, the bottles with printed labels are, in fact, silk screened. Like a t-shirt.
Oh my goodness! That was the Barbie camper mis sister and I shared! You have brought back all the fun times we had in our backyard! We set up all kinds of Barbie playtime…. We even played under our picnic table, we made into a tent and had friends bring their Barbies! Lol miss those days….. not electronics, social media….. just simple imagination and a few ( I’m talking few) lol, our dolls all shared clothes…. We sewed? and made our own Barbie clothes? Skirts and halter tops out of our old clothed…. ❤️
Yes, not much thought was given to safety in the 70’s. Seatbelts were for sissies. We played with Jarts. I do miss getting soda (aka pop) in glass bottles. It tasted better, the bottles were reused, and we weren’t ingesting microplastics.
Through out your series of searching the boxes,the boxes with all the kitchen gadgets would be hanging on every inch of my kitchen walls,I have many different ones now & they get compliments all the time! Love your channel!❤
I watch another RUclipsr who digs in sites where there were old latrines. People used to throw their trash in them and he digs up bottles mostly circa 1890-1910. In a way he does what you do only in dirt ! You may like him. It is Below the Plains
Yes, I agree with Melissa, those are the best lemon juicers, I still go back to mine even though I have one of those fancy ones with the handles you squeeze (that is strong enough for me not to break!) and I think it leaves too much juice behind . . .
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"Baby's first ashtray". Hilarious,. Alex!!!
I KNEW that Melissa was a model in a former life! When you turned the camera on her, her training kicked in and she struck a pose.
She's really attractive.
@@Jerbod2 yes, definitely, and that is after raising three children AND putting up with Alexander for all these years! LOL.
Not sure if this is true (my dad told me this), but the bottle with the marble was an early soft drink bottle. Pressure from in the bottle would hold up the marble to seal it. When you drank from it you used your tongue to push the marble clear to allow the liquid to come out. When you released the marble it made a ‘pop’ sound, hence the term pop for soft drinks (at least here in Atlantic Canada).
Sounds true to me! Interesting too!
They were also used here (Scotland) in beer / cider bottles ! And even in my youth if you took your bottle to get refilled it saved 50p on the price ? This was refilled from a barrel of cheap sherry,lol, ah the insanity of youth ?it was a quick and cheap way to get wasted. ? Lol
It is true & this bottle is called a Cog bottle & it is valuable!
Yep it’s called a cod bottle (named after the person who invented it, not the fish). They still actually sell soft drinks in them in Japan mostly (ramune soda)- you can find them in specialty shops in the US. The old ones can be fairly valuable because children used to break them open to get the marble, so it’s hard for bottle diggers and mudlarkers to find unbroken ones.
Cute haircut Melissa 👍💐🌞
Thank you so much❤
I agree with Melissa at 5:44 “ I think EVERYONE knows”. So wonderful your humor and small talk while sorting the trailer! You two have great chemistry and are fun to watch. Your channel has given hours of entertainment and sure beats the “Breaking-News” on TV
I do feel that Alex can be rather condescending to sweet Melissa sometimes .
@@elainedee9314I've never heard Alex intentionally be condescending to Melissa, and I've watched nearly every video he's done since the Potter's House series. If he says anything he thinks may have hurt her, he's quick to clarify what he meant. Also, Melissa is a jokester and can tease him right back. From what I can see (and I've watched a lot of The Behavior Panel videos, which analyze body language), they have a healthy relationship and mutual love/respect for eachother.
The thumbnail of Barbie’s van!!! My Daddy went to Sears to find one for me in the early 70’s . I can still smell the vinyl. Good times. 💖
Melissa's new hairstyle looks good.
7:19 had me rolling. Love your sense of humour.
Love that Melissa was in the video shes a lot of fun.
I had that Barbie van! The sides were made of cardboard and one side sagged but I loved it. Sure wish I'd kept it, along with all my Barbie stuff, but it disappeared long ago.
I still have the Barbie Camper, Jeep and Tent with all the accessories...
I had all that Barbie stuff. I so want that.
Melissa is so good at keeping quiet when Alex constantly corrects her..believe me i recognize it
She is a wonderful teacher and wife! Melissa knows when to “contribute and when to remain silent”
Alex, you are just happier with your better half around. It’s so fun to watch you guys together. ✌🏻🤍
I have that Barbie camper with all the stuff that belongs to it!!! ❤
Melissa I'm loving your hair
You and Melissa are adorable together!🫶🏼
4:39
Alex: You go girl!
So funny🤣
I had that barbie camper when I was a kid and it actually looked similar to the big bread van that my dad turned into a camper for our family to use. It was therapy for him after losing three fingers on his right hand while working on machinery at work.
“Baby’s first ashtray”…….made me really laugh!!
I had the Barbie camper. It had 2 of the folding chairs, 2 yellow plastic sleeping bags, cooking pots?, and I believe a few other items.
I like Melissa’s haircut and color, it really makes her eyes pop! Good to see you both
Baby's first ashtray... I am still laughing.
Ann Margret !
New color ! New cut !
Beach party bingo on the beach
It looks great ! 🏄. 🌞
Baby’s first ashtray. OMG 🤣🤣
Alex, I think you can be whatever you want to be (spats - fancy boy). You have that talent.
Thanks for sharing.
This has been a fun series! I am always so amazed at how knowledgeable Alex is on his finds. I enjoy the history you incorporate with the items! Thanks
“Baby’s first ashtray!” 😂😂😂
Oh my goodness i had that exact Barbie camper.
I still have my Barbie goin camping set from when I was a kid!! The other camper is awesome too and looks like it was in really nice shape
Oh. My sister and I had the camper and dune buggy set. We used to drive our cat around in the camper ❤
I love Melissa’s haircut and color!
Love it... Barbie's living on the edge.. She and Ken were living the dream back in the 70's!! By the way, that was a good decade....
This series is quite ironic. I understand part of the reason you closed your store front was so that if something happened to you, then your family would not have to deal with selling all the inventory in the shop. And here you are helping out a family where that is almost the exact situation - all the old inventory from a previous antique business needed to be dealt with. Must be very affirming for you about your decision to change your business model to buying and on-selling immediately so you don’t hold onto inventory. Such a clever decision on your part and so considerate of your family. This was very interesting watching all the box contents be revealed.
The bottles you found that had the marble stoppers in them are called Cod Bottles. To find them unbroken with with the marble still in the neck, is rare as kids would look for them, break the necks to get the glass marbles! Very nice find and certainly collectable 😊!
They are called Ramune bottles in Japan and are sold here year round, but most popular in the summer during festivals. I saw 6 packs of them just yesterday.
💓💝💘❤💖 watching your videos, thank you for sharing and have a great evening!!
I had that Barbie Camper! I broke it by riding it down a hill😂
Cute new cut and color, Melissa!
How fun - I had the same sliding door Barbie camper when I was a kid 💕
Great series! ❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍
I'm here almost crying, I live in Australia and i used to have one of those BLUE BABY MUSIC box things, i yelled when i saw it, this is insane, to see something like THAT on the other side of the world that you used to own, i'm a bit freaked out haha
lol "babies first ashtray"...
Awesome you're at the finish line😊
I had that barbie camper! It was my favorite thing ever! Such great memories.
I had that Barbie camper.
The bottles with the marble stoppers reminded me of when I was a child. I lived next to a mansion house. At the back where the old tennis courts were was also an old Victorian tip. So as you do , us kids would spend our time digging it up and looking for treasures. We found all kinds of bottles including some of those fizzy pop bottles with the marble stoppers. We took them to a local antique shop and the owner told us we were lucky to find them intact as quite often the children back then would smash them open to have the glass stopper to play marbles with! Sadly though my friend took them home to wash them. She had lined them up on the patio to dry and her monstrous little brother used them as target practice for football and smashed the lot. Her brothers name? ….. Alex 😏
😂😂😊
Buy the ones he's selling for old memories sake. 😊
@@Chereese0808 ooh! I like the way you think !
Goodness! You work hard.
My brother was a smoker at 8 years old. I gave her sister an old blue mason jar. They're expensive, and I realized it was more rare. I gave away hundreds of dollars in expenses of a bottle. It was labeled "Perfect". And honestly, I'm okay with it. I don't have be time with it. I'm glad you have the time to go with these type things.
Vintage Barbie stuff!!!! The Barbie movie opening......
Just watched jack on locker nuts. He wears a chest mounted go pro, makes looking in boxes fun. 2 hands available to search👏🏼
If you are ever in need of a video idea, I'd love to know what the process is at the auction house. Pricing, photographing, inventory, shipping etc. It's amazing to me how fast such big loads of stuff get processed and ready to go.
If you watch the “Musician’s House” series, I feel Alex did a pretty good job of walking through the process. I’m pretty sure that’s where I found it. I’ll go back and see when I get a second. It’s toward the end of the series
I have the Barbie country camper. The camp stools go with it and are "stored" behind the driver's seat. There should be 2 of them. I played with mine so much that the plastic tent that folds out that it came off. It should also have 2 sleeping bags to go with it.
Was going to say the same exact thing! That tent was flimsy and didn’t last long on mine!
I still have the folding chairs and sleeping bags from my camper. It was cool to see it again, I had a lot of fun with mine!
I had that camper. It came with 2 camp stools, and 2 sleeping bags
Woot,a melissa in the wild🤣
Can’t wait to see you with treasures you fine
Feeling Blue
Nothing is cooler than a blue Ball® glass jar, right? Those blue mason jars were mass-produced until 1937 using sand from around Lake Michigan. It was that sand that gave the glass its blue hue. Those blue jars are not rare. However, if you find a mason jar that reads BBGMCo. on the side, you could have a very rare jar. Those mason jars were produced in clear, aqua, and amber colors. Only four amber-colored jars were ever made, making it one of the rarest jars in the world.
I thought manganese made them turn purple? Yes?
@daniellepulice4415, I think you’re right. Typically, blues and greens come from copper. Manganese is used to make black and purple.
Thanks Alex!
Love Melissa’s new hair cut and color.
Loving Melissa's hair ❤
I had that Barbie camper. That really takes me back! I didn't even know I remembered what it looked like.
" Baby's first ash tray ! "" Lol lol ! This gave me a big laugh !
LoL, I had the barbie camper, and Corvette, and my sister had the mansion 🙂
The 1970's Barbie Country Van i have came with 2 camping stools chairs & 2 sleeping bags.i also have the barbie doonbug& trailer 😊
A tip when attaching the Barbie windshield and other old plastic pieces is getting the car interior restore sprays that softens plastic a bit. It can help old plastic from cracking, because lots of plastics get brittle with age.
❤ Luv ya bunches, Alexander and Melissa❤
Be kind to each other. Stay safe. Love to all
Melissa you are such a saint.!! Always smiling always loving and so gracious with everything you put up with with Alex and his collecting!! Big hugs for you!!
I travelled home yesterday on a GWR train here in the UK
Love the hair cut, Melissa!
Nice haul . Enjoyed.
Some nice finds there. Please compliment Melissa on her new hair. The colour enhances her eyes beautifully. 🙂
Love your new do Melissa!!
My husband consentingly buys things twice because he is inpatient. Melissa, love your hair cut!!!
Another great video thanks. Love the hair Melissa xx
Awesome again 🎸🎸🎸🎸
The horns are cow, not deer. Deer and elk antlers have branches that are called points (if memory serves).
Also, the bottles with printed labels are, in fact, silk screened. Like a t-shirt.
Oh my goodness! That was the Barbie camper mis sister and I shared! You have brought back all the fun times we had in our backyard! We set up all kinds of Barbie playtime…. We even played under our picnic table, we made into a tent and had friends bring their Barbies! Lol miss those days….. not electronics, social media….. just simple imagination and a few ( I’m talking few) lol, our dolls all shared clothes…. We sewed? and made our own Barbie clothes? Skirts and halter tops out of our old clothed…. ❤️
LOL ,I have that Barbie camper. Saved it for my daughter, she played with it once or twice. I havent had the heart to part with it.
I love your old Ford Pickup you drive, you need to have antiqued lettering on the doors for your business.
More nice and interesting things.👍
The green bottles with marbles are called CODD bottles. I found a Japanese one on a Rhode Island beach.
Melissa, how in the world do you not keep things that you love!? lots of self control, that's how! Best wishes.
Yeah,i have a hoarder gene,lol, just can't stop,no will power whatsoever,hahaha
I would have kept all the blue jars and store items in my pantry. I have a few and square brown ones as well.
@@shelleypoole6415me too!
Omg “Baby’s First Ashtray” hilarious Alex ❤. Very nice purchase for this lot. And it was all boxed up.
Ha,I got a chuckle at that one too 😂 lol
I love that! One of his best! LOL 🚬👶
Melissa I love the new hair colour … you look 20 years younger ❤
Love the new hair Melissa ❤
Thanks, a fun video.😊
I had that Barbie camper!! I also had the Airplane!
Yes, not much thought was given to safety in the 70’s. Seatbelts were for sissies. We played with Jarts. I do miss getting soda (aka pop) in glass bottles. It tasted better, the bottles were reused, and we weren’t ingesting microplastics.
Through out your series of searching the boxes,the boxes with all the kitchen gadgets would be hanging on every inch of my kitchen walls,I have many different ones now & they get compliments all the time! Love your channel!❤
I'm the same way. I have to be careful to not become a hoarder
Great stuff 😊😊😊
We have a Flatiron building in Toronto. I love that design.
Great seeing you two again! Neat jars!! Take care!! Thank you for sharing! Peace.... 💜💙💜💙💜
Tell Mellissa I love her hair color and new cut
I watch another RUclipsr who digs in sites where there were old latrines. People used to throw their trash in them and he digs up bottles mostly circa 1890-1910. In a way he does what you do only in dirt ! You may like him. It is Below the Plains
WOW I had that 71 Barbie Camper!!!
Lots of cool lots!!! 😂😮
That Barbie Camper...I had that as kid...played with it at the cottage all the time. I was just thinking about it a few days ago...neat!
I'm hooked on your treasure hunting.
Yes, I agree with Melissa, those are the best lemon juicers, I still go back to mine even though I have one of those fancy ones with the handles you squeeze (that is strong enough for me not to break!) and I think it leaves too much juice behind . . .
Just a tidbit, horses are incapable of vomiting. That's why they can die from colic.
I was going to say the same thing! 👍