The New England Antique Bottle Collectors Club 51st Show

The New England Antique Bottle Collectors Club 51st Show 11 April 2017 This past Sunday I attended the New England Antique Bottle Collectors Clubs 51st annual show and sale. This was my first time to this show as it normally [...]

FOHBC Rolling Thunder Auction Now Online!

FOHBC Rolling Thunder Auction Now Online! Bid now and get an early start! The FOHBC “Rolling Thunder” auction is now online and open for bidding. Daniel Auction Co. has put together 144 great lots that will be called in a live [...]

2015 Chattanooga National Jug to be Raffled!

2015 Chattanooga National Jug to be Raffled! Now, here is some exciting news. Jim Bender, FOHBC Historian, has commissioned Jim Healy from Tribes Hill, New York to make a commemorative stoneware jug for the upcoming 2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle [...]

2015 Mohawk Valley Antique Bottle Club Show Report

Bottle Showroom Floor 2015 Mohawk Valley Antique Bottle Club Show Report By Jim Bender The Mohawk Valley Antique Bottle Club held its 21st bottle show last May 3rd at the Maennerchor located in Marcy, N.Y. This was the [...]

FOHBC 2015 National Antique Bottle Show Seminars

FOHBC National Antique Bottle Show S E M I N A R S Saturday Morning - August 1, 2015 Jack Hewitt and John Joiner, Chattanooga National Show Co-Chairs, have a great line-up of presentations and seminars at the 2015 FOHBC National Antique Bottle [...]

Announcing Daniel Auction Company as the auctioneer for the 2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle Show

Announcing Daniel Auction Company as the auctioneer for the 2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle Show 22 October 2014 [FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE] The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) is proud to announce that the Federation Auction for the 2015 National Antique [...]

FOHBC Life Member Jim Rogers Passing

Jim and Joyce Rogers receiving their special Life Achievement award at the FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire “being icons of bottle collecting, whose knowledge, honesty, charm and friendship have enhanced our hobby immeasurably over [...]

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I lost my oldest friend Ed Bartos

On January 9, 2014, I lost my oldest friend and the man that started me into the wonderful hobby of old bottles. Edward C. Bartos of Richmondville, NY passed away at a young age of 66. Ed has left behind [...]

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