San Francisco Ink Display was prominently featured at the event – Jim Jakobitz
Event Announcement Advertisement – Norman C. Heckler
We are writing a big article on the FOHBC Reno EXPO for Bottles and Extras which will be delivered to FOHBC members by 01 September 2012 and hopefully sooner. I know some of you have been asking for pictures and I wanted to take a look at some of the shots myself from our professional photographer, Scott Selenak.
The event was wildly successful with a large crowd, great food and of course great glass! Hopefully we can do this again.
The Cocktail Party
JH Circle Cutter Whiskey
Drakes Plantation Bitters
Umbrella Inks
About Ferdinand Meyer V
Ferdinand Meyer V is a native of Baltimore, Maryland and has a BFA in Fine Art and Graphic Design from the Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design. Ferdinand is the founding Principal of FMG Design, a nationally recognized design consultation firm. Ferdinand is a passionate collector of American historical glass specializing in bitters bottles, color runs and related classic figural bottles. He is married to Elizabeth Jane Meyer and lives in Houston, Texas with their daughter and three wonderful grandchildren. The Meyers are also very involved in Quarter Horses, antiques and early United States postage stamps. Ferdinand is the past 6-year President of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors and is one of the founding members of the FOHBC Virtual Museum.
We had fun! Let’s refine the “protocol” and do it again!
Yes, more of a Showdown or Beauty Pageant, but with larger than expected crowds, we had to streamline it and improvise. Very pleased. We learn from things. Already talking about doing it again. Thanks for helping out Jeff.
I was laying on the bed trying to recover from the long day when I talked to Louie and he reminded me about the shootout just winding up. Glad I made it down, but sad that the food was wiped out. Had a couple pops and enjoyed the bottles. Not really a “showdown” or “shootout” like we had in the “old days”, but a great opportunity to see some outstanding glass.