49th S.C. Bottle Club Roundup

49th S.C. Bottle Club show marks huge dealer, crowd by Bill Baab COLUMBIA, S.C. – The 49th annual South Carolina Bottle Club Show and Sale last April 23 was a rip-roaring success, attracting 174 dealers and a bumper crowd of [...]

The 49th Annual Milwaukee Antique Bottle & Advertising Show

The 49th Annual Milwaukee Antique Bottle & Advertising Show The Milwaukee Antique Bottle Show was held on February 6, 2022, and was a great success and was exceptionally well attended. The show was moved to a new venue, the Waukesha [...]

2022-02-14T15:43:44-06:00February 14, 2022|Advice, Club News, Editor's Picks, News, Shows|0 Comments

Inagural issue of Antique Bottle & Glass Collector posts to members

ANTIQUE BOTTLE & GLASS COLLECTOR March – April 2022 We are excited to say that our inaugural issue of Antique Bottle & Glass Collector was mailed to FOHBC Members on Friday, 11 February 2022—four days ahead of schedule! FOHBC members [...]

The bottle digging and collecting community has lost a giant—Johnnie Fletcher

The bottle digging and collecting community has lost a giant. Johnnie Fletcher passed away on January 21 after a long battle with cancer. Johnnie was an avid and very successful privy digger, starting in the 1980s. He dug thousands of [...]

Reno 2022 Souvenir Program

RENO 2022 THE BIGGEST ANTIQUE BOTTLE AND GLASS EVENT OF THE YEAR! Why don't you make your plans to attend the "Biggest Antique Bottle and Glass Event in the Biggest Little City in the World!" To help support this mega [...]

Magazine Merger Announced!

The FOHBC is formally announcing the merger of our two hobby magazines Bottles and Extras and Antique Bottle & Glass Collector (AB&GC). The first issue of the new magazine called Antique Bottle & Glass Collector will be a hybrid design and will follow the Bottles and Extras bi-monthly [...]

FOHBC Reno 2022 National Antique Bottle Convention

Latest update 23 July 2022 General News: Eric McGuire is the keynote speaker at the FOHBC Reno 22 banquet. S.S. Central America Exhibit Download Information Packet Hotel Rooms: Phone number: 1.800.648.5080.   Group Code: FHB22 FOHBC discounted rates ended 01 July 2022. [...]

We’re Sill On for Syracuse 2021! – Cancelled

  FOHBC 2021 Syracuse National Antique Bottle Show. Thursday, August 5th 2021 - Saturday, August 7th 2021. Make your plans, get your hotel rooms, reserve your sales tables, early admission, banquet reservations, and souvenir program advertisement, NOW – PLEASE DO [...]

2021-03-16T17:33:29-05:00March 16, 2021|Advice, Club News, National Show, News|0 Comments

Shriver’s Baltimore Oyster Ketchup

Our latest addition to the FOHBC Virtual Museum Foods & Sauces Gallery is a wonderful example of an amber Shriver's Baltimore Oyster Ketchup bottle imaged by our west coast team member Gina Pellegrini. Check her pictures out, they are outstanding. [...]

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