My 2016 Baltimore Show Weekend

My 2016 Baltimore Show Weekend by Jim Bender I spent the weekend of March 13 in Baltimore. I try to write up things about the shows I attend for two reasons: First and always most important to me is to [...]

Mohawk Valley Bottle Club Supports the FOHBC

Club newsletter announcing the FOHBC talk by Jim Bender Mohawk Valley Bottle Club Supports the FOHBC On Monday, March 14, 2016, I did a talk on the history of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) at the Mohawk [...]

Somer’s Antique Bottle Clubs 46th Annual Show and Sale

Somer's Antique Bottle Clubs 46th Annual Show and Sale This past weekend I attended the Somer's Antique Bottle Clubs 46th annual Show and Sale held at St. Bernard’s School West Campus located in Enfield, Connecticut. I have attended this show [...]

The Capital Region Bottle & Insulator Clubs 19th Annual Show and Sale

The Capital Region Bottle & Insulator Clubs 19th Annual Show and Sale This past Sunday which was November 15th, 2015, the Capital Region Bottle & Insulator Club held its 19th Annual Show and Sale. Up here it is more commonly [...]

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2015 Chattanooga National – The Displays

Labeled Jack Daniel bottles - History of Jack Daniel display   2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle Show The Displays: Convention Center Hall A Exceeding all expectations this year were the wonderful displays presented along the left wall of [...]

Rochester 2015 Antique Bottle Show

The showroom was packed! Rochester 2015 Antique Bottle Show by Jim Bender The Genesee Valley Bottle Collectors Association held its 46th annual bottle and tabletop collectables show and sale on April 19, 2015. The show, once again, was held [...]

Abbott’s Bitters from Baltimore

Abbott's Bitters from Baltimore We received the following very interesting e-mail from Peter Schaf who allowed us to share. This guy really has it covered for Abbott's Bitters. Dear Mr. Meyer, Thank you for your very informative site! I very much appreciate [...]

Beautiful Minerals with a Selection of Exquisite Barber Bottles

Beautiful Minerals with a Selection of Exquisite Barber Bottles 14 February 2015 Now here is a display that you don't come across too often at antique bottle shows. Check out this email from Federation member Sandor P. Fuss reporting from [...]

Spotted on Tables at the FOHBC 2014 Lexington National

Spotted on Tables at the FOHBC 2014 Lexington National As you can probably imagine, we get quite a bit of bottle show pictures from various folks who are trying their best to capture their show. Some hope for a place in [...]

The Price’s Patent Texas Tonic makes and appearance at the Lexington National

PRICE'S PATENT TEXAS TONIC REPUBLIC OF TEXAS "A Purely Vegetable Medicine or Bitters" Ferdinand Meyer V with contributions by Doyle Bailey, Brad Seigler, Brandon DeWolfe, James Viguerie & Eric McGuire 26 June 2013 (Updated 29 & 31 August 2013, 09 [...]

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