Category Archives: Auction News

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

Dr. H. Munholland Medicated Bitters – Chester County, Pennsylvania

Dr. H. Munholland Medicated Bitters Chester County, Pennsylvania 27 November 2013 The extremely rare, Dr. H. Munholland Medicated Bitters from Chester County, Pennsylvania is a tough one to find with an example showing up in Glass Works Auctions | Auction 100 … Continue reading

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R. H. Becker’s Celebrated Russian Bitters – New Brunswick, NJ

R. H. Becker’s Celebrated Russian Bitters – New Brunswick, NJ He is the sole proprietor of Becker’s Celebrated Russian Bitters, an article that is known throughout the length and breadth of the land… 26 November 2013 (R•021818) Jim Hagenbuch over … Continue reading

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Looking at the Heckler Auction 106 Colognes

Looking at the Heckler Auction 106 Colognes 7 November 2013 Norman Heckler has a wonderful assortment of gorgeous colognes in their current Premier Absentee Auction 106. The colognes are figural monuments, paneled and fancy examples from the Ralph Finch Collection. … Continue reading

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Dr. C. V. Schmidt’s Asteroid Tonic Bitters – 1848

Dr. C. V. Schmidt’s Asteroid Tonic Bitters – 1848 06 November 2013 (R•111513) (R•051915) (R•031319) Jim Hagenbuch over at Glass Works Auctions had this extraordinary, Dr. C. V. Schmidt’s Asteroid Tonic Bitters that I just missed getting in their last auction. Fortunately my … Continue reading

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This gorgeous, lemon yellow Clouds Cordial

This gorgeous, lemon yellow CLOUDS INVIGORATING CORDIAL 29 October 2013 (R•103113) (R•050819) John Pastor has this gorgeous Clouds Cordial in a vibrant lemon yellow in his American Glass Gallery Auction that closes tonight. Man-oh-man…if this just were a bitters. The … Continue reading

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Hobnail Poison Flasks getting some attention..

Hobnail Poison Flasks getting some attention.. 21 October 2013 John Pastor aka “Pastor John” has put together an almost spiritual collection of bottles in his American Glass Gallery Auction 11 that closes next Tuesday night, 29 October. I like. watching … Continue reading

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J. Boardman & Co. – New York – Mineral Waters

J. Boardman & Co. – New York – Mineral Waters 21 October 2013 Over the last decade or so, I have only seen two examples that came out of the ground in New York City (and heard of a third … Continue reading

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Norman C. Heckler & Company’s Auction #106

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Norman Heckler, (860) 974-1634, info@hecklerauction.com Norman C. Heckler & Company’s Auction #106 – “A Premier Absentee Auction of Early Glass, Bottles & Flasks” – will be held November 4th-13th 152 rare antique bottles will be sold … Continue reading

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Pole Top Discoveries | Auction #69 Stand-outs

Pole Top Discoveries Auction #69 Stand-outs I really enjoy looking at the wonderful photography and descriptions that Ray Klingensmith puts together for some of his auction pieces. Today we are looking at thirteen extraordinary insulators from Pole Top Discoveries Auction … Continue reading

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Heckler Auction 105 – Looking at Paint on Bottles

Heckler Auction 105 – Looking at Paint on Bottles From the late Carl Sturm Collection 09 September 2013 The folks at Heckler have another outstanding auction that closes this Wednesday evening. This is one of their ‘Opportunity’ auctions meaning it … Continue reading

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