Maybe this belongs in the Joke Forum...

[FABulousWines]

"Antique" 5 gallon glass carboy in an antique store we visited in VA. Crappy phone pic, but the price on the tag is $79.00; they must be very proud of it:

 

[Julie]

LOL, maybe it does need to be in the joke forum. You know some people feel that once you add the word "antique" to an item you have the right to be outrageous in the pricing.

 

[Boatboy24]

Must be that Robert Mondavi made his first batch of wine in that carboy.

 

[JohnT]

The real joke is that there are people who would be happy to pay that price!

 

[Runningwolf]

John as I was reading down, I was thinking the exact same thing. They'll either put dried flowers or change in it.

 

[saramc]

John as I was reading down, I was thinking the exact same thing. They'll either put dried flowers or change in it.

Or turn it into a lamp or fishbowl.

 

[JohnT]

RW,

At my local, they have 1/2 gallon barrels for $250 and a 1 gallon press for $235. This is so close to the price that I would pay for "full size". When I asked the owner about it, all he had to say was.. "we are close to manhattan so we sell a ton of them".

What was that about "a fool and his money"?

johnT.

 

[jswordy]

I see that kind of thing on CL all the time. Seen 'em as high as $150.