Category Archives: Collectors & Collections

Stories from visits with the collectors and seeing their collections.

Manchester Seminar Pictures

Posted on 22 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Manchester, NH Seminars I wanted to get some pictures up as quickly as I could. Returned today from Manchester with Elizabeth. The seminars, simply put, were awesome, informative and well attended. It was truly hard to select a topic each … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Demijohns, Early American Glass, FOHBC News, Freeblown Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Milk & Creamers, Mineral Water, News, Soda Water | Tagged Al Morin, blown three mold, Brian Wolff, Connecticut, David Hoover, Demijohns, fohbc, George Waddy, glasshouse, Ian Simmonds, Jim George, Manchester, Mark Yates, Michael George, Milk, Mount Vernon Glass Co., New Hampshire, Rick Ciralli, seminars, Soda Water, South Jersey, Thomas Haunton | Leave a comment

The extraordinary Pony Bitters from St. Louis

Posted on 18 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“the bottle came out of an estate. The gal that had it dealt in vintage cloths and didn’t know the value. She almost listed it on ebay with a Buy it Now option of $50” PONY BITTERS – ST. LOUIS … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, eBay | Tagged Bill Ham, Ellen Haas Faulkenberry, Las Cruces, Missouri, New Mexico, Pony Bitters, St. Louis | 2 Comments

Wicker Visit – Austin Healey’s and Elephants

Posted on 18 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Wicker Visit – Austin Healey’s and Elephants 18 July 2013 (R•043019) As I work my way east to Manchester, New Hampshire for the FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show, I had the chance last night to run from Fort Wayne, Indiana, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Display, Liquor Merchant, News | Tagged Austin Healey, Carl Mampe, Elephant, Ferdinand Mampe, Frank Wicker | Leave a comment

43rd Annual Atlanta Antique Bottle Show

Posted on 16 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

43rd Annual Atlanta Antique Bottle Show by Jack Hewitt On June 8, 2013 the 43rd Annual Atlanta Antique Bottle Show was held in Smyrna, Georgia, just 15 minutes north of Atlanta. There were 80+ sales tables and Jim Sanders, long time … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, FOHBC News, Folk Art, News, Pottery, Stoneware | Tagged atlanta, Beth Schubach, Bill Johnson, Bill Keys, Bill Peek, Bottle, Cheney Lambert, Curtis Marbut, Danny Gann, Dennis Humphrey, Ed Gray, Ed Provine, Georgia, Jack Hewitt, James Lee, James Smith, Jim Sanders, Jim Scharnagel, John Joiner, John Wood, Larry Schubach, Mabel Hicks, Mike Newman, Perry Driver, Pottery, Ray Behunin, Roscoe Googe, Sandy Gray, Shelby West, show, Skyler Alley, Smyrna, Steve Fitts, Steve Johnson, Steve Lambert, Terry Wright, Tom Hicks, Tom Lines, Vic Svenson, Wanda Lee | Leave a comment

Paul G. Klinkenberg Drug Store – Kendallville, Indiana

Posted on 12 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hi Ferdinand. I was reading your post on the Yamara Cordial Bitters (pictured above) and noticed the advertisement (see below) which had Klinkenberg’s Store as selling this bitters. Here is a little of the drug store and some good memories that I … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, Holiday, Medicines & Cures, Remedy | Tagged Alaska Bitters, bitters, Bob Klinkenberg, Fort Wayne, Frank Wicker, George Lohman, indiana, Kendallville, Klinkenberg, Lincoln Bitters, Paul G. Klinkenberg, Terry G. Housholder., Yamara Cordial Bitters | Leave a comment

The ornate Yamara Cordial Bitters – Chicago

Posted on 8 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

YAMARA CORDIAL BITTERS C H I C A G O 08 July 2013 (R•092119) Glass Works Auctions has a really neat, highly decorative, rectangular flask type bitters bottle (pictured above) in their Glass Works Auction #99 “Madness in Manchester” Auction which … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Cordial, Flasks, FOHBC News, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Remedy | Tagged Bryan Grapentine, chicago, clairvoyant, Glass Works Auctions, illinois, Professor Yamara, Yamara Cordial Bitters, Yamara Medicine Company | Leave a comment

The handled Foerster’s Teutonic Bitters – Chicago

Posted on 6 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Foerster’s Teutonic Bitters | Chicago 06 July 2013 (R•101514) I was recently able to add a long sought after, extremely rare, Foerster’s Teutonic Bitters to my collection. As one of only two handled bitters brands that exist, the Foerster’s from Chicago, … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Chestnut, Collectors & Collections, Flasks, Liquor Merchant | Tagged 1st Chicago Bottle Club, Bill Ham, Chestnut, chicago, Flask, Foerster's Teutonic Bitters, illinois, John Feldmann, Ken Sosnowski, Old Dr. Townsend's Celebrated Stomach Bitters, Ray Komorowski, Theodore Foerster | 2 Comments

Dave Kam and his Exciting Basement Find

Posted on 5 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hi Ferdinand, I am writing to share with your readers my most recent and exciting find. I work for a local company in Western New York and I am at several peoples houses throughout my day. Occasionally I will mention … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Flasks, Historical Flasks | Tagged Dave Kam, Flask, GI-61, Lockport, Washington | 1 Comment

Colored Pontiled St. Louis Sodas – Feltman Collection

Posted on 28 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Colored Pontiled St. Louis Sodas Tom Feltman Collection 28 June 2013 My wife said I will probably die in a privy and I told her SO BE IT. Hello Ferdinand, I live near St. Louis, Mo. and have been digging … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Digging and Finding, Display, Mineral Water, Soda Water | Tagged Brandon & Pease, C. Abel & Co., J. Cairns & Co., Landsberg's Century Bitters, M & W, Missouri, pontil, R & J Adams, Soda, St. Louis, Tom Feltman | 3 Comments

Steve Mello with a Window Shade and Bottles

Posted on 23 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Steve Mello with a Window Shade and Bottles It is so interesting to see collectors having fun with their collections by using photography and light. In this case it is Steve Mello over on Bottle Collectors on facebook. I thought I … Continue reading →