Jim Bender on A.M. Bininger Bottles: ‘Day Dreams’ Ready for Collectors By Bill Baab During a dig in Savannah, Georgia more than 40 years ago, a collector unearthed a strange-looking bottle. It was in the shape of an old time cannon. [...]
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 [...]
History's Corner occurs in each BOTTLES and EXTRAS issue in memory of Dick Watson - longtime FOHBC Historian Charles R. ( Dick) Watson Series initiated and coordinated by Jim Bender, FOHBC Historian November | December 2018 issue of [...]
Two New York Clubs learn about the FOHBC 20 September 2016 I recently was invited to speak at two of New York's great antique bottle clubs. Barry Haynes of the Empire State Bottle Collectors Association and Tom Kanalley of the Finger [...]
FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo | Educational Displays This year at the FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo, twenty (20) outstanding displays were presented. These included: Ken & Reine Salter • 17th-19th Century American & European [...]
Todd & HGTV [Reprinted from the Ohio Bottle Club] One of our very own club members was filmed for an upcoming HGTV special on “The Revolutionary War On The Tuscarawas – Fort Laurens Encampment”. Todd Knisley (pictured to left) joined [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
An Opinion on Bottle Cleaning The following represents my opinion and does not reflect the opinions of others. It reflects what I see in the collecting field that I have been a part of for 42 years. In a continuing and [...]
Labeled Jack Daniel bottles - History of Jack Daniel display 2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle Show The Displays: Convention Center Hall A Exceeding all expectations this year were the wonderful displays presented along the left wall of [...]
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