{"id":552,"date":"2024-02-04T10:52:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T15:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/?p=552"},"modified":"2024-02-04T10:52:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T15:52:11","slug":"red-top-flop-and-one-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/2024\/02\/04\/red-top-flop-and-one-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Top Flop… and One to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Highball glasses glasses occupy a special place in the collecting world. If we were to consult Google maps, we’d find it just North of Contempt and about 5 miles West of Indifference. Highballs just don’t have the the same cuteness factor that the shots do and, from a practical point of view, they’re way too tall to fit in a shot glass display case. Even sideways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beer collectors, on the other hand, have no problem turning their basement over to acres of custom-built shelving to accommodate the larger glasses, but highballs are not beers and if one were to show up on a basement shelf, it probably would be as a result of mistaken identification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, whereas a Red Top Rye shot glass can command prices in excess of $1,000 (as noted in my previous post), Red Top Rye highballs have trouble making $50, let alone $500 or more. As always, there are exceptions. I have seen a Red Top highball featuring a colored top sell for $271 almost a decade ago, but when the owner put it back on eBay several years later, he lost $100 on the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sold for $271 in 2015<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Red Top Highball listed by union_razor<\/mark><\/strong><\/em> recently does not feature a red top but, rather, a white-frosted label with measles. Expectations were not high. It listed with an opening bid of $9.95<\/a>. Two collectors held their noses and entered bids and it closed a week later at $20.50. Whoop-de-do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sold for $20.50<\/a><\/em> in 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s one to watch<\/a>. I’m sure I’ve highlighted Casper glasses before because they used to trigger ferocious bidding wars back in the day, even when the glass involved was one of the common variants<\/a>. I almost missed the example shown below because the listing photos and are poor, but it’s a one-of-a kind (so far as I know – I haven’t see one before) red etched variant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The label is worn to the point where the trademark diamond (image at right) is unrecognizable, so this would be considered a placeholder glass at best, yet the bidding is already up to $56<\/strong><\/a> with more than 4 days to go until the auction’s close. This one will be interesting to keep an eye on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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