The Oldest Club in The Country Holds It’s Fall Show

Empire Fall Shows Goes Well The Oldest Club in The Country Holds It's Fall Show 25 October 2016 This past Sunday, a week ago, I attended the 18th annual Empire State Bottle Collectors Association bottle show which is held at [...]

2016-10-25T18:43:48-05:00October 25, 2016|Advice, Board Members, Club News, Editor's Picks, News, Shows|0 Comments

Finger Lakes Bottle Collectors Association Holds 47th Show

Finger Lakes Bottle Collectors Association Holds 47th Show 05 October 2016 This past Sunday October 2nd I was able to attend the 47th annual Finger Lakes Bottle Collectors Show. The Finger Lakes Bottle Collectors Association (FLBCA) was organized in April [...]

2016-10-05T08:02:18-05:00October 5, 2016|Advice, Club News, Editor's Picks, News, Shows|0 Comments

Two New York Clubs learn about the FOHBC

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 [...]

2016-09-20T13:39:12-05:00September 20, 2016|Advice, Board Members, Club News, Editor's Picks, News, Shows|0 Comments

Madison Bouckville Tent Sale Still a Hit

Signs along Route 20 guide you to the Bottle Nuts tent. Madison Bouckville Tent Sale Still a Hit 23 August 2016 For a number of years now, a group of us guys have rented a couple of tents [...]

Mohawk Valley 22nd Annual Show was a Hit

Mohawk Valley 22nd Annual Show was a Hit This past weekend I attended the Mohawk Valley Bottle Collectors Show. Once again, this year it was held at the Utica Maennerchor, located at 5535 Flanagan Road in Marcy New York. The members [...]

Takes More Than Snow to Hold Down The Empire State Bottle Collectors Association

Frank Starczek doesn't let a little snow slow him down. Takes More Than Snow to Hold Down The Empire State Bottle Collectors Association 06 April 2016 People were lined up when the doors opened, even in the [...]

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

Howard J. Dean 1917 – 2015

[left to right] Aaron Weber, Howard Dean, & Neil Moore. "Rare Saratogas from New York" Howard holding Peoples Choice Award Howard J. Dean 1917 - 2015 I first met Howard some thirty plus years ago. I was never [...]

The Oldest Club in The Country Holds Its Fall Show

The Oldest Club in The Country Holds Its Fall Show by Jim Bender | FOHBC Historian The Empire State Bottle Collectors Association held its fall show and sale last October 18. This is the 17th year for the Scriba, N.Y., [...]

2015-10-20T17:46:56-05:00October 20, 2015|Club News, Editor's Picks, News, Shows|0 Comments

Top Saratoga “Wanted” List Update

Top Saratoga "Wanted" List Update 27 August 2015 [Special from Peachridge Glass] A couple of weeks before the FOHBC 2015 Chattanooga National, I received a simple e-mail from Neil Moore from Milford, Delaware that is represented below. Good morning, I [...]

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