Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc.
Live Auction

March 22, 2024: Americana - Day Three

Fri, Mar 22, 2024 09:00AM EDT
  • Inks
Lot 2030

HIGGINS INK BOTTLES, LOT OF NINE

Estimate: $80 - $120
Sold for
$135.30
Sold Price includes BP

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

HIGGINS INK BOTTLES, LOT OF NINE, mostly colorless glass, round, each embossed to base with variations of "HIGGINS / INKS / BROOKLYN, NY", seven with paper labels for ink contents/colors including Yellow with Middle Eastern city skyline picture, Green with a frog pictorial, Blue with an ocean and lighthouse pictorial, Scarlet with flamingo pictorial, and Higgins' American India Ink with eagle and globe trademark, every bottle with tooled mouths except two "DRAWING INK" base embossed bottles machine-made. Mostly late 19th/early 20th century. Various sizes.

Condition

Labeled bottles each undamaged except Violet with a large base flake and Scarlet with a minute nick at mouth; light nicking to mouth of light green non-labeled example; several paper labels with losses, discoloration, some tears but generally good condition.

From the private collection of John and Val Tull, York, PA.