Elvin C. Moody leaves us
Bottle Great Elvin C. Moody Passes On. Elvin C. Moody of Columbus, Ohio passed away peacefully at the age of 88 on May 6, 2014 after a brief illness. See Obituary Read: Elvin Moody Bottle Collection pictures surface!
Kentucky’s Top 25 Rarest Bitters Bottles
In honor of and in preparation for the upcoming FOHBC 2014 National Antique Bottle Show in Lexington, Kentucky, I thought it would be nice to look at the Top 25 Kentucky’s Rarest Bitters Bottles. I will try to add pictures if I [...]
Figural Bitters in the Dave Kyle Collection
Dave Kyle and his Figural Bitters 03 April 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V [Reposted from Peachridge Glass] Often, when I travel to bottle shows around the country, I am afforded the luxury of visiting some fantastic collections and meeting with [...]
Botanic Medicine Company – Botanic Iron Tonic Bitters
Botanic Iron Tonic Bitters trade card front - Joe Gourd Collection Botanic Medicine Company Tracking the Botanic Iron Tonic Bitters - Well, Joe Gourd has done it again with an e-mail containing a trade card showing three cats [...]
LAHBC Hosts a Bitters Forum
Our Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club April meeting had a special guest that was invited to our meeting to talk about bitters. Dave Kyle (red cap) hosted a bitters forum and shared some of his collection with our members. Our members [...]
Barrel Series – Wormser Bros San Francisco
WORMSER BROS | SAN FRANCISCO Spectacular photograph of WORMSER BROS SAN FRANCISCO figural barrels – American Bottle Auctions (Jeff Wichmann) Reprinted from Peachridge Glass from the Barrel Series OK, let’s knock out this great Wormser Brothers figural barrel that [...]
3-part series on “Burdock Blood Bitters”
In from one of newest Fed members and noted Civil War author Jim Schmidt…Make sure you visit his blog site and sign up to receive his posts. Part I of a 3-part series on “Burdock Blood Bitters” includes an 1883 letter from the [...]
FOHBC Reno Shoot-outs Planned!
So...Do you think you may have the best Drakes or circle J H Cutter? Portions of an email in from Richard Siri and Marty Hall who are the organizers for the FOHBC Reno Expo next July. Ferdinand: Marty and I [...]
C.C. Jerome National Bitters – Detroit
Another very exciting email from noted Michigan collector Jeff “scharno” Scharnowske… OK, now for something more up your alley, Ferd. Here are the only two known examples of the triangular shaped C.C. Jerome National Bitters from Detroit. These two and the [...]
