# Ran across an odd website

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ran-across-an-odd-website/571857>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 18, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ran-across-an-odd-website/571857 "2011-02-18T21:39:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ran-across-an-odd-website/571857/1 "2011-02-18T21:39:34Z")

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Probably not weird enough for Weird Earl’s, but I mean jeez:

[http://www.angelfire.com/mi/bottle/](http://www.angelfire.com/mi/bottle/)

Is there really a market out there for antique milk bottles and bottle caps? One of them’s selling for $125!

Anyone wanna share their favorite websites that sell something oddly specific?

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ran-across-an-odd-website/571857/2 "2011-02-18T21:49:18Z")

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> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#):
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> Is there really a market out there for antique milk bottles and bottle caps?

[A quart bottle from A&P recently sold on eBay for $103.51.](http://cgi.ebay.com/Old-Vintage-Antique-Embossed-A-P-Quart-Milk-Bottle-/190496960992?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c5a80f1e0)

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ran-across-an-odd-website/571857/3 "2011-02-18T22:11:49Z")

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Why is it odd?

Having a gallbladder collection is odd.

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**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ran-across-an-odd-website/571857/4 "2011-02-19T03:10:16Z")

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> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#):
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> Why is it odd?
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> Having a gallbladder collection is odd.

Why is it odd?

Have a Gold Bladder collection is odd.  
\<sorry..\>  
-D/a

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ran-across-an-odd-website/571857/5 "2011-02-19T03:39:10Z")

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> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#):
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> Is there really a market out there for antique milk bottles and bottle caps? One of them’s selling for $125!

You answered your own question.

Why wouldn’t there be? It’s no more silly than collecting anything else.

The more obscure an item is to collect, the more of a challenge it is to locate and fill your collection, which is a large part of the fun. Milk bottles aren’t commonly collected, hence they’re fun to hunt for.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ran-across-an-odd-website/571857/6 "2011-02-19T05:11:45Z")

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> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#):
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> Why is it odd?
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> Having a gallbladder collection is odd.

I take it you’ve not heard of the [Mutter Museum](http://www.collphyphil.org/Site/mutter_museum.html)?

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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ran-across-an-odd-website/571857/7 "2011-02-20T01:02:18Z")

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I guess a lot of them go to the middle east. There are a lot of milk sheiks.

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**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ran-across-an-odd-website/571857/8 "2011-02-20T01:31:33Z")

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> [@GuanoLad](#):
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> You answered your own question.

Well it was largely rhetorical anyway.

But I still answered it. Do I get points?