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Category Archives: Bottle Shows
Dealer Contracts and Information for the FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show
“table section will be as the contracts arrive to the FOHBC. I’m figuring it’ll start at the 1st tables closest to the door then fan out from there so people who get their contracts in the quickest will be up … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Advice, Bottle Shows, Club News, Early American Glass, FOHBC News, News
Tagged contract, dealer, fohbc, information, Manchester, Maureen Crawford, national, New England, New Hampshire, show
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The two embossed TEXAS Bitters
The two embossed TEXAS Bitters 17 July 2012 (R•032519) Seeing pictures of these two legendary Texas embossed bitters and meeting David Cole, who may have the most complete and extensive collection of Texas embossed blobs, hutches, crown tops and related … Continue reading
My Bottle Room – Dick Andre
Ferdinand, I’ve been meaning to contact you for a while now to say thanks for putting together and maintaining your website – you’re a real credit to the hobby. I grew up digging in dumps around the Philadelphia area in … Continue reading
Posted in Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Digging and Finding, Druggist & Drugstore, FOHBC News, Gin, Medicines & Cures, Milk Glass, Photography, Poison Bottles, Windows
Tagged bottle room, case gin, Dick Andre, Dr. Kennedy's Medical Discovery, dutch, Philadelphia, Prof Hubert's Malvina Lotion, texas, The Woodlands, Warner's Safe Cure
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2012 Houston Antique Bottle Show – Rain or Shine!
2012 Houston Antique Bottle Show – Rain or Shine! 15 July 2012 Well I missed the Friday ‘early bird’ set-up because my flight from the East Coast was 8 hours late and our airports were shut down for a good … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Bottle Shows, Bottles and Extras, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Figural Bottles, FOHBC News, Medicines & Cures, Painted Label, Soda Bottles
Tagged bitters, Brad Seigler, Dan Cowman, David Cole, Drakes, ferdinand meyer, fohbc, Houston Bottle Shoe, Jim Schmidt, Lincoln Tea, Medicines, weather
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I brought a few of my Drakes to the Houston Show
“the casual show goer must have walked by our tables and figured green drakes are a dime a dozen” I brought a few of my Drakes to the Houston Show 15 July 2012 To support the Houston group, and to … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles
Tagged bitters, Dan Cowman, Drake's Plantation Bitters, Drakes, Houston, Plantation
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Dr. A.H. Smiths Old Style Bitters – O.S. 2781
Dr. A.H. Smiths Old Style Bitters – O.S. 2781 11 July 2012 (R•053017) Nice email from Tim Henson that allowed me to compare his new Dr. Smiths (S 127) find to my Dr. Smiths (S 127.5). What do you all … Continue reading
Nevada Bottle Pics to help prime the Reno Expo!
Hi Ferdinand, Here’s a few pictures of 6 Nevada sodas (and a couple extra of a crude & bubbly green WS Wright). Maybe some other collectors can send in some of their favorite Nevada bottle pics to help prime the … Continue reading
FOHBC 2012 Reno Expo and 2013 National Show Update
2012 Reno Expo Update – Reno, Nevada 2013 National Show Update – Manchester, New Hampshire The FOHBC Board of Directors has selected Glass Works Auctions to be the official bottle auction company for the 2013 FOHBC National Show in Manchester, New … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Auction News, Bottle Shows, Club News, FOHBC News, News
Tagged auction, fohbc, Manchester, Nevada, New Hampdhire, Reno, Tom Phillips
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The next generation and future of our hobby
I have developed this page to nest stories about our youth and the next generation of our hobby. My own granddaughter Adriana (she is now 16 and absorbed in horses) who is the most interested of my grandchildren in bottles, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Bitters, Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Insulators, News
Tagged Adriana Alucema, Adriana Meyer, Antique Poison Bottle Collectors Association, Baltimore, Collectors, Dickey's, Eli Herron, Inks, Insulators, Landon Kotan, Memphis, Sam Garcia, Samual, South Bay Historical Bottle Club, young, youth
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Reno EXPO 2012 Update
All Antique Bottle and Glass Collector sights are set for… FOHBC Reno EXPO 2012 Antique Bottle and Collectible Show July 27th – 29th The Biggest Bottle Show in the Biggest Little City in the World! UPDATE Dealer Tables are Sold Out! Folks … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Article Publications, Bottle Shows, Bottles and Extras, Club News, FOHBC News, News, Publications
Tagged Bottles and Extras, Expo, FOHBX, Reno, show, update
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