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8 Thursday April 21 2022 Collector’s hunt for rare bottles COLLECTOR: Josh Svensson with a rare blue soda syphon and a Christmas tree oil bottle. • By Kristie Boland ONE MAN’S rubbish has turned out to be another man’s fortune. Twenty years of digging, hours of research and a keen eye for the uniqueness of an old glass bottle has ensured a comfortable retirement fund for Josh Svensson. What started as a competition among young brothers to find the best glass bottle turned into a collection of over a thousand glass bottles, a lot of which were found in Lyttelton. Svensson is an antique glass bottle collector who specialises in bottles from Lyttelton. “Some one called me a hoarder,” said Svensson. But with a collection worth more than $80,000, most would agree it’s a hobby worth having. “My brother-in-law used to collect them in the 80s. One day when I was 12 he took me and my brothers out fossicking. We crawled under an old house and found some old bottles,” Svensson SAID. From then, he was hooked. “It became a competition between my brothers and myself of who can find the coolest bottles,” he said. The competition went on for years. One of Svensson’s brothers decided to sell up a few years ago and used the money made from selling his collection to put towards a deposit on a house. A selection of New Zealand fizzy drink bottles, known as the torpedo bottle, from the 1850s-1900. Svensson is in the lower age demographic of bottle collectors in New Zealand, he said there is about 200-300 across the country, 30 or so in Christchurch. Before recycling and bottle collection was a thing, people used to dig holes in their backyards to dispose of rubbish they could not burn, like glass bottles. “People used to just throw them away, out of sight out of mind if they were too lazy to dig a hole,” said Svensson. Lyttelton was once home to multiple different soft drink manufacturers including brands such as JF Wyatt, NC Schumacher, and R Milsom. The glass bottles were made in England and filled in New Zealand. • Turn to page 10 Need Heat Fast? The Fastest, Warmest Indoor/Outdoor Heater You Will Ever Own! Buy One Get Second Half Price! * +Plus Free Floor Stand!* worth $199.99 • Heats Up Instantly • Suitable for Indoors or Outdoors - In Rain, Fog, Wind or Snow • Carbon-Fibre Bulb Technology • Multi-Directional Stand • Includes Remote Control & Built-In Timer • Motion Detection Function 1.8m High • Commercial Grade • Multi-Directional • Easy Install • Portable • Indoors & Outdoors *Call for Terms & Conditions CALL NOW! 0800 665 665
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