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Category Archives: Questions
Lady’s Leg Series – Weis Bros Knickerbocker Stomach Bitters
WEIS BROS KNICKERBOCKER STOMACH BITTERS 05 March 2013 (R•101113) (R•031615) [Incoming email today] “My mom recenly passed and I remember her telling me about a bottle she had found and she thought it was worth some money. Attached are photos of … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Ephemera, Figural Bottles, History, Questions
Tagged bitters, Brothers, Knickerbocker, milwaukee, Stomach, Weis, Wisconsin
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Mailbox Letters – March 2013
March Mail starting to pile up again. Thanks for all of the emails and information everyone. Meeting a Collector on My Flight to Baltimore Hello Ferdinand, It was a pleasure meeting you and learning about glass on the flight the … Continue reading
Posted in Breweriana, Digging and Finding, Flasks, Historical Flasks, Mailbox Letters, Museums, Pot Lids, Pottery, Questions
Tagged Brothers, brown, Frish, mail, museum, Pottery, Walters
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Granger Bitters – Baltimore – Boykin Carmer & Co.
GRANGER BITTERS – BALTIMORE BOYKIN CARMER & CO. 24 February 2013 The Granger Bitters from Baltimore is a tough bottle to find and I do not have an example in my collection, yet. The bottle has a tooled top and … Continue reading
Mailbox Letters – February 2013
Haven’t emptied out the mailbox until this morning. Here are a few incoming pieces. Let me know if you have any info or are interested. 5-Log Drake’s Find Hello Ferdinand, On Thursday, myself and a few buddies were relic hunting … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Bitters, Figural Bottles, Mailbox Letters, Milk & Creamers, Pitchers, Questions, Vases, Whiskey
Tagged Drakes, Letters, mail, mailbox, Plennert, questions, Warner's
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Curtis Cordial Calisaya Stomach Bitters Fraud?
Will the real Curtis Cordial Calisaya Bitters Please Stand Out! On 30 January 2013 I opened up one of my many incoming bottle related emails to see a stunning emerald green Curtis Cordial Calisaya Stomach Bitters with the following question: … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Bitters, Cordial, News, Photography, Questions, Scams & Frauds
Tagged bitters, Brian Wolff, Calisaya, Cordial, Curtis, Fraud, indiana, Jeff Burkhardt, Lou Lambert, Mark Warne, Michael George, New Albany, Scam, Stomach
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Uncle Marb’s O.B. Bitters – A real mystery
UNCLE MARB’S O.B. (not G.B.) BITTERS Got a tip from Dale Mlasko about an extremely rare Uncle Marb’s Bitters coffin flask. Dale was reminded of the flask after reading Two XR Tombstone Flasks containing Bitters (uh Whiskey). The Carlyn Ring and … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Flasks, Questions
Tagged bitters, Bourbon, coffin, Dale Mlasko, Dennis Eastley, Flask, illinois, John. M. Berry, Uncle Marb
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“Collectors” Series – What do you think?
I received an interesting telephone call last week from a very nice fellow named Chris with Architect Films in Toronto, Canada. After trading calls, we eventually had a nice talk regarding the possibility of them coming to Houston to include … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Architecture, Bitters, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Humor - Lighter Side, News, Peachridge Glass, Poison Bottles, Questions
Tagged Architect, canada, Films, television, Toronto
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“knife-edged” Pitkins made by “that guy”
Hi Ferd, This Sunday a week ago, the annual members’ meeting of the Museum of Connecticut Glass was held at the Manchester Connecticut Historical Society. One of the highlights was an outstanding presentation by Tom Haunton on 20th Century South Jersey … Continue reading
Posted in Club News, Collectors & Collections, Early American Glass, Flasks, Freeblown Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Museums, News, Questions
Tagged Connecticut, Dana Charlton-Zarro, Historical, knife-edge, Manchester, museum, Pitkin, Pitkin Glass Works, Society, South Jersey, Thomas Haunton, Tom Duff
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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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“Soapy” Smith and some Alaska Saloons
“Soapy” Smith and some Alaska Saloons 14 January 2013 (R•021714) As an antique bottle and glass collector I find it interesting to immerse myself in the time period of the pieces we collect. You’ve heard it before, every bottle has … Continue reading
Posted in Ephemera, History, Photography, Questions
Tagged Alaska, con, Coweta County, Ed "Big Ed" Burns, Fort Worth, Georgia, Jefferson Randolph Smith II, Juneau Wharf, racket, Round Rock, Saloon, Scam, Skagway, soap, Soap Gang, Soapy Smith, swindle, texas, Texas Jack Vermillion
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