Category Archives: Auction News

Latest sales and stories for all the big glass auction houses.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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