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 [...]

Mohawk Valley Bottle Club Supports the FOHBC

Club newsletter announcing the FOHBC talk by Jim Bender Mohawk Valley Bottle Club Supports the FOHBC On Monday, March 14, 2016, I did a talk on the history of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) at the Mohawk [...]

Sacramento Grizzly Bear

Sacramento Grizzly Bear 22 February 2016 Jeff (Wichmann) took the pictures (for a BOTTLES and EXTRAS Sacramento article) yesterday and will forward them shortly. While he was here, he took a photo of a hand carved grizzly bear, California's official state mammal. [...]

Back to our Roots – What Does That Mean?

BACK TO OUR ROOTS WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ? by Eric McGuire The upcoming FOHBC 2016 National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo to be held in Sacramento, California on August 4 - 7, 2016, is considered to be a "back [...]

We lose Brian Wolff

We lose Brian Wolff As much as we dreaded hearing this, the news came like a thunderbolt and deadened us once again. We have lost someone who had so much going and was an anchor in our antique bottle world. [...]

Cleveland, Ohio to be the host city for the 2018 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Convention

Cleveland, Ohio to be the host city for the 2018 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Convention The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) is thrilled to announce the 2018 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Convention in Cleveland, Ohio on August 3rd - 5th, [...]

Proposed Federation Bylaw Update

Please see the following proposed updates in red. All updates have been approved by the FOHBC Board and need Full Membership approval (Last Updated 03 December 2015) By-laws of The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Article I - Name and Mission [...]

2015-12-13T09:50:21-06:00December 13, 2015|Advice, Board Members, Bylaws, Club News, Editor's Picks, News|0 Comments

Forks of the Delaware Bottle Collectors 42nd Annual Show

Forks of the Delaware Bottle Collectors 42nd Annual Show This past weekend I was able to attend the Forks of the Delaware Bottle Collectors 42nd Annual Show, commonly known as the Bethlehem Show. The show is held in the same great [...]

2015-12-01T18:06:36-06:00December 1, 2015|Advice, Board Members, Club News, Editor's Picks, News, Shows|0 Comments

The Capital Region Bottle & Insulator Clubs 19th Annual Show and Sale

The Capital Region Bottle & Insulator Clubs 19th Annual Show and Sale This past Sunday which was November 15th, 2015, the Capital Region Bottle & Insulator Club held its 19th Annual Show and Sale. Up here it is more commonly [...]

2015-11-20T09:27:53-06:00November 20, 2015|Club News, Displays, Editor's Picks, News, Shows|0 Comments

The Oldest Bottle Club in the United States?

The Oldest Consecutive Bottle Club in the United States? By Jim Bender I received an invitation to join the Empire State Bottle Collectors Association for dinner to celebrate its 50th year as a club. I first did not think much about [...]

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