2015 Chattanooga National Jug to be Raffled!

2015 Chattanooga National Jug to be Raffled! Now, here is some exciting news. Jim Bender, FOHBC Historian, has commissioned Jim Healy from Tribes Hill, New York to make a commemorative stoneware jug for the upcoming 2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle [...]

Indexed List of Bottles and Extras and Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Indexed Article List for: Bottles and Extras Antique Bottle & Glass Collector (1998, 2004 - 2022 Indexed to date for Bottle and Extras) (2021 - 2023 Indexed to date for Antique Bottle & Glass Collector) CATEGORIES: Advertising • Auctions • Bitters • Black Glass • [...]

2014-05-23T08:52:08-05:00May 23, 2014|Articles, Bottles and Extras, History|Comments Off on Indexed List of Bottles and Extras and Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Wyatt Earp’s Northern Saloon and Tonopah, Nevada

Wyatt Earp's Northern Saloon and Tonopah, Nevada Covers for the last nine issues of Bottles and Extras, the flagship magazine of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Ferdinand Meyer V | FOHBC President As a design and image [...]

Found some Charles Gardner pieces Out Pickin’

Hi Ferdinand, Please read below before you view the pictures. I was out pickin' today and scored two amazing items; both Charles Gardner Collection pieces. They are not bottles, but items I think may be a bit more rare. I [...]

FOHBC Bottles and Extras being mailed Monday!

With record speed and great teamwork from the Bottles and Extras Editorial Team, (Martin Van Zant, Bill Baab, Alan DeMaison, Randy Selenak, Dave Maryo, Gene Bradberry & Ferdinand Meyer V) we are pleased to announce that we were able to assemble a [...]

2012 Baltimore Bottle Show Report

This show wears me out and this year took the cake. When we finally returned to Houston we were tired, spent and exhausted. It was a good feeling though, the kind of satisfaction you get from working outside all day, [...]

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 [...]

The Breweries of Clinton, Iowa

Read about Mark Wiseman's purchase of two crown top beer bottles from the Tritschler & Tiesse Brewery in Clinton, Iowa during the auction of the late Bill Wharff's collection several years ago that led him to co-author this article in [...]

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