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Category Archives: Auction News
Royal Italian Bitters by A.M.F. Gianelli – Montreal
R O Y A L I T A L I A N B I T T E R S Angelo M. F. Gianelli 21 May 2013 (R•010714) (R•052914) Tonight, I wanted to spend a little time looking at … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Auction News, Bitters, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant
Tagged A.M.F. Gianelli, canada, Cosmopolitan, Genova, Italy, Montreal, Place d'armes, Royal Italian Bitters
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Summer Tree – Winter Tree Historical Flasks
Summer Tree – Winter Tree Historical Flasks 15 May 2013 What a wonderful day here in Augusta, Georgia as I have my morning coffee on the porch of the historic Partridge Inn. As I look out, I see all the … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Color Runs, Early American Glass, Flasks, Glass Companies & Works, Historical Flasks
Tagged Augusta, Baltimore, Flask, Georgia, Historical, maryland, Partridge, summer, winter
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The puce London Medicated Health Restorer circles back
The same medium strawberry puce, London Medicated Health Restorer bottle is making an encore appearance as Lot #161 in American Glass Gallery Auction #10. This bottle first made an appearance, not to long ago, in American Glass Gallery Auction #2 in November … Continue reading
National Bitters – Schlichter & Zug – Philadelphia
THE NATIONAL BITTERS Schlichter & Zug | Walton & Zug | J.S. Walton 08 May 2013 (R•080118) (R•090118) One of the top figural bitters bottles, The National (ear of corn) Bitters from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania stands tall with other figural bitters including … Continue reading
Pole Top Discoveries & Glass Discoveries | Auction #68 Review
Pole Top Discoveries & Glass Discoveries Auction #68 Review Just sitting here in amazement at how many great, diverse and gorgeous insulators Ray Klingensmith has put in his Auction #68 that just went online last night. The colors are just … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Auction News, Insulators
Tagged california, CD 130.1, CD 151, CD 162, CD 199, CD 266.5, CD 317.5, CD 731, CD 735, CD 737, CD 737.5, CD 740, CD 740.4, CD 740.7, Chambers, H.G. CO., Insulators, Mulford & Biddle, N.R. Woodward, Ottawa & Prescott Railway, Pilgrim Hat, Pole Top Discoveries, Ray Klingensmith, Richard Gay, Tillotson, U.P.R.R.
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A Thought Provoking and Inspirational Communication
By 14 I had my own bottle shop in our cellar, a sign on the tree out front, had a table at the local flea markets, went to several major auctions at Bob Skinner’s, was advertising in Old Bottle magazine … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, FOHBC News, History, Mailbox Letters, Miniatures, Peachridge Glass, Questions
Tagged Allan Watts, Applied Lip, Augusta, Bob Skinner, Charlie Gardner, Digging, Doug Watts, East Corinth, finding, fohbc, Hentz, Maine, Norman Heckler, Old Bottle Magazine, shards, Tim Watts, Vermont
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Casper Whiskey Four-Cities Variant
“Made by Honest North Carolina People” Jim Hagenbuch and crew had two nice examples of cobalt blue Casper Whiskey bottles in their Glass Works Auction #97 that closed this past Monday night. What I liked was that one example was … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Whiskey
Tagged Casper, Casper's Whiskey, chicago, Jim Hagenbuch, New York, North Carolina, St. Louis, Winston-Salem
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Old Dr. C. W. Hufeland’s German Bitters – For Dyspepsia
Who is Old Dr. C. W. Hufeland? “He is famous as the most eminent practical physician of his time in Germany.” I’ve been getting kind of squirrelly recently with some of these XR bitters that have been popping up on … Continue reading
Spring Jar & Bottle Auction – North American Glass
You can always expect a great grouping of Fruit Jars in the Greg Spurgeon North American Glass Auctions. This next auction, starting tomorrow, is no exception. Right off the bat, when I previewed the pieces this morning, I almost fell out of … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Fruit Jars, News
Tagged 1858, Alex Kerr, auction, Clayton, Fruit, greg spurgeon, jar, John Wolfe, Malcolm Dieckow, Masons, Millville, Moore Brothers, New Jersey, North American Glass
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Sunny Castle Stomach Bitters – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
SUNNY CASTLE STOMACH BITTERS 20 March 2013 “Small Wine Glass Full 4 Times a Day” It is not often that you see a bottle with a great looking label or even rarer to see a great looking label on three sides … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Liquor Merchant, Spirits
Tagged bitters, Dudenhoefer, Frank Wicker, Jacob, Joseph Dudenhoefer, L. Fuldner Company, label, Milwaekee, Stomach, Sunny Castle
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