Letters to the Editor

from Antique Bottle & Glass Collector – February 2022

A Digger's Pipe Dreams

to the Editor

Full Speed Ahead for the Annual National Bottle Museum, Saratoga Show!

With so many shows either being canceled or up in the air, AB&GC received the following letter regarding their annual blockbuster Saratoga Show.

Greetings friends and supporters of the National Bottle Museum. We are sending this out to advise you that the Annual Saratoga Antique Bottle Show and Sale will be held on Sunday, June 5, 2022, at the Saratoga County Fairgrounds. While contracts were normally sent out mid-January, we expect the date to be later. Contracts will be both mailed and emailed along with a letter containing any updated information about the show. As always, we thank you for your continued support of our show.

Phil Bernnard Adam Stoddard Roy Topka Saratoga Show Co-Chairs

A Nice Comment, and News of Brownies, Too?

At the end of the year, Michael Beardsley of Chittenango, New York, sent this thoughtful note to the AB&GC:

Dear John,

In my humble opinion, Ralph Finch’s writings are the best part of AB&GC magazine. Love his humor, insights and easy-going style are a true pleasure.

I hope the new group realizes what he has meant to the magazine over the years and what a strong fan base he has among collectors!

PS: Boy, I turned up something that is right up your alley, I think. I've seen a very unusual fruit jar box that is beyond cool … if it is real? The graphics are insane, little brownies running off with Ball or Mason fruit jars and prying the lid off the box. Bizarre.

I’m in a heated auction battle for this beat-up box (one side is cracked, no lid, etc.). I’ll let you know if I am lucky.

Mike Beardsley casketeer@aol.com

Editor’s note: Good luck on the brownie bidding; it sounds like a real treat. If you get the rare jar box we’ll see if we can get the article in an upcoming magazine.

Talking about brownies, Janet will kill me when I reveal this, but … everyone thinks that she is soooo sweet, but once — as a little girl — she got kicked out of the Brownies. (She had a philosophical difference with the adult Brownie leader over the proper way of making a S’more. Honest.)

Also, regarding Mike’s kind comment on my writing. True, spending six hours a day, most every day of the week, even a band of monkeys can occasionally produce something. Probably not “War and Peace,” but …

And I couldn’t do it for the fact that Janet does 99.9 percent of the work around the house, and I mean 99.9 percent! The tiny fraction that falls to me? Once a week I fill the sugar bowl! (Of course, Janet always adds, “You are the one who uses the sugar.” Picky, picky.)

Will denatured alcohol work on Linda Conner's master ink crock? Jimmy Bray thinks it will.

Write This Down: How to Blot Out an Ink Blob

Hi, John,

Hope all is well. Regarding the inquiry in the January issue, Letters to Editor, from Linda Conner, on how to remove or dissolve a big hunk of dried ink in a Sanford’s master ink crock, she might try denatured alcohol. It should be available at most hardware stores.

Jimmy Bray Oglethorpe, Georgia