Sho-Biz Calendar of Shows

Sale, Topsham Fairgrounds Exhibition Hall, Topsham, Maine, $2 General Admission, 9:00 am, $15 Early Buyers 8:00 am to 9:00 am. Contact Paul McClure, 207.832.1503, oldbottles@outlook.com, midmaineantiquebottleclub.com, FOHBC Member Club

07 October 2023 – Coventry, Connecticut

Coventry Bottle Show, Jointly sponsored by the Museum of Connecticut Glass and the Southern Connecticut Antique Bottle & Glass Collectors Association, 289 North River Road, Coventry, Connecticut 06238. General Admission 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, $4; Early Admission 8:00 am, $15. Info: Bruce Mitchell, Show Chairman, LFranz465@hotmail.com, 860.508.6269.

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30 September 2023 – Chesterfield, Virginia

The Richmond Area Bottle Collectors Assoc. presents the 51st Richmond Antique Bottle and Collectibles Show and Sale; General Admission is $3, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm; Early Admission is $10 from 7:30 am, at the Chesterfield County Fairgrounds, 10300 Courthouse Road, Chesterfield, Virginia 23832. Info: Tony Townsend, 804.379-0902; RichBottleClub@comcast.net,

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06 Oct. & 07 October 2023 – Williams, California Sacramento Valley Museum Antique Bottle Show, Bottles, Collectables, Antiques, 1492 E St., Williams California, Friday, Oct 6th, Early admission $20, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Saturday Admission Free 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, Show chairs Cristy and Slim Edwards, closethegatefenceco@yahoo.com, 530.586.0717

15 October 2023 – Findlay, Ohio

Findlay Antique Bottle Club Antique Bottle & Collectibles

Show & Sale, Hancock County Fairgrounds, 1017 E. Sandusky St., Findlay, Ohio, 9 am to 2 pm $5, Early Bird Sunday 7 am to 9 am $20 (Dealer-only set up Saturday) Contact: Fred Curtis 419.424.0486, finbotclub@gmail.com Details and Contract Online, FOHBC Member Club

21 October 2023 – Macungie, Pennsylvania

Forks of the Delaware Bottle Collectors Association 49th Annual Bottle and Antique Show & Sale, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, $3 Admission, Macungie Memorial Park Hall, 50 Poplar St., Macungie, PA 18062. Early Shopper Admission at 7:30 am ($20 admission fee for early shoppers) For info: Bill Hegedus 610.264.3130, forksofthedelawarebottles@hotmail.com

For updates see our Facebook Page – Forks of the Delaware Bottle Collectors, FOHBC Member Club

20 & 21 October 2023 – Biloxi, Mississippi

Presented by the Olde Guys Digging Club of Biloxi, MS., the 6th Annual Mississippi Gulf Coast Antique Bottle Show will be held from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Saturday, October 21 at the Joppa Shrine Temple, 13280 Shriners Blvd., Biloxi, MS. 39532 (Exit 41- I-10). Dealer set-up on Friday, October 20, from noon to 5:00 pm and Saturday, October 21 from 8:00 to 9:00 am. Free Admission on Saturday. Early Buyers $20 per person during dealer set up on Friday. For more information or table contracts contact: Peter Taggard, 645 Village Lane South, Mandeville, Louisiana 70471. Phone:

985.373.6487 Email: petertaggard@yahoo.com FOHBC Member Club

27 & 28 October 2023 – Nashville, Tennessee Area Tennessee Bottle Collectors Presents their Nashville Area Antique Bottle & Advertising Show, Wilson County Fairgrounds, 945 E. Baddour Pkwy, Lebanon, Tennessee 37087, Behind Expo Center, I-40 Exit 239B, Friday 2:00 to 7:00 pm Early Buyer $15 Admission, Saturday 8:00 am to 2:00 pm Free Admission. Dealer Set-up: Friday: 1:00 pm, Saturday: 7:00 am. For Show Info or Vendor Contract, Contact Show Chairmen Greg Eaton: at 865.548.3176 or Stanley Word at 615.708.6634, FOHBC Member Club

10 & 11 November 2023 – Auburn, California ’49er Historical Bottle Association Best in the West 45th Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show, Gold Country Fairgrounds & Event Center, 1273 High Street, Auburn, California 95603, Friday Early Admission Noon to 5:00 pm – $15, Public Saturday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Set-up Friday Noon to 5:00 pm. For show info contact: Mike Lake, PO Box 799, Foresthill, California 95631, 530.333.5696, m.lake.foresthill@gmail.com, FOHBC Member Club

19 November 2023 – Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show at the Farmer’s Curb Market, 501 Yanceyville Street, Greensboro, North Carolina 27405, Sunday 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, No Early admission, Set up: Sunday 6:00 am to 9:00 am. Cost of admission $1, Contact: David Erickson, 257 Palomino Trail, Lexington, North Carolina 27295, 336.247.1928, dave.erickson111@gmail.com

18–20 January 2024 – Muncie, Indiana

Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle Club presents the 2024 Convention! Located at Courtyard by Marriott & Horizons Convention Center (401 S. High St., Muncie, Indiana) 52nd Annual Rendezvous Non-Stop 3-Day Event, Dealers & Collectors Get Together at Hotel. Swapping Jars. Swapping Stories. Culminating at the Show With Over 80 Tables, Thursday, Jan 18. Room-to-Room Sales, Hospitality Suite, Seminars/Tours, Friday, Jan19, Club Meetings, Show & Tell, Auction, Saturday, Jan 20, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Free Appraisals, $2 Admission, Details at fruitjar.org. Special Hotel Rate is $119 per night. 765.287.8550, $40/First Table & $35 for Additional Table montyfoust@comcast.net 765.635.4626

20 April 2024 – Columbia, South Carolina

The South Carolina Bottle Club’s 51st Annual Show & Sale, 206 Jamil Road, Columbia, South Carolina 29210, 172 tables last year with room to grow! Saturday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, Donation at the door suggested, Dealer Only Set-Up 7:00 am to 9:00 am, Jamil Shrine Temple, Contact: Marty Vollmer 803.629.8553, martyvollmer@aol.com or Art Gose 803.840.1539, scbottlehunters@ gmail.com, FOHBC Member Club

01 August to 04 August 2024 – Houston, Texas

FOHBC 2024 Houston National Antique Bottle & Glass Convention & Expo hosted by the Houston Museum of Natural Science and the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors. Brought to you by Peachridge Collections, LLC. Host Hotel: Hotel Zaza Museum District. Featuring a major museum exhibition that will include the Sandor P. Fuss Collection and selected highlights from

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Rosetta Stone. Extremely rare Albany-Slip-Glazed Stoneware Temperance Jug, Incised “B 1885” and “Bray 1885,” Simeon L. Bray, Evansville, Indiana, 1885. Featuring a monkey curiously ascending the jug’s spout, this Anna-inspired work is the only Bray temperance jug that we have seen signed with the potter’s full last name, serving as a basis for attribution of related examples. H 7-¾.” – Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland

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