Remember when a spoonful of sugar helped the medicine go down? Back in the 1800s, a spoonful of sarsaparilla did the trick-with a kick all its own. Now the empty bottles are valuable. This sarsaparilla medicine bottle sold for $3,920 at a Pennsylvania auction. Learn about bottles of all kinds in our dictionary of bottles.
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