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Question:
This is a display from the Utah bottle show of all of the known companies and sizes known to still exist in the screw top fruit jars with the Utah advertising. I’d like to know if others are known. It took four collectors to come together to make this display. I own the Sandy (one known), Kaysville (one known), 1/4 gal. Bountiful (two known) and just worked out a deal for the 1/2 ga. Farmington (one known). There is only one known Tremonton. The Bountiful 1/2 gal. has the one mint one and one glued together. At this time, only rumors of others exist. Was wondering about the value of these pieces. I collect Utah advertising stoneware and really like those Red Wing pieces. I purchased the Red Wind special order book and see there could be other Utah screw top jars. They are extremely hard to find! I could use some original lids if you are aware of a source.
Answer: Advertising Red Wing Fruit jars are hard to come by in just about any state, much less Utah. I would place a value any where between $2500 & $3500 (each) on your mint jars. Price will vary on rarity and size. Now do I know of any other Utah advertising than those you listed. No I do not. However, I know after almost 20 years of collecting, you can be knocked off of your feet by what could still appear. The original lids are all over eBay. Any of the old zinc lids that were used for the early fruit jars are the same lids used for the Red Wing fruit jars. This is where I would look as these lids are quite easy to find and very reasonable. Nice display! Al Kohlman