Press Release – American Bottle Auctions (Post-Sale, Oct. 13-22, Auction #64)

Dear Editor or Journalist - Attached is a press release with accompanying images for the internet and catalog Auction #64, held Oct. 13-22 by American Bottle Auctions, based in Sacramento, Calif. In all, 250 rare and vintage bottles sold for [...]

2017-11-01T15:00:18-05:00November 1, 2017|Advice, Auction News, Editor's Picks, News|0 Comments

2017 Central Texas Antique Bottle Show Report

2017 Central Texas Antique Bottle Show Report Waco, Texas 16 October 2017 The 2nd Annual Central Texas Antique Bottle Show was a success. The public made a good showing. Quite a few interesting pieces came in off the street, and [...]

2017-10-16T16:15:37-05:00October 16, 2017|Advice, Club News, Editor's Picks, Shows|1 Comment

A.M. Bininger Bottles Book

Jim Bender on A.M. Bininger Bottles: ‘Day Dreams’ Ready for Collectors By Bill Baab During a dig in Savannah, Georgia more than 40 years ago, a collector unearthed a strange-looking bottle. It was in the shape of an old time cannon. [...]

The Coca-Cola Trail”, People and Places in the History of Coca-Cola

The Coca-Cola Trail”, People and Places in the History of Coca-Cola NEWS RELEASE: Did you know? Coca-Cola once sold the rights to bottle Coca-Cola throughout the United States for $1. Coca-Cola was first bottled in Vicksburg, Mississippi, not Atlanta. There are just [...]

Saratoga Bottle Collectors Society Members

Saratoga Bottle Collectors Society Members Attached you will find the Fall issue of The Spouter (number 103) Read Issue. I hope you can all open the attachment. If not, contact me and I will try again or just mail you [...]

The Mississippi Gulf Coast Bottle Show

A view of the show floor. Richard Kramerich photo The Mississippi Gulf Coast Bottle Show by Richard Kramerich The Old Guys Digging Club’s First Annual Mississippi Gulf Coast Bottle, Advertisement & Collectibles Show & Sale on Saturday, August [...]

2017-09-09T06:29:49-05:00September 9, 2017|Advice, Club News, Editor's Picks, News, Shows|0 Comments

President’s Message (September – October 2017)

Elizabeth, my granddaughter Isabella and I just returned from the FOHBC 2017 Springfield National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo and are finally catching our breath after almost two years of planning by the FOHBC and Team Springfield. We’ve returned to [...]

2017-09-06T09:31:46-05:00September 6, 2017|Advice, Board Members, Club News, National Show|0 Comments

2018 Cleveland National Contracts and Info Packet Now Online!

2018 Cleveland National Contracts and Info Packet Now Online! The Midwest Region of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) extends a cordial invitation to join us for the 2018 National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo at the Huntington Convention [...]

FOHBC 2017 Springfield National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo

FOHBC 2017 Springfield National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo Latest Update: 20 July 2017   I N F O R M A T I O N Contract: READ in ISSUU or PDF VERSION Contract to Print (open, save to desktop and print) Hotel Information [...]

How an interest that started almost 50 years ago manifested into a book on patent bottle closures – The back story to Saving the Fizz

How an interest that started almost 50 years ago manifested into a book on patent bottle closures The back story to Saving the Fizz 09 July 2017 Portrait of David Jones who collects antique glass and stoneware for Collector [...]

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