Category Archives: Bitters

Bitters Bottles and Related Bitters Bottle News

The Forbes Windows – Gallery of Light and Color

My BBB (Best Bottle Friend) Jerry Forbes (Carmel, California) flooded my inbox this afternoon with some simply outstanding pictures of his latest bottle additions from the Baltimore Bottle Show. Read: Balto 2013 – Crab Cakes, Bottles and my Mother – … Continue reading

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Le Doyen’s Disinfecting Fluid – The Last Bottle

LE DOYEN’S DISINFECTING FLUID “The Last Bottle” I say the “last bottle” because this is the last bottle I photographed as I left the floor of the 2013 Baltimore Bottle Show. Since I was repacking my bottles without my wife … Continue reading

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The elusive Dr. John’s Stomach Bitters

The elusive Dr. John’s Stomach Bitters Fundamental Collecting Shift 10 March 2013 (R•032818 – example) (R•040418) In recent years I have had a fundamental shift in my Bitters bottle pursuits as I have shifted my primary focus from immaculate examples … Continue reading

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Balto 2013 – Crab Cakes, Bottles and my Mother – Part 2

CRAB CAKES, BOTTLES and my MOTHER Read: Balto 2013 – Crab Cakes, Bottles and my Mother – Part 1 PART II Sunday, 03 March 2013 (Day 4) The Show Saturday Evening Set-Up One of the biggest points about the Baltimore Bottle … Continue reading

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Lacour’s Bitters – “Heartbreakers” & “Tearjerkers”

What a great package of Lacour’s Sarsapariphere Bitters that closed on ebay yesterday. The lot was titled Lacour’s Bitters “Heartbreakers” Lot – All Broken, One Repairable. The pictures were excellent. Let’s see how long it takes Warren Friedrich to identify … Continue reading

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The Mysterious Coca Bitters – New York

As with many posts where I look back at my collection, I get asked a question about a specific bottle. In this case the question pertains to the mysterious Coca Bitters that was recently dug in the coastal town of … Continue reading

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Collector Rights

Hey Ferd, I hope you are doing well, but there is an urgent and quite frightening matter that I need to discuss with you. There was a post back before the Expo that pertained to laws being passed affecting bottle … Continue reading

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Lady’s Leg Series – Weis Bros Knickerbocker Stomach Bitters

WEIS BROS KNICKERBOCKER STOMACH BITTERS 05 March 2013 (R•101113) (R•031615) [Incoming email today] “My mom recenly passed and I remember her telling me about a bottle she had found and she thought it was worth some money. Attached are photos of … Continue reading

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The Nicest 1970’s Old Home Bitters Bottle Lamp

OLD HOME BITTERS LAMP Wow, this has to be one of the nicest, if not the nicest of the large Old Home Bitters bottle lamps. If you look at the size, proportions, embossing and hole in the bottom for the … Continue reading

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Granger Bitters – Baltimore – Boykin Carmer & Co.

GRANGER BITTERS – BALTIMORE BOYKIN CARMER & CO. 24 February 2013 The Granger Bitters from Baltimore is a tough bottle to find and I do not have an example in my collection, yet. The bottle has a tooled top and … Continue reading

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