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Advice to Bottle ad Glass Collectors

Reno EXPO Quick Tips

Posted on 22 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Download Show Packet Registration Registration will be at the Grand Sierra Resort & Casino Convention Registration Desk #3. Show Times The Show will be on the Summit Pavilion. Early Admission is on Friday (See below). General Admission: 9:00 am – … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bottle Shows, Club News, FOHBC News, News, Questions | Tagged banquet, exhibit, Expo, fohbc, questions, quick tipss, registration, Reno | Leave a comment

Dealer Contracts and Information for the FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show

Posted on 21 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“table section will be as the contracts arrive to the FOHBC. I’m figuring it’ll start at the 1st tables closest to the door then fan out from there so people who get their contracts in the quickest will be up … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Advice, Bottle Shows, Club News, Early American Glass, FOHBC News, News | Tagged contract, dealer, fohbc, information, Manchester, Maureen Crawford, national, New England, New Hampshire, show | Leave a comment

Advertising Notes and Facsimile Currency

Posted on 12 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Over the years, since I started collecting bottles, I have picked up some nice examples of facsimile currency and advertising notes relating to the bottles that I collect. As a collector of US Postage and Revenue Stamps, there is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Auction News, Cordial, Demijohns, Figural Bottles, Flasks, Fly Traps, Freeblown Glass, Gin, Glass Makers, Lightning Rod Balls, Medicines & Cures, Museums, Witch Ball | Tagged auction, Batsto Glass Works, Berkshire Glass Works, Cleveland Glass Works, currency, Dr. Barker's Tar Syrup, Drake's Plantation Bitters, E. Taylor's Hebrew Plaster, Ezra Lake, Farmers Bank, Glass Works, Heritage Auctions, Hostetter & Smith, Jew Davids Bank, John Root's Bitters, Loveridge, Mishler's Herb Bitters, New Brooklyn Glass Works, Philadelphia, Plantation Bank, postage, Redford Glass Company, Revenue, Salem Glass Works, Tom Hardy, Turner Brothers, Vermont Glass Factory, Vorodyne Universal Pain & Ache Cure, W.L. Ormsby, Wahoo Bitters, Waterford Glass works | 1 Comment

Lightning Rod Ball Collection Available

Posted on 10 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

[PRG] I am hoping that someone in the New England area, with a knowledge of Lightning Rod Balls, would be interested in visiting and conducting an inventory of this collection. Please contact me if this is a possibility. I may … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Collectors & Collections, Lightning Rod Balls | Tagged Chestnut, collection, Diddle Blitzen, grapes, Hawkeye, JFG, Lightning Rod Ball, Moon and Stars, Pee Wee, Plain, pleated, Quilt, ribbed, Ribbed Horizontal, round, W.C. Shinn | Leave a comment

Barrel Series – The Mysterious Blue Barrel

Posted on 6 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

UNEMBOSSED BLUE FIGURAL BARREL 06 July 2012 (R•092016) Here is a great figural barrel that many collectors consider very desirable because of the form, size and color. The barrel is larger than most bitters barrels and really jumps out in … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, Peachridge Glass | Tagged Baltimore, Barrel, blue, Bob Ferraro, Dr. Daniel Bennett, ferdinand meyer, Figural, Houston, Jerry Forbes, John Feldmann, Memphis | Leave a comment

Left Coast Lines Presents Jim’s Trading Post – Austin, Nevada

Posted on 5 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hello Mr. & Mrs. Meyer, I hope this letter finds you both well. My name is Michael Doyle. I write for the insulator collecting hobby under the mast-head ‘Left Coast Lines.’ Some of my work has been published in Crown … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Collectors & Collections, Insulators | Tagged austin, Carson Valley, Crown Jewels of the Wire, Drip Points, Insulators, Jim's Trading Post, Left Coast News, Michael Doyle, National Insulator Association, Nevada, Overland Telegraph, Salt Lake City, Transcontinental Telegraph, Washoe District | Leave a comment

The next generation and future of our hobby

Posted on 23 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I have developed this page to nest stories about our youth and the next generation of our hobby. My own granddaughter Adriana (she is now 16 and absorbed in horses) who is the most interested of my grandchildren in bottles, … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bitters, Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Insulators, News | Tagged Adriana Alucema, Adriana Meyer, Antique Poison Bottle Collectors Association, Baltimore, Collectors, Dickey's, Eli Herron, Inks, Insulators, Landon Kotan, Memphis, Sam Garcia, Samual, South Bay Historical Bottle Club, young, youth | Leave a comment

Incoming Questions about Finds

Posted on 19 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I continually get emails and pictures about recents finds and questions about bottles and glass. Though I field the Bitters questions, I typically send the questions outside of my area of speciality to others. Here are a few questions I … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bitters, Digging and Finding, Facebook, Glass Makers, Mineral Water, Peachridge Glass, Questions, Target Balls, Whimsies | Tagged Australian, Carl Hotkowski, cup, Drake's Plantation Bitters, emails, Eric Richter, Figural, Jeff Noordsy, Peachridge Glass, questions, Ralph Finch, Rick Ciralli, Target Balls, Tom Haunton, Whimsey | Leave a comment

A selection of Medical Almanacs

Posted on 10 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A selection of Medical Almanacs 10 June 2012 I came across Rulon – Miller Books in St. Paul, Minneasota while looking for some information on a post I am developing. Within their site are some really wonderful Almanacs related to … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Advice, Bitters, Ephemera, Medicines & Cures | Tagged almanac, Burdock Blood Bitters, DeWitts, Dr. Kilmer's, Dr. Sawen's, green, Hostetter, Hunt's Remedy, Merchant's Gargling Oil, Mexican Mustang Liniment, Rexall, Rulon - Miler Books, Samuel Hartman, St. Paul | 2 Comments

Reno EXPO 2012 Update

Posted on 8 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

All Antique Bottle and Glass Collector sights are set for… FOHBC Reno EXPO 2012 Antique Bottle and Collectible Show July 27th – 29th The Biggest Bottle Show in the Biggest Little City in the World! UPDATE Dealer Tables are Sold Out! Folks … Continue reading →