We’re Sill On for Syracuse 2021! – Cancelled

  FOHBC 2021 Syracuse National Antique Bottle Show. Thursday, August 5th 2021 - Saturday, August 7th 2021. Make your plans, get your hotel rooms, reserve your sales tables, early admission, banquet reservations, and souvenir program advertisement, NOW – PLEASE DO [...]

2021-03-16T17:33:29-05:00March 16, 2021|Advice, Club News, National Show, News|0 Comments

Meet Fred DeCarlo, the new FOHBC Northeast Region Director

Fred DeCarlo was born and grew up in Utica, New York. He is currently a firefighter/EMT with the City of Utica Fire Department and has been with them for 20 years. He is married to his wife of 15 years, Curry [...]

Call For Historical Information

The FOHBC, led by board member Michael Seeliger, has started a major new initiative to preserve our history. We would like your assistance in locating potentially long-lost images before it is too late as they could potentially be forgotten forever. [...]

The 8-sided Wm. Heiss Jr. Superior Mineral and Soda Water Bottle

William Heiss Jr. was a leading mineral and soda water manufacturer of his time. He used his expertise as being a coppersmith to develop a Mineral Water Apparatus that he marketed broadly from his shop in Philadelphia marked with a [...]

FOHBC President’s Message January 2021

So after my last column in the November-December issue of Bottles and Extras, I was kind of hoping for a deluge of great suggestions from our fellow members but sad to say I only received one single solitary email and [...]

First issue of the New Year!

Bottles and Extras, the 72-page + covers, full-color magazine Bottles and Extras Vol. 32 No. 1 | January - February 2021 | No. 253    (Mailed 23 December 2020) Features: The Diary of a Digger Mark C. Wiseman 16 San Diego Soda [...]

Jeff Wichmann joins the FOHBC Board of Directors

FOHBC president John O'Neill appointed Jeff Wichmann to fill a vacant position on the FOHBC board. The board approved on 05 November 2020. Jeff Wichmann, FOHBC First Vice President, is a California native who has parlayed his vast knowledge of [...]

We welcome Michael Seeliger to the FOHBC Board of Directors

Michael Seeliger in front of a section of the Mike and Kathie Craig bottle collection. Please welcome Michael Seeliger as the new FOHBC Second Vice President Michael Seeliger grew up in Monona, Wisconsin, and still lives within 20 [...]

2020-11-13T07:30:23-06:00November 13, 2020|Board Members, Club News, Editor's Picks, News, Officers|0 Comments

The GIV-34 Masonic Arch – Frigate Franklin Flask

In 1807, Dyott opened a drugstore, added “M.D.” to his name, and soon became the largest dealer of what he called ‘Family Medicines’ in the country. Among his better-selling products were his Dyott’s Infallible Worm Destroying Lozenges and Vegetable Nervous [...]

First bottle placed in the Virtual Museum Soda Water Gallery

Dear Federation member and fans of the FOHBC Virtual Museum: Hallelujah! It is always nice to open the door of a new gallery that has been freshly painted and set up for displaying great bottles. Today we place our first [...]

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