Past Auctions

5 Cottees Bottles. 3 x Ceramic Label of different sizes and two embossed. With Cottees caps.
Pair of Marchants Melbourne Bottles. Ceramic Label Internal Thread and Paper Labelled Frist screw top. (Victoria)
4 Ceramic Label Crown Seals. 3 x Taraxale Brewing. West Brunswick. 1 x 7X Beverages, Sunshine. (Victoria)
2 Codds. G. H. Bennett, Richmond. Lemonade. GHB in Flag. Dobson 10 oz. (Victoria)
2 Codds. Bollington Hop Beer Co., Richmond. A1. Kilner Bros. and Geo. Bollington & Co. Melbourne. Sunburst ORB. Dobson. (Victoria)
3 Codds. E. Rowlands, Ballarat, Melbourne, Katoomba & Sydney. 6 oz. Different types. (Victoria & New South Wales)

ABCR Auction 55

1,127 items

Ended on 17 February 2024 11:00 am

Antique Bottles, Codds, Ginger Beers, Poisons, Pot Lids, Pottery, Breweriana, Garagenalia, Tins and much more. Demijohns such as C. Sheekey, Goulburn Lockett Bros, Kiama and both sizes of Dandenong Botanic Brewery. Thistle Whisky. Cordials including a deep purple BB from Sydney and a lovely and rare Thornley & Howlett of Sale. Some great blob tops including a rarely seen C. Sheekey of Goulburn and a Syphon Aerated Water Co from Sydney. A fabulous piece of black glass, W. H. vHasselt, Rotterdam. A Tooram Milk! Two different Codds from Kaniva (few collectors would have even seen one!) Hyeronimus and McVeigh ginger beers in exceptional condition plus Convict era bottles and more. So many good items. Plenty of group lots of varying quality up front too (some very nice items scattered amongst these). Another diverse range of bottles, early glass and numerous other collectables. 1127 Lots
28 waxed paper cups. Abbotts Soft Drinks. Lily Cold drink cup. (Tasmania)
2 Codds: Billson's Anglo Australian Brewery Beechworth, Tallangatta; Marchant & Co., Australia.
3 Coloured Codds: DECO, Indian, Cobalt Blue; Leigh & Co Salford, Amber; VICTORY, Indian, Green.
Three Codds: E. Rowlands, Four Cities; T. O. Hunter, Bendigo; P. G. Dixon & Co., Melbourne. (Victoria & New South Wales)
3 x 6 oz Codds. 2 x E. Rowlands, Ballarat, Melbourne, Katoomba & Sydney and John Starkey, Sydney. Star & Key. Lions.
5 broken 26 oz Codds: Frankston Springs; Grigsby & McSweeney; J. J. Trait; Moonee Valley Tonic Appetiser; Priddle Bros. (Victoria)

ABCR Auction 54

1,134 items

Ended on 18 November 2023 11:00 am

Antique Bottles, Codds, Ginger Beers, Poisons, Pot Lids, Pottery, Breweriana, Garagenalia, Tins and much more. The last large lot from Ernie Taylors collection (but we do have a lot of insulators to come next year!) Important items including: Johnson Bros, Bourke st., Melbourne majolica pinch waisted water filter Rowland & Son, New York (but Australian) Sarsaparilla Goulbourn Street, Hobart pottery jar Leak & Sons, Benalla stick bottle Manger & O'Neill, Echuca one gallon blue lip Demijohn Pint sized Canadian brand fruit jar (also Australian in fact!) Bunworth & Co., Queensland (Gympie) codd bottle Hygienic Sydney Dairies milk Haussen & Catchlove, Adelaide Demijohn with slab seal decoration Hill / T Field double stamped impressed ginger beer H. Palling, Heathcote stoneware ginger beer. Like the last couple of auctions there are some group lots of varying quality up front (some very nice items scattered amongst these). Another diverse range of bottles, early glass and numerous other collectables. 1134 Lots
Four Melbourne Codds: 2 x G. H. Billson; Frankston Springs; G. H. Elliott. (Victoria)
Three Sydney Codds: 2 x J. T & J. Toohey Ltd. 1 x Syphon Aerated Water Company. (New South Wales)
Pair of Codds: A. M. Bickford & Sons, Adelaide and Port Adelaide & Adelaide Waters Coy Ltd. (South Australia)
Pair of Codds: Bollington Hop Beer Co., Geelong and McDonald & Co Ltd, Melbourne & Ballarat. (Victoria)
Pair of Rowlands Codds: Pictorial and Non-pictorial. Both Botany Glass Works. Ballarat, Melbourne & Sydney.
Four 6 oz G. H. Elliott, Carlton, Melbourne Codds. Three triangle types. (Victoria)

ABCR Auction 53

1,270 items

Ended on 19 August 2023 11:00 am

Antique Bottles, Codds, Ginger Beers, Poisons, Pot Lids, Pottery, Breweriana, Garagenalia, Tins and much more. Features more from the Votava Collection and Ernie Taylor's Collection. Important items including: 4 oz GREEN Martins poison George Lamb Thursday Island Blob top (the pictorial one!) NSW Aerated Water Newcastle Demijohn Pantons Enfield Hotel Launceston Whisky Crock J. Steward, Albion Brewery, Eaglehawk beer Lewis & O'Donnell blue print Melbourne pot lid Stokes Bunbury champagne shape impressed ginger beer George Wilt, Colac light blue top ginger beer Brown's Emerald Hill Water Filter Goulbourn Street Pottery Hobart Jar Double stamped T. Field pottery ginger beers Ladd's Advertising mirror Hindmarsh Brewery Beer Bright Brewery Reliance Patent...so many good items! Loads of group lots up front like last time. Another diverse range of bottles, early glass and numerous other collectables. 1270 Lots
Three Impressed WA Ginger Beers: Thomas Stokes, Bunbury; Dempsey, Kalgoorlie; Acme Co. Coolgardie. (Western Australia)
Four good WA Codds. Day & Gynn, Boulder City; Eclipse, Kalgoorlie; Dempsey; Pioneer, Coolgardie. (Western Australia)
Pair of different Priddle, Queenscliff Codds. (Victoria)
Three Stick Bottles: A. F. Moore , G. E. Redman and Moore, Newcastle. (New South Wales)
Two early Torpedos. R. Johnston, Greek St. London. Hamilton's Patent. Schweppe, Berners Street, Oxford Street.
Four early Glasses. Georgian.

ABCR Auction 52

1,163 items

Ended on 13 May 2023 11:00 am

Antique Bottles, Codds, Ginger Beers, Poisons, Pot Lids, Pottery, Breweriana, Garagenalia, Tins and much more. Features more from the Votava Collection and Ernie Taylor's Collection. Important items including: 1850s Gabriel Hobart Town Pot Lid Shamrock Beer Bendigo Co-operative Beer Kerwick, Redbank Codd Herring Adelaide T. Field double stamped Ginger Beer Bushby Daylesford Ginger Beer Sykes Bros Southport Ginger Beer McWilliams Wines Display Barrel Advertising signs from Foureur, Mitcham and Corowa Aerated Waters. Loads of group lots up front this time. Another diverse range of bottles, early glass and numerous other collectables. 1163 Lots.
Codd. C. R. Moore, Daylesford. One Way Pour. Amber Lip. 10 oz. (Victoria)
Codd.  Hall & Sons, Norwood.  Acme Patent.  Aqua.  10 oz. (South Australia)
Codd. John Blackley, Maryborough. Dobson. Aqua. 10 oz. (Queensland)
Codd. Lincoln & Co., Narrandera, Hay, Hillston & Jerilderie. Niagara. 10 oz. (New South Wales)
Codd. Darby Bros., Shepparton & Rushworth. Melbourne Glass Works. All Way Pour. Aqua. 6 oz. (Victoria)
Codd. Murphy, Riddell's Creek. All Way Pour. Aqua. 6 oz. (Victoria)

ABCR Auction 51

1,495 items

Ended on 11 February 2023 11:00 am

Antique Bottles, Codds, Ginger Beers, Poisons, Pot Lids, Pottery, Breweriana, Garagenalia, Tins and much more. Features more from the Votava Collection and Ernie Taylor's Collection. Important items including: Snelling, Adelaide Maugham's Patent Carrara Water Amber lip Moore, Daylesford Codd large Jones, Bendigo Cobalt Blue Chemist Cohn Bros, Bendigo wrap top beer Bairnsdale Hop Bitters Rose & Mann, Perth Crown Seal Ginger Beer Dawkins, Adelaide barrel George Elliott, Deniliquin Codd Hybrid numerous rare variations from Deans, Ararat. A really diverse range of bottles, early glass and numerous other collectables. 1495 Lots.
Codd. Thos J. Green, Morang. Dobson. Aqua. 10 oz. (Victoria)
Codd.  Hall & Sons, Norwood.  Acme Patent.  Aqua.  10 oz. (South Australia)
Codd. Pike, Dorset Brewery, Oakbank. All Way Pour. Grey. 6 oz. (South Australia)
Codd. Presser, Murtoa. All Way Pour. Clear. 6 oz. (Victoria)
Codd. J. & A. G. Johnston Ltd, Oakbank Brewery. All Way Pour. Aqua. 6 oz. (South Australia)
Codd.  Phillips & Stone, Bairnsdale.  All Way Pour.  6 oz. (Victoria)

ABCR Auction 50

1,638 items

Ended on 12 November 2022 11:00 am

Antique Bottles, Codds, Ginger Beers, Poisons, Pot Lids, Pottery, Breweriana, Garagenalia, Tins and much more. Features more from the Votava Collection and Ernie Taylor's Collection. Important items including: Dempsey Dog Ginger Beer from Kalgoorlie Mansfield, Maryborough blue top Ginger Beer Emil Resch, Broken Hill blue print Ginger Beer and numerous other rare and desirable Ginger Beers. Pot Lids from Roebuck, Geelong Victory Manufacturing Co Newcastle lids from Knaggs, Blackall & Hunt and Sproull plus many South Australian pot lids. Rare Beers including Shepparton Brewery & Edward White. A brilliant range of rare Crown Seals including, Trehearn, Ravenswood Green Lincoln Narrandera Green swirled Marchants and many more. A big range of Ceramic Label crown seals from cheapies to rare items. Milks, milks and more milks! With 1638 Lots there is truly something for every collector.
Codd. J. A. Harris, Beaufort. Dog Trade Mark. Dobson. 10 oz. (Victoria)
Codd.  Charles Cole, Geelong.  Acme Reliance Patent.  10 oz. (Victoria)
Codd. Cowap, Launceston. All Way Pour. Aqua. 6 oz. (Tasmania)
Codd. Herron, Sale. Soda Water. All Way Pour. Grey/Aqua. 6 oz. (Victoria)
Codd. McDonald, Melbourne. M. All Way Pour. Aqua. 6 oz. (Victoria)
Codd. P. G. Dixon & Co, Melbourne. All way pour.  6 oz. (Victoria)

ABCR Auction 49

1,500 items

Ended on 30 July 2022 11:00 am

Antique Bottles, Codds, Ginger Beers, Poisons, Pot Lids, Pottery, Breweriana, Garagenalia, Tins and much more. Features more from the Votava Collection and Ernie Taylor's Collection. Important Items including: Codds from Harris, Beaufort MacMoodies, Wonthaggi Kooyong F. E. Fox, Camden C. B. Grey, Circular Head. Ginger Beers such as: Internal Thread Chas Cole, Geelong Tri-colour Cascade Brewery, Hobart and blue print Kayes of Brisbane. Tooheys "Over the Bars" Water Jug. Knowles, Dimboola majolica glazed Barrel. Cobalt Blue Herringbone Salad Oil. Beers from Albury Brewery Moonee Valley Glass works made Victoria Lager Bier and Standard Brewery, Castlemaine. Rare Jars, Pottery and so much more!
Codd. Tindall, Beaconsfield. Dobson. Aqua. 10 oz. (Tasmania)
Codd. A. V. Cowap, Launceston. All Way Pour. 6 oz. (Tasmania)
Codd. C. E. Hattersley, Yackandandah. Applied top. All Way Pour. Aqua. 6 oz. (Victoria)
Codd. Crystal Spa Co Pty Ltd, Hamilton. All way pour. 6 oz. (Victoria)
Codd. Murphy, Riddell's Creek. All Way Pour. Aqua. 6 oz. (Victoria)
Codd. Eberhard & Co, Clunes & Talbot. All Way Pour. 6 oz. (Victoria)

ABCR Auction 48

1,343 items

Ended on 30 April 2022 11:00 am

Antique Bottles, Codds, Ginger Beers, Poisons, Pot Lids, Pottery, Breweriana, Garagenalia, Tins and much more. Features more from the Votava Collection and the first lots from the late Ernie Taylor's Collection. Important Items including: Kent's Brisbane square lip Torpedo. Dark Green Cahill, Hill End Torpedo Recently discovered Pink sample Soda Syphon from E. Rowlands. Double stamped Burrett / T. Field Ginger Beer. Green Top Edwards & Murphy Rockhampton Ginger Beer. Rare Codds including Rowlands Codd/Reliance patent Tindall, Beaconsfield with Locomotive trade mark Higginson Royal from Brisbane and J. C. Andrews Four towns including Pitfield Plains and Smythesdale. A large range of exceptional "Goldfields" era bottles. Thorn, Newmarket Hotel, Albury Demijohn. and many, many more!
Codd. Tetlow, Launceston. Niagara. Aqua. 6 oz.
Codd.  Hall & Sons, Norwood.  Acme Patent.  Aqua.  10 oz.
Codd. Eugene S. Whyte, Craddock. Blue Lip. Aqua. 8 oz.
Codd. Gray, Castlemaine. All Way Pour. Aqua. 6 oz.
Codd. Cowap, Launceston. All Way Pour. Aqua. 6 oz.
Codd. C. E. Hattersley, Yackandandah. All Way Pour. 6 oz.

ABCR Auction 47

1,228 items

Ended on 29 January 2022 11:00 am

Antique Bottles, Codds, Ginger Beers, Poisons, Pot Lids, Pottery, Breweriana, Garagenalia, Tins and much more
Reliance Valve Patent Hybrid. Reading Bunbury. Aqua. 10 oz.
Codd. GH. Landry & GH. Pouret, Limoges. One Way Pour. Amber. Very tall 26 oz.
Codd. Cowap, Launceston. All Way Pour. 6 oz.
Codd. Crown Cordial Factory, Asher, Kalgoorlie. All Way Pour. 6 oz.
Codd.  Darby Bros, Numurkah & Shepparton.  All Way Pour.  6 oz.
Codd.  J. Hattersley, Yackandandah.  All Way Pour.  6 oz.

ABCR Auction 46

1,363 items

Ended on 11 December 2021 11:00 am

Antique Bottles, Codds, Ginger Beers, Poisons, Pot Lids, Pottery, Breweriana, Garagenalia, Tins and much more
Codd.  Evan Rowlands, Ballarat & Melbourne.  Dump amber codd.  10 oz.
Codd.  Phillip Haughey, Murrumburrah.  Traditional codd style patent.  6 oz
Codd.  A. A. Woodcroft, Cooma.  Dobson style patent. 10 oz.
Codd.  P. Ryan, Burrowa.  Dobson.  Amethyst.  6 oz.
Codd. Gowers, Seymour. All Way Pour. Soda Water. 6 oz.
Codd. J. P. Yoxall, Rutherglen & Wangaratta. All Way Pour. 6 oz.

ABCR Auction 45

1,190 items

Ended on 7 August 2021 11:00 am

Antique Bottles, Codds, Ginger Beers, Poisons, Pot Lids, Breweriana, Garagenalia, Tins and much more
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