FOHBC Reno Expo 2012
Updated 28 July 2012 RENO EXPO 2012 | July 27 - 29 General Public Today! The show will be more than 325 tables with over 200 dealers, going to be a great time! Finalize your plans now for the FOHBC Reno [...]
Some Stunning Historical Flasks at the FOHBC Pomona National
This beautiful picture is of Richard Tucker’s historical flasks that he displayed and won First Prize at the FOHBC National Show in Pomona, California in 2009. Another reason to go to the National Shows. The displays are terrific! This years [...]
Surprise Bottle Article in Martha Stewart Living
At the FOHBC National Show in Wilmington, Ohio last year, Jeanine Burkardt (wife of Jeff Burkhardt) came to our sales table and proudly showed us her copy of the latest issue of Martha Stewart Living (August 2010). This eight page [...]
Record Price for an American Historical Flask!
Norman Heckler announced on their web site, the sale of an extraordinary General Jackson | Eagle Flask in their Auction 90. The auction listing is as follows... GII-66 General Jackson. " And Bust - "J.R. / Laird. S.C. [...]
Spectacular Carters Cathedral Ink Grouping
Jim Berry, FOHBC Secretary, submitted these rather nice pictures of his Carter Cathedral inks with labels and stoppers. The pictures were accompanied with the following information… Attached are a couple pictures of my Carter Cathedral ink bottles. It has taken [...]
Soda Bottlers Of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee
We've been following up on a fellow named Joseph T. Lee III on Facebook and his web site TazewellOrange.com. You have to say, Joseph really has Soda Bottles covered in his region. From Tazewell Orange Home Page: Soda Bottlers Of [...]
Meet Your Board Members: Ferdinand Meyer V
Ferdinand Meyer V, 2nd Vice President FOHBC Board, is a passionate Collector of American Historical Glass. Ferdinand specializes in Bitters Bottles, Color Runs and related Classic Figural Bottles. Ferdinand, who is a native of Baltimore, Maryland is married to Elizabeth [...]
The Official Magazine of the FOHBC!
In addition to the other benefits, members of The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) will receive a full year’s subscription to Bottles and Extras which is a 72-page, large format magazine that contains informative articles related to the collecting of all [...]
Flaccus Bros Steers Head Fruit Jars
Greg Spurgeon announces the latest North American Glass on-line auction of quality bottles & jars that will open on Monday, May 23rd. You can now preview all 231 items at his North American Glass website. What caught our [...]
FOHBC 2011 Memphis Auction Shapes Up
It looks like an interesting group of 83 bottles has been co-signed to the 2011 Memphis National Auction. Bill Meier is Hosting and Directing the Online portion of the sale. Bill sent us the picture above showing some [...]
