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Category Archives: Bottle Shows
Australian National Bottle Show pictures in…
Dear Ferdinand, Hope all is well state side. The Aussie Bottle National has come and gone this past weekend. Just over 3,500 folks came for a look which is a new record for the Sunshine Coast Club and unprecedented in … Continue reading
Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, Display, News, Pot Lids
Tagged Aussie, Australia, Australian, Caloundra, Greg Dean, Queensland, show
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Fantasy Jug Raffle and Saratoga Bottles to be featured at the 2013 Saratoga Show
Ferdinand, Roy Topka with the Bottle Museum in Ballston Spa here. Local collector and artisan Jim Healy (he was tickled pink by the mention of his good work in the current Bottles and Extras) created the attached Fantasy Jug for … Continue reading
What’s the Attraction for You at National Federation Shows?
What’s the Attraction for You at National Federation Shows? By Bill Baab Why are you here? That’s an easy question, but the answer may not be. You might be here because of a chance to buy quality bottles for your … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Article Publications, Bottle Shows, Club News, FOHBC News, History
Tagged alabama, Bill Baab, california, Cherry Hill, chicago, Cincinnati, Collinsville, Colorado, Denver, Federation, florida, fohbc, Grand Rapids, illinois, indiana, jacksonville, Kentucky, Las Vegas, Louisville, Memphis, Michigan, Missouri, Montgomery, Muncie, Nashville, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, ohio, Pennsylvania, Pomona, Reno, Richmond, Rosemont, show, St. Louis, Syracuse, Tennessee, Toledo, Virginia, Wilmington, york
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2013 National Antique Bottle Show Seminars Announced
Manchester, NH Seminars Michael George, show chair and Rick Ciralli, seminar coordinator for the 2013 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire just announced officially, an exciting line-up of seminars and presenters that will want to be added … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Blown Glass, Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Demijohns, Dinnerware, Early American Glass, FOHBC News, Freeblown Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Medicines & Cures, Milk & Creamers, Mineral Water, News
Tagged Al Morin, Brian Wolff, Connecticut, Dave Hoover, Demijohn, George Waddy, Ian Simmonds, Jim George, Manchester, Michael George, Milk, Mount Vernon, New England, New Hampshire, Rick Ciralli, seminar, South Jersey, Thomas Haunton
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Morro Bay Meat Eaters
Morro Bay Meat Eaters 29 March 2013 So I ask my friend Jerry Forbes (Carmel, CA) for some bottle pictures from the the San Luis Obispo Bottle Society’s 45th Annual Show and Sale in Morro Bay, California this past Friday … Continue reading
Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, Humor - Lighter Side, News
Tagged california, DSan Luis Obispo, Jerry Forbes, meat, Morro Bay
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Hawaii – Unidentified Objects Found! Treasure Hunting 2013
Something to look forward to in Bottles and Extras Unidentified Objects Found! Treasure Hunting 2013 Martin & Ferdinand, I wanted to follow up with you about a phone message I left regarding an article for Bottles and Extras and provide … Continue reading
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
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
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
Posted in Advice, Bitters, Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Museums, News
Tagged Baltimore, Bill Ham, bitters, Digging, Dr. Johns, Glass, Louvre, Paris, shard, Stomach, Venus de Milo
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