Neil A. Moore Passed Away Suddenly

Just heard yesterday that Neal Moore passed away suddenly. I was able to spend some quality time with Neal as he set up some spectacular Saratoga mineral water bottles on my table at the FOHBC 2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle [...]

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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 [...]

Top 25 Kentucky Rarest Bottles

In honor of and in preparation for the upcoming FOHBC 2014 National Antique Bottle Show in Lexington, Kentucky, we thought it would be nice to look at the Top 25 Kentucky’s Rarest Bottles. I will try to add pictures if I have actual [...]

Avon Mineral Springs – the “Saratoga” of Western N.Y.

AVON MINERAL SPRINGS the “Saratoga” of Western N.Y. by FOHBC member Jack Stecher  “Grimace was the prevailing feature on the face of the new-comer when swallowing the beverage of the fountain” Back in 2005 I published an article on the [...]

Manchester National Photo Gallery of Displays

Displays & Displayers More pictures from the FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire. Display awards were announced this past Sunday afternoon near the conclusion of the show. Congratulations are in order to Michael George and his Stoddard [...]

Fantasy Jug Raffle and Saratoga Bottles to be featured at the 2013 Saratoga Show

Ferdinand, Roy Topka with the Bottle Museum in Ballston Spa here. Local collector and artisan Jim Healy (he was tickled pink by the mention of his good work in the current Bottles and Extras) created the attached Fantasy Jug for [...]

2013 National Antique Bottle Show Seminars Announced

Manchester, NH Seminars Michael George, show chair and Rick Ciralli, seminar coordinator for the 2013 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire just announced officially, an exciting line-up of seminars and presenters that will want to be added [...]

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