FOHBC Reno 2012 Expo Contracts

Posted on 24 June 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Richard Siri and Marty Hall have forwarded the FOHBC contracts for Reno. This is going to be a big one! Click Flyer for Info.

Reno 2012 Expo Flyer

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eBay Scam Exposed!

Posted on 21 June 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

You know, if Facebook helped in the overthrow of the corrupt regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, why can’t it help us expose a fraud on eBay. Thanks to some initial detective work by Michael George and some alert moves by bottle collectors, this scam was exposed. I suspect it may resurface again, but great job everyone! Hopefully no one was taken. Let’s keep our eyes out.

See Something Odd About That Seaworths on eBay

eBay – Other Bottles also Rare by Same Seller

Power of Social Media

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Something Odd about the Seaworths on eBay!

Posted on 20 June 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Our friend MG, who is always on the hunt and lookout sent me an interesting email with the following links…Looks kind of funny…..Lots of Red Flags

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gorgeous-11-Seaworth-Bitters-Co-Bottle-Cape-May-NJ-/160606091320?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2564de7838

http://www.antiquebottles.com/southeast/apr04

The 2004 and 2011 Pictures are the same. Hmmmmmmm…..

Seaworth Bitters - eBay

Seaworth Bitters - 2004 Southeast Bottle Club Newsletter

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Dr Grant’s Dandelion Bitters, New York.

Posted on 20 June 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr Grants Dandelion Bitters – ABCR Auctions

Dr Grant’s Dandelion Bitters, New York.

20 June 2011 (R•020315)

Just in from Down Under from Travis Dunn. This appears to be an unlisted bitters.

Hi Ferdinand,

We have a very interesting bottle coming up in the next auction in late July, early August. It is a tad on the bland side, but is exceptionally rare.

It is an aqua cabin bitters which is embossed around the four shoulders: Dr Grant’s, Dandelion Bitters, New York.

There are only two or three of these known to collectors. Although it has New York on it, this is much like the New York Hop Bitters in that it is actually an Australian piece. The Melbourne company of Shell & Zabel produced this bitters in the late 1800s, they were a very short lived company and so very few of these would have ever been made.

The same vendor was lucky enough to have found a superb American gothic pickle many years ago. We believe that this was from the West Willington Glassworks judging by the pattern? It has a deep ground pontil.

Another item that may be of interest to US collectors is an octagonal Bazin, Perfumer, Philadelphia pot lid.

We have a gallery preview of every lot that will be on offer in Auction 5 at: http://www.abcrauctions.com/images/august_2011_preview/images.php

Kind Regards,

Travis Dunn

Charcoal Tooth Paste Lid – ABCR Auctions

Cathedral Pickle – ABCR Auctions

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California Wine Depot and The A.M. Smith Flask Bottle

Posted on 17 June 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

It is nice in these Dog Days of Summer, and it has been hot in Houston with another series of 100 degree days, to see that Jeff Wichmann can keep us fresh with new Bottle News. His Bottle of the Month is the A.M. Smith Flask from California Wine Depot. Check it out at American Bottle Auctions.

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New FOHBC Web Site now Online!!!

Posted on 12 June 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The following email was just sent to near 3,000 collectors. Houston we have Lift Off.

Dear Antique Bottle and Glass Collectors and fellow FOHBC Members:

The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) is pleased to announce that our new web site is now online and available for viewing. Please visit our site. We plan to greatly expand our membership and hope that you will become a member of the FOHBC and see all of the exciting things our Federation has to offer.

Please update your favorites or bookmarks to point to our new web site at www.FOHBC.org.

Without further ado….

http://www.fohbc.org/

Gene Bradberry
FOHBC President

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Peachridge Glass on Facebook!

Posted on 10 June 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A reminder that Peachridge Glass is on Facebook. Come and look. See what the bottle and glass community is talking about! Please visit and Like!

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FOHBC now on Facebook!

Posted on 10 June 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) is now on Facebook. Please visit and hit the Like button. I am trying to really expand this great social media source for collectors. Remember, you can post your own news on this Facebook page.

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North American Glass Commissioned to Disperse the Late Bill Dudley Collection

Posted on 7 June 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

William Dudley 1923 - 2011

Just in from Greg Spurgeon at North American Glass:

North American Glass has been commissioned to disperse the collection of the late Bill Dudley of Xenia, Ohio. Bill was an enthusiastic collector for many years, focusing on fruit jar items from the Hemingray Glass Company, as well as patented closure jars and the earliest blown glass wares. Refer to the photos below for a glimpse at a few of the items in the collection.

From Findlay Antique Bottle Club: Bill has been a good friend and mentor to many collectors, sharing his knowledge freely, and helping to shape the fruit jar collecting hobby. He was at one time called “Mr. Wax Sealer.” He is now and has been known for many years in the collecting community as “Mr. Hemingray”.

To visit North American Glass

Hemingray Electrode Jar - Dudley Collection

Globe Fruit Jars - Dudley Collection

Hemingray Rarities - Dudley Collection

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Surreal Loveridge’s!

Posted on 6 June 2011 by Froggy

Dexter Loveridge Wahoo Bitters – Burkhardt Collection

Surreal Loveridge’s!

06 June 2014

[PRG] In from Jeff Burkhardt…

I had just set-up at the Saratoga (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) show this past Saturday morning and walked into the adjoining show area to see what other dealers had put out. As I approached the table of a (then) unknown digger/collector from the area, a flash of incredible color caught my eye. My “computer” immediately dismissed the source of color as being “just”one of the pretty light puce DR SOULE HOP BITTERS; nice but not totally exceptional and not something I would buy. WRONG!

I quickly made a correction to my perception and realized it was a LOVERIDGE’S WAHOO BITTERS…in a color that defied reality. Now in the hands of another (Bitters) collector (oh crap!), I waited my unlikely “turn” at getting this WILL-O’-THE WISP into my hands. To my surprise, the other collector rather quickly moved to return it to it’s resting place on it’s folded terry-cloth towel. It never reached the towel… it never again left my hands, except to repeatedly show it to other collectors thru-out the day as the story of this remarkable find spread quickly among the dealers.

The pictures, taken quickly this morning, pretty much tell the rest of the story. Yes, there’s a 1/4″ hole in one corner, but it’s perfect otherwise and I’m just as excited about having this great find as I would were it perfect. Can you believe it was dug UNDERWATER …in Troy, N.Y. very recently. The digger/seller related that it “bobbed-up” once loosened,and that he knew it had a problem when the bottle drained itself as he removed it from the water.

The COLOR? It’s un-real…it doesn’t seem like it should exist! They didn’t make glass in this color! Well apparently LOCKPORT or LANCASTER did…if only once! The color defies use of typical adjectives such as puce, gasoline, peach, topaz, etc. It’s all of the above and NONE of the above, defying description. It just is…..INCREDIBLE and BEAUTIFUL!

Jeff (Froggy) Burkhardt