Reno 2012 Expo Contracts Available
It is time to start putting the Reno 2012 Expo on the top of our agendas. It is not too soon! This will be a three (3) day extravangaza. There will most likely be a silent auction, bottle shoot-outs and [...]
FOHBC Memphis Show Provides One Member With Bottle Booty
FOHBC members Jerry and Helen Forbes (Carmel, California) just sent us this beautiful picture from the FOHBC Memphis National Show. As usual, Jerry has done phenomenal. He sold well and purchased well. Look at this photograph of some of his goodies [...]
10 Reasons Why You Should Plan on Attending the FOHBC 2011 National Show & Sale in Memphis
Dear Antique Bottle & Glass Collectors and fellow FOHBC Members: This is a reminder that the FOHBC 2011 National Show & Sale in Memphis on 25 & 26 June is really coming together nicely. Only 11 more days! Here are [...]
Bill Meier Profile – A Special Thanks
I wanted to take a moment to add a special thanks to Bill Meier for helping the FOHBC with the new FOHBC Web Site. Bill has worked behind the scenes and helped in areas I am learning such as HTML [...]
California Wine Depot and The A.M. Smith Flask
Check out Jeff Wichmann's Bottle of the Month at American Bottle Auctions. Another great story from Jeff!
FOHBC now on Facebook
Please visit the new FOHBC Facebook page! This FB social media is for you to post and read. Catch up with your collecting friends. Make sure you hit the Like button!
A Brief History of the Birth of the Modern American Toy Industry in Akron, Ohio
Akronite Samuel C. Dyke ignited the modern toy industry when he automated his factory in 1884. Toy marbles have been around for thousands of years; however, until recently, they were very expensive to produce because they were created [...]
The “The Father of His Country” / Bust of Washington – “Gen. Taylor Never Surrenders” / Bust of Taylor Historical Flask
American Glass Gallery’s Auction #6 opens today. I am in-between meetings here in Nashville today and sneaked a peak at the email notice I just received from American Glass Gallery only to be stopped and stunned on the first auction [...]
Proposed Logo for FOHBC Virtual Museum
Pictured is the logo proposed by Ferdinand Meyer V for the FOHBC Virtual Museum of American Historical Bottles and Glass project. As Ferdinand's stated, 'you can not go wrong with George Washington'. Take an embossing from a Portrait Flask, put [...]
New Shanghai Museum of Glass | SHMOG
While researching state-side Glass Museums I came across information regarding the new Shanghai Museum of Glass SHMOG. All I can say is wow! As a designer who frequently works in glass, and a collector of historic and contemporary glass, this is a [...]
