Category Archives: Auction News

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

Just Love These Pot Lids at ABCR Auctions | Auction 8

Posted on 6 April 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

[In from Travis Dunn from Down Under] Bidding will go live on ABCR Auction 8 on April 18th at 8 pm, with the auction closing on April 28th at 8 pm. Yes, a 10 day auction this time. There really … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Auction News, News, Pot Lids | Tagged ABCR, advertising, auction, Pot Lids, Travis Dunn | 1 Comment

S.S. SMITH. JR & CO / CINCINNATI. O. – A Semi-Cabin in Sapphire

Posted on 26 March 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

S.S. SMITH. JR & CO / CINCINNATI. O. – A Semi-Cabin in Sapphire Sometimes life repeats itself… 26 March 2012 (R•121218 – Info on Samuel Sherwood Smith) (R•040119 – Aprill example) In this post I would like to explore the commonalities … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, Gin, Liquor Merchant, Spirits | Tagged bitters, Bombay, booth, Bottle, Cincinnati, Edwin F. Smith, Gin, Glass Works Auctions, John Wilkes Booth, Jr., liquor, Meyer Collection, ohio, S. S. Smith, S.S., Samuel Sherwood Smith, sapphire, semi-cabin, Smith & Co. | Leave a comment

Heckler Auction 98 – Stunning Group of 194 Lots

Posted on 8 March 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I enjoy sitting on a flight and looking at an auction catalog. It gives me time to focus and make notes and to develop a game plan if something interests me. I also learn about bottles by reading all write-ups. … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Blown Glass, Figural Bottles, Flasks, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, Historical Flasks, Mineral Water, News, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged auction, Dyottville Glass Works, E & B. Bevan, Figural Whiskey Bottle, Heckler, Historical Flask, John Clarke, Milton J. Hardy, Mineral Water, Mount Pleasant Glass Works, Mount Vernon Glass Works, New Granite Glass Works, Pattern Molded, Pure Old Rye, Stiegel's American Flint Glass Manufactory, Stoddard, sugar bowl, Thirteen Star Flag, Washington-Taylor | 4 Comments

The SAXE Collection – Glass International Auction 24

Posted on 7 March 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The SAXE Collection – Glass International Auction 24 07 March 2012 When I was at the Baltimore Antique Bottle Show this past weekend I had the opportunity to meet a wonderful fellow named John E De Caro (Medford, New Jersey) with … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Auction News, Blown Glass, Chestnut, Collectors & Collections, Cologne, Color Runs, Flasks, Fruit Jars, Historical Flasks, Medicines & Cures, News, Pepper Sauce, Perfume | Tagged blue, Bob Saxe, Double Eagle, Glass International, John E De Caro, Madison Avenue, Marie Saxe, medford, New Jersey | Leave a comment

A Salute to the 2012 Baltimore Antique Bottle Show

Posted on 6 March 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A variety of pictures from my phone camera and Dave Maryo to give everyone a BRIEF look at the show tables. I could have spent DAYS at this show. I honestly did not get to comfortably see but maybe half … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Demijohns, Figural Bottles, News, Photography | Tagged Baltimore Antique Bottle Show | Leave a comment

75 Porcelain Telephone Signs & Related Items in next Pole Top Discoveries Auction!

Posted on 14 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

If you haven’t yet heard…Ray Klingensmith and Pole Top and Glass Discoveries is having TWO Winter Auctions. These include: Pole Top Discoveries’ Auction #66  Insulators & Signs, Online Bidding Begins: Sunday, February 19.  Insulators & Signs, Sale Closes: Tuesday, February … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Ephemera, Insulators, Technology | Tagged auction, Insulators, Pole Top Discoveries, porcelain, Ray Klingensmith, signs, telephone | Leave a comment

Three Killer Historical Portrait Flasks close at Heckler Last Night

Posted on 2 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Three (3) killer Historical Portrait Flasks closed last evening at Session III of The Thomas McCandless Collection auction. Call backs are now. Look at the prices for these three top shelf specimens. Lot: 183 Washington – Classical Bust Portrait Flask, Bridgeton Glass Works, … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Collectors & Collections, Flasks, Glass Companies & Works, Historical Flasks, News | Tagged Alan Coffman, auction, Bridgeton Glass Works, Dyottville, George Austin, Historical Flask, Norman Heckler, Pardoe, Philadelphia, Taylor, Thomas McCandless, Washington | Leave a comment

A Legendary Barto’s Great Gun Bitters Changes Hands

Posted on 21 January 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

With a shot that is sure to be heard clear around the world, Peachridge Glass announces the sale of a legendary, Reading, Pennsylvania figural bottle in the shape of a cannon. Not only is this bottle extremely rare, it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, FOHBC News, News | Tagged apricot, Barto's Great Gun Bitters, bitters, figural bottle, fohbc, Jeff Burkhardt, John Feldmann, sandor fuss, Ted Krist, virtual museum | 1 Comment

ABCR Auction #7 Begins on 28 January – Check it Out

Posted on 17 January 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Australian Bottle and Collectibles Review (ABCR) – In from our friend Travis Dunn from down under.

Posted in Auction News, Ephemera, News, Publications, Soda Water | Tagged ABCR, auction, Australian, Bottle, collectables, Travis Dunn | Leave a comment

The beautiful and triangular S (star) C Brown’s Herb Bitters

Posted on 11 January 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The beautiful and triangular S (star) C Brown’s Herb Bitters 11 January 2012 My continuing effort to document triangular bitters bottles leads us now to the extremely rare, S (star) C Brown’s Herb Bitters from Philadelphia. The Brown’s was an … Continue reading →