I always send fruit jar collecting people to experts if they are uncertain about any jar. It is better for them and better for our hobby. Most folks are more than happy to answer questions and provide what information they know.
My issue is with the lady I wrote today. She had asked me to buy her fruit jar. I offered her $150 and said that I think the value is likely $200. She then told me her expert valued the jar at $300 and was I trying to rip her off? Well first of all values are in the eye of the beholder with the seller/buyer and subject to many variables such as whittle etc. but this was a simple jar.
It turns out that her "expert" was a local antique dealer who had no business offering any value. It would be like going to a medical doctor for a condition but seeing an eye doctor for a toothache. Yes they are both doctors, but only one can give you proper advise for the issue at hand.
Please do go to the experts if you have questions. These people are not difficult to find. They can be fruit jar book authors, local club members, many dealers at a fruit jar/ bottle show, chat line folks on the internet and the list goes on. What they are not is people who have a vested interest in the transaction or whom "may" be experts in another field.
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