Paper Label Inks
WHY I COLLECT PAPER LABELS by John hINKel (copyright 1995 rev1) Well . . . to tell the whole story. After collecting clocks for more than thirty years and while having acquiring quite a number, the collecting was not going [...]
Those great Western EC&M Insulators
The FOHBC was represented strongly in two (2) western shows this past weekend in California. This collector was fortunate enough to attend the annual Downieville Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show in northern California. Hopefully next year it will be the [...]
Surprise Bottle Article in Martha Stewart Living
At the FOHBC National Show in Wilmington, Ohio last year, Jeanine Burkardt (wife of Jeff Burkhardt) came to our sales table and proudly showed us her copy of the latest issue of Martha Stewart Living (August 2010). This eight page [...]
Record Price for an American Historical Flask!
Norman Heckler announced on their web site, the sale of an extraordinary General Jackson | Eagle Flask in their Auction 90. The auction listing is as follows... GII-66 General Jackson. " And Bust - "J.R. / Laird. S.C. [...]
Spectacular Carters Cathedral Ink Grouping
Jim Berry, FOHBC Secretary, submitted these rather nice pictures of his Carter Cathedral inks with labels and stoppers. The pictures were accompanied with the following information… Attached are a couple pictures of my Carter Cathedral ink bottles. It has taken [...]
Soda Bottlers Of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee
We've been following up on a fellow named Joseph T. Lee III on Facebook and his web site TazewellOrange.com. You have to say, Joseph really has Soda Bottles covered in his region. From Tazewell Orange Home Page: Soda Bottlers Of [...]
Flaccus Bros Steers Head Fruit Jars
Greg Spurgeon announces the latest North American Glass on-line auction of quality bottles & jars that will open on Monday, May 23rd. You can now preview all 231 items at his North American Glass website. What caught our [...]
The Breweries of Clinton, Iowa
Read about Mark Wiseman's purchase of two crown top beer bottles from the Tritschler & Tiesse Brewery in Clinton, Iowa during the auction of the late Bill Wharff's collection several years ago that led him to co-author this article in [...]
