Montana Bottle Collectors Assoc. meets in Virginia City at the Bale of Hay Saloon

[incoming from James Campiglia] *Get a load of the RV parked behind them! Montana Bottle Collectors Assoc. meets in Virginia City at the Bale of Hay Saloon. We had our officers meeting on Sunday the 26th of August. We all [...]

2012-09-02T19:08:16-05:00September 2, 2012|Club News, Digs & Finds, Editor's Picks, History, News|0 Comments

Bottle Thefts at the Reno Expo

THEFT REPORT By Pam Selenak | FOHBC Public Relations Director As great of a show as the Reno Expo was, it did not go without a blemish. The bottle collecting community as a whole is an honest and trustworthy group of [...]

Houston, it seems like there were some Scheduling Issues in Reno…

Sometimes, you just have to poke fun at yourself. Well, the Show Program Table of Contents said our Schedule of Events for the Expo was on Page 8. Unfortunately, it wasn't on Page 8, or even in the program. Also, apparently [...]

2012-08-11T07:38:20-05:00August 11, 2012|Editor's Picks, Humor, National Show, Shows|0 Comments

Greenbrier TN: Fire destroys over $400,000 in antiques

* Updated 09 August 2012 with Thank You from Nancy & Claude * Updated 26 June 2012 with Donation Information Subject: Tragedy in Tennessee On Monday, Memorial Day, the 7,000 square foot building owned by Claude Bellar in Greenbrier, TN, burned to [...]

2012-08-02T10:55:57-05:00August 2, 2012|Advice, Editor's Picks, News|0 Comments

2013 Manchester, NH National Antique Bottle Show Contracts Available

"table section will be as the contracts arrive to the FOHBC. I'm figuring it'll start at the 1st tables closest to the door then fan out from there so people who get their contracts in the quickest will be up [...]

2013 National Show Update – Manchester, New Hampshire

for immediate release... 2013 National Show Update The FOHBC Board of Directors has selected Glass Works Auctions to be the official bottle auction company for the 2013 FOHBC National Show in Manchester, New Hampshire. A competitive bid process was used [...]

Extremely Rare Burgoon Ball aquired by Jeff Burkhardt

Good Morning: There are few LRBS (Lightning Rod Balls) on my want list, but high-up on that list is the extremely rare BURGOON. I have the cobalt but the amber and SCA (Sun Colored Amthysist) have eluded me…until yesterday that is. Having found out [...]

Unique New Book Surveys Glass Industry In West Virginia by Dean Six

Submitted by Bill Clements: There has never been an effort to take a broad, comprehensive look at West Virginia’s rich heritage of glass production. All that changes with the publication by Quarrier Press of the 20 plus years in the [...]

2012-01-10T14:52:04-06:00January 10, 2012|Advice, Editor's Picks, History, Publications|0 Comments

Edward Drummond Libbey, American Glassmaker

Here’s a book (Edward Drummond Libbey, American Glassmaker by Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr.) that is interesting for a number of reasons; including a great early history of the New England Glass Company, as well as wonderful descriptions of the challenges facing [...]

2012-01-01T16:45:10-06:00January 1, 2012|Advice, Editor's Picks, History, Publications|0 Comments
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