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Ted Hake Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
FRIDAY AUGUST 5, 2016 • VOL. 47, NO. 32
Western Bottles Highlight Holabird Western Americana’s ’49er Bottle Jamboree Rare Western bottles will take center stage at the annual auction of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 6, at the Lion’s Gate Hotel in Sacramento, Calif. The event will be part of the ’49er Bottle Jamboree and will coincide with the FOHBC’s 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle & Expo, at the same venue. “This year we’re doing something different by presenting a wide variety of bottles and related pieces that help define Western collecting,” said Fred Holabird, president of Holabird Western Americana, based in Reno, Nev., the firm conducting the auction. “We solicited bottles that are an iconic representation of the genre from different areas – and in the west, that isn’t easy.” In all, 193 lots will come up for bid, the vast majority of them from the Western United States. These will include 60 whiskeys (featuring the two expected top lots in the sale), 50 sodas (to include many rarities), 45 medicines (featuring rare A Thomas Taylor & Importers (Virginia City, Nev.) fifth, one of only two examples known and one of the earliest embossed cylinder Western whiskey bottles, will be estimated at $15,000$25,000. This W & B Shasta (Shasta, Calif.) Superior Mineral Water bottle, deep cobalt blue, with a fluted base and applied top, one of a handful of Shasta bottles known, will be estimated at $9,000-$12,000. colored examples and some fantastic Owl bottles), five bitters and 10 miscellaneous bottles (to include a cobalt blue grenade and inks). “Bottles from some of the Western states are so rare that it’s difficult to find collectors who want to part with their gems, and we can’t
blame them,” said Holabird. “But somehow, some of the most cherished pieces imaginable have found their way into this auction. Some are literally unknown to the bottle collecting world. Some are from non-collectors. Most are great rarities.” The two whiskeys expected to do well include a green Thomas Taylor & Importers (Virginia City, Nev.) fifth, one of only two examples known and one of the This Harkness “Fire Destroyer” grenade bottle (or ribbed glass bottle form hand fire grenade), 6.5-inches tall, deep cobalt blue in color is estimated at $5,000-$8,000. earliest embossed cylinder Western whiskey bottles. It dates to around 1865-70 and is being offered at auction exactly as it was discovered in the early 1970s in Reno. The bottle is estimated to realize $15,000$25,000. The other is an early yellowgreen Gold Dust Whiskey (San Francisco, Calif.), circa 1871-74, one of only eight known and literally flawless – 100 on a scale of 1 to 100, having never been in the ground nor mishandled (the original cork is still in place). This relic from the California Gold Rush, one of the oldest of the Western embossed whiskey bottles, should bring $10,000$20,000. One bottle from the miscellaneous category expected to generate excitement is a Harkness “Fire Continued on page 2
This rare Owl Pharmacy (Seven Troughs, Nev.) drug bottle in the 16 ounce size, almost a foot tall, a great American ghost town bottle from a Nevada mining camp, will be estimated at $1,000-$2,000.
Ted Hake, founder of Hake’s Americana & Collectibles, was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the American Political Items Collectors’ (APIC) 2016 National Convention. The prestigious award was presented at a July 9 banquet highlighting a fiveday series of club-sponsored events headquartered at the Harrisburg Hilton.
Regarded as a top expert on political memorabilia and a trailblazer of America’s collectibles industry, Hake launched his Hake’s Americana auction business in 1967. At that time, there were only three national publications serving collectors and no auction houses that dealt exclusively in 20th-century American pop culture.
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The PA Auction Center Braces For Special Four-Day Sale on page 4
Ted Hake at the Hake’s Americana & Collectibles booth at the American Political Items Collectors 2016 National Convention. Image courtesy of Hake’s.
Deadline Is Approaching To Register For Taping Of MPT’s “Chesapeake Collectibles”
Winchester 1866 Rifles Highlight Regional Firearms Sale on page 12
Series Features Memorabilia From Collectors Throughout The Chesapeake Bay Region The registration deadline for participants in the Saturday and Sunday, Aug 20 and 21, taping for season seven of Maryland Public Television’s (MPT) series “Chesapeake Collectibles” is rapidly approaching. The final day to register to have personal items considered for evaluation for upcoming episodes during the series’ new season will be Monday, Aug. 8. Two registration options are available for interested participants. Details are available at www.chesapeakecollectibles.com. The production will be shot on location for a third year at the Turf Valley Resort in Howard County. Attendees are required to register in advance. Walk-ins are not permitted. Chesapeake Collectibles features antiques and memorabilia from all over the world brought to the set by collectors. The series’ appeal stems from the uniqueness of many of the heirlooms and the stories surrounding the items. More than 20 certified appraisers will provide expert oral evaluations at
the “Chesapeake Collectibles” taping event. Heirlooms selected for last season’s taping included an unusual Marquis diamond ring, a rare Boy Scout Jamboree poster painted by Norman Rockwell, documents signed by the Duke of Russia, an 1820s Kentucky pistol, a vase by Pablo Picasso, pre-Civil War slave documents, and a baseball signed by Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey. Each season, approximately 100 out of more than 1,000 items that come through the “Chesapeake Collectibles” studio for evaluation appear in episodes of the 13-part series. Season seven of “Chesapeake Collectibles” will premiere in January 2017. The series airs on Thursdays at 8 p.m. on MPT-HD and is rebroadcast on Saturdays at 10 p.m. Each episode also airs on MPT2-HD, on Saturdays at 7 p.m. Major funding for season seven of “Chesapeake Collectibles” is provided by Turf Valley Resort and Alex Cooper Auctioneers Inc.
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49th Lancaster Hunting & Fishing Show & Sale Set For Aug. 13 on page 15
In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 7 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 7
FEATURED AUCTION: PA Auction Center - August 17-20 in Quarryville, Pennsylvania - Page 4
AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 10 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 15