Category Archives: Auction News

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

Advertising Bitters Dose (Shot) Glasses in Glass Works Auction #97

Posted on 19 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

BITTERS DOSE (Shot) GLASSES The ‘March Madness’ Auction #97 Advertising Bitters Dose (Shot) Glasses in Glass Works Auction #97 19 March 2013 I was pleasantly surprised to venture deeper in to the Jim Hagenbuch Glass Works Auction #97 to find … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Advice, Auction News, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, News, Shot Glasses | Tagged bitters, Dose, Glass Works Auctions, Jim Hagenbuch, Shot | Leave a comment

Label Under Glass Flasks at ABA Auction 57

Posted on 8 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Richmond P. Hobson Label Under Glass Flask Jeff Wichmann had a nice assortment of Label Under Glass flasks and bottles in his recent American Bottle Auctions | Auction 57 that closed this past Sunday evening. It was very nice to … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Collectors & Collections, Flasks, History, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged alabama, American Bottle Auctions, back bar, Cuba, Dennis Humphrey, Franklin D. Rooselvelt, Glass, Greensboro, Hanlen Brothers, Harrisburg, Jam Rum, label, Maine, Merrimac, Richmond P. Hopson, Santiago, Santiago De Cuba, under | Leave a comment

Whiskey Cylinders Looking Strong in ABA Auction 57

Posted on 5 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“Bottle Fiends Ranch in Deadwood, Black Hills.” Jeff Wichmann over at American Bottle Auctions recently wrote about Deadwood’s Bottle Bonanza which is a fantastic circa 1876, Deadwood stereo view titled in period manuscript “Bottle Fiends Ranch in Deadwood Black Hills.” With … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, History, Liquor Merchant, News, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged American Bottle Auctions, Black Hills, Bourbon, Deadwood, G.W. Chesley, J.C. Nixon, Jeff Wichmann, Jockey Club, Kelloggs, Kentucky, R.T. Carroll, Renz, San Francisco, Seattle, Teakettle, Whiskey | Leave a comment

Those West Coast Megaphone Bottles

Posted on 26 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

W E S T C O A S T M E G A P H O N E S THE SPEAKING TRUMPET [Wikipedia] A megaphone or speaking-trumpet is a portable, usually hand-held, cone-shaped acoustic horn used to amplify … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Wine & Champagne | Tagged American Bottle Auctions, Aneuberger, Athanasius Kircher, california, Durkin, Figural, Glass Works Auctions, J. Aronson, Los Angeles, Megaphone, oregon, Portland, Samuel Morland, Seattle, Spokane, Star Wine Co., trumpet, Washington | Leave a comment

Dr. J. W. Poland – Great New England Medicines

Posted on 7 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

DR. J.W. POLAND Dr. J. W. Poland – Great New England Medicines 07 February 2013 (R•061714) There was some real excitement to see a stellar example of a deep olive amber DR. J. W. POLAND (pictured above) medicine bottle recently in … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Auction News, Druggist & Drugstore, Early American Glass, Ephemera, Glass Companies & Works, Medicines & Cures, Remedy | Tagged Boston, Compound, Dr. J.W. Poland, Dr. J.W. Poland's Headache Killer, Dr. J.W. Poland's Humor-Doctor, Dr. J.W. Poland's White Pine Compound, Massachusetts, Medicine, Remedy, Stoddard, Throop Museum | 1 Comment

Art Glass from the Dr. Gary and Arlette Johnson Collection

Posted on 6 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

If you hurry quick, you can catch the ending tonight of Heckler Auction 102 where you will find a gorgeous assembly of art glass from the Gary and Arlette Johnson Collection. I was able to see some of these pieces … Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Architecture, Art Glass, Auction News, Bowls, Pitchers, Vases | Tagged Arlette Johnson, art, auction, Gary Johnson, Glass, Heckler, Hobbs Brockunier & Co., jar, Massachusetts, Mt. Washington Glass Company, New Bedford, Royal Flemish, Thomas Webb & Sons, Vase | Leave a comment

Some Nice Congress & Empire Spring Bottles – Shags to Riches

Posted on 23 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

SHAGS TO RICHES (not by far) When Elizabeth and I first moved into the long vacant house on property we now affectionately call Peach Ridge, it had shag carpet (see above), an old decrepit boat in the garage and had … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Art & Architecture, Article Publications, Auction News, Collectors & Collections, Humor - Lighter Side, Mineral Water, Peachridge Glass, Water, Whimsies, Windows | Tagged Buddy L, Columbian, Congress, Congress Park, delmarva, Drinking, Elizabeth, Empire, Glass Works Auctions, Houston, Mineral, New York, Peach Ridge, Saltillo, Saratoga, shag, Springs, water, Whimsie | Leave a comment

The Dave & Jean Acker collection of colorful Fluid Lamps.

Posted on 20 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Dave & Jean Acker Collection of Colorful Fluid Lamps I remember, as a child, all of the decorative oil lamps at my grandparents Meyer house in Baltimore, Maryland. One night my father gathered them all up and compared all … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Collectors & Collections, Lamps | Tagged Dave Acker, Jean Acker, Lamp, Markham, Meyer, oil, Thuro | Leave a comment

Historical Canteens – Canteen Figural Bottles

Posted on 19 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

HISTORICAL CANTEENS Canteen Figural Bottles 19 July 2013 (R•102913) (R•012415) (R•022115) (R•082615) Jim Hagenbuch has one of the finest H. A. GRAEF’S SON N.Y. CANTEEN bottles I have ever seen at his Glass Works Auction #96 “Cabin Fever” auction that … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Civil War, Figural Bottles, Flasks, Folk Art, History, Museums, Pottery, Stoneware, Water | Tagged A. S. Campbell Co. Boston, Acoma, Bulgari, Canteen, Chinese Ming Dynasty, Civil War, Cowan's, Eugene Smith, Glass Works Auctions, H.A. Graef, Holmegaard Glasværk, Hopi, Isaac Whitehead, Jim Hagenbuch, Kentucky, Korean War, Louisville, New York, Norman C. Heckler, Revolutionary War, Seigler | Leave a comment

Glass Batons and Canes at Glass Works Auction #96

Posted on 18 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Back in May and June of 2012, PRG did a series on Whimsies which concluded with glass canes and batons. Read: Glass Cane Whimsies. After the post I was tipped off by a reader to look for some great canes … Continue reading →