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 [...]

Record Price for an American Historical Flask!

Norman Heckler announced on their web site, the sale of an extraordinary General Jackson | Eagle Flask in their Auction 90. The auction listing is as follows... GII-66   General Jackson. " And Bust - "J.R. / Laird. S.C. [...]

Flaccus Bros Steers Head Fruit Jars

Greg Spurgeon announces the latest North American Glass on-line auction of quality bottles & jars that will open on Monday, May 23rd. You can now preview all 231 items at his North American Glass website. What caught our [...]

FOHBC 2011 Memphis Auction Shapes Up

It looks like an interesting group of 83 bottles has been co-signed to the 2011 Memphis National Auction. Bill Meier is Hosting and Directing the Online portion of the sale. Bill sent us the picture above showing some [...]

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