January–February 2025 issue of AB&GC available!

Notice to all FOHBC Members. We sincerely apologize as the January–February 2025 issue of Antique Bottle & Glass Collector is mailing late due to the immense body of work in producing and closing out the Houston 24 Expo and health [...]

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 [...]

RENO 2020 Shootout!

RENO 2020 Shootout! This friendly competition will compare and judge three particular types of bottles from anyone who would like to enter examples that they own. The three judging events will be for the ‘best’ J. F. Cutter star shield [...]

Augusta General Admission | On the Tables

2019 FOHBC 50th Anniversary National Antique Bottle Convention | Augusta, Georgia | General Admission - On the Tables Augusta Convention Center | Olmstead Hall Saturday, 03 August 2019 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm 12 September 2019 So far, we've [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Battle of Springfield Bottle Competition News

Battle of Springfield Bottle Competition News 18 November 2016 The “Battle of Springfield” Bottle Competition will be held Thursday, August 3rd, 2017 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm at the FOHBC 2017 Springfield National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo. The event will occur at [...]

FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo | Educational Seminars

FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo | Educational Seminars  Seminars | Lions Gate Hotel, Club Ballroom A & B, Friday, August 5th, 9:00 am - Noon Six (6) seminars will be presented by prominent collectors on various collecting [...]

Passing of my friend – John “Jerry” Strubel

Passing of my friend - John “Jerry” Strubel Hi Ferdinand, Just wanted to bring to the attention of the bottle collecting community concerning the passing of my friend - John “Jerry” Strubel. Jerry, (91), died on Sunday, May 15th 2016, [...]

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Saratoga Type Bottle Collectors Society

Saratoga Type Bottle Collectors Society The other day I received a nice letter and poster from Bob Puckhaber. Bob is son of the late Bernhard Puckhaber who published the first guide to SARATOGAS Mineral Waters in 1976. I still have my [...]

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