Tag Archives: John Pastor

Ralph Finch Collection of Target Balls, Traps and Shooting Ephemera

Posted on 9 December 2017 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ralph Finch Collection of Target Balls, Traps and Shooting Ephemera, Part I 09 December 2017 I’ve written about target balls and Ralph Finch before as I visited the collection back in November 2013. The collection is now being represented and … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Collectors & Collections, History, Target Balls | Tagged auction, balls, Bogardus, break, Finch, Glass, gun, Ira Paine, John Pastor, Newman, Otte, Ralph, Sagor, target | Leave a comment

The Bust of Lafayette – Coventry Glass Works Mold

Posted on 28 May 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Bust of Lafayette – Coventry Glass Works Mold Mold Section Found in the River in Mansfield, Connecticut 28 May 2014 John Pastors, American Glass Gallery Auction #12 ends this evening and I sit here watching a few items of … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Early American Glass, Flasks, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, Historical Flasks, History | Tagged auction, Connecticutt, Corning, Coventry, Flask, GI-85A, Gladys W. Richards, Glass, Historical, Jane Shadel Spillman, John Pastor, Lafayette, Mansfield, mold, Paul C. Richards, section, Stebbins, Works | Leave a comment

Look at this labeled 481 Brand Stomach Bitters

Posted on 25 May 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Look at this labeled 481 Brand Stomach Bitters 25 May 2014 That is exactly what the gentleman is doing with one keen eye, looking at his 481 Brand Stomach Bitters, “At Last”….”The Best”. Hidden away in John Pastor’s current American … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Shot Glasses, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged 481, Anthony Fischer, arrow, Beer, bitters, Brewery, Buffalo, Distillery, illinois, John Pastor, liquor, Martin Delaney, New York, Peoria, Stomach, Whiskey | Leave a comment

Looking at a Collection of Pattern Molded Flasks

Posted on 24 November 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Looking at a Collection of Pattern Molded Flasks 24 November 2013 While visiting with John Pastor and Liz Maxbauer in New Hudson, Michigan the other day, I was able to look at quite a few extraordinary bottles including Merchant’s Gargling … Continue reading →

Posted in Blown Glass, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Display, Early American Glass, Flasks | Tagged flasks, Hudson, John Pastor, Michigan, molded, New, Pattern, Pitkin | 2 Comments

Looking at a Collection of Merchant’s Gargling Oils

Posted on 23 November 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Looking at a Collection of Merchant’s Gargling Oils 23 November 2013 While visiting with John Pastor and Liz Maxbauer in New Hudson, Michigan the other day, I was able to look at quite a few extraordinary bottles. One area of … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Display, Medicines & Cures | Tagged Gargling, John Pastor, merchant, oil | 1 Comment

Hobnail Poison Flasks getting some attention..

Posted on 21 October 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hobnail Poison Flasks getting some attention.. 21 October 2013 John Pastor aka “Pastor John” has put together an almost spiritual collection of bottles in his American Glass Gallery Auction 11 that closes next Tuesday night, 29 October. I like. watching … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Color Runs, Flasks, Poison Bottles | Tagged Flask, Germany, Hobnail, John Pastor, KU-27, Pioneer, Poison | Leave a comment

Spotted on the floor at the Manchester National

Posted on 24 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Spotted on the floor at the Manchester National I was walking my dogs from my studio today which is a block from Minute Maid Stadium where the Houston Astros play. They were having an afternoon game and trying hard to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, FOHBC News, News, Photography | Tagged Andrew Vuono, Astros, Bill Ham, Bob Currens, Chuck Wingate, crowd, David Landry, Dennis Huey, Eric Correia, faces, fohbc, Houston, Ian Simmonds, Jack Stecher, James Campiglia, Janine Burkhardt, John Pastor, Jon Vander Schouw, Manchester, Maureen Crawford, Nicholas Wrobleski, photography, Scot Selenak, Val Berry, Vince Martonis | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, FOHBC News, News | Tagged Alan DeMaison, Bob Ferraro, Dave Maryo, Dick Watson, Ed Kuskie, Ferdinand Meyer V, fohbc, Gary Beatty, Gene Bradberry, Jack Hewitt, Jim Bender, Jim Berry, John Panek, John Pastor, Manchester, Martin Van-Zant, Maureen Crawford, Michael George, New Hampshire, Pam Selenak, Randee Kaiser, Sheldon Baugh, Tom Phillips | Leave a comment

The earliest and latest with the blue W. Wolf’s Pittsburgh barrel

Posted on 6 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

T H E F I N D – C H I C A G O A R E A The gorgeous blue W. Wolf – Pittsburgh figural barrel found in a Thrift Shop for 70 cents this past summer … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Figural Bottles, News, Spirits | Tagged Auburn, Barrel, blue, Bob Ferraro, Boulder City, california, chicago, Figural, illinois, Jeff Wichmann, Jim Nelson, John Pastor, Keene, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, sacramento, shop, Sue Nelson, Thrift | 2 Comments

Dr Zabriskie’s Bitters – Jersey City, New Jersey

Posted on 17 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr Zabriskie’s Bitters – Jersey City, New Jersey 17 November 2012 (R•022518) New Jersey has certainly been in the news of late with the terrible destruction from Hurricane Sandy which has been just tragic. I now see that the inane show … Continue reading →