The Coca-Cola Trail”, People and Places in the History of Coca-Cola

The Coca-Cola Trail”, People and Places in the History of Coca-Cola NEWS RELEASE: Did you know? Coca-Cola once sold the rights to bottle Coca-Cola throughout the United States for $1. Coca-Cola was first bottled in Vicksburg, Mississippi, not Atlanta. There are just [...]

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 [...]

2017 Springfield National Souvenir Program

2017 Springfield National Souvenir Program 21 July 2017 Here is the printed version of the FOHBC 2017 Springfield National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo Souvenir Program. We thank our many advertisers and look forward to a fantastic, fun-filled antique bottle [...]

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 [...]

September October 2016 BOTTLES and EXTRAS mails this week!

September October 2016 BOTTLES and EXTRAS mails this week! The September October 2016 BOTTLES and EXTRAS mails to FOHBC members this week! This issue features OK Plantation Bitters - The Big Boys by Ferdinand Meyer V, Savannah Bottler John Ryan’s Fame has spread [...]

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 [...]

FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo | Souvenir Program

Read the FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo Souvenir Program. Registration starts tomorrow afternoon. Events for the day include the FOHBC Board Meeting, American Bottle Auctions Open House, Generals House Reception and conclude with the Sacramento Shootout. [...]

TeaKettle Ink Price and Reference Guide

TeaKettle Ink Price and Reference Guide by Joe L. Mathews Jr. - 2016 26 July 2016 As noted within my Houston Antique Bottle Show report yesterday, I said I would be reporting on a new book by Joe Mathews called TeaKettle [...]

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 [...]

Bottled in Illinois Update

Bottled in Illinois Update Mr. Meyer – We have uploaded the first chapter of our book, “Bottled in Illinois” to my page at Academia.edu. It can be downloaded for free at: BOTTLED IN ILLINOIS 1840-1880. Please pass this information on to the [...]

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