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Category Archives: FOHBC News
The New Bedford Museum of Glass
The New Bedford Museum of Glass Dear Mr. Meyer, I was speaking with our mutual friend Ken Previtali at a recent glass lecture in Connecticut (Thomas Haunton’s talk on Clevenger glass), and he suggested that I get in touch with … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Display, Early American Glass, FOHBC News, History, Museums, News, Questions
Tagged Bottles and Extras, Clevenger, fohbc, Glass, Ken Previtali, Kirk J. Nelson, Massachusetts, MNew Bedford, museum, Thomas Haunton
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Milwaukee Antique Bottle & Advertising Club Rises Again!
Steve’s excitement and enthusiasm have convinced me to re-join this club after being a 30+ year dropout. Ferdinand – As of today the MILWAUKEE ANTIQUE BOTTLE AND ADVERTISING CLUB has a new, exciting website. Thanks to “mover and shaker” president, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Club News, FOHBC News, News
Tagged club, Jeff Burkhardt, milwaukee, Steve Libby
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An Alarming Trend with Bottle Clubs
Where are we without our bottle clubs? See a Listing of affiliated FOHBC Bottle Clubs This is the second e-mail that I have received from one of our important bottle clubs that concerns me greatly. I was able to touch … Continue reading
2013 National Antique Bottle Show Auction News
CONSIGNMENTS NEEDED! Please support our Auctioneer for the 2013 National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire. We are proud to say the Jim Hagenbuch and crew at Glass Works Auctions will be heading up the auction!
Posted in Advertising, Advice, Auction News, Bottle Shows, Club News, FOHBC News, News
Tagged 2013, auction, fohbc, Glass Works, Jim Hagenbuch, Manchester, New Hampshire
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White Seal Pure Rye – Hulman & Beggs – Terre Haute, Indiana
W H I T E S E A L P U R E R Y E White Seal Pure Rye – Hulman & Beggs – Terre Haute, Indiana 23 November 2012 I was looking on eBay yesterday … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Advice, Ephemera, FOHBC News, Liquor Merchant, Questions, Shot Glasses, Spirits, Trade Cards, Whiskey
Tagged Anton Hulman, Daves Great Cards, Eddie Rickenbacker, Herman Hulman, Hulman & Beggs, indiana, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Jack Sullivan, James Modrell, John H. Beggs, Rye, Terre Haute, Trade Card, White Seal Pure Rye, Wilbur Shaw
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Latest news from Outhouse Patrol up in Montana
“We awoke to a very cold early October rainy morning after trying to sleep through high winds whistling through the broken out windows and creaking old door.” Always nice to hear from my friend James Campiglia and the Outhouse Patrol … Continue reading
Posted in Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, FOHBC News, News
Tagged Auburn, Butte, Chis Rowell, Ghost Town, James Campiglia, Montana, Outhouse Patrol, privy
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The Northwestern Bottle Club’s Gazebo at the 2012 FOHBC Reno Expo
The centerpiece display at this years FOHBC 2012 Reno Expo this past July was, without a doubt, the famous Northwestern Bottle Club’s Gazebo that was loaned to the FOHBC and the Reno Bottle Club to showcase the creme de la crop … Continue reading
Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, Display, FOHBC News, Photography
Tagged Alan DeMaison, display, Expo, fohbc, gazebo, Northwestern, Reno, Richard Siri, Scott Selenak
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Could we have a 2016 Mega Expo and a 2020 International Antique Glass Festival?
Hi Ferdinand, I went to the Springfield Insulator show last weekend and was approached by three different high end insulator people about exploring the possibility of the Federation and NIA getting together in the future to collaborate on a national … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Bottle Shows, Breweriana, Club News, Early American Glass, FOHBC News, Fruit Jars, Insulators, News, Perfume, Poison Bottles, Questions, Soda Water
Tagged APBCA, Event, Expo, festival, fohbc, international, Jamie Houdeshell, NAMBC, national, NIA, Quilt, show, VBCA
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An eBay bottle leads to something much bigger!
I was in southern California earlier in the week and was able to have dinner at a really fantastic Indian restaurant in San Bernardino with my friends Pam and Randy Selenak from Orange, California. During the course of dinner, Pam … Continue reading
Posted in Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, eBay, Ephemera, FOHBC News, History, Museums, News, Postage, Soda Water
Tagged california, eBay, G.W. Mine, Garden Grove, Gold Point, Great Western Mine, museum, Ora Mae Wiley, Orange, Orange Antique Circle, Owen Casey Eagle Soda Works, Pam Selenak, Post Office, postal, Randy Selenak, Senator Harry Wiley
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