FOHBC 2014 National Antique Bottle Show – Lexington, Kentucky

August 1-3 for Lexington in 2014! There are still Sales Tables and Banquet Tickets available. Contact Randee Kaiser, 2400 County Road 4030, Holts Summit, Missouri 65043, phone: 573.896.9052 or e-mail: pollypop47@yahoo.com Latest Update - 29 July 2014 Admission: Early Admission: Early admission is [...]

New Book: Bibliography of Glass – Willy Van den Bossche

Incoming email about a new book from the legendary Willy Van den Bossche:   To Mr. Ferdinand Meyer V, President of the “Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors” (FOHBC) Willy Van den Bossche holding his new Bibliography of Glass and Antique [...]

Jim Schmidt and his Civil War Medicine (and Writing)

Federation member James Schmidt continues to dazzle us with his writings and research with CIVIL WAR MEDICINE (AND WRITING). He also has a new book out called Galveston and the Civil War: An Island City in the Maelstrom. About James M. [...]

FOHBC Bottles and Extras being mailed Monday!

With record speed and great teamwork from the Bottles and Extras Editorial Team, (Martin Van Zant, Bill Baab, Alan DeMaison, Randy Selenak, Dave Maryo, Gene Bradberry & Ferdinand Meyer V) we are pleased to announce that we were able to assemble a [...]

Bottle Thefts at the Reno Expo

THEFT REPORT By Pam Selenak | FOHBC Public Relations Director As great of a show as the Reno Expo was, it did not go without a blemish. The bottle collecting community as a whole is an honest and trustworthy group of [...]

Greenbrier TN: Fire destroys over $400,000 in antiques

* Updated 09 August 2012 with Thank You from Nancy & Claude * Updated 26 June 2012 with Donation Information Subject: Tragedy in Tennessee On Monday, Memorial Day, the 7,000 square foot building owned by Claude Bellar in Greenbrier, TN, burned to [...]

2012-08-02T10:55:57-05:00August 2, 2012|Advice, Editor's Picks, News|0 Comments

Reno EXPO Quick Tips

Download Show Packet Registration Registration will be at the Grand Sierra Resort & Casino Convention Registration Desk #3. Show Times The Show will be on the Summit Pavilion. Early Admission on Friday (See below). General Admission: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Saturday and 9:00 [...]

2012-07-23T07:08:27-05:00July 23, 2012|Advice, Club News, National Show, News, Questions|0 Comments

2013 Manchester, NH National Antique Bottle Show Contracts Available

"table section will be as the contracts arrive to the FOHBC. I'm figuring it'll start at the 1st tables closest to the door then fan out from there so people who get their contracts in the quickest will be up [...]

The next generation and future of our hobby

I have developed this page to nest stories about our youth and the next generation of our hobby. My own granddaughter Adriana (she is now 16 and absorbed in horses) who is the most interested of my grandchildren in bottles, is [...]

2012 Baltimore Bottle Show Report

This show wears me out and this year took the cake. When we finally returned to Houston we were tired, spent and exhausted. It was a good feeling though, the kind of satisfaction you get from working outside all day, [...]

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