Warner’s Cure Frankfurt “safe” at $2573

There are a million and one Warner’s bottles out there. Really. Most folks know the popular WARNERS SAFE CURE bottle which is common but always a good bet for an inexpensive bottle with eye appeal. The boldly embossed safe catches the eye – something company founder H.H.Warner understood well…and from which made millions in profits. Mr. Warner was indeed a great marketer and spent a huge amount of time on creating attractive packaging for his medicines. His great success means today there are lots of his bottles to be found.

The Warner empire did eventually spread world-wide so you will find examples of the Warner bottles from Australia, Germany and Canada. Back on June 17, a rare Warner’s Save Cure Frankfurt A/M sold on ebay, closing at $2753. I doubt it is a record price for a Warner bottle but it ranks up there in the auction records. It is thought to be one of three examples known to exist. Yes, indeed, true rarity does impact value and is not diluted by all the claims to rarity so frequently found on ebay! (I just ebay’s Antique-Before-1900 category and found over 13% of the listings included the word rare)

This is a perfect bottle in great condition and bold embossing. The “A/M” embossing stands for “Am Main” or to Frankfurt’s location on the Main River.

Incidentally, there is a truly great web site devoted to H.H. Warner and his bottles. Be sure to check out Steve Jackson’s The Warner’s Safe Blog I always enjoy reading Steve’s postings.