Mansfield’s 38th Annual Show – Best Ever?

Mansfield's 38th Annual Show - Best Ever? Jim Bender, FOHBC Historian Last May 7th, Linda and I attended the 38th Annual Mansfield Ohio Antique Bottle Show. We have attended Mansfield every year for the past 12 years, except once because [...]

Mohawk Valley 22nd Annual Show was a Hit

Mohawk Valley 22nd Annual Show was a Hit This past weekend I attended the Mohawk Valley Bottle Collectors Show. Once again, this year it was held at the Utica Maennerchor, located at 5535 Flanagan Road in Marcy New York. The members [...]

Genesee Valley Bottle Association Holds 47th Annual Show and Sale

The line waiting to get in was as long as I have seen in a recent times. Everyone seemed ready to go! Genesee Valley Bottle Association Holds 47th Annual Show and Sale By Jim Bender, FOHBC Historian, FOHBC [...]

Takes More Than Snow to Hold Down The Empire State Bottle Collectors Association

Frank Starczek doesn't let a little snow slow him down. Takes More Than Snow to Hold Down The Empire State Bottle Collectors Association 06 April 2016 People were lined up when the doors opened, even in the [...]

Jeff Wichmann inducted into the FOHBC Hall of Fame

Jeff Wichmann inducted into the FOHBC Hall of Fame 03 April 2016 The FOHBC takes great pleasure in confirming that Jeff Wichmann, of Sacramento, California has been inducted into the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Hall of Fame. The Federation Board was [...]

Tommy Mitchiner inducted into the FOHBC Honor Roll

Tommy Mitchiner inducted into the FOHBC Honor Roll 03 April 2016 The FOHBC takes great pleasure in confirming that the late Thomas William "Tommy" Mitchiner, of Gordon, Georgia has been inducted into the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Honor Roll. [...]

American Bottle Auctions Open House added to 2016 Sacramento National Program

American Bottle Auctions Open House added to 2016 Sacramento National Convention & Expo [PRESS RELEASE] 29 March 2016 THURSDAY, August 4th, 2016 American Bottle Auctions Open House | American Bottle Auctions, 915 28th Street, Sacramento, CA 95816, Thursday, August 4th, 11:00 am - [...]

Betty Zumwalt, the keynote speaker at the 2016 FOHBC Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention and Expo

Betty Zumwalt, the keynote speaker at the 2016 FOHBC Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention and Expo The FOHBC Banquet | Lions Gate Hotel Club Ballroom, Friday, August 5th, 6:30 - 8:30 pm "50 year celebration of achievement" The FOHBC Banquet will [...]

Story of a Bottle – Barkhouse Bros. & Co. Gold Dust Kentucky Bourbon

Story of a Bottle - Barkhouse Bros. & Co. Gold Dust Kentucky Bourbon 49er Bottle Jamboree 20 March 2016 In preparation for the Holabird Americana "49er Bottle Jamboree" Auction at the FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo, we will [...]

2016 Sacramento National Souvenir Program (Sneak Preview) The Best of The West

2016 Sacramento National Souvenir Program (Sneak Preview) The Best of The West Three veteran western bottle collectors endeavored to produce a list of the most important twenty-five 19th century bottles with respect to collector’s interest. Knowing that this is no [...]

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