Category Archives: Collectors & Collections

Stories from visits with the collectors and seeing their collections.

Some Really Nice Cathedral Pickle PIcs from Bill Errera

Received some rather nice pictures from Bill Errera. Good photography and an eye for composition is very evident here. The bottles really get respect in each shot. Thanks Bill! I also added my favorite to the Cathedral Pickle Page (click … Continue reading

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Professor Byrne and Landsberg – Some Highly Decorative Bottles

Professor Byrne and Landsberg Some Highly Decorative Bottles 13 August 2011 (R•051814) (R•031616) (R•081918) (R•121518) Norman C. Heckler Company (see below) has a nice Professor Byrnes in their Auction 93. It is lot #20. It got me thinking about my example … Continue reading

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World’s Largest Collection of Hanging Glass Fly Traps on eBay

Here is an unusual one on eBay today that caught my attention. I’m here in the departure lounge at BWI Airport in Baltimore waiting to catch a flight home to Houston and searching the web to kill time and I … Continue reading

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Killer Green Greeley’s Barrel found the Old Fashioned Way

Received this nice email from Missouri collector Tim Henson today…Looks like he found a good one! Hi Ferdinand, Love your site and it’s so refreshing to see with all the great quality glass you have been showing. Myself, like may … Continue reading

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2 XR Augusta and Charleston Square Bitters Spotted

2 XR Augusta and Charleston Square Bitters Spotted Dr. Tutt’s Golden Eagle Bitters & Old Carolina Bitters 06 August 2011 (R•030314 with Tutt’s Golden Eagle and Old Carolina Bitters Advertisements) (R•012915) My business trip to Augusta, Georgia this past week … Continue reading

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Bill & Bea Baab Visit in Augusta

I had the opportunity to have a nice visit with Bill and Bea Baab of Augusta, Georgia last evening. Bill is a bottle legend and was recently inducted into the FOHBC Hall of Fame. I have previously written about Bill (Read Bill … Continue reading

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EC&M from Dennis Eastley to Dennis Bray in Reno

Dennis Bray sent me this email and pictures of a great EC&M addition to his collection. That is Dennis Eastley and Dennis Bray in the picture above with the EC&M.  This occurred at the Reno Bottle Show a few weeks … Continue reading

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Dennis Bray’s EC&M Insulators

At the National Insulator Association (NIA) show last month in San Jose, a professional photographer took photos of all the show displays, including Dennis Bray’s EC&M Insulator display. Denny Bray has been kind enough to share some pictures below. The EC&M’s have … Continue reading

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Mike Newman Bottles – Upstairs Sodas

Mike Newman Bottles – Upstairs Sodas 04 August 2011 I am in Augusta, Georgia for three days of business and was able to sneak away yesterday evening to see the fantastic bottle collection of Mike Newman from Martinez, Georgia. This is an important collection … Continue reading

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Mike Newman Bottles – Upstairs Flasks

Mike Newman Bottles – Upstairs Flasks 04 August 2011 I am in Augusta, Georgia for three days of business and was able to sneak away yesterday evening to see the fantastic bottle collection of Mike Newman from Martinez, Georgia. This is an important collection … Continue reading

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