Category Archives: FOHBC News

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2013 FOHBC Semi-Annual Board Meeting – Manchester, NH

Posted on 22 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

2013 FOHBC Semi-Annual Board Meeting Manchester, New Hampshire 19 July 2014 – Manchester For four straight hours, the FOHBC 2012-2014 term elected board members met to have their semi-annual board meeting. The other annual meeting was held earlier in the year … Continue reading →

2013 Manchester Banquet Picture Gallery

Posted on 22 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show Banquet I wanted to get a few pictures of the 2013 FOHBC Manchester Antique Bottle Show Banquet out as fast as I could. Look for an upcoming article in Bottles and Extras. Great turn-out, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, FOHBC News, News, Photography | Tagged Alan Blakeman, Alan DeMaison, banquet, Bob Ford, Charles Aprill, cocktail, Dave Maryo, Elizabeth Meyer, Ferdinand Meyer V, fohbc, Gene Bradberry, Jack Hewitt, James Campiglia, Jeff Wichmann, Jerry Forbes, Jim Bender, Jim Rogers, John Joiner, Joyce Rogers, Manchester, Mark Vuono, Maureen Crawford, Michael George, Mike Newman, Pam Selenak, Ralph Finch, sandor fuss, Steve Charing | 2 Comments

2013 Bottle Battle Highlights

Posted on 21 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

New England Bottle Battle I wanted to get some posts and pictures out as quickly as I could. It has been insane here in a good way. A few pictures have been put up on the PRG facebook page. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, Early American Glass, FOHBC News, Freeblown Glass, Inks, Medicines & Cures, News, Utility Bottles, Whimsies | Tagged Bottle, Bottle Battle, Brian Wade, Charles Aprill, Dana Charlton-Zarro, E. Waters, Eric Correla, Greg Bair, Holly Noordsy, Janet George, Jeff Noordsy, Jimmy Chebalo, Kevin Sives, Mark Yates, Maureen Crawford, Medicine, Michael George, New England, Nicholas Wrobleski, NY, Rick Ciralli, Steve Swiechowicz, Tom Marshall, Troy, Utility, whimsical | 3 Comments

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

Jackass Celebrated Kidney & Liver Bitters – Sacramento

Posted on 13 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Jackass Celebrated Kidney & Liver Bitters Sacramento, California 13 July 2013 A really cool, labeled, Jackass Bitters strap-sided flask is making an appearance at the Glass Works Auction #99 “Madness in Manchester” event that will culminate in a live auction on 20 … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, Flasks, FOHBC News, History, Medicines & Cures | Tagged california, Democratic donkey, donkey, Dr. Livingston's Sure Cure, Flask, French Tansy Wafers, J. S. O'Callaghan & Co., J. S. O'Callaghan & Son, Jackass Bitters, Jackass Celebrated Kidney & Liver Bitters, sacramento, San Francisco | Leave a comment

Warren Mortimer Watson and his German Balsam Bitters

Posted on 13 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

GERMAN BALSAM BITTERS Most known examples were dug from one hole in Oakland, California. A really rare, opaque milk glass, German Balsam Bitters is making an appearance at the Glass Works Auction #99 “Madness in Manchester” event that will culminate in … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, FOHBC News, Liquor Merchant, Milk Glass | Tagged california, German Balsam Bitters, Glass Works Auctions, Milk Glass, oakland, opaque, W. M. Watson & Co., Warren Mortimer Watson | 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

Will the real Drake’s Please Stand Up?

Posted on 14 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Had a FED Board meeting conference call last night. One of the topics was reproductions. As I thought, there is not much we can do as far as stopping a person from reproducing a bottle but we should encourage a … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Bitters, Figural Bottles, FOHBC News, News, Questions, Reproductions, Scams & Frauds | Tagged bitters, Dick Watson, Drakes, Jim Bender, reproduction, Rick Hall | Leave a comment

Looking at some great Kentucky Flasks in the Glass Works Auction #98 – “The Summer Sizzler Auction”

Posted on 12 June 2013 by ahanshew21

Not too long ago I was looking for some strong representative Kentucky bottles for a marketing piece I was developing for the FOHBC 2014 National Antique Bottle Show in Lexington, Kentucky. Of course I immediately thought of pieces attributed to … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bottle Shows, Early American Glass, Flasks, FOHBC News, Glass Companies & Works, Historical Flasks, History | Tagged Cumberland Gap, Daniel Boone, David Whitten, Eagle, George Caleb Bingham, GII-24, GII-26, GII-28, GII-35, GIX-7, GIX-8, GIX-9, Kentucky, Kentucky Glass Works, Lexington, Louisville, Louisville Glass Works, Randee Kaiser, Scroll, Sheldon Baugh | Leave a comment

What’s the Attraction for You at National Federation Shows?

Posted on 28 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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 →