Category Archives: Collectors & Collections

Stories from visits with the collectors and seeing their collections.

I was a very close friend of Tommy Mitchiner

Posted on 30 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I was a very close friend of Tommy Mitchiner 30 August 2013 | By Mike Newman I was a very close friend of Tommy Mitchiner, as our relationship went back 32 years. I was just a newlywed with no money … Continue reading →

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The amazing, two-tone Warner’s Safe Diabetes Remedy

Posted on 23 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The amazing, two-tone Warner’s Safe Diabetes Remedy 23 August 2013 In 2012, at either the FOHBC Reno Expo or the 49er Antique Bottle Show in Auburn, I had the pleasure of meeting Jack, Kathy and Michael Craig through an introduction … Continue reading →

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A Few Extraordinary Texas Bottles

Posted on 20 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A Few Extraordinary Texas Bottles 20 August 2013 I am finally going to get off my butt, and right an article on my decade long chase of Texas patent med bottles, and submit it to bottles & extras. If they … Continue reading →

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Bigger in TEXAS – The Cole Display

Posted on 20 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Bigger in TEXAS – The Cole Display 20 August 2013 Ferdinand, it was good to visit with you again this year at the (Houston) bottle show. I have attached photos of the bottle display and the dog & cat hospital bottle. … Continue reading →

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Houston 2013 Antique Bottle Show – Showing Off

Posted on 17 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A little ‘showing off’‘ at the Houston Bottle Show today. Easy to take all my office light tables. Fun to draw attention and sign up FOHBC members (10). HOUSTON 2013 ANTIQUE BOTTLE SHOW 17 August 2013 Houston 2012 Bottle Show: … Continue reading →

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Three extraordinary things: Alex Von Humboldts Stomach Bitters, Downieville & Coco

Posted on 14 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Three extraordinary things: Alex Von Humboldts Stomach Bitters, Downieville & Coco 14 August 2013 At the 2011 Downieville Antique Bottle Show I had the fortune to see, handle and photograph one of the most extraordinary bitters squares I have ever seen, … Continue reading →

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Patience Paying Off – Three Amazing Finds

Posted on 12 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

This is my first bitters find and I don’t think I could be any happier… Patience Paying Off – Three Amazing Finds Hi Ferdinand! Cody Zeleny here, Just thought I would share some more recent finds that I am really … Continue reading →

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The Mystery surrounding the Woodgate’s Plantation Bitters

Posted on 6 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Mystery surrounding the Woodgate’s Plantation Bitters 06 August 2012 (Updated 07 August 2013 with Jeff Burkhardt information) (R•061317) Why yes, I have written about the extremely rare, Woodgate’s Plantation Bitters before, but ahah, now I possess the fourth known … Continue reading →

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Yesterday was a Good Bottle Day

Posted on 5 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Yesterday was a Good Bottle Day “What you spend on the peanuts, you save on the bananas” Ferdinand: Yesterday was a good bottle day, a very good day. One of my pickers from up north paid me a visit. The … Continue reading →

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The devotion that so many of us feel toward the objects that we collect

Posted on 5 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hello Ferdinand: My brother-in-law recently came for a visit and while here I showed him some of our more interesting sodas. Of course, I rattled on and gave him a brief dissertation. He later wrote this thoughtful email and I … Continue reading →

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