Category Archives: Collectors & Collections

Stories from visits with the collectors and seeing their collections.

Pole Top Discoveries | Auction #69 Stand-outs

Posted on 23 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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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2013 Downieville Antique Bottle Show

Posted on 21 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Downieville Antique Bottle Show  Photo Gallery | Part 4 21 September 2013  This fourth and conclusion post from Downieville is a grouping of some show photography from Scott Selenak (FOHBC Photographer) and myself from the 2013 Downieville Antique Bottle Show. Always lots … Continue reading →

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2013 Downieville Sabbatical – “just us two dogs”

Posted on 16 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

2013 Downieville Sabbatical “just us two dogs” 16 September 2013 | Part 1 As some of you might know, I decided to take a long weekend, actually a week off sabbatical, to visit the historic town of Downieville, California with … Continue reading →

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Russ’ St. Domingo Bitters – New York

Posted on 16 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Russ’ St. Domingo Bitters  New York 16 September 2013 (R•21 Sep 2013) (R•01Oct13) (R•050914) (R•021815) I was able to pick up a ‘peachie puce’ (how do you like that for a color description?) Russ’ St. Domingo Bitters at the Downieville Bottle Show … Continue reading →

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Brooklyn (Glass House Co.) 1754-1758

Posted on 9 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Brooklyn (Glass House Co.) 1754 – 1758 Part 2 of a Series by Stephen Atkinson 09 September 2013 A glass works was founded on what would become State Street in the present day Brooklyn, NYC in 1754 by the Glass … Continue reading →

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Heckler Auction 105 – Looking at Paint on Bottles

Posted on 9 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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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Check these T. W. Dyott bottles out!

Posted on 9 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Check these T. W. Dyott bottles out! 09 September 2013 It has really been just fantastic lately to see researchers, collectors and writers submit information for posting on Peachridge Glass. The last exchanges with Stephen Atkinson have been perfect examples. … Continue reading →

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Henry Bolingers Maysville Glass-Works 1814-1825

Posted on 8 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Henry Bolingers Maysville Glass-Works 1814-1825 by Stephen Atkinson 08 September 2013 The Kentucky glass industry begins with a gentleman with a colorfull past named John Henry Bolinger (known as Henry). Henry was born in 1761 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In … Continue reading →

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August 2013 – Antique Bottle & Glass Photo Gallery

Posted on 1 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Good Pitkin Morning – Tom Marshall I thought I would take a moment to group some of the really remarkable photographs that have been posted on Early American Glass and Bottle Collectors on facebook this past month. The composition, lighting, … Continue reading →

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Avon Mineral Springs – the “Saratoga” of Western N.Y.

Posted on 31 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

AVON MINERAL SPRINGS the “Saratoga” of Western N.Y. by Jack Stecher 31 August 2013  “Grimace was the prevailing feature on the face of the new-comer when swallowing the beverage of the fountain” Back in 2005 I published an article on … Continue reading →

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