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An engraved Guerlain bottle from 1870

Posted by Robin on 3 June 2010 16 Comments

According to a local newspaper, an engraved Guerlain bottle from 1870 fetched the record sum of €45,600 at an auction in the city of Arcachon, in the southwest of France.

— Read more at Perfume flacon sells at auction for €45,600 at the Independent.

Filed Under: perfume in the news
Tagged With: guerlain

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  1. Daisy says:
    3 June 2010 at 9:18 am

    there’s bottle ho’s and then there’s BOTTLE HO’S !

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    • Robin says:
      3 June 2010 at 9:41 am

      LOL…apparently!

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  2. RusticDove says:
    3 June 2010 at 10:34 am

    I thought, geez, that must be one kick ass bottle, then looked at the picture with the article and thought, geez, it’s a frumpy little thing isn’t it?! I much prefer the bee bottle. ;-)

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    • klytaemnestra says:
      3 June 2010 at 10:53 am

      I was thinking the same thing. Don’t care how old or rare it is, if I’m spending that much I also want something attractive to display.

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      • RusticDove says:
        3 June 2010 at 11:14 am

        I know – right?! I mean, I understand why the bottle is special, but couldn’t it have been pretty too? LOL

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    • Robin says:
      3 June 2010 at 12:25 pm

      Assume they did not buy it for the looks, yeah.

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  3. LaMaroc says:
    3 June 2010 at 11:58 am

    Hmmm, wonder what that juice left in the bottle smells like. It’s very….dark. lol

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    • Robin says:
      3 June 2010 at 12:25 pm

      Wouldn’t that be fun to smell?

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  4. BChant says:
    3 June 2010 at 12:25 pm

    That was a waste of money. i hope he enjoys it.

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    • Robin says:
      3 June 2010 at 12:26 pm

      I don’t know, might well go up in value.

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  5. platinum14 says:
    3 June 2010 at 12:43 pm

    Wish I could live long enough to see how much my many empties (assuming I’ll live long enough to empty all of them) would go for…

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    • Robin says:
      3 June 2010 at 8:45 pm

      HA…me too.

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  6. CynthiaW says:
    3 June 2010 at 7:07 pm

    Was there even any juice in there? That’s the most important thing – and if they said anything about it, I missed it.

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    • Robin says:
      3 June 2010 at 8:45 pm

      You know, it sort of looks like there *might* be something in the bottom, but not sure.

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    • annemarie says:
      4 June 2010 at 4:14 am

      Yes indeed, what exactly was the fragrance I wonder? And did all Guerlain bottles look the same then, regardless of the juice? I’m guessing so. But I’m not into bottles for their own sake. One the juice is gone, they seem lifeless to me. Still, I’ll hang on to my Chanel No. 19 empties from the 1980s. Might raise a few bucks out of them one day.

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      • 50_Roses says:
        4 June 2010 at 8:07 am

        In those days, it was common for a perfume house to use the same bottle for everything, with only the label distinguishing the contents. I don’t know whether Guerlain did this or not. Actually, this bottle is more interesting than many from its era. Quite often, they were very plain, simple, cylindrical or rectangular bottles. It was common for the purchaser to decant the contents into his or her own perfume bottle.

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