Comments on: How It All Began

By: Brittaney Elyzabeth Green

Brittaney Elyzabeth Green — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 21:37:06 +0000

I may have a magic mason jar if you would like

By: Toni Napper

Toni Napper — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 21:03:14 +0000

Great Story. My son’s name is Mason and over the years I’ve collected Mason Jars, “Strong Shoulder, Square, etc etc” and do not have a “Magic Mason Jar”. The search begins. Well my son recently got married to Jeanette. This Christmas her father gave them a Jeanette Mason Jar. Never have heard of those. It’s very special for them.

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:57:05 +0000

I started collecting fruit jars with unusual clamp closures back in the 70′s. I bought my first Redbook price guid and even some others that were out there and when I bought from other collectors since there were no shows to go to in our area, I would get type written lists (from a typewriter) that I could buy from. Finding jars was harder for me to do and I ended up steering off into another collection with my husband that we grew over the next 36 years. Now, we’re into country store advertising and while on the hunt at estate sales in the area, I was finding the common jar ring boxes like the Ball and Kerr and bought them up for 25 cents a box!! Now I’ve bought even more unusual ones from you and other collectors of jar rings and have a nice collection going on my own. As for the fruit jars, I ended up selling most at flea markets, garage sales or to antique shop owners altho I still have my amber Agee and pint fruitkeeper jar along with some of the blue ball jars that belonged to my husband’s grandmother that came from their old homestead. Jar ring boxes are alot of fun, great graphics and don’t take up alot of room. Thanks for letting me share my story.

By: Vivian Johnson

Vivian Johnson — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 01:02:19 +0000

I have no website but love my canning jars. Recently my husband who is a volunteer fireman was clearing out two houses that were slated as “practice burns”. He called from the site and said “hey there are a bunch of old jars up here, some have stuff still in them, you wanna come look?”. Well I have gotten perhaps 120 jars, mostly Ball and Kerr but have found quite a few Atlas and Lamb. Luckily I have found pints, quarts and half gallons of each of the last two………..a few old Ball and Kerr as well. So I am now looking at how to date these jars…….stumbled across your site and am excited.