Mike & Julie Newman Open House

2019 FOHBC 50th Anniversary National Antique Bottle Convention | Augusta, Georgia | Newman Open House Mike & Julie Newman Residence - Martinez, Georgia Thursday, 01 August 2019 | Noon to 3:00 pm 06 September 2019 The widely and wildly anticipated Mike [...]

Sweet Georgia Peaches Bottle Competition

2019 FOHBC 50th Anniversary National Antique Bottle Convention | Augusta, Georgia Sweet Georgia Peaches Bottle Competition Thursday evening, August 1st, 2019 The Sweet Georgia Peaches Bottle Competition will be held Thursday evening, August 1st, 2019 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm at [...]

Golden Gate Historical Bottle Society and Sale

GOLDEN GATE HISTORICAL BOTTLE SOCIETY SHOW AND SALE By Eric McGuire | FOHBC Western Region Director The 52nd GGHBS show and sale of April 14 is now history. Beautiful Spring weather greeted all attendees who made the trip to Antioch, [...]

Connecticut Yankees’ sodas documented in new book

Connecticut Yankees' sodas documented in new book By Bill Baab After penning a number of articles about 19th century soda water manufacturers and their bottles of his home state in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine, William G. (Bill) Beckett [...]

2018-02-14T07:49:24-06:00February 14, 2018|Advice, Editor's Picks, History, News, Publications, Soda Water|1 Comment

Press Release – American Bottle Auctions (Post-Sale, Oct. 13-22, Auction #64)

Dear Editor or Journalist - Attached is a press release with accompanying images for the internet and catalog Auction #64, held Oct. 13-22 by American Bottle Auctions, based in Sacramento, Calif. In all, 250 rare and vintage bottles sold for [...]

2017-11-01T15:00:18-05:00November 1, 2017|Advice, Auction News, Editor's Picks, News|0 Comments

The Coca-Cola Trail”, People and Places in the History of Coca-Cola

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 [...]

How an interest that started almost 50 years ago manifested into a book on patent bottle closures – The back story to Saving the Fizz

How an interest that started almost 50 years ago manifested into a book on patent bottle closures The back story to Saving the Fizz 09 July 2017 Portrait of David Jones who collects antique glass and stoneware for Collector [...]

Tommy Mitchiner inducted into the FOHBC Honor Roll

Tommy Mitchiner inducted into the FOHBC Honor Roll 03 April 2016 The FOHBC takes great pleasure in confirming that the late Thomas William "Tommy" Mitchiner, of Gordon, Georgia has been inducted into the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Honor Roll. [...]

2015 Chattanooga National – Battle of Chattanooga Results

Battle of Chattanooga Bottle Competition: Chattanooga Convention Center, Ballroom H, 8:00 - 11:00 pm All Photography by Mallory Boyle unless noted The much anticipated Battle of Chattanooga bottle competition, which was coordinated and emceed by Mike Newman (Martinez, Ga.) was as [...]

Battle of Chattanooga News

Battle of Chattanooga News The “Battle of Chattanooga” bottle competition will be held at the Marriott on Friday, July 31st after the banquet in Plaza Room C. There will be three categories. Each category will have three judges. The categories [...]

2015-04-11T18:40:51-05:00April 11, 2015|Advice, Editor's Picks, National Show, News|0 Comments
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