{"id":573,"date":"2024-02-16T09:03:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T14:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/?p=573"},"modified":"2024-02-16T12:55:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T17:55:38","slug":"flip-top-rye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/2024\/02\/16\/flip-top-rye\/","title":{"rendered":"Flip-Top Rye"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is not about shot glasses but, given the recent flurry of Red Top Rye-related sales, it’s an amusing little tale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morean’s<\/a> latest auction closed on February 4. There wasn’t much of interest to us here, aside from one of the Bellwood mini-mugs I mentioned a couple of months ago<\/a> – this was a nice example and it sold for an impressive $176<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, the auction also included a Red Top Rye flask<\/a>. The auction listing describes it as follows: Early metal flask. Advertises Red Top Rye whose letters are outlined with intricate engraving. Red has been nicely re-pigmented. 4 x 4.5 inches<\/em>. Note the “Red has been nicely re-pigmented<\/em>” – meaning that the red paint is not original.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The flask shows considerable wear to the plating, with many noticeable nicks, breaks, and dings, with a characteristic flaw in the middle of the label around the “T” and “o”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The final bid price (with premium included) was $263<\/strong> (plus shipping).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ten days later, a striking similar flask shows up for sale on eBay<\/a>, listed by martin50k03<\/strong> with a buy-it-now price of $895<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The listing description reads: Rare Red Top metal flask, measures 4 1\/4\u201d diameter. Good condition<\/em>. No mention of a paint upgrade, but note the wear pattern around the “To” – it’s the same flask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A day later, the price dropped to $795<\/strong> and, shortly thereafter, a special offer showed up in my email inbox that brought the price down to $495<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today is Feb. 16 – I’ll be interested to see if there’s any additional discounts, but I’m betting that they won’t bring the price below $263<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is not about shot glasses but, given the recent flurry of Red Top Rye-related sales, it’s an amusing little tale. Morean’s latest auction closed on February 4. There wasn’t much of interest to us here, aside from one of the Bellwood mini-mugs I mentioned a couple of months ago – this was a nice … Continue reading “Flip-Top Rye”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":585,"href":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions\/585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}