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FOHBC Membership Contest – Win This Flask!

WIN THIS FLASK ! GII-11 , 1/2 pint , pontiled, Eagle / Cornucopia, Pittsburgh made flask with beaded edges Jim Bender (FOHBC Membership Director) announced a contest to award a prize to any new member and renewal from 3 years … Continue reading

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Balto 2013 – Crab Cakes, Bottles and my Mother – Part 1

CRAB CAKES, BOTTLES and my MOTHER PART I Monday – The Day After This is a story in progress as I have been gone for over a week and want to get some Baltimore Bottle Show info out of my … Continue reading

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Collector Rights

Hey Ferd, I hope you are doing well, but there is an urgent and quite frightening matter that I need to discuss with you. There was a post back before the Expo that pertained to laws being passed affecting bottle … Continue reading

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Mailbox Letters – February 2013

Haven’t emptied out the mailbox until this morning. Here are a few incoming pieces. Let me know if you have any info or are interested. 5-Log Drake’s Find Hello Ferdinand, On Thursday, myself and a few buddies were relic hunting … Continue reading

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Lightning Rod Exhibit at the Franklin Institute

F – Thought you’d find interesting. (Some Executive at) AMC Pictures collects LIGHTNING RODS. Dealer Ted Storb in Connecticut sold many of these to him. JEFF (FROGGY) BURKHARDT Hi All, Jeanne and I visited family in Philadelphia last weekend and … Continue reading

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Curtis Cordial Calisaya Stomach Bitters Fraud?

Will the real Curtis Cordial Calisaya Bitters Please Stand Out! On 30 January 2013 I opened up one of my many incoming bottle related emails to see a stunning emerald green Curtis Cordial Calisaya Stomach Bitters with the following question: … Continue reading

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Whiskey Bottle Tombstone – Clayton, Alabama

A wife told her husband that she’d make him a whiskey bottle-shaped tombstone if he didn’t stop drinking. He didn’t. Thank you to Dennis Humphrey for post inspiration. Bottle pictured above is a Dr. J. S. Woods Elixir medicine bottle … Continue reading

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33rd Annual Baltimore Bottle Show & Sale on 03 March 2013

A number of us from across the United States and across the pond are finalizing plans to attend the mega 33rd Annual Baltimore Bottle Show on 03 March 2013. For those of you that are not FOHBC members and do … Continue reading

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The New Bedford Museum of Glass

The New Bedford Museum of Glass Dear Mr. Meyer, I was speaking with our mutual friend Ken Previtali at a recent glass lecture in Connecticut (Thomas Haunton’s talk on Clevenger glass), and he suggested that I get in touch with … Continue reading

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Milwaukee Antique Bottle & Advertising Club Rises Again!

Steve’s excitement and enthusiasm have convinced me to re-join this club after being a 30+ year dropout. Ferdinand – As of today the MILWAUKEE ANTIQUE BOTTLE AND ADVERTISING CLUB has a new, exciting website. Thanks to “mover and shaker” president, … Continue reading

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