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Stoneware Jugs Can Pad Your Pockets

31 Cudgel member, Cecil, attended a very tiny flea market in Greenville Kentucky, when a man of good family approached him inquiring about one of the exhibitors. Cecil informed him that the somebody would be back to his booth very shortly. As he was passing on this intelligence, Cecil noticed a stoneware jug the man was carrying. This jug didn't grasp great interest for Cecil, but he asked if there was anything else he wanted to barter. This gentleman said he had several jugs in the car. Cecil hadn't noticed another man listening to their chat and as they headed toward the car, the other man followed closely behind.

When the body was opened, Cecil found it filled with jugs of all descriptions. The first one Cecil eyed was a Louisville Kentucky four quarts jug worth a couple of hundred dollars, but while he was examining it, the man of good family behind him picked up something from the wheel well, wrapped in gazette. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see it was a quart jug from Hartford, Kentucky. The man asked the value and was told $100. He said, “Sold," and the fragment had a new owner.

The size of the jug is important. Whiskey jugs basically tend hitherward in three sizes: Gallon, ½ Four quarts, and Quart. The general rule for jugs is the smaller the jug, the more of great price it is. Next in importance is the town it's from. The smaller the village, the higher the price. This is because fewer were produced in very tiny towns. Cecil was well aware of this, so when the other man walked off with a jug Cecil notion he should've had first dibbs on, he was not very pleased.

After Cecil...

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