New Inks Book!

NEW INKS BOOK by Guy Burch It has taken me almost 20 years to complete my book on ‘Inks, Glues, Polish & Blacking Bottles.’ When I started it, I had in mind a British version of William Covill Jr’s ‘Ink [...]

New FOHBC Online Seminar Series!

The FOHBC is announcing monthly 1-hour online Zoom seminars with presentations and imagery on a broad range of topics relating to antique bottle and glass collecting. Join us for an exciting series brought to you by Federation members discussing collecting, history, [...]

Jerry McCann inducted into the FOHBC Hall of Fame!

JAR COLLECTING NEWS The FOHBC board voted unanimously to induct Jerry McCann into the FOHBC Hall of Fame. Thank you also to Joe Coulson for organizing and presenting the nomination of Mr. McCann. Widely known as Jerry throughout the fruit jar [...]

Five New Rare Jars added to the FOHBC Virtual Museum

Five New Jars Late December has been a busy month for the FOHBC Virtual Museum team, especially in the Jars Gallery. Five new specimens were hand carried and set up in the gallery, where you can see these very rare [...]

July–August 2022 Issue features Charleston’s Eli Gatchell Soda Water

Antique Bottle & Glass Collector Vol. 33 No. 4 | July – August 2022 | No. 262   (Mailed 14 June 2022. Visit the FOHBC Members Portal to read online) Features: Cheers to the Privy Double Addendum Jeff Mihalik 16 Jones’ Empire Ink–He [...]

May–June 2022 issue of AB&GC hits the newsstands!

Antique Bottle & Glass Collector Vol. 33 No. 2 | May – June 2022 | No. 261.  (Mailed 18 April 2022. Visit the FOHBC Members Portal to read online) Features: The House Had an Illness Fred DeCarlo 14 The Wisconsin Connection Michael Seeliger 35 The case [...]

Eric McGuire – Reno 2022 Banquet Keynote Speaker

Eric McGuire FOHBC Banquet and Cocktail Hour • Friday evening, July 29th [5:30 pm to 8:30 pm] Grand Sierra Resort, Crystal Ballroom Come relax with the FOHBC and your bottle friends and enjoy a cocktail from 5:30 to [...]

The bottle digging and collecting community has lost a giant—Johnnie Fletcher

The bottle digging and collecting community has lost a giant. Johnnie Fletcher passed away on January 21 after a long battle with cancer. Johnnie was an avid and very successful privy digger, starting in the 1980s. He dug thousands of [...]

Top 25 Whiskey Display at Reno 22!

Top 25 Western Whiskey Display • Friday, July 29th, Sat., July 30th & Sun. July 31st [Showroom hours] Summit Pavilion You are invited to participate in the centerpiece Top 25 Western Whiskey Bottle Display at the FOHBC Reno 2022 National [...]

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