September – October 2025 issue of AB&GC online for Members!

Featuring a look at history of bottles seen through one retailer's bottles over many decades, what we might hope we'd find while acquiring another collection and a look at DP Co.'s poison bottles. Also great digging, finds, photographs, amusement, ACL's [...]

July – August 2025 issue of AB&GC online for Members!

While alcohol was prominent in the bitters and medicines of the late 1800s, this time the Canyontell medicine bottle itself poses as a whiskey.  And, featuring a cure that seems full of air, learn how Starkey and Palen sold oxygen [...]

May–June 2025 issue of AB&GC online for Members!

Read this super-cool issue on beautiful German marbles. Also great digging, finds, photographs, amusement, tragedy, witches, ACL's and history—all in this new issue! Antique Bottle & Glass Collector Vol. 36 No. 3 | May – June 2025 | No. 279 [...]

We lose Brian Wolff

We lose Brian Wolff As much as we dreaded hearing this, the news came like a thunderbolt and deadened us once again. We have lost someone who had so much going and was an anchor in our antique bottle world. [...]

The best Outhouse cake I have ever seen

The best Outhouse cake I have ever seen Hi Martin, Wanted to send this in for some time. Local cake maker friend of our daughters, Michelle Smith does cakes on the side and made me the best Outhouse cake I [...]

FOHBC Hat Contest at the 2014 Lexington National Antique Bottle Show

FOHBC Hat Contest at the 2014 Lexington National Antique Bottle Show 06 August 2014 We tried to add a little extra excitement to the Cocktail Party and Banquet on Friday evening at the Lexington National. Our idea was to have a hat [...]

Houston, it seems like there were some Scheduling Issues in Reno…

Sometimes, you just have to poke fun at yourself. Well, the Show Program Table of Contents said our Schedule of Events for the Expo was on Page 8. Unfortunately, it wasn't on Page 8, or even in the program. Also, apparently [...]

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