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On the Cover: California Dreaming at the Sacramento National Page 6
FOHBC Officers | 2016 - 2018 ................................................................................ 2 FOHBC President’s Message ................................................................................ 3
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Shards of Wisdom ................................................................................................ 4 History’s Corner ................................................................................................... 5 FOHBC News - From & For Our Members ................................................................ 6 2016 Sacramento National - Celebration of People and our Hobby by Ferdinand Meyer V ................................................................................... 10
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Mt. Vernon Glassworks Project by Richard Strunk .......................................................................................... 46 Where in the World is H. H. Warner? by Steve Jackson ............................................................................................ 48 Page 18
FOHBC Member Photo Gallery .............................................................. 64 Classified Ads .................................................................................. 66 FOHBC Membership Additions & Changes ................................................ 67 FOHBC Sho-Biz - Calendar of Shows ........................................................ 68 Membership Benefits ......................................................................... 71 Membership Application & Advertising ..................................................... 72
Elizabeth Meyer FOHBC Business Manger 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A Houston, Texas 77002 phone: 713.222.7979 x103 email: emeyer@fohbc.org
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Martin Van Zant BOTTLES and EXTRAS Editor 208 Urban Street Danville, Indiana 46122 812.841.9495 email: mdvanzant@yahoo.com Fair use notice: Some material in BOTTLES and EXTRAS has been submitted for publication in this magazine and/or was originally published by the authors and is copyrighted. We, as a non-profit organization, offer it here as an educational tool to increase further understanding and discussion of bottle collecting and related history. We believe this constitutes “fair use” of the copyrighted material as provided for in Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this material for purposes of your own that go beyond “fair use”, you must obtain permission from the copyrighted owner(s). BOTTLES and EXTRAS © (ISSN 1050-5598) is published bi-monthly (6 issues per year) by the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, Inc. (a non-profit IRS C3 educational organization) at 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.222.7979 x103; Website: FOHBC.org, Non-profit periodicals postage paid at Raymore, Missouri 64083 and additional mailing office, Pub. #005062. Postmaster: Send address changes to Elizabeth Meyer, FOHBC Business Manager, 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, Texas 77002; 713.222.7979 x103, email: emeyer @ FOHBC.org
Coming Next Issue or down the road: Wisconsin Beer Bottle Collecting’s Patriarch, Wayne Kroll • The Color Aqua • The Color Amber • The Wood Street Stoneys • The Dr. Craig H.H. Warner Connection • A Silver Lining in that Storm? • Visit with Charles Gardner Highlight of Collector’s Life • Rochester, N.Y Medicine Men • Springfield Bound • John Wedderburn Peddled False Hopes and Whiskey • Ground-Penetrating Radar System • The Richard Siri Collection • FOHBC Club Bottles and Bottle Club Anniversary Bottles • Mrs. Bush’s Specific Cure for Burns and Scalds; Did It Really Work? • Maddox Park: Diggers’ Delight Down in Dixie and so much more!
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Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Business & News The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors is a non-profit organization for collectors of historical bottles and related collectible items. Our primary goal is educational as it relates to the history and manufacture of historical bottles and related artifacts.
FOHBC Officers 2016-2018 President: Ferdinand Meyer V, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.222.7979 x115; email: fmeyer@fohbc.org
Conventions Director: Louis Fifer, 604 Topaz, Brunswick, Ohio 44212; phone: 330.635.1964; email: fiferlouis@yahoo.com
First Vice-President: Sheldon Baugh, 252 W Valley Dr, Russellville, KY 42276; phone: 270.726.2712; email: sbi_inc@bellsouth.net
Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.222.7979 x103; email: emeyer@fohbc.org
Second Vice-President: Gene Bradberry, 3706 Deerfield Cove, Bartlett, TN 38135; phone: 901.372.8428; email: genebsa@gmail.com Secretary: James Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: 518.568.5683; email: jhberry10@yahoo.com Treasurer: Gary Beatty, 3068 Jolivette Rd., North Port, FL 34288; phone: 941.276.1546; email: tropicalbreezes@verizon.net Historian: Jim Bender, PO Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: 518.673.8833; email: jim1@frontiernet.net Editor: Martin Van Zant, 208 Urban St, Danville, IN 46122; phone: 812.841.9495; email: mdvanzant@yahoo.com Merchandising Director: Val Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: 518.568.5683; email: vgberry10@yahoo.com Membership Director: Linda Sheppard, P.O. Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: 518.673.8833; email: jim1@frontiernet.net
Director-at-Large: Ron Hands, 913 Parkside Drive, Wilson, North Carolina 27896, phone: 330.338.3455; email: rshands225@yahoo.com Director-at-Large: Steve Ketcham, PO Box 24114, Edina, Minnesota 55424, phone: 952.920.4205; email: steve@antiquebottledepot.com Director-at-Large: John Pastor, PO Box 227, New Hudson, MI 48165, phone: 248.486.0530; email: jpastor@americanglassgallery.com Midwest Region Director: Matt Lacy, 3836 State Route 307, Austinburg Ohio 44010, phone: 440.228.1873; email: info@antiquebottlesales.com Northeast Region Director: Bob Strickhart, 3 Harvest Drive, Pennington, New Jersey 08534, phone: 609.818.1981; email: strickhartbob@aol.com Southern Region Director: Brad Seigler, P.O. Box 27 Roanoke, Texas 76262, phone: 940.395.2409; email: drgonzo818@gmail.com Western Region Director: Eric McGuire, 1732 Inverness Drive, Petaluma, California 94954, phone: 707.778.2255; email: etmcguire@comcast.net Public Relations Director: Alicia Booth, 11502 Burgoyne Drive, Houston, Texas 77077, phone: 281.589.1882; email: alicia@cis-houston.org
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President’s Message Ferdinand Meyer V
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ell… last issue I said that we would be putting full coverage of the FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo in the November December issue of BOTTLES and EXTRAS and we kind of did. Thirty-two pages of recap, attendee comments and super photographs from Gina Pellegrini await your perusal. You know, we do this each year and I suppose if you are going to have the biggest bottle event of the year, you’d better have a follow-up story to capture all the fun and excitement. Of course, some could not make the long trip west so this will also serve as a small synopsis of the many outstanding things that happened. I should also mention that there are 17 or so separate posts on the FOHBC web site with hundreds of pictures from the Sacramento National so go to FOHBC.org for more imagery and information. It’s also kind of neat that this type of material is digitally stored for archival purposes on our FOHBC web site member’s portal. That should mean something to you authors who do so much fine research for your articles. Your material is indexed, archived and stored for generations to enjoy, not just stacked in a closet, most likely to be forgotten to only a few. Anyway, I feel like the superintendent on one end of the Golden Gate Bridge, having a moment’s rest, when the crew has been sent out to buy more paint to start again on the other end. What I mean is, we are in between these great national conventions, this issue of BOTTLES and EXTRAS has almost been put to bed and we are about 75% complete in moving back into our flood-ravaged house. Summer has said goodbye to many of us and by the time you read this message, most will be planning for the holiday season. Time moves on. Time to catch our breath. We had our first board conference call the other night and it was great to have Alicia Booth (Public Relations Director), Brad Seigler (Southern Region Director) and Bob Strickhart (Northeast Region Director) join our group as they were voted into their positions at the Sacramento National. Just wonderful to have such fine people share their expertise and passion for our hobby. By the way, you can read all FOHBC meeting notes at FOHBC.org/notes-of-record/ (FOHBC pull-down menu in green band, Notes of Record). You also can find all FOHBC contact information on our web site or on page 2 of every issue of BOTTLES and EXTRAS. We want to hear from you! Jim Bender, FOHBC Historian, and FOHBC 2017 Springfield National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo co-chair (along with Bob Strickhart), continues to visit as many shows in the northeast as his time allows. He usually takes some pictures so we can post them on the FO-
HBC, Peachridge Glass and related Facebook sites. These posts seem to be very popular. Building on Jim’s success, I have asked each rector, Public Relations irector, Con entions irector, Historian, Merregional director to provide three or so write-ups this next year so chandising irector, irectors-at-Large (3 , and Region irectors ( . we can balance it out across our great country. Actually, anyone can hese elections occur e ery t o years. ny officer may run for sucwrite up a show report. Just prepare some copy, tell something excitcessi e terms. his committee has prepared a slate of nominations for ing about the show and try to take some photographs that capture the each office and is listed belo . It is important to note that any member spirit of the event. Remember, each picture will need a caption and desiring to run for any office in the Federation may file a nomination if you photograph a person, please get the correct spelling of their form ith the Election Committee (in accordance ith procedures apname. This type of promotion is good for our hobby and our member pro ed by the membership and instituted by the Election Committee clubs. We certainly can help with the layout, proofreading and marindicating the office they desire to run for. he deadline for filing this keting on our end. is pril 1st 2016. We ha e seen successful campaigns by our membership before so if you ant to run for a position, please let licia no . Speaking of the 2017 Springfield National, Jim & Bob continue, at ou and reach her at this email address, alicia cis-houston.org. ou breakneck speed, to sell tables for the event. They reached 100 plus ill be recei ing a ballot for oting so please ta e the time to ote. tables in late September, which is far ahead of the 2012 recent year record of selling 100 tables by Christmas. They assure us that they will sell out. Banquet ticket sales are strong and hotel room booking is robust. Help us all out here by making your reservations now so we can best plan for the event. With a morning auction, room hopping, bottle competition, banquet, breakfast, seminars and other events to go with the bottle show, this should be one for the books and be remembered for quite some time. Based on the success of the American Bottle Auctions Open House and General’s House VIP party in Sacramento, the FOHBC and Show Chairs have agreed to add a couple of events to the opening day in Springfield. While most convention goers will be arriving on Wednesday or Thursday morning, we are now planning to have a VIP reception (dealers, assistants, seminar givers, displayers, early admission and volunteers) on Thursday afternoon from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm in two buildings on the Springfield Armory National Historic Site, which the National Park Service governs. This would include tours at the Museum Armory Visitors Center and a reception at the adjacent Springfield Technical Community College. Attendees would meet at the college on the Top of the City conference room on the 7th floor. The room has windows overlooking the city, grounds and museum. The college would cater the event. Tours of the Springfield Armory Museum would occur every 30 minutes or so as the museum has a 50-person capacity. Tours would start with the 20-minute movie, followed by the museum tour, followed by a grounds tour if possible. We are looking for event sponsors (there could be three or so) who might set up and display their glassware (say if they are a national auction house, for example) in the Top of the City conference room. The FOHBC will also arrange for shuttle bus service to and from the hotel. On a few other fronts, the Federation is trying to help out in a few areas such as providing design and consultation services for the National Bottle Museum, assisting the International Perfume Bottle Association with advice on taking their magazine digital and helping promote and hopefully provide financial assistance to the team excavating the Mt. Vernon Glassworks site. You can read all about that on page 46, right after the fine article on H.H. Warner by Steve Jackson. On another note, you local show chairs, please get us your show information and flyer art in a timely manner. We have the most complete bottle show calendar out there and many local newsletters, direct by link to our listing. This, coupled with Facebook listing and other types of promotion, sure help get the word out. Set your priorities; take care of yourself, your family, your pets and your bottles. That’s what I try to do and it keeps me honest, and busy.
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Bottles and extras Archaeologists made the discovery of untouched bottles of booze and personalised crockery containing the former landlord’s name. The find came during work to prepare for the building of a 13-storey skyscraper on the corner of Port Street and Great Ancoats Street. As part of the planning process, archaeologists had to be brought in to dig underneath the proposed site. They discovered the hidden pub and as well as the remains of several houses.
The forgotten 200-year-old pub discovered under a Northern Quarter building site
Personalised plates of the landlord Thomas Evans - who owned the Astley Arms pub in 1821 - were recovered alongside keys, pots for quills and pipes.
By Katie Butler
Untouched bottles of brandy are among the haul from the former Astley Arms - which is set to be the site of a 13 story apartment building with shops. A 200-year-old underground pub has been discovered in Manchester city centre - along with bottles of brandy.
Builders say they are stunned to discover the buildings dating back to the early 1800s, just a few years after Napoleon’s forces had swept Europe and when Manchester was still a modest market town. James Alderson, site developer of Mulbury City which is carrying out the build, told the M.E.N.: “A lot of bottles have been found, maybe around 20. And three or four of them are full of brandy.
Some of the finds on the building site: From left, a stoneware bottle from J Moorhouse & Co, Hulme; a crockery set bearing the name of the Astley Arms and its first landlord, Thomas Evans; a glass bottle with the logo of a workman’s arm
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“We opened the cork on a few and you can still smell it. It’s amazing knowing there’s so much history at this site and it’s really exciting. I never expected this kind of thing to be found but we are really fascinated by it all. Part of Manchester’s vast history is being captured in these findings which is really interesting. It really takes you back to the time when they would have been outside of the pub drinking.” Historians say The Astley Arms pub was renamed to the Paganini Tavern in 1840 by Thomas Inglesent. By the 1850s, it was back as the Astley Arms, remaining open until 1928 as a Cornbrook house. The building was partially rebuilt in 1986 but later demolished. Aidan Turner, supervisor at the site and senior archeologist, said it was exciting to be able to link the findings to living people today. “We found both pottery and bottles from the Astley Arms which actually have the name of the proprietor Thomas Evans, and the name of the pub written on it, it must have been a commissioned piece for the pub,” he said. “It’s brilliant because you can suddenly connect it to the local people in the area. We looked online about his family history and one of his descendants now lives in Texas.” Turner said that “it’s nice to be able to connect it directly to living people and their families.” He said pottery dated back to the early 1800s and several of the bottles would have been later towards the 1900s. The development will create 135 apartments and shops on the site just at the junction of Great Ancoats Street and Port Street. It is expected to be finished by the end of 2017. Some of the items recovered from the site will be put on display in the Museum of Science and Industry. But it’s not yet known what will happen to the bottled brandy...
Archaeologist Rosie Banens with a full bottle of alcohol found on the site
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HISTORY’S CORNER In Memory of Dick Watson longtime FOHBC Historian
A bottle does not always have to be super-old to be super-costly. In December of 2011, one of two prototype Coca-Cola bottles made in 1915 sold for $240,000!
Designed by Earl R. Dean, the bottle was never used because of the fat body which would not run on the production line. The bottle was redesigned slimmer and the rest is history. Oh, the original pencil drawing sold the same day for $228,000! Watch each issue for a new installment of History’s Corner.
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FOHBC News From & For Our Members California Open Pontil Bottles Hello Ferd: We have spoken a few times in the past and, as a matter of fact, whether it was you or your father, I am not sure but many years back there was a Ferd (Fred?) Meyer in Baltimore who, if I remember, collected poison bottles, that I used to correspond with about them, buying and selling. Anyway, I know that the Sacramento show is going now so 99% of the bottle collectors in the nation are there, but I did just put together a list of bottles that I have been working on for a long time. It is a list of all known open pontiled California bottles, the criteria being that the bottles are either embossed or abbreviated “CALIFORNIA”, and / or a California town is likewise embossed on them, proving they are truly CALIFORNIA embossed open pontil bottle. Anyway, I just received some new information for the list, so while I updated it I thought that it would be great if you were interested in printing it in a future edition of the Bottles and Extras magazine. Maybe it could pose the question that if anybody knows of ANY other examples to add to this list, that they could contact me so I can likewise document them. My contact information is included at the end of the list. I have attached (or attempted to, hope it comes through) the list in a spreadsheet, an Excel spreadsheet, so that you could possibly just copy and paste the list rather then having to have it reformatted? Again, that is IF you would be interested in running it in the magazine. In closing, and for trivia sake, I did write an article on Owl Drug Co. bottles in the very 2nd issue of the original Bottles and Extras magazine, when Scott Grandstaff was publishing it and it was the small format. The article was in April 1990, Volume 1, No. 2. I know you all are busy now with the show but maybe when you get home and the dust clears, you could at that time take this in and decide if it is worthy of publication. Hey, thanks Ferd, Sincerely, Marc Lutsko Clancy, Montana
Open Pontil California bottles: Criteria: Bottles are either embossed or abbreviated “CALIFORNIA”, and / or a California town is likewise embossed on them, proving they are truly a CALIFORNIA embossed open pontil bottle.
“E.S HOLDEN & CO. / STOCKTON”, 10” tall, aqua color, square cathedral peppersauce shape, O.P., Re: “Ketchups, Pickles, Sauces”, pg. 248., Also “Bottles and Extras”, Nov-Dec 2015, pg. 42. “COMPOUND / FLUID EXTRACT / OF MANZANITA / DRS McDONALD & LEVY / SACRAMENTO CITY / CALIFORNIA”, 4.5” tall, aqua color, oval shape, like a Jamaica Ginger. O.P., Re: “19th Century Medicine In Glass”, pg. 29. “W.H. BOVEE & CO. / SAN FRANCISCO”, aqua color, rectangular shape, cinnamon (Hunnewell), O.P., Re: “Ketchups, Pickles, Sauces”, pg. 55. “MARDEN & FOLGER / SAN FRANCISCO”, 6.5” tall, aqua color, rectangular. shape, cinnamon (Hunnewell) style. O.P., Marden & Folger in business ca. 1859-1864, Re: “Ketchups, Pickles, Sauces”, pg. 153. One sold on 25 October 2015 on eBay for $355. “DR. H. ADOLPLHUS / ANTI RHEUMATIC CORDIAL / / SAN FRANCISCO / CALIFORNIA”, 7” tall, deep blue aqua color, rectangular shape, O.P., Re: Internet. Est. $5,500 - $6,500. “ROWLERS / RHEUMATISM MEDICINE / PREPARED BY / DR. J. R. BOYCE / SACRAMENTO”, 7 1/2” tall, teal green color, cylinder shape, O.P. “H.T. KELLY / MARYSVILLE”, Roughly 5” tall, aqua color, oval shape, like a Jamaica Ginger. O.P. “DR. KELLY / MARYSVILLE”. Roughly 5” tall, aqua color, oval shape, like a Jamaica Ginger. O.P. “DR. BOWEN’S / BLOOD PURIFIER / SAN FRANCISCO”, 10.5” tall, deep blue aqua color, rectangular shape, O.P. “CALIFORNIA BITTERS / MANUFACTURED BY / / J. G. FRISCH SAN FRANCISCO”, Roughly 9” tall, deep amber color, tapered square shape. O.P. Pictured and described on pg. 41. Wichmann book Antique Western Bitters Bottles. “WM T. COLEMAN & CO. / * (embossed Star) / SAN FRANCISCO , Roughly .5 tall, colorless int glass, union o al type his ey as . O.P. Pictured and described on pg. , homas boo Whiskey Bottles. “BAKER & CUTTING / GLASS & PICKLE MFRS. / / SAN FRANCISCO”, large cathedral pickle style, green, amber, aqua, square, O.P. “BOLEY & CO. / SAC CITY CAL - UNION GLASS WORKS / / PHILADA”, Early blob top soda bottle - cobalt blue, O.P., Re: “West-
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“B. R. LIPPINCOTT / STOCKTON”. Early blob top soda bottle -cobalt blue color, O.P. Re: iscussion ith Mi e Henness, 2015, definitely open pontil and not iron pontil.
Cheryl (McClellan Conference Center): You asked for some candid feedback:
“LYNDE & PUTMAN / MINERAL WATERS / SAN FRANCISCO / CAL. A - UNION GLASS WORKS / PHILAD”, early blob top soda bottle - teal blue, green, cobalt color, O.P., Re: “Western Blob Top Soda Bottles”, Markota, pg. 53. “HENRY WINKLE / SAC CITY - X X”, Early blob top soda bottle aqua color, O.P., Re: “Western Blob Top Soda Bottles”, Markota, pg. 95. References: Your list is pretty complete, I can t thin of any others but maybe this one: here is a round E.S. Holden medicine from Stoc ton but I m not sure if Stockton is embossed on it. Also the Dr. Kelly from Marysville I believe reads: “DR. KELLY / MEDICINE”. - Dale Mlasko. ll of the busted Ba er Cutting pic les I e dug (at least 10 ha e been open pontil, it s a fun y ind of pontil but open. I do ha e se eral pieces. - Lou Lambert. There is a cobalt blue open pontiled soda, a Lippincott, from Stockton, Cal., that definitely has an open pontil, not an iron pontil. I ha e handled it myself. - Mike Henness. Listed below are other documented California bottles, etc. that are open pontil but not embossed with town, state, or California: “WILLIAMS / & / SEVERANCE”, early blob top soda bottle - aqua, blue, green color, O.P., Re: “Western Blob Top Soda Bottles”, Markota, pg. 94. Marc Lutsko, Last Chance Antiques, Unit 7091, 2300 N. Harris Street Helena, MT 59604-7369, letsgo@montanasky.net
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Overall, we were very pleased with the McClellan Conference Center and our contacts. It is an odd facility for us but it worked out great with the big unloading area and Hangar Coffee Shop. We were challenged with light and tight corridors but we managed. Parking was great. I must say, our worst fears were averted by sunny weather, and replaced bulbs in the General Assembly room. With glass, we need light. We reali e the baf es, upturned lights and general dimness are much more suitable to a conference environment and you are a conference center opposed to a convention center. Many people noted the dimness, especially at the sides of the oor. It appears that eyes ad usted and e made out O . We would strongly suggest that you continue ith your LE refit and add a dimmer. It was unfortunate that the work was not complete in time for our convention. Security as pretty much a op. While the girls certainly ere friendly and personable, they were certainly not anything close to the desired deterrent we strived for. The guy on Sunday fell asleep, abandoned his post, played with his phone etc. I would let your security company know that we were not happy. We struggled to keep our trash cans empty and had a hard time getting someone to do this task. This is a pet peeve of mine. Our pre-registration area, all weekend, had to use boxes for trash. Suggest you let housekeeping know that their presence is desired. I also thought the men s bathroom as in disarray most of the show. Our microphone only reached a small portion of the General Assembly room. We were warned about this but quoted $4,000 for speakers. This was a real disappointment. You need to embed house sound.
Ferdinand: In the interim since I sent my article to you (Editor: within this issue), I have obtained permission to use the photograph of H. H. Warner that is attached. This is the ONLY photograph I have ever seen of him and it was used to generate the steel engraving which most folks are familiar with. If used, the photograph should be credited as “Courtesy Special Collections, University Library, University of California Santa Cruz. Lick Observatory Records.”
his is constructi e criticism and in no ay re ects any o erall disappointment. We all had a great time. The Lions Gate Hotel and McClellan Base far exceeded our expectations. The food was also far superior to most hotels. The folks we worked with, while there were many, really were great too!
Steve Jackson (Virginia)
I do not have a background in the collection of glass and am
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Unique Glass Collection Ferdinand, I love your Peachridge Glass website. I have a unique collection of glass that ould blo your or any other collector s minds. I am sure there is nothing like it. You can see a sample of what I am talking about in the booklet we just published to document the first 1 photos of the collection e ha e put together called, “The First Golden Age of the Cannabis Pharmacy, 18301937.” A watermarked copy is attached. If you reply with your mailing address, I will send you a few copies.
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Antique Bottle Club, in Tucson, and I corresponded back in the 1970s. She sent me a copy of a letter from a collector who did not reveal his mailing address, inquiring about those two bitters. He claimed the pair (the Indian was damaged) was sold at one of the tlanta sho s, reportedly tal ed to the seller (and didn t get his name).
looking for an apothecary expert. We are doing our best to document and interpret the collection and tell its story and are looking for professional help that can help us document the details of the collection. We are also looking for help getting proper appraisals of the pieces. If you are ualified to do this, great, if not, e could use a recommendation. If you, or you and your ife, ould li e to y to see hat e are talking about, let us come to terms as to the cost of your services. If you are not able to help me, please help me find the proper help. Don E Wirtshafter
Black and White Scotch Whiskey logo Dear Ferdinand, My name is Sarah and I m riting a formal analysis on a specific more modern Blac and White Scotch Whiskey logo. I came across the art and immediately wanted to write about it. However, it s been a battle to find ho designed it, when, what the idea was behind it because it seemed to be the only one that was colorful verses the other logos with the Black and White Terriers. I ran across your Peachridge Glass post when hunting for information and it seemed you knew something about this brand. I m contacting you if you no anything or could possibly direct me on the logo of the 1 60 loo ing female figure. If there is no information to get on this piece, then that s O ith me. I ust wanted to see if there was. Hope to hear from you soon! Thank you for your time! - Sarah FM5 Sarah: hat s a tough one. I don t no . Reminds me of some of Peter Max s ad ertising art.
Never say never Ferdinand, have you ever heard of a cobalt Brimstone Bitters or Indian figural Cochise Bitters, both from ucson, ri . Bill Baab, Augusta, Georgia [FM5] Never!!!! No such. [Bill Baab] The late Jane Blacharski of the Arizona Territory
Jane reasoned that if fol s ne about those bottles, hy asn t there mention of them in the Southeastern Antique Bottle Club newsletter of those days, or mention of them any place else (Old Bottle Magazine, Antique Trader et al)? So she thought the letter was a spoof. That letter and other correspondence from her and other collectors and dealers are being sent to Jim Bender for the FOHBC archives. I told him to make the determination to keep them or chuck them. I have a 1970s letter from Bill Agee (the cures guy), offering me $85 for a small River Swamp and $110 for a large one. I paid $8,000 for my large size and $2,300 for the small one. Wish my stocks portfolio had gone up like that! Watson “1”- NOT the best name Ferdinand, at the Sacramento National, much talk ensued regarding the Federation s choice to name the 201 Springfield National auction “Watson 1”. Jim Bender was a participant in one of these around-the-sales-table discussions and in an earlier one-on-one with me, both following his breakfast meeting announcement. Getting right to the issue, “Watson 1” implies and delivers the message to collectors that following this FOHBC auction, the rest of the Watson collection will now be sold; i.e., is soon to follow. Many collectors and dealers I spoke to at Sacramento now have this understanding or assumption. Jim Bender has explained this is extremely unlikely; that this assumption is false and unfounded. Jim explained that he had to or long and hard to finally recei e an agreement from family members to allow just 120 or so bottles to be released for sale in benefit of the FOHBC and as a memorial to ic Watson. ue to the Watson family s demanding business, lac of financial need and no firm plan for the multi-faceted collection s dispersal, there is no promise or li elihood of additional Watson bottles being offered for sale anytime soon thereafter. So why is this important for collectors to know? Since ic Watson s passing, the disposition of his incredible, lifetime general collection has been the subject of bottle collector s dreams and discussion here er they may congregate. For almost two years, I have heard collectors use the Watson collection as an “excuse” or reason not to buy a good bottle now. While my philosophy is “a bird in the hand ...”, clearly many others don t see it that ay. herefore any strong message inferring that the Watson collection is about to come out, is a disservice to the dealer, bottle auctioneers and last but not least, the collector him or herself. hat today s bottle mar et ould soften and that collectors pass up a present opportunity to purchase a rare and outstanding bottle...banking on “pie in the sky” down the road, is
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unthinkable. That the Federation would promote “pie in the sky” is therefore, also unthinkable.
[FOHBC] The FOHBC will be helping with the design and using FOHBC printing resources that may lower the cost.
I invite the FOHBC to retract and change the name of this upcoming Springfield auction. While the FOHBC needs and deserves a great “come-on” to get us all to this summer show, other and better ways are available, if only citing the many success stories of Sacramento. Many better name choices for this auction can be created. Finally, Jim Bender s explanation of the status of the Watson collection, as he sees and knows it, should be published in Bottles and Extras. THAT would be a service to all of us in the bottle collecting community.
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Note: I encourage you to publish my letter in Bottles and Extras. I plan this also as a letter to John Pastor for publication in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector, but out of respect to you will not do so until I hear any comments you may have. Regards,
[FOHBC] Suggest you contact the National Association of Milk Bottle Collectors (NAMBC). A simple search online should do the trick.
Dear sir: My great-grandfather owned a dairy in Moultrie, Georgia back in the 1930s. I have been searching for a milk bottle from his dairy for 30 years and have had no luck. Any help or leads you could offer would be greatly appreciated. My name is Charles Eaton and I live in Adairsville, Kentucky. I would pay any expenses that this would cost you. Thanks for any information you might provide.
Old Taylor Book Cover Jeff Burkhardt Cedarburg, Wisconsin [FOHBC] Hi Jeff, You are the only one to date to have an issue with the name. I explain to anyone who asks that there are no set dates to sell anymore bottles at this time. Even the big auction guys understand that as well and have for awhile now. Two years ago I started hearing things about the Watson bottles being sold. All rumors and speculation. I can tell you this: if a good bottle comes along at a good price, a collector will buy it. I can t belie e e eryone is not buying bottles aiting for the Watson bottles. People can read whatever they want into whatever they can. The name was my idea and I stand behind it as the first sale. I clearly tell people that Watson o could be years away. We are in no way promoting a series of auctions, just one in Springfield hich happens to be the first one. I will be doing an article in Bottles and Extras in January called Springfield Bound. I ill be touching on the auction at that time as well as all time it takes to put on these huge events. I am sure along the way there will be other things people dislike and may not agree ith but that s life and e all can t agree on e erything. Jim Bender Sprakers, New York 201 Springfield National Co-Chair
Helping the National Bottle Museum Dear Ferdinand, My name is Ellie Dillon and I am currently president of the board at the National Bottle Museum in Ballston Spa. At our monthly meeting we were discussing redoing our brochure. Your name and organization was mentioned as a means to possibly assist us in this project. The cost of designing and printing a professional brochure is an expense that at this time we cannot do alone. I am not sure exactly what was meant by “assistance” that a board member mentioned, but your thoughts on this matter would be gratefully appreciated.
Hi, my name is Ron Kercher and I am living in Europe - Holland. We collect old and rare whisk(e)y, most of it is from Scotland but once and a while we stumble over an old odd one. This bottle was bought and shipped from Italy to Holland. The label says from E. H. Taylor Jr. Co. There is no indication of what it is, no volume or contents and the label looks the same as the back book cover on your eb post. I don t no hen the boo as released and or if the bottle was made for marketing purposes. If you could help me unravel this puzzle, I would be very grateful. Thanks.
Bring Back the Cartoons Hi Ferdinand - Just a thought: If you e er need a little filler for the FOHBC magazine, the early bottle magazines often had a cartoon, many of them quite funny. Check out the one attached. I m sure there a lot of members with old issues that ould send you a good toon if you as ed. hey are so old I don t think copyright issues would apply. The one below is from the April 1973 issue of The Bottle Trader. Take care… Ed & Lucy Faulkner, Moseley, Virginia
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A Celebration of People and our Hobby By Ferdinand Meyer V Photographs by Angelina Pellegrini If I had to sum up the recent FOHBC national convention in Sacramento in a sentence or two I would say it was mostly about people and friends, from many places and all generations, enjoying time together in a stimulating and exciting environment surrounded by the hobby they love. The Federation really held nothing back in this jam-packed, 4-day weekend.
had commenced in 2013 and early 2014. Reaching out this far was important, as we needed to stake our claim and strike gold. It wasn’t too long before this, back at the FOHBC Reno National in 2012 hen there ere fi e or so other local and regional anti ue bottle shows on the same weekend as the Federation event. This simply was not acceptable to the FOHBC board and it certainly did not respect the local show persons holding their events or our membership having to make choices and plans. So now we make our plans years ahead and will be in Springfield, Massachusetts in our Northeast Region in 201 (co-chairs Jim Bender and Bob Stric hart ; Cle eland, Ohio, our Mid est Region, in 201 (co-chairs Louis Fifer and Matt Lacy , and somewhere in the south for our Southern Region’s 2019 50th Anniversary National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo. Proposals are being worked on now and are due back to the Federation by the end of September, so stay tuned.
A smiling Jim Bell (left) & Cheryl & Dave Stinson from Australia.
he Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC first announced that Sacramento, California, in the Western Region, was going to host the 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo as far back as Aug. 7, 2014 even though planning
The 2016 Sacramento National was the Federation’s “back to our roots” celebration of the beginnings of organized bottle collecting as on October 15, 1959, Mr. and Mrs. John C. ibbitts called the first meeting of what became the Antique Bottle Collectors Association of California (ABCA) at their home in Sacramento. It is believed to be the first such club and ibbitts as elected the first president. Not long after the formation of the Sacramento bottle club, similar organizations sprang up all across the country.
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This young man could not have been more excited to be at the show. Each time I passed him he seemed to have a new conquest.
“ all generations, enjoying time together in a stimulating and exciting environment surrounded by the hobby they love.�
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American Bottle Auctions Open House American Bottle Auctions, 915 28th Street, Sacramento, CA 95816, Thursday, August 4th, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Big time collectors from left to right. John Shroyer, Bobby Hinely, Lou Pellegrini, John O’Neill and Bonnie Pellegrini. Bobby up from Newnan, Georgia.
Jeff Wichmann talking shop with Larry Westfall and Chuck Gildea.
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Seeing the value in forming a club and sharing information of a common interest, the Sacramento club proposed to form a larger organization that was initially designed to include all the various local clubs, as well as individuals. This, of course, was the beginnings of the FOHBC, an acronym that originally represented the Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs. The FOHBC later decided to change its name to the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, which still stands today.
Sacramento National Comments Dear collectors: Many of you attended the recent FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo. Would you PLEASE take a moment to reflect on the event and show. Your words will be used in the magazine and web coverage of the event. Thank you so much. I need your comments by the end of the day, Sunday, Aug. 14, if you can swing it. Remember, we had many events so please speak up and be candid. Ferdinand FOHBC President As a past chairman of a FOHBC national and an expo, I was very impressed with the organization of this show. Hats off to all who were involved with making it a great event. You all made the west proud. The displays were outstanding; it is always great to see someone go out of their way to bring in top-notch collections for all to see. Excellent show, many thanks. Marty Hall - Reno, Nevada
The actual bottle show was held at the McClellan Conference Center. Just about all of the other events were at the Lions Gate Hotel.
This year, the Federation national event was held at the privately o ned McClellan Conference Center and Lions ate Hotel at the decommissioned McClellan ir Force Base (1 35 2001 , a former United States Air Force base located in the North Highlands area of Sacramento County, 7 miles northeast of Sacramento, California and 20 minutes from Sacramento International Airport.
Hi, Ferdinand, great to meet you at the FOHBC show. Here is a short write-up of my impression of the show. The Lions Gate Hotel was the official venue for everything but the bottle show, seminars, and displays, so upon arrival in Sacramento we headed there to visit with WBCA members Jeff and Lourene Hooper, and other collectors. This hotel area was once part of McClellan Air Force Base, and was pretty classy with lots of 1950s homes, officers’ quarters, etc. On Thursday evening, there was an outdoor BBQ sponsored by Jeff Wichmann (American Bottle Auctions) and Ferdinand Meyer V (Peachridge Glass) with brauts, burgers, chicken, and all the trimmings. My wife and I definitely needed a walk after dinner to work off some of that food! Friday morning was dealer setup from early morn until noon, with all dealers keeping their sales stock under the tables. I was definitely excited with anticipation of a great show! During this time, educational seminars were held at the hotel so Julie and I attended the presentation by Steve Ketcham on Red Wing Pottery. It was very well done. At noon, everyone was booted out of the show hall, and admitted back in at 1 p.m., for some frenzied buying. There were a lot of early buyers, probably the most for any Expo. The show floor was crowded, and lots of activity indicated many sales. As I was looking to purchase items for resale, I scoured the floor for good buys, and did get a few. After the show closed, most collectors headed back to the Lions Gate Hotel for the FOHBC banquet and awards presentation. Saturday morning came early, and the show hall opened to dealers at 7 a.m. and early admission at 8 a.m., followed by the regular public at 9. Once again, there were a lot of admissions, from what I heard a record number, and the show floor was crowded with people. There were dealers from all over the United States, one from Australia, and a table full of poisons and burst lip inks presented by three British collectors over on holiday. I bought quite a few bottles from them. During the show, I was able to take a short break to photograph most of the displays, which were all outstanding. My favorite was the Benicia patina glass bottles dug out of the mud; the colors and iridescence were beautiful! Other displays included colored E C & M insulators, California insulators, Warner’s bottles, mini whiskies, Jamaica Gingers and more. The show hall closed at 5 p.m., and again most folks headed back to the Lions Gate Hotel for dinner, and to later attend the Fred Holabird Western Americana 49er Bottle Jamboree Auction.
Front entrance of the Lions Gate Hotel. Rooms sold out quickly as we reserved the entire hotel on the McClellan grounds. The nearby Crowne Plaza Sacramento Northeast was our second hotel.
For the ast ma ority of its operational lifetime, McClellan as a logistics and maintenance facility for a wide variety of military aircraft, equipment and supplies, primarily under the cognizance of the Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC) and later the Air Force Material Command ( FMC . The base has been a part of California’s military and aviation history since the mid-1 30s and as originally named the Pacific Air Depot in 1935. The base’s name was changed to the Sacramento Air Depot in 1938, and it became a repair facility for such fighter planes as the P-3 and P-3 . uring World War II, the base sa significant use in outfitting and supplying munitions for arious fighters, including the B-1 . Many armed-ser ices perArticle continued on page 16
The auction began about 7 p.m., and though scheduled to end at 10 p.m., actually ended the next morning about 1 a.m.! Most of the lots drew crazy high prices, probably world records for Owl Poisons, poison bottles, Nevada sodas and more. Julie and I sat with friends from Washington State and a couple of collectors from the San Diego bottle club, and we were all in sticker shock over the prices realized. In addition to the hammer price, the auction house charged 15-18% commission, plus the state of California and Sacramento added another 8.5% sales tax. The last day of the bottle show was Sunday. Julie and I arrived there about 8 a.m. and remained until about 2 p.m., with the show closing at 3 p.m. Not a lot of good buys for resale, most people kept their high prices and were happy just to pack up and haul everything home if it didn’t sell. That afternoon we headed east on I-80 and made it to Wells, Nevada before stopping for the night. Monday morning saw us headed north on Hwy 93 thru Jackpot, Nevada and Twin Falls, Idaho, and continuing north to Hamilton, Montana. All in all, a fun show, great to meet and see friends from many years of eBay sales and Comments continued on page 17
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Lions Gate Hotel - Generals House Lions Gate Hotel - Generals House Reception Sponsored by American Bottle Reception Sponsored by American Bottle Auctions & Peachridge Glass, Thursday Evening Auctions & Peachridge Glass, Thursday Evening August 4th, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm August 4th, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
The historic Lions Gate Hotel Generals House. The historic Lions Gate Hotel Generals House.
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sonnel departed from McClellan for the Pacific theater, including in part Jimmy Doolittle’s famed detail of B-25s, which attacked Tokyo in 1942. After the war, the base stored many types of aircraft, including the B-29 bomber series, and in 1948, changed its name to McClellan ir Force Base, continuing its mission of o erhauling and retrofitting planes throughout the cold ar. McClellan irfield is also the home of the erospace Museum of California. Fast-forward to mid September 2016 and we now can safely say that the FOHBC has just held the biggest antique bottle event of the year and possibly ever. Not only did we pull this off, we did it with grand success for our guests from just about every state and countries like Canada, England, New Zealand and Australia. Where else are you going to be consumed and surrounded with four days of antique glass, history, education, good food, camaraderie and your friends than at a Federation convention & expo, as we now call them?
Sacramento National co-chair Richard Siri gives a show update to board members.
Many of our isitors also too the opportunity to come a little early or stay a little later to make side trips to historic Sacramento, San Francisco or visit the Northern California Wine Country. Others made a cross-country trip and turned it into a vacation. We will use the following space here to give an overview of the many events in dated order.
FOHBC Board Meeting | Thursday morning, 04 August 2016 On day 1, Thursday morning, August 4th, the FOHBC Board Meeting occurred at the host Lions ate Hotel. he meeting as presided o er by Ferdinand Meyer (FOHBC President and was attended by Sheldon Baugh (First ice President , James Berry (Secretary), Jim Bender (Historian , al Berry (Merchandising Director), Linda Sheppard (Membership Director), Louis Fifer (Conventions Director), Elizabeth Meyer (Business Manager , Ste e Ketcham (Director-at-Large), John Pastor (Director-at-Large) FOHBC President Ferdinand Meyer V. I’m glad there was an image of a and Eric Mclion behind me. I suppose it could have been a monkey or something. uire (Western Region Director). Alicia Booth (Public Relations Director elect) was also in attendance. Other board members were absent due to illness or con icting e ents of importance. Special guests in attendance included Isabella Alucema, Warren Friedrich, Lou Pellegrini, Richard Siri (Sacramento co-chair), Beverley Siri (Sacramento co-chair), and Coco (Weimaraner mascot . ina Pellegrini, the FOHBC official sho photographer, as also introduced and photographed this first e ent as she did all others.
Left to right: Alicia Booth (new FOHBC Public Relations Director), Eric McGuire (Western Region Director), and Warren Friedrich (Sacramento National Leadership Team)
Left to right: Jim Berry (Secretary), Val Berry (Merchandise Director), and Sheldon Baugh (First Vice President).
Stacks of the freshly printed Souvenir Programs laid out for team review. At 136 pages + covers, and in full color, this program was the biggest ever and is destined to become a collector’s piece.
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collector friends, purchases were a disappointment, the auction, displays, and seminars were very well done and quite educational. Many thank you’s to Ferdinand Meyer and Richard Siri for making this show happen!
The American Bottle Auctions Open House was truly the convention s first ma or e ent and follo ed the FOHBC Board Meeting from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Jeff Wichmann’s outstanding Sacramento office.
David & Julie Bethman (Hamilton, Montana)
Jeff had recently added new shelving, vintage advertising and many ne anti ue bottles to his office and boy, as it ready to receive a standing-room-only crowd throughout the event. Jeff was astonished and really pleased with the turnout. For those that attended, it was a great experience to see his bottle and glass museum focusing on western material and bottle-related ephemera. What a great way to start out the convention! Thank you Jeff.
The FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Conventions & Expo started with a bang as we were reunited with friends old and new from all over the country. The displays were unbelievable. I can’t recall seeing more elaborate and detailed displays, definitely a highlight of the show. Very nice to see a lot of quality Eastern-made flasks at the show, the quality of the Western glass for sale was off the chart. Our sales were good and we were able to add a spectacular California-made, cobalt blue demijohn to the collection, a very enjoyable time indeed! A big thank you to all involved in putting this event together. Dale J. & Barbara Santos (El Cerrito, California) Of course the Warner seminar and display was the highlight of my interest in the show. Although it is difficult for me to find the kind of bottles that have my interest in western shows, the ability to see everyone is what I really came for. To be with Mike and Kathie Craig, Bill and Kathy Mitchell, Bill and Kathy Taylor, and Steve and Chris Ketcham was really the most fun. The banquet was great, the auction was very interesting but went on a little too long (although I enjoyed watching Coco). It was just fun to get together over dinner with old friends. All of us were at the 1976 show in St. Louis and we reminisced about what we did there. It will be interesting to see the new format at Springfield. The show on Sunday really dragged on and on. Not much attendance and just the dealers milling around, perhaps the half-day on Saturday and shortened day on Sunday will keep the interest going. After all, the sales and deals are mostly done on the set up and the first day. After that, it is just digging into table corners to find things.
A dramatic antique bottle display within a lighted window box set withing the showroom at Jeff’s.
Many of Jeff s other interests ere also displayed and he as on hand to answer questions while Dennis Fox, his right-handman, was selling bottles right and left as Chi Chi Anyanwu, office manager, made sure e eryone as comfortable. rin s and snacks were served throughout the event as shuttle vans from the Lions ate Hotel ferried guests bac and forth so fol s could get back to early registration at the hotel which started later in the afternoon.
Pre-Registration | Thursday afternoon, 04 August, 2016 During early registration and eventually general registration, the full team of FOHBC women took charge over one of the most difficult tas s of any con ention and that is ma ing sure e eryone gets set off on the right foot. The Federation tables were set up with separate teams associated
It was nice to have most of us stay at the cozy little base hotel. It kept us together at breakfast and for the evening meals. It really allowed us to get to know people. The Siris should be commended for their work; the show went off without a hitch really. Nice job. Michael Seeliger (Brooklyn, Wisconsin) Attended for two hours on Friday and the full day on Saturday. Bought bottles, saw friends, and viewed exhibits. Overall, well run. Couple of suggestions. 1) On the exterior marquee sign on Air Base Drive, I noticed it was advertising the following week’s show and not the bottle show. Perhaps more public at large would have attended if there was some signage present. 2) I have two kids (15 and 13) and one attended. I look at the demographic makeup of the attendees and it appeared that the majority was over 55 (conservative). I am 58 years old, started when I was 12 and have made efforts at getting my kids into collecting over the past five years. All I know is that if the young aren’t present now, then how many collectors will be present in the future??? Perhaps a Kids Corner exhibit or display might be a good way to promote the hobby. I found out later about the grab bags offered to kids after I had left the show. 3) Overall, the staff was very helpful, and friendly. Loved the parking and Subway was close by. 4) I felt I got some pretty good deals from the sellers and everyone was happy in the process. 5) Graphics and catalogs were excellent. 6) Heard something about a drawing during the show; however, did not know anything about it. Perhaps this should be made more apparent for guests. Overall, a great show. As stated earlier I am a 58-year-old with a Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree (USC) who started digging and collecting bottles when I was 12 or 13. I joined a club in my community of Redondo Beach, California, and went on to obtain higher education leading to owning my own business. In my humble opinion, the lessons learned from my early experiences in collecting were invaluable. I learned not only how to collect, but research, appreciation for art, communication and negotiation skills, business skills and even carpentry skills as I built cases for my bottles and my metal detector. Even though I am just getting back into collecting over a long period of time, I can state with a 100% confidence that the thrill of the find and the pursuit of enjoyment through collecting is something I will never forget. Thanks to all of you for putting on a great show and as time permits will be spending more and more time in the field and perhaps even getting to know some of you in the future. Chip Houske (Torrance, California)
Left to Right: Laurel Ritz, Lisa McGuire, Delores Siri & Bev Siri. The best helpers you could get! Bev was a co-chair for the national.
I enjoyed the Expo very much, thought it was well organized and the facility way more than adequate. The seminars I attended, one by John O’Neill, the other by John Shroyer, were Comments continued on page 20
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Below: Fred Kille inspecting an example.
Jesse Moore Sole Agent cylinders All contestants in the light box.
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U.S.A. Hospital Dept. - Three finalists. Killer bottles.
U.S.A. Hospital Dept. judge Dale Mlasko looks at two entrants.
Photo opportunity for the excited crowd. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters Three finalists in a pose together.
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with dealers, membership and merchandise. We heard so many great compliments and than Isabella lucema, al Berry, licia Booth, Helen Forbes, eanna Jordt, Lisa Mc uire, Eli abeth Meyer, Laurel Rit , Linda Sheppard and Be erley and elores Siri, among others to a lesser extent. lso, ithin the registration pac ets, con ention goers ould find the nicest and largest Souvenir Program that the Federation has ever published. Sure to become a collector’s piece, the 140-page program was anchored with the “Top 70 - Best of the West” listing and pictures along with many great articles, convention information and advertising.
General’s House Reception | Thursday evening, 04 August, 2016 The next event on Thursday, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., was the eneral s House Reception for IPs such as dealers, their assistants, early admission buyers, displayers and seminar givers.
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excellent. My sales were good and I got to meet a lot of people I had known on the Facebook bottle pages. Thanks to the Siri’s, Meyers and all the others that made it possible. Steve Mello (Paso Robles, California) Every aspect of organization and operation was perfect. So many thanks to you and Elizabeth for the leadership, and to Richard and Beverly Siri for the operation, plus all of the many helpers. But the fault, and it was a major one, was local advertising. Bottle collectors from Maine to Florida to New Mexico to Washington were flooded with daily ads on Facebook and the great ads in BOTTLES and EXTRAS. But the general antique collectors, the Sacramento fringe collectors, new bottle collectors, and the hoarders only learned about the show from word of mouth. Virtually every collectible show in Sacramento (stamp shows, coin shows, rare book shows, paper shows, glass shows (same venue this weekend), teddy bear shows, the monthly antique faire) all had ads in the Sacramento Bee, the major paper north of Sacramento. It also has an on-line component. If it’s is true that our antique bottle collecting is on the wane, then one of the major sources for new people has to be more than advertising to people who have been collecting for half a century. I tried unsuccessfully to make this point to my former bottle club. Handout fliers are OK. A few posters are OK. A listing on an obscure TV channel calendar is OK. But the main source of advertising still is the newspaper, especially for those of us who can read. Tip O’Neill, former Speaker of the House, used to say, “All politics is local.” While not exclusively true in bottle collecting, it is true that if you want locals to come to a show, you have to advertise locals. Steve Abbott - Gold River, California Only comments would be that I heard from a few people that they felt the auction took over (and took away customers) from the show and dealers. I have seen other type shows have auctions but much smaller and on one of the beginning days of the show, thus less disruptive to the actual show. Show became a convenience for the auction company; auction became a disruption to show sales.
Elizabeth Meyer (FOHBC Business Manager), Helen Forbes and Alicia Booth (FOHBC Public Relations Director) greet attendees to the General’s House Reception.
FOHBC volunteers working a desk strategically placed in front of the backyard garden gate, greeted guests to the historic Lions ate Hotel eneral s House. Badges ere re uired for each attendee to gain entrance and each hand was stamped. From there, the guests went into the well decked out, spacious backyard to be greeted by music and the smell of barbecue. uests ere served creamy cole slaw, southern style red potato salad, grilled hamburgers, hot links, grilled BBQ chicken thighs with a keg of a local IPA called Track 7 from Sacramento. he hosts, merican Bottle uctions and Peachridge lass, expected about 100 attendees, as it was an early and new event for a FOHBC national and were surprised as this total easily doubled and we actually ran out of food in the end. Even the weather cooperated as a front passed over and lowered temperatures 10 degrees or so during our 4-day event. Overall, it was a great time to meet and greet friends and prepare for the Sacramento Shootout bottle competition, which was planned after the eneral s House reception. Remember this as still the first day!
Sacramento Shootout | Thursday night, 04 August, 2016 The bottle competition concept seems to have originated in the west or at least is preferred in the west as an opportunity to slug it out and see great bottles while competing to win bragging rights for the best bottle in a category. This year was no different as Sacramento National co-chair Rich-
Only other thing is consideration of the length of the show. Maybe give dealers an option to leave Saturday night; Sundays are usually next to no action, no new people, and felt like it was only held as a follow up to the auction. But overall a very nice show! Ron Danese (Alamo, California) I received several complaints from collectors who had no idea there were two exhibit rooms. The second exhibit room was down a long hallway with a tiny sign you had to walk several feet down the hallway to even read. At Reno, the exhibits were in the same room as the sales tables and many collectors assumed the same would be true for the Sacramento show. There was plenty of room on the far side of the sales auditorium for displays; instead, you put unneeded tables. In the future, if an exhibitor wants to run an educational video (like the Warner Safe Cure one), please insist that anyone wanting to hear it be able to start it and that it stops after being played. It was very unfair to other exhibitors, including me, as well as visitors to have to hear it play continually without stopping at loud volume for the entire show. Next time, put such a display in its own room. Ken Salter (El Cerrito, California) The expo went off without a hitch, at a very nice venue. I attended the bottle shootout that had some very fine examples of U.S.A. Hospital bottles, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters and Jesse Moore Sole Agent whiskeys. Two of the best displays were the Benicia glass display and the Warner’s display complete with a running loop of the companies’ history on flat screen TV. The Holabird Western Americana auction reached some new levels of bottle worth with the Gold Dust Whiskey reaching over $30,000 and good prices were realized for the soda bottles. The sales table layout was excellent with plenty of room for the large crowd that attended the show on Saturday and Sunday. Also, the souvenir program is one of the nicest I have ever seen. All in all, a very great time was had by all. Andy Volkerts (Courtland, California) We had a great time. I might have missed a few tables with all the hellos and what’s ups. Seeing friends I haven’t seen for a while is always nice. My wife, son and daughter also enjoyed Comments continued on page 23
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ard Siri spearheaded the Sacramento Shootout with primary assistance from Eric Mc uire and Warren Friedrich. Richard as the moderator or emcee for the event and up until the doors opened for the registrants to enter, was concerned that few bottles would show up. Boy, was he wrong. You see, people hold their cards (or bottles tight and typically do not fill out entry forms and send the forms in early as requested in the application packets. They show up at the gate with their “baby” or “babies” in hand. This happens each year. The crowd was healthy and eager with anticipation as the bottle entrants were registered and inspected. The judges were pre-selected for each category and included Frank Ritz, Lou Lambert and Ferdinand Meyer for Hostetter s Stomach Bitters; ale Mlas o, ennis Eastley and Sheldon Baugh for .S. . Hosp. Dept. bottles, and Fred Kille, Ralph Hollibaugh and Andrew outsou os for Jesse Moore Sole gent fifths. The winners for the U.S.A. Hosp. Dept. bottles were First Place: Richard Siri; Second Place: Jeffrey Burkhardt, and Third Place: Richard Siri. Winners for the Jesse Moore Sole Agent cylinder fifths ere First Place: ale Mlas o; Second Place: Stephen Hubbell, and Third Place: David Storey. The winners for the Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters were First Place: Mi e Henness; Second Place: Jerry Forbes, and hird Place: Richard Siri. Congratulations to all! As it turned out, many bottles were entered in each category and the event ran as smoothly as possible. We heard nothing but compliments for this event and you can see all the great pictures of the bottles and the winners on the FOHBC web site.
the show and exhibits. My son scored the large St. Pauli Girl beer bottle for his Frat house. The displays were captivating. Especially the Warner’s and Benicia. The lectures were enjoyable. As my daughter said and I agree, John O’Neil sent us home with real insight information on Early California Potteries. John Shroyer graciously shared all kinds of hands-on examples of Gold Rush material supporting his knock-it-out-of-the-park oration. Fred Holabird’s auction was great. A live auction is so much better and cohesive for our hobby. We have to work on speeding up the Internet when it slows to a re-booting crawl. Waiting for the Internet was sometimes frustrating. I agreed to display to support my friends putting this show on. The bifurcated center was challenging. Your group made this venue work. All in all, I think Richard, Eric, Russell, Warren and you should be thanked and praised. You all took a McClellan ear and sowed it into a glass purse. Michael Mackintosh (San Rafael, California) Jim and I attended the FOHBC Sacramento show traveling from upstate New York by car. What a great trip and wonderful country we live in. There is so much to see. If you ever have the chance to travel across the country by car, do so. You won’t be disappointed. As both bottle collectors and FOHBC officers, we knew we were going to be busy. What a great show. Richard and Beverley Siri, Warren Friedrich, Eric McGuire, Louis Fifer and others did a great job and made sure all details were handled. The displays were beautiful and certainly difficult to pick the “best one.” Every event, including seminars, General’s House Reception, breakfast, banquet, Sacramento Shootout, 49er Bottle Jamboree Auction (although a bit too long), trip to Jeff Wichmann’s American Bottle Auctions office, and the show itself was all done well. We had a great time meeting new people and seeing friends we only see once or twice a year. Congratulations to the team for a job well done! After spending a couple more days in California, we will slowly head back home, taking in a few more sights. Val (and Jim) Berry (St. Johnsville, New York) Though we didn’t take in the seminars or the auction, here are some general comments. Overall, the show was a “10;” best FOHBC summer show yet. The facility, both Lions Gate Hotel and McClellan Conference Center, were excellent, the hotel and grounds having a great “Old California” ambiance, including that perfect west coast weather. Both the Thursday night welcoming party (General’s House Reception) and the Friday night FOHBC Banquet were great opportunities for re-visiting bottle friends we see all too infrequently and never have enough time with during show hours. Especially loved the outdoor patio welcome venue. I enjoyed participating in the Sacramento Shootout, though it was tough to hang in there the first night after rising at 12:30 a.m. (Pacific time) that morning. I suggest the judging could be improved and hastened by an old fashioned “drag racing style, round-robin elimination,” whereby rounds of only paired entrants “run” and judged at a time, the winner of each pairing going on to compete in subsequent rounds with the remaining entrants.
Above: Mike Henness holding his award for 1st Place. Below: The three award winners together (L-R) Dale Mlasko, Stephen Hubbell & David Storey.
While we didn’t set up, I judge the show room excellent with good lighting (skylights) and it was well laid out with plenty of space for all. Bottle quality was very good as would be expected at the summer FOHBC bash. The only negative was a handful of dealers apparently slipping out at days end Saturday; their tables empty on Sunday. They and their bottles were missed Sunday, as activity was brisk, at least in the morning. The show displays were the best I can remember at any show. The museum quality of several was unexpected, with my favorites being Mike Craig’s Warner’s Safe Bottles and the incredible Tiffany-like Benicia Glass. The Souvenir Program was also the biggest and best ever, permeated with the flavor of western collecting heritage, including a run-down on the top 70 Western bottles with pictures. FOHBC’s rich past is documented through the summary of all shows to date plus recognition of the FOHBC Hall-of-Famers and Honor Rollees, the people who have made things happen in our bottle collecting hobby. Last but not least is the record-setting number of dealer and collector advertisements, all in color. Hopefully, there is an overrun of this super piece that can be ordered by non-attendees. Jeff (Froggy) Burkhardt (Cedarburg, Wisconsin) Comments continued on page 24
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FOHBC Membership Meeting Breakfast | Friday morning, 05 August, 2016 On day 2, Friday morning, August 5th, Federation members had the opportunity to attend the FOHBC Membership Meeting Brea fast on the patio of the Lions ate Hotel. ear after year, e ould ha e our FOHBC Membership Meeting after the FOHBC board meeting. The board meeting would run from 8 a.m. to noon. Board members would then grab a quick lunch and rush bac to a mostly empty room for the 1 p.m. Membership Meeting. For one thing, it as a day early and many fol s had just not arrived. For another, it was near lunch hour and many ran late or missed the meeting entirely.
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So last year, at the FOHBC 2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle Sho , e had our first FOHBC Membership Meeting Brea fast in the Marriott host hotel. It as a grand success so e decided to do it again, this time on the patio of the Lions ate Hotel. With beautiful weather, it could not have been any better of a setting. Oh, and pro ide free food, and they ill come. Meeting attendees were served a hot breakfast, buffet style, including a stocked beverage station with freshly brewed coffee and tea, chilled fruit uices, assorted brea fast pastries, muffins and croissants, fruit preserves and butter, sliced seasonal fruits and berries, uffy scrambled eggs ith fresh herbs, chic en apple sausage and breakfast potatoes with sautéed bell pepper and onion. Yum. reat ay to start the day. uring the meeting portion, Federation President Ferdinand Meyer opened the meeting by introducing board members in the audience. hese included Eric Mc uire, Sheldon Baugh, Louis Fifer, al Berry, Jim Bender, Linda Sheppard, Ste e etcham and Eli abeth Meyer. Other board members and con ention coordinators were absent as dealer registration and display set-up was occurring at the McClellan Conference Center. It was announced that ballots were being counted during the breakfast meeting, per Federation bylaws, and that the 2016 201 slate of officers ould start their positions after the Sacramento National. This includes new board members Alicia Booth, who was in attendance, Bob Strickhart and Brad Seigler. President Meyer next ga e a summary of the pre ious day s acti ities and an overview of the events scheduled for the day including educational seminars, the ribbon cutting ceremony, the official show opening for early admission, the displays and the cocktail party and awards banquet planned for in the evening. Next, Jim Bender was introduced as the FOHBC Historian and co-chair, with Bob Strickhart, for the FOHBC 2017 Springfield National nti ue Bottle Con ention Expo. Jim ga e an
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This show exceeded all expectations, although very ambitious in its goals, it succeeded across the board. Despite being a three-day show, there was more to participate in than possible to schedule. Although some health issues prevented me from attending the banquet and some of the seminars (did see the Red Wing talk), I still felt I attended a show and a half. There is no way to express my thanks to the many people who worked to put on the best show since the 1988 Las Vegas Expo. This type of bottle show provides the glue that holds the hobby together in the age of social screen interaction. More over, it is a model that can be replicated on the scale of your average local bottle show. Kudos all around. Jerry McCann (Chicago, Illinois) When I first arrived in California, I was not sure what the show would be like. I knew that Richard Siri and crew had inherited a lot of things they normally would not have to deal with. First I think we all owe them a great round of applause for stepping up and taking over the show for the Federation. If not for them, who knows what we would have had. All in all, the show was great and most everyone I spoke to was happy. I had a lot of people stop by the 2017 Springfield National table and tell me that they were planning on coming east next year. That for me was a great thing to hear. As I sat there I knew I was about as far from Springfield as I could get and still be in the United States. It was great to hear people from California and Oregon say, “we’ll be there.” I signed up fifteen contracts in all. I was able to buy a few bottles for my collection but flying has its issues with bottles. The banquet was as good as any I have ever been to. The food was very good and Betty Zumwalt just put a lump in my heart. The hobby is so lucky to have her. This is what a Hall of Fame member is supposed to be for sure. The only seminar I was able to attend was the Warner’s Safe bottles, which was excellent and I learned a lot about the company, which I never knew. They did a killer job with that. Later, I bought Michael Seeliger’s book. The displays were all top rate in my mind. I had to vote for the Warner’s display. It was just so well done and I watched the video completely and was able later to get a copy from Mike and Kathie Craig. Overall, the displays were as good as I have seen at any show in a long time. The General’s House Reception was a fun event for everyone and sure drew in the people. The food and staff were all excellent. This was a first for an event like this and people sure seemed to love it. Jeff’s Wichmann’s open house was also a lot of fun. Jeff has a fantastic office and was making the rounds talking with everyone. I am so glad we drove out to see his place. I saw lots of collectors buying bottles at some very fair prices. Everyone seemed to really be enjoying it for sure. Jeff is a great addition to the Hall of Fame. The FOHBC membership breakfast was different this year being outside on the hotel patio, which I enjoyed. The weather was perfect and the food was very good. I had many people stop me later at the hotel and thank me for speaking from the heart about the 2017 Springfield National Convention & Expo. The attendance on Saturday was unbelievable. The show room was crowded all day long. The dealers all seemed very happy about that. Early admission was at its peak for sure. As always, the volunteers at the front desk were on their game all weekend long dealing with things. They were all handling the crowds and doing whatever it took to keep people moving along and happy. There is no doubt about it as the girls are always doing more than their share on the weekends. Also, I must have seen Richard Siri walk by my table 100 times over the weekend checking doors and things for security. If we paid him by the mile we would go broke. Now I have to make a few comments about some things I was told as well as things I observed. The Sacramento Shootout bottle competition seemed at times to drag on. This is something that has been a constant problem with this event. It is a great event to see fantastic bottles and we will make every attempt to smooth it out in Springfield. The auction was way too long and we left long before it was over. I myself saw more than one lot sold on the screen only to be opened back up for bidding again. I did not like the format used and would not use it again. I was told it was a record amount in sales for an auction. Sometimes there is more to a good event than records. The General Assembly showroom floor itself was poorly lit in the corners. Many dealers were not happy about that for sure. I saw a few dealers pack up and leave early, which is never a good thing. I did have three dealers approach me about pets being allowed in the showroom. At one time, I counted seven pets in the show room. I see where this can get out of hand and could cause an issue. I learn things at every show, which I hope will help me going forward in 2017. Once again, thanks to Richard and the crew for a great weekend. Jim Bender (Sprakers, New York) 2017 Springfield National Co-Chair
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McClellan Conference Center Educational Displays, Friday - Sunday While the Warner’s Safe Bottles & Posters display (right page) took both ribbons, you could rely on every person who visited the displays to say “wow” to the outstanding Benicia Glass – Natures Tiffany display by Michael & Karen Peart (this page). Amazing and well worth the effort as this was the finest display ever of this glass type. Thank you to Russell Umbraco and Richard Siri for making this and other displays possible.
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overview of the upcoming convention, announced the Watson One Auction and stated that table, event and advertising sales had already commenced on July 28. He noted that a table would be strictly dedicated to the Springfield National on the sho room oor. President Meyer next introduced Louis Fifer ho is the FOHBC Con entions irector and co-chair, along ith Matt Lacy, for the FOHBC 2018 Cleveland National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo. Louis preceded to give an overview of the event and noted that a task team had been assembled and much progress was being made. Louis also noted that the Request for Proposal (RFP) had been sent out to the Southern Region club contacts for the FOHBC 2019 50th Anniversary National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo. Next, Federation Secretary Jim Berry approached the stage ith the counted ballots and presented to Meyer and Bender. he brea fast concluded ith an o er ie of the irtual Museum status and other federation business. Members ere also encouraged to ask any questions about the event, our hobby or the FOHBC. All in all, it was a nice way to start the day.
FOHBC Educational Seminars | Friday morning, 05 August, 2016 The FOHBC Educational Seminars immediately followed the FOHBC Membership Meeting Brea fast. Members and guests could walk into the adjacent hotel Plaza Ballroom A or B for a morning of seminars presented by prominent collectors such as Michael Seeliger ith Mi e athie Craig tal ing about Warner Safe Bottles and Products, Steve Ketcham speaking about Red Wing Pottery, Thomas Jacobs talking about the A.W. Cudworth Business Journal, John O’Neill on Early California Stoneware, Chris Hartz with Early American Scent Bottles and John Shroyer on old Rush rtifacts.
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I was thrilled that the aisles were crowded on both Friday and Saturday all day with early admission and general admission folks. The show actually sold 207 tables, but some dealers canceled last minute, leaving us with 197 sales tables. Several dealers and early lookers came to me and said the show was great in every way! I was fortunate in that I got to participate in many events. I set up the western bottle display in the showroom, which received numerous comments by serious western bottle collectors. I got to be the “bottle handler” at the Sacramento Shootout, which had fierce competition among the categories, and was great fun! Again I got to be the “bottle handler” at the 49er Bottle Jamboree auction, during the preview, which was a lot fun. The banquet was also wonderful, having great conversations with fellow bottle collectors at our table and listening to Betty Zumwalt give at times, a very emotional speech about the early days of the ABCA! On Sunday, Betty and I got to converse awhile; it turns out the Cassin’s Grape Brandy Bitters bottle at my sales table is her favorite bottle of all time! Warren Friedrich (Grass Valley, California) Sacramento was my first west coast show and I had a blast! I even took a display in my suitcase and everything got there and back home safely. By the way, the displays were fantastic! I got to meet a lot of people that I’ve only heard and seen their names before. This was the first time in a decade or more that I didn’t set up a sales table at a show. . .what a treat that was! I bought eight items for my collection plus a few re-sale items and carried those back home in the other half of the suitcase with my display. Needless to say, I kept my fingers crossed that the suitcase made it back to Birmingham! My only complaint, I am not a fan of the 4-day show format the Federation seems to have adopted. Richard Siri and his team did a GREAT job! Congratulations again! Tom Lines (Birmingham, Alabama) I need to tell you that I’m still recovering from a bottle high after the Sacramento National show, and I’m not sure when I’ll come back to earth. All I can say is WOW! What a tremendous job, great effort, hard work, and dedication by Richard and Beverley Siri and his entire staff of volunteers for producing such a fantastic show. Everyone single collector and dealer I talked with is calling this show, “The Show of all Shows.” I’ve been a collector and dealer for 45+ years, and have attended a lot of bottle shows on the local club level, Expos, and Nationals, and I personally have never experienced such a great show as this on all levels, especially the displays. I don’t know when I’ve seen so many quality educational displays that covered the entire spectrum of bottle collecting. While the show itself was beyond words, all of the other events beginning with the General’s House Reception, Membership Breakfast, Jeff Wichmann’s open house, the Sacramento Shootout bottle competition, the very informative and fun seminars, the banquet and awards, and Fred Holabird’s over the top auction of some of the best premier western bottles every assembled in one room, only added tons of chocolate icing to the cake. I’m extremely impressed and proud of Richard Siri, his staff, and the Federation for hosting such a great show for all FOHBC members, collectors, dealers, and buyers. The bar has truly been set high for all host clubs for future shows. Mike Polak (Long Beach, California)
Full house to hear John Shroyer talk about Gold Rush Artifacts.
These seminars were heavily attended and well received from the responses we have gathered so far. As usual, it was tough to pick out which seminars to attend as they were paired up. Next year at the 201 Springfield National e ill be ideo taping each seminar for archival and historical purposes so that may help. A special than s is mentioned here to Eric Mc uire for coordinating all seminars.
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Excellent show with wonderful displays. Sold very well and bought a lot. Excellent facilities with wonderful hotel. One of the best National Shows we have been to and we have been to most all of them. Thanks to all the hard work on the people that made it possible. Would have liked to have seen a better variety of items for the auction. Ron & Carol Ashby (Blackwell, Oklahoma) In my opinion, the Sacramento National Convention & Expo was a rousing success at all levels with excellent facilities, great displays, energetic crowd, and great bottles available at all collecting levels. Clearly, people were actively engaged in buying bottles and on a personal note it was my best show for selling in my 40+ years of bottle collecting! Chris Hartz (Arroyo Grande, California) The FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo was absolutely the best bottle antique bottle show I’ve attended in decades. So many vendor tables and lots of folks everywhere talking, buying selling bottles! It kind of reminded me of the old days back when antique bottle shows were held at the Cow Palace. The only downside was, it was kind Comments continued on page 33
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The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) is proud to announce that the FOHBC National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo for 2017 will take place in Springfield, Massachusetts at the MassMutual Center and Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel.
August 3 -6, 2017 •Thursday-August 3: Springfield Regalia bottle competition at the Sheraton Monarch Place Hotel • Friday-August 4: FOHBC Membership Meeting Breakfast, Educational Seminars, Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, Early Admissions, FOHBC Cocktail Hour & Banquet • Saturday-August 5: General Admission, Live Bottle Auction • Sunday-August 6: General Admission & Display Awards
General Admission on Saturday and Sunday, August 5th and 6th: $5, Early Admission on August 4th, at 1:00 pm, $60 ($45 for FOHBC members)
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FOHBC National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) is proud to announce that the FOHBC National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo for 2017 will take place in Springfield, Massachusetts at the MassMutual Center and Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place hotel.
August 3 -6, 2017 Make your plans now as more than 30% of the 350 available dealer tables were sold by late September 2016. This show will sell out early! Full info & contracts at FOHBC.org Info: Jim Bender, Show Co-Chair, 518.673.8833, jim1@frontiernet.net or Bob Strickhart, Show Co-Chair & Northeast Region Director, 609.818.1981, strickhartbob@aol.com or Louis Fifer, FOHBC Conventions Director, fiferlouis@yahoo.com General Admission on Saturday and Sunday, August 5th and 6th: $5, Early Admission on August 4th, at 1:00 pm, $60 ($45 for FOHBC members)
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followed by early admission attendees. Richard and Beverley Siri, Sacramento National co-chairs, made the cut as other FOHBC and Sacramento National officials such as Louis Fifer (Con entions irector , Eric Mc uire (Western Region Director), Warren Friedrich (tables and dealers coordinator and Ferdinand Meyer loo ed on. Russell mbraco, display coordinator, as off coordinating final display details so he as not at the ceremony. This was the third year that the FOHBC has held a ribbon-cutting event. We are now out of ribbon as we ordered enough for three national shows as a test. Best to order some more for the 2017 Springfield National, 201 Cle eland National and the 201 Southern Region National!
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t 1 p.m. sharp on Friday, the doors opened to the McClellan Conference Center for early admission. Dealers were allowed in first follo ed by an ama ing long line of enthusiastic bottle collectors who had paid the higher price to get an early look. Well, we ran out of early admission passes as we broke all recent year expectations and had to send a runner to a local office supply store for name stickers. Not the best scenario but wow, was that room crowded on Friday. By all indications, it was a record for the FOHBC on a first day and e en better, sellers and buyers seemed thrilled with the start of the show as sales were strong and people purchased for their collections.
Educational Displays | Friday - Sunday During the show, in two offset display rooms, convention attendees could take in this year’s 20 outstanding displays which included Ken and Reine Salter and their 17th-19th century American European Blac lass; Mi e and athie Craig and their Warner’s Safe Bottles and Posters, Richard & Beverley Siri with Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters; Tom & Susan Lines with Schafer and ater Whis ey Nips; reg Wilson ith Codd lob-Stoppered Worldwide Bottles; Rick and Deloras Siri with California Small Town Whiskies; Russell and Kitty Umbraco with Lewis 66 Whis ey - tah Li uor Co.; Michael and aren Peart ith Benicia lass - Nature s iffany; Bob Hirsch ith his pothecary Cabinet miscellaneous bottles; Ron and ary Barnes ith O l rug Co.; Jeannette Barnes ith Miniatures; Colin and May Jung ith their California lass Insulator Co., Signals display; an and Max Bell ith old Rush rtifacts; Richard and Lauri Olson ith Jamaica inger Extract inger; Henry and Cecilia uillen ith .S. . Hosp. ept. bottles; Richard ana and Jim Monahan ith Canning Jars; rnie Lo enstein ith EC M San Francisco lass Insulators; ndre outsou os ith Pioneer West Coast Digging: A Pictorial Display; Warren Friedrich with California ro n lass from P. .W and S.F. .W, and Michael Mac intosh ith Early merican lass Seals. ie ers ere as ed to ote for their fa orite display as Best in Sho and Most Educational ribbons ere gi en. he announcement of the winners occurred on Sunday, August 7th at 2:30 p.m., and the outstanding and over-the-top Warner’s Safe Bottles & Posters display took both ribbons. You could rely on every person who visited the displays to say an extra “wow” to all displays and many said it was the most exciting grouping of displays they ha e e er seen. Many than s are in order to our displayers and to Russell Umbraco and Richard Siri for coordinating the displays. Full pictorials are available on the FOHBC web site.
Miniatures display by Jeannette Barnes
Above: Canning Jars by Richard Dana & Jim Monahan. Below: Early American Glass & Seals display by Michael Mackintosh
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of difficult to locate, a few “sandwich board” fold up type signs saying “bottle show this way” would have been extremely helpful. Other than that it, for me personally, it was one of the greatest antique bottle shows ever, for this neck of the woods! Thanks to you and all the other folks that made it happen. I hope there will be another one like it, some day, held again, in Northern California. (at the Cow Palace again would be nice) many thanks again David Jennings (Napa, California)
Owl Drug Company display by Ron & Gary Barnes
Kathy and I thought the show was great. The quality of the glass offerings was better than we expected for a western show and we bought some nice things for our collection. I was impressed with the offering of the western glass for western collectors at the 49er Bottle Jamboree auction. Eastern collectors might have been disappointed, but the auction played to its largest audience. I am just glad I left bids when I signed up for my bidding number and then went to dinner with friends. When we came back the auction was still going on at 11 p.m. We went to bed and waited until Sunday at the show to find out what we won. At the show, I did feel sorry for the dealers who had tables on the dark side of the showroom floor. When I looked up, I saw that the lights pointed up so as to illuminate the ceiling. I guess that was a designer’s touch! Rich Tucker (Laguna Hills, California)
Above: Hostetter’s Bitters display by Richard & Beverley Siri. Below: Apothecary Cabinet and Misc. Bottles display by Bob Hirsch.
I thought the venue was a nice change from the usual hotel/casino/exhibition center and offered more than enough space. My hats off to Richard and Bev for the venue, Eric for the great seminars and Warren for a wonderful banquet. I usually call these rubber chicken dinners, but my food was actually pretty darn good, as evidenced by my clean plate. The exhibits were outstanding and I thought the Warner’s display and video presentation presented by Kathie and Mike Craig was the most informative and visually attractive I have ever seen. If this is the future of displays, all I can say is thank you and more please. The seminars were well done, but it would have been great to have an IT person at each seminar to assist in quick resolution of technical issues. Standouts in my mind were the General’s House Reception hosted by Jeff Wichmann, which provided an al fresco dining experience and the next morning’s outdoor membership breakfast. The banquet was one of the best I have attended for two very worthy recipients. The bottle show itself produced a number of new additions for the collection thanks to Ralph Van Brocklin. Looking forward to Springfield. John O’Neill (Belmont, California) Great displays and super bottles for sale! A crowd that any show chairman would die for! Wanda and I enjoyed the show immensely. We purchased several items. There was a sad note to the show for me as there were only three collectors there that I had met back in the 70s when I set up at many of the western bottle shows (Richard Siri, Lou Pellegrini and Dennis Rogers). John Joiner (Newnan, Georgia) Thoughts by Darlene “Dar” Furda, FOHBC Member, Secretary & Contributing Editor for the LAHBC The 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo was EXCELLENT. It sure took me back to my roots of joining the LAHBC in 2001. This Expo took me up to the Sacramento area where it was advertised as “Back to our Roots” for many who have been involved in some of the earlier years. I’ve only attended maybe three big shows like this. The displays were magnificent. They showed the years of collecting, care of hauling all to the show and the hours of setting up the displays. Hats off to the displayers and to the folks who presented seminars. I sat in on two seminars: Early California Stoneware and Gold Rush Artifacts. The banquet was an enthusiastic affair with plenty of laughs and awards and a chance to visit with some familiar and some new folks. The Conventions Director, Show Chair and Co-Chair, plus all the added assistance really came out as an A+ for me. Steve Abbott gave us a great area background on how things got started WAY BACK WHEN. Betty Zumwalt took us back with her when she also gave a thorough background on earlier days. The show itself was loaded with dealers from California, neighboring states and even a dealer from Albion, New York. How about the two countries that were represented by the dealers from England and Jim Bell from Australia. Our LAHBC is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. I personally was elated that the National was out here on the West Coast again this year to help us celebrate some of our 50th. All the added features like the tour offered by Jeff Wichmann and the shuttle to and from the Convention Center, etc., really enhanced the entire event. I was especially happy to visit with FOHBC Board Members who came out from the Midwest and East Comments continued on page 34
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FOHBC Cocktail Party & Banquet | Friday evening, 05 Aug, 2016 The FOHBC Banquet traditionally follows the Educational Seminars and showroom early admission on Friday. The banquet or “awards banquet” as it is sometimes called, is a more formal event where reservations are required with meal choices made in advance. The banquet usually occurs in the host hotel ballroom as it did this year and it was preceded by a cocktail hour to start things off. This year we had 115 or so reservations and ended up with close to 150 guests as many last minute tickets were sold during the day and at the door.
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Coast to energetically participate by helping share the load of putting on this excellent, well represented, show. Dar Furda (Oak Park, California) Dan and I enjoyed the show very much. I thought it was well organized and each event went off without a hitch. The displays were fun, educational, and represented this great hobby of collecting as well as providing the teachings of history and stories of times past. I truly appreciate the time all the FOHBC representatives, displayers and dealers took to make this a great experience for not only for Dan and I, but our kids as well. Megan and Danny have both been bitten by the bottle bug of collecting and the show encouraged their passion for the hobby; they will certainly be part of the next generation of this great past time. Sales were good and after putting 2,500 miles on the truck, although it was good to get home, the show and travels will be a great memory for the entire family. Thanks to the entire team that guided and took care of us from set up to tear down. I know after hosting the 2000 Expo in Denver it is not as easy as you all made it seem. As soon as we unload I will send pictures of each of the kids and their great finds. Thanks again Sheryl Anderson (Castle Rock, Colorado) It was great to see you and Elizabeth and your beautiful granddaughter - though it was hard to catch any of you standing still. Guess that goes with seeing to all the responsibilities you’ve shouldered. It was truly wonderful to see friends, old and new, who share our enthusiasm for our hobby.
Salad first with a choice of chicken, pasta or pork.
One of the main reasons for this high attendance was that Betty Zumwalt, renowned antique bottle and glass authority and author, and FOHBC 2008 Hall of Fame inductee, was the guest speaker. Betty captivated the audience as she talked about the history of the FOHBC. You could have heard a pin drop in that room as Betty, quite emotionally, had everyone’s respect and attention. After the dinner and Betty’s talk, the prestigious FOHBC Hall of Fame award was given to Jeff Wichmann for his many contributions to our wonderful hobby. Jeff gave a great talk and for once, was speechless as he received two standing ovations. The late ommy Mitchiner as also gi en the FOHBC Honor Roll a ard. Next the President’s Award was presented to John Joiner from Ne nan, eorgia for his outstanding or at last year s FOHBC 2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle Show. Next, awards were presented to the FOHBC club competition winners who had earned special recognition in the past year for club newsletters, sho posters and yers, article riting and club eb sites. s usual, Mi e Bryant ith the nti ue Bottle Club of San iego cleaned up with four awards. Club award plaques aligned neatly on the stage table.
Once again, you and the show team did an excellent job! The co-chairs Richard and Beverley Siri were tireless in their efforts to keep things running smoothly. You, Elizabeth, Warren and the many volunteers at the front tables and those who watched over the displays are to be commended for all the time they dedicated toward making it a very enjoyable show. The individuals who spent time, effort and money and put up the outstanding displays made it one of the most interesting and educational group of displays ever. Congratulations to all of you who had a hand in making this an excellent show. Of course, there has to be a “but” and the only suggestion I have would be to make sure future show locations are easier to get to and are well publicized - we didn’t seem to have much foot traffic and that may be why. Bill and Kathy Taylor (McMinnville, Oregon) This was an amazing event. I was well pleased with the way it was run. Only thing I didn’t like was not being able to attend all the seminars. The ones I did attend with my wife were very informative and well done. Thanks again. Donald & June Grover The Sacramento National was a great show and Richard, Beverley and staff did a great job. We only live a hundred miles away in Chico, California. We like the shows in California and we are going to try and make some of the Federation shows in different states. Again, we had a great time. Thank you. Ronald, Jeannette and Gary Barnes (Chico, California) I live in remote Santa Fe, but I’ve attended almost every FOHBC show since the mid 1990s, and I’ve enjoyed them all. Sacramento was no exception. . .a GREAT show! The exhibits were interesting and informative and the only problem with the seminars was not being able to go to all of them. The souvenir program was the best we’ve ever produced. The venue was very nice, although there was the usual issue with the too-dim overhead lighting, which seems to plague every bottle show. Easily remedied, however, by taking prospective purchases outside to view in the bright, natural sunlight. The female volunteers manning the entryway were efficient and cheerful - they even found me some bubble wrap after I’d bought one bottle too many and ran out of my own supply. We owe the show chairpersons, and all of those who work so long and hard to make these shows successful, a huge thanks. I was grateful for a small but vital perk: free, chilled water available with cups throughout the show. Comments continued on page 39
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Three gorgeous Flaccus Bros. Stags Head Fruit Jars. Three gorgeous Flaccus Bros. Stags Head Fruit Jars.
A cool light box with bottles from the S.S. Republic for sale. A cool light box with bottles from the S.S. Republic for sale.
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Bidding Begins: November 7th
Closes: November 16th
A Select Absentee Auction Of Early Glass, Bottles, Flasks, Bitters, Utilities, Black Glass, Whiskeys, Soda and Mineral Water Bottles, Oil Lamps, Medicines, Freeblown and Pressed Glass, Inkwells & More For more photos and information about this auction please visit www.hecklerauction.com
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Above: Julie Bethman (Hamilton, Montana) assisting with preview. Below: Ralph Van Brocklin (Johnson City, Tennessee) waiting for the auction to start.
Lions Gate Hotel Holabird 49er Bottle Jamboree, Saturday Evening, August 6th, 5:30 to 10:00 pm*
Above: Watching the auction live on your smart phone.
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olden Sho el ards ere also presented to the FOHBC Sacramento National executive committee consisting of Beverley Siri, Richard Siri, Warren Friedrich and Eric Mc uire. number of other surprise awards were also given to lucky persons, one per table, who won the table centerpiece designed by Alicia Booth and a 100 certificate on by Sheldon Baugh for his attending the most sequential FOHBC national shows. With farm-to mar et food, the Lions ate hotel sure came through as we had many compliments on the three meal choices, which usually does not happen at a hotel. What a grand evening to conclude our second day. Again, many pictures of the awards banquet can be found at FOHBC.org.
General Admission | Saturday & Sunday 06 & 07 Aug, 2016 Saturday, August 6th, was reserved for general admission and was our true test to see if we could bring in the crowds. Wow, we were amazed at the masses of people that entered starting at 9 a.m., and we again ran out of general admission tags! We had a line out the front door and easily 600 people came in that morning. At one point, a large tour bus pulled up and in came members from the Reno Antique Bottle Club. I felt like I was at the Baltimore Bottle Show, which always seems to have a great crowd.
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The weather was spectacular! Beyond our control, I know, but it makes such a difference when it’s warm, dry and sunny, as opposed to pouring rain. The highlight of these shows, of course, is being able to see and potentially buy so much quality antique glass. I picked up five bottles for my shelves including a gorgeous Morning Star Bitters in light yellow with green tones and a crude E. Dexter Loveridge Wahoo Bitters. As always, I enjoyed visiting with old friends, many of whom I hadn’t seen since the last FOHBC show, and meeting a bunch of new friends. One of the most enjoyable parts of the show was getting to observe, hold and learn about types of bottles outside of my comfort zone: demijohns, for example (who knew that they exist in light pinkish glass?), and a huge variety of antique glass piggy banks. All in all, a wonderful three days that I still haven’t stopped thinking and smiling about! I’m already looking forward to Springfield! Mike Dickman (Santa Fe, New Mexico) Where to begin? The 2016 FOHBC National Convention and Expo offered so much! The displays were outstanding, with the Dr. Craig / H.H. Warner display being an amazing offering of eye candy and rock-solid education. Memorable offerings of miniatures, Hostetter’s Bitters and early American glass were just a few of many displays to be viewed and enjoyed. Thanks to all who toiled to share these fine exhibits. Thanks also to all who spent many hours assembling the excellent seminars. There was a lot of education to be had at these Friday morning offerings, and many collectors were in class ready to learn! The shootout, the auction, and the show and sale were all memorable as well, and many went home with a treasure or two. Imagine coming to California to find a Minneapolis saloon calling card and a small town Minnesota beer tray. Both are now safely back from whence they came. This show was built with the hard work of many. We were lucky to have Richard and Bev Siri, Ferdinand and Elizabeth Meyer, Warren Friedrich, and Eric McGuire on the team that made it all happen. Overseeing the FOHBC and admission tables were Val Berry, Alicia Booth, Elizabeth Meyer, Bev Siri and Linda Shepherd. Thanks to all. We sure had a good time, and we look forward to Springfield next year. Steve Ketcham (Edina, Minnesota) Having the office open to visitors was a tremendous beginning to a fun and entertaining weekend. The positive comments regarding my office made me realize even more what a nice office I have. We had just done some new cabinets and purchased some new antique advertising so it kind of all came together at the right time. I really enjoyed the day visiting with all the terrific people who had traveled such a long way to say hello. It was an honor hosting the FOHBC open house.
The line was continuous for General Admission. The women were in control.
It sure was fun to watch the various FOHBC teams in action as now our registration area had expanded from registration, membership and merchandise to include FOHBC history, the irtual Museum and children s grab bags. Richard and Be Siri had prepared children s grab bags, each filled ith t o or in most cases three newspaper-wrapped bottles from Richard’s collection. here ere some definite goodies in those bags and from the loo at a few of our pictures it was sure nice seeing the looks of curiosity and surprise on these future antique bottle collectors. Next year in Springfield e ill ha e a sca enger hunt for the younger collectors and possibly a simulation area representing a dig site. Wouldn’t that be exciting?
49er Bottle Jamboree Auction | Saturday evening 06 Aug, 2016 No rest for the weary as the 49er Bottle Jamboree Auction pre ie as next at the Lions ate Hotel ballroom on Saturday evening from 5:30 - 7 p.m. To assist with the show to auction transition, the hotel had set up a nice separate pasta dinner buffet in the ballroom foyer and a cash bar was set up in the ballroom for those wishing to refuel. Here auction attendees could personally review all lots early as the auction was slated to start at 7 and run to about 10 (more on that later).
Jeff Wichmann (Sacramento, California) What a great show! I had a blast. Some shows are good for selling and some are better shows for buying. I will say, without a doubt, this was the best for both that I have ever seen. Really enjoyed the seminars and the displays were unreal. All the people involved should take a bow for a job well done. And you know who you are. And I need to give a special shout-out to my friend Pam Selenak who did most if not all the preliminary work when no club sent in a proposal. Chuck Gildea (Laguna Hills, California) Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club Vice President Every aspect of the show was exemplary. The facilities, show organization and communications were all top notch. The seminars were all interesting, informative and fun. The three shootouts were an evening well spent with good fellowship and the banquet was an opportunity to socialize with old friends and meet new ones. Congratulations to all of those who spent so much time and effort on this endeavor and consider yourself highly commended. Dennis Eastley (Tonopah, Nevada) It was great to finally meet you. WHAT A GREAT SHOW! Thanks to all who volunteered their time, talent and treasure to make this convention such a great success! About the 10th anniversary ABCA flask. 1969 was also the 100th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad and the western starting point was of course Sacramento. I am sure there are more details about the flask in old issues of the PONTIL and in the memories of many old time west coast collectors. Comments continued on page 40
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For those unable to attend in person, Internet bidding had been occurring previously and was available live through the platforms iCollector.com, Invaluable.com (with AuctionZip.com and eBayLi e.com and uctionMobility.com. elephone and absentee bids were also taken. One bidder was even on a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Pacific Watching the mechanics of this auction as truly amazing.
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This year the FOHBC did something different by presenting a ide ariety of bottles and related pieces that help define Western collecting as stated by Fred Holabird, president of Holabird Western mericana, based in Reno, Ne ada, 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 came up for bid, the vast majority of them from the western United States including 60 whiskeys (including top rare examples), 50 sodas (including many rarities), 45 medicines (featuring rare colored examples and some fantastic O l rug bottles , fi e bitters lots and ten miscellaneous bottles including a cobalt blue fire grenade and arious in s. The star of the auction as an early yello -green old ust Whiskey (San Francisco, Calif.), circa 1871-1874, one of only eight no n and literally a less - 100 on a scale of 1-100, having never been in the ground or mishandled. With the original cor still in place, this relic from the California old Rush, one of the oldest of the Western embossed whiskey bottles, eventually brought $31,500 not including the auction house premium. The happy Escobedo family had consigned the whiskey bottle that they found and had traveled to the auction to see if they could improve on their $12 investment! To see them while this lot was being auctioned was well worth the price of admission alone. Another bottle from the miscellaneous category that generated much excitement was a Harkness “Fire Destroyer” grenade bottle (or ribbed glass bottle form hand fire grenade . he 6-1 2-inchtall bottle, possibly the finest one no n, as in a deep cobalt blue in color, with red puce bands running through the glass. It eventually sold for $7,500 without the auction house premium. Well, I mentioned the auction projected an ending time around 10 and we missed it by a few hours as the auction ran until after 1 a.m. I ha e to say, the time e by for some and lasted fore er to others but once calculated and remembered, this auction will be one of the all-time greats as there was so much action and things to watch. Next year in Springfield, e ill not run as long, I hope, as our Watson One Auction is in the morning. Now that will be quite different from the way we do things!
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Hope the flask is of some use to the FOHBC. Thanks again, Dave and Michele Deto (Yosemite National Park) P.S.: The combination of a cocktail bar and auction was not a great combination. It did not show the FOHBC in a positive light, and Michele and I are not teetotalers. [FM5] Dave & Michele: Thanks so much for the flask! As I think you saw, we placed it up front we were so proud to have. It will become part of our traveling FOHBC history display. We had not seen that flask before but had heard about it. You are so right about the drinking. The auction was supposed to end at 10 p.m. or so according to the auctioneer who said he could call 100 lots an hour. He was very sick, the auction ran late, people were happy and competitive, people drank. Wasn’t too pretty in the end. Next year, it is in the morning for the first time. Probably won’t have a bar! :) I felt the show was a big success, well organized and coordinated between the conference center and hotel with the other events. Before Friday’s ribbon cutting and dealer set-up, I attended the two Johns’ talks on Early California Stoneware and Gold Rush Artifacts in San Francisco, which brought back great memories of digging with John at the Embarcaderos. These were two very well presented and personal presentations I greatly enjoyed. Saturday’s nights auction was very interesting including the technology incorporated by Fred Holabird and group to have a worldwide live auction right there in the hotel. Also, the auction results were quite eye opening. Glad you got those items you wanted. Many kudos to Richard and Bev Siri, Warren Friedrich, Ferdinand Meyer, all others who helped pull off this great event. Much thanks, Ken Gaeta (Grass Valley, California) I attended the FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention and Expo with my bottle collector husband Dave. I appreciate and thank all those who worked to make the National Show a success. The event was very enjoyable for me. Every event I attended was fun and included familiar faces. I really enjoyed the General Membership Meeting Breakfast. The patio setting was beautiful and lent a relaxed and informal feeling to the event. I found myself kicking back, enjoying delicious food and greeting familiar faces. It was informative and interesting to listen to you catch attendees up on current and future plans for the FOHBC. Jim Bender shared plans for next year’s FOHBC convention in Springfield, Massachusetts and Louis Fifer revealed the progress being made on the 2018 convention in Cleveland, Ohio. I departed the breakfast, fueled for the busy show day ahead with excitement for future FOHBC shows swirling in mind. The show was great. The displays were impressive! The volunteer members at the entrance were friendly and helpful. The showroom was large and roomy, allowing for maneuverability (a personal pet peeve for me is being crowded as I peruse show offerings). Thank you to all those who donated their time to put together the FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention and Expo! Sincerely, Cindy Maryo (Victorville, California) Hi. . .Hawkeye here . . . The show was well represented and laid out nicely. Very nice selection of good quality bottles by Jim Hagenbuch of East Greenville, Pennsylvania and Jim and Jodi Hall, plus a lot of others. Had a great time with old friends and bought a lot of good quality glass. Looking forward to the next FOHBC Convention. Randolph Haumann (Reno, Nevada) The show turned out much better than I hoped. The hotel and convention center were great. Much thanks to Pam Selenak for starting the ball rolling in Sacramento and Ferdinand and all the FOHBC members and staff for keeping it going. The ladies in charge of the merchandising were as HOT as ever. I thought I was at the gift shop at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas! Thanks to all our customers, Jeff (Wichmann) and I sold 350 - 400 bottles! People came a long way to the show and we made them very happy. The only PROBLEM I had with the show was the BAR was too far away to walk to. I had to live on food and water for the first 8 hours of every day. I thought I was going to DIE...Thanks again to all. Dennis Fox (Placerville, California) Comments continued on page 43
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Michael Mackintosh with his daughter Michaelyn and son, Nelson.
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Here is the Holabird Press Release after the auction: Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors National Bottle Auction Breaks Records Sacramento - The 193 lot National Bottle Auction held in Sacramento Saturday night left numbers of collectors speechless. With a live audience of approximately 200, and an on-line audience of hundreds more with more than 1,000 registered bidders, bidding was intense from the start. “We had heavy hitters in the audience that made the auction exciting,” stated Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors President Ferdinand Meyer . Fred Holabird, Reno-based auctioneer for the sale, led off by explaining to the large cro d ho the ne technology or ed that in ol ing all aspects of mar eting a typical auction including a color printed catalog and fi e different li e internet bidding platforms with live video, including your iphone, is the wave of the future. The new modern technological mechanics certainly or ed to perfection. “Sales like this don’t happen very often”, said Holabird. “The collectors loved the cross section of rare material.” The sale featured a Western theme, loaded with a cross section of specialties from nearly each of the western states. “The selection of lots focusing on western collectors was spectacular,” said Meyer. Collectors found their treasures and set record-brea ing prices in the process. Many of the items had ne er before been seen on an auction block. Bidders from across America, and e en on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean fought to ac uire rarities. Highlights, by category (includes 15% buyer’s premium): Beer and Brewing. This category saw the most interest in pre-sale attention, as viewers around America streamed in to look at lots on the Internet. The brewery collectibles arena is alive and well. Truckee, California beer bottle (lot 1004) sold for $2,070. Sierra Beer tray (lot 1008) $690; Reno Brewing sign (lot 1012 $6,900; Sierra Beer token (lot 1015) $575; beautiful green Bayview Brewing bottle from Seattle (lot 1020) $1.668. Medicines set ne records. With an emphasis on the West, the medicines drew unprecedented interest. Rattlesnake oil from Phoenix (lot 1028) $575; Bodie, Cal. drug bottle (lot 1030) $1,853; label under glass Brown’s phosphate bottle (lot 1032) $2,185; Truckee, California Railroad Drugstore bottle (lot 1034) $748; ghost town mining camp of Ruby Hill, Nevada drug bottle (lot 10 3 2, 0. host to n mining camp of Se en roughs, Ne ada large drug bottle (lot 10 3,105; amber . M. Cole drug bottle, irginia City, Ne . (lot 10 1, 5; pair of S Hospital bottles (Lot 1057) $1,380; eleven triangular cobalt blue Owl Drug bottles (lot 1063) $2,645. The poison bottles sold strong across the board. Soda bottles showed interest for local rarities. The Union Soda bottle from Tombstone (lot 1073) $2,645; gold rush Taylor from Eureka and SF (lot 1087) $1,150; Cassins (lot 1091 $1,610; Blue Lick Springs (lot 1100, Kentucky) $1,610. The Nevada soda bottles ere a hot commodity, re ecting the great rarity. Stephens Jose (lot 1106 ,313; the t o different Las egas cro n top sodas sold for $6,325 (lots 1104 and 1105); deep blue W.S. Wright from irginia City (lot 110 3, 50; green Morrill from irginia City (lot 1109) $1,840; and a rare Johnson & Ramdohr crown top from Winnemucca (lot 1110) $1,438.
The Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention was great. I described it to many people at the show as being a happy show and it was indeed. People had time to talk and laugh and ask about your collection, where you were from, etc. It started for me on Wednesday night after checking in as we met friends in the hotel restaurant. Thursday morning we had a good Board meeting. After the meeting, we went to visit the offices of American Bottle Auctions. A large group had already assembled and we were in for a treat as we saw bottles in lighted shelves and some for sale, some of Jeff’s collection to view and a delight for all. Friday morning we had a nice breakfast for all FOHBC members with our annual general membership meeting. Thursday night we had the great Sacramento Shootout bottle competition. A tough task for judges as the bottles were wonderful, in both condition and color. There were also great seminars and a wonderful banquet where we installed Jeff Wichmann in the Federation Hall of Fame and Tommy Mitchiner in the Honor Roll. Betty Zumwalt gave a moving speech as she was one of the original members of the FOHBC. The 49er Bottle Jamboree Auction was filled with good quality western pieces as well as eastern bottles. The show was like the Expos with two and a half days and the activity was brisk until closing as all dealers seamed busy and happy. Make your reservations early for Springfield for a fun-filled weekend . . .we did! Sheldon Baugh (Russellville, Kentucky) First of all, on behalf of International Perfume Bottle Association (IPBA) I want to thank you and FOHBC for the recognition given to us for our two articles. It has been really appreciated by the board and we will be mentioning your event in our upcoming magazine, so our members can see and learn about FOHBC, too. It was a pleasure for me to get to meet you and meet the few people I got the opportunity to meet while I attended the dinner and awards presentation. It was very exciting for me to be there, and when we meet (my board) at the end of this month, I will pass on to them the great welcoming I received and the great experience I had of being there. For the little time I spent with your group, I think the members are great, they seem very passionate about their collections and different collecting interest they have as well. The event was excellent, the food was very good and the choices excellent, too. One thing that I really like is the fact that it was “casual” not a dress up dinner and when traveling, that makes it a lot easier. I wish I had been able to stay and spend at least half day on Saturday to attend the exhibition and take advantage of the couple of dealers and exhibitors as I was told that had perfume bottles. However, I have the schedule of your upcoming events and who knows, I might be able to attend the next one . . . Take care, continue the great leadership job you are doing and have fun. Lillie Gold IPBA Membership Secretary Northridge, California Great show, well done, everyone. Jeff Wichmann’s open house was a great way to start it off. I really enjoyed the seminars that Tom Jacobs, John O’Neil and John Shroyer put on. The displays were also outstanding! As for finding something to buy for my collection....not so much. But it was fun overall. Mike McKillop (Roseville, California) [FOHBC – What do you collect, Mike?] I love history, especially California history. Being a 7th generation Californian, my grandparents got me started at an early age, 7 years old. They were original ABCA members here in Sacramento and started the “Hangtown Bottle Necks” back in 1965 in Placerville, Calif., which later joined the 49er Antique Bottle Club around 1978 which became one large club, that is the 49er Historical Bottle Association. I have always loved digging and collecting bottles. I started my first bottle collection at 9 years old and I have one of those bottles still. I have had thousands of bottles go through my hands, dug, bought or traded, but I treasure my California history-related items the most. From my pre 1920s State Fair collection, California photograph collection, Gold Rush items, Western advertisement, mining equipment, Western Whiskey and Beer boxes, Lake Tahoe and Donner collections. So yes, I collect because I love California history.
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The Whiskey section also featured western rarities. The highlight of the sale as the pristine old ust his ey (lot 11 1 hich brought 3 ,500. green homas aylor from irginia City (lot 1167) sold for a less than expected $12,650. The W.H. Spears (bear) whiskey (lot 1147) $4,600; Washington Territory his ey as (lot 11 ; deep purple Washington- aylor as (lot 11 6 3,565. ery rare a y Croc ett his ey to en (lot 1122) sold for $748 and a rare mini jug from San Diego (lot 1129) sold for $805. Last but not least, the unusual red and blue colored Harkness Fire Destroyer glass hand grenade (lot 1187) brought $8,625. For more information, please call Mr. Holabird at or contact info@fhwac.com.
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Helen and I would like to say this show was the best ever and it was just what we needed. The exhibition displays in the many rooms were spectacular, the auction was fun though I did not stay for the whole thing and my hat goes off to Richard Siri for chairing the show and his lovely wife Bev for all the work she and others did. All and all, the best time that I have ever had at any show I have attended. We were around good friends and good glass that kept our minds off of the loss of our wonderful home that burned in the huge Big Sur fire. There are just no words to describe how we feel. We built the house 40 years ago and the last thing we completed was the point deck. We now have to return to sift through the ash with hopes to find something. Thanks again to all. Our son and his wife are coming to help, will send some photos. Now we would like to thank the FOHBC for a wonderful show and our thanks goes out to everyone and to our good friends Ferdinand and his sweet lady Elizabeth. Gerald and Helen Forbes (Big Sur, California) The entire Libbey family went to the Federation show in Sacramento. I will write about it for the next Wisconsin bottle club newsletter. We also spent nine days touring all of California with the children and Draga’s mom. From the historic state capitol to the northern redwoods to Monterey Bay to San Diego it was an adventure. BEST of all, at the show, I found a previously unknown coffin flask with amazing citron color just sitting there buried on a shelf at a very old California collector’s table. He had common jars, new looking stuff, food bottles and this one flask sort of tucked in. I looked at it from a bad angle and thought, “That sure looks like a CVGW mold, but it can’t be, look at that color, it’s NOT Wisconsin, I’ll just keep walking, BUT LOOK AT THAT COLOR, may as well pick it up for the sake of pretty glass.” If the Federation show had not been in California this year this flask would almost certainly been lost. CRAZY! Steven Libbey (Milwaukee Wisconsin) Great, great organization of the entire event. Real evident of thoughtful steps and progression of show from day to day. All organizers should pat themselves on the back. Mike Southworth (Highland, California) Mary and I found the Expo to be extremely entertaining and educational from beginning to end. The reception at the General’s House was well organized, easy to find, and the food and drink were perfect for that type of function. We could not attend all the seminars (unfortunately), but the two given by John O’Neill on California Stonewares and John Shoyer’s on the San Francisco Dig were both entertaining and educational.
Richard Siri presents Larry Rivera with a $100 gift certificate to be redeemed and spent at the show.
With a 30-second television commercial and various other local promotions, it seems that we fell short in bringing in the local curious onlookers and pickers. We must do better here and will focus on that important aspect next year. We already have a shorter show time with the morning auction so we are already halfway there.
Since I started out as a digger and never got to dig anything like what they found in that bay, I found my only regret in life - when I graduated from high school in 1969 I should have moved to Haight-Ashbury to listen to the Grateful Dead and dig bottles in the “big dig.” Shroyer’s slides, talk, and found objects got one’s juices flowing about finding treasures - an even greater treasure than gold to me - old bottles and such. I would have flown out for nothing but this adrenalin-producing seminar. As it was though, the bottle show was in a great venue and the hosts could not have been more friendly and helpful. Our interaction was with Richard Siri, Warren Friedrich, and several of the ladies at the tables, and they all had smiles on their faces in spite of the work they faced. We truly had a great time from beginning to end. Sincerely, Kim and Mary Kokles (Garland, Texas)
We need all of you to support the hobby, the FOHBC and please ma e plans to attend the FOHBC 201 Springfield National ntique Bottle Convention & Expo. Jim Bender and Bob Strickhart ha e promised to ma e this sho the finest Federation e ent e er. I would put my money on these two gentlemen.
Just a quick e-mail to thank you and the team for putting on such a great national show. We had a great trip to the United States, visiting many towns and cities between Salt Lake City and San Francisco and back again. We bought quite a few items for the collection and sold virtually every thing we took over with us; in fact, we could have sold our stock twice over, fantastic show and a great venue. Hopefully we can make it over to Springfield next year. Finally, thank you for bending the rules slightly and letting my girlfriend in with us at dealer set up, it was very much appreciated. Regards, David Van Loon (Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK) A sincere Thank You to all for sharing your comments - FM5
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Alicia Booth (Public Relations Director)
Board Members Linda Sheppard, Val & Jim Berry
Duke Tadday & his son.
We all went Back to our Roots in Sacramento and saw the best from our western region. We were with our friends and had a great time celebrating our great hobby. We ill see you in Springfield in 201
Paul Escobedo & his wife. Consigners of the top auction bottle.
John & Wanda Joiner
Coco is served her dinner at the banquet.
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Mt Vernon Glassworks Project Dear FOHBC Members: Please consider opening your investigative mind and wallets for this tremendously important historical project. Full information and progress reports can be found at FOHBC.org. Hi Ferdinand, Mark Yates and I were excavating behind the factory site of the Mt. Vernon glassworks with Brian Wolff for several years prior to his death. Brian’s dream was to excavate the actual factory site. Brian’s longtime friend, turns out, had recently inherited a house, its yard being the factory site. Last October we got permission to excavate on the factory mound in the backyard and Brian was able to be with me on the first day there. Mark and I continued until December 31st when the frost did us in. Mark and I have been digging there all of 2016. The owner has been most accommodating and is very interested in what we are doing and wants it to continue. He now has health and financial problems and has informed me several weeks ago he is planning to list the property for sale this fall. This listing will shut down the project, probably forever. After discussion with him he offered to lease us the yard for 2017 for $5,000 with the possibility of extending the lease. This will enable him to continue to stay in the house, also it will give us much greater access to the one acre site then we have had before. We were thinking that possibly the Federation would be interested in contributing to the project so we can continue this important research. Mark and I will contribute our time and materials and the expense of my employees to expedite the project. I have attached a summary of what we have done and are hoping to be able to do. Also, there is the 2015 report, the grant application to Corning Museum of Glass (CMOG) from this spring (see on right), our glass attribution policy and my resume. I will send another email with some photos. Thank you for your consideration, Richard Strunk
Description of Project Brian Wolff, a local resident, had researched the Mt. Vernon Glassworks for over 20 years and located the factory site. About fi e years ago, t o friends of Brian, Mar ates and Richard Strunk, joined Brian in his research. They have accumulated a considerable amount of primary source documentation including deeds, maps, invoices and advertisements. he o ner of the site had li ed there since 1 6 and did not significantly disturb the structural remains of the factory or furnace. She died four years ago, lea ing the property to a close friend of Brian’s. Brian became seriously ill during 2015, but before he passed a ay in ecember, Mar and Richard obtained exclusi e permission to exca ate the site. Brian s goal as to rite the definiti e publication on the history and output of the glass or s. he ne o ner is planning to list the house for sale this fall, thus time is of the essence to conduct the exploration of the site. he edge of the main furnace and a subsidiary o en structure ere disco ered at the end of ecember, 2015. Half of the furnace base is under a chicken coop that the pair has permission to exca ate under. he entire furnace structure ill be exca ated to standard procedures and will be properly documented so it can be compared to other glass furnaces. his site is significant as the factory closing in 1 6 precluded late-1 th century technological alterations that can obscure the earlier construction details. he glass found ill create a baseline of characteristics typical of Mt. Vernon. Mar and Richard ha e de eloped criteria for the proper attribution of un no n and pre iously mis-identified items. hey ha e already conclusively documented that Mt. Vernon made pressed glass in clear and exotic colors by 1 2 , alidating Harry Hall White s findings. lso, they manufactured the earliest glass pintype telegraph insulator (designed by E ra Cornell in the S. team as assembled to conduct this pro ect. Richard Strun is the principal in estigator. He o ns Windy Hill Restorations LLC, that has been pro iding lab space and payroll for t o employees to speed up the project as the site is under the threat of being sold. Mar ates is a longtime local collector and has spent years researching the glass or s. Sherrie-Ste ens Wolff, Brian’s widow, will contribute Brian’s research and shards and is a longtime friend of the lando ner and an interested olunteer. Professor Joseph Diamond will act as an advisor and draftsman. he lando ner has been most accommodating to our research as his yard is being exca ated.
Brian P. Wolff, Sherrill, New York (1960 - 2015)
Their conclusions ill integrate information from archeology, primary source historical research and the glass collector no ledge base.
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Progress since October 2015 Research Obtained access to 100 in oices from the late 1 20s. Photographed and transcribed all of them. Obtained Brian Wolff s shards. Ha e a erified date of spring of 1 6 hen they closed up and mo ed to Mt Pleasant. Been studying the molds to determine manufacturing methods. Ha e disco ered that the term ‘blowpipe pontil’ is factually inaccurate.
Excavation Exca ated 5 one meter s uare units to subsoil. nco ered: Furnace structure, Stone pier all, Foundation alls, ir duct trench ith stone entrance, Original ell, Bric al ay, t o potash kilns.
Remote Sensing Rented ground penetrating radar machine and did the initial surey of the entire yard. Found e idence of t o un no n outbuildings and the original ell.
Recoveries and Current Conclusions Factory Parts Recovered: Blowpipes, Three wood blocks used for initial shaping of the parison, nnealing pan, Furnace doors, Crucible parts, Crucible co ers, Odd furnace components, nnealing o en components. They made glass in: Clear, oli e, emerald and lime green, cobalt blue, dar and light purple, opalescent and some yello amber that is li e Stoddard (rarely .
Glass items found onsite Utilities including: Chestnuts (they ha e an identifiable lip finish , Cylinder medicines, Rectangular medicines, snuffs, blac ings, mbrella in s including an un no n embossed one. Most of the utilities ha e identifiable mold mar ings that are uni ue to Mt Vernon. Flasks including: -5 RR, III-11 Cornucopia, sunburst (not definite yet most li ely #2, IIin arious greens and also clear hich is un no n, ippecanoe in green, also a ua and clear hich is un
III-1 or 2 Lafayette II-1 2 no n.
Pressed glass clear and colored (by 1829) including: MV-1 salts, the other MV salts were not made there, An unknown Eagle salt, umblers, Sunburst stoppers, no 3-mold ones ha e been encountered, Cla foot lamps, Butter pats, Nappies, other unidentified patterned plates. BTM including: III-2 ype 1 only, not the named ones, I-30, I- 1 castor, an un-identified castor bottle in light green, 5 ring and ring annular in s, II-1 in s in an odd and rare mold and also in clear. They did not ma e the II-15 or the I-2 Carafes. Pattern molded items: Found a Pit in as there. Other unidentified items. Insulators: hreadless bureau nob C 0 hich is the first glass insulator in the nited States. Found them in t o-plus different molds and in clear and green hich are un no n colors.
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Possibly an un no n threadless in clear ( ust found last ee . Tableware includes: Wine glasses, ecanters, Freeblo n tumblers, Ships tumblers (resemble a pilsner glass , items ith rigaree decoration. Freeblown items include: Pitchers, Hats, Balls, Ointment ars, Large ars. Medicine bottles: Ha e identified 30 different ones that ere made there. Ha e approximately 20 medicine bottles that are still unidentified, most of them are bottles that there is no no n example. They also made: Se eral Saratogas but not Lynch Clar e s. An unknown early variant of Tweddles soda. Two seal bottles that have previously unknown initials.
What we want to do nco er entire furnace structure. nco er entire stone pier all. Explore the t o outbuilding foundations that ere found ith the PR sur ey. Locate and exca ate the pri y. Redo the PR sur ey with a different machine to make an accurate map of features. This will also uncover shallow features e no ha e glass in them that ere not discernible ith the machine we had. The domain Mtvernonglass or s.org has been purchased so we can post our findings online. lso gi ing and educational seminar and display at the FOHBC 201 Springfield National nti ue Bottle Con ention Expo.
The situation Our current free deal ith lando ner has expired as he ill list the house for sale. He has been most accommodating in our exca ations and is personally interested in our research. s his grandchildren ere often isiting him, e ere not able to lea e open large areas to unco er the entire furnace or the pier all. We ere also confined to only a small area behind the barn Landowner has proposed a 1 year lease (till 12 31 201 on the yard for 5,000. his can be extended for another year if desired. He ill continue to occupy the house hich gi es the site security. We ill ha e unlimited access to the entire yard and can exca ate and eep open large areas ith fencing.
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Where in the World is H. H. Warner? By Stephen R. Jackson
When Hulbert Harrington Warner entered the patent medicine business in 1879, it’s impossible to know whether he envisioned the phenomenal success that he would enjoy in little more than a decade. By the early 1890s, his empire extended to three continents embracing a multitude of countries. However, within little more than three years, he was broke, the victim of his own ill-adised in estments and mismanagement. While his ame burned brightly, it was just as quickly snuffed out. His success in selling patent medicines was no accident. He was, by all accounts, a self-made millionaire, whose resume was built upon the success of his agency for the Mosler Safe Company of Cincinnati, beginning in 1870. Indeed, he might have retired a rich man having never set foot in the patent medicine business based upon his success in selling fireproof safes. Fortunately for us, he too to his sic bed ith Bright s isease, a chronic in ammation of the kidneys. Having recovered with the help of patent medicine marketed by Dr. Charles Craig, Warner embarked on one of the most successful patent medicine businesses of the 19th century. He left a significant footprint not only upon that industry, but upon bottle collecting a century into the future. For those ho collect patent medicines and e en figural bottles, the Warner’s Safe Kidney & Liver Cure from Rochester
is a common enough sight with its embossed safe. By the early 1880s, however, selling his product exclusively from New York was no longer good enough for Warner and he decided to take his products to an international market. He obviously believed that his success in Rochester could be replicated abroad. Indeed, his 1891 Safe Cure Almanac boasted that Warner’s Safe Cure “Belts the Globe.” [Fig: 1] The real mystery is how did Warner decide where to establish his foreign offices and hy hese uestions may ne er be definiti ely ans ered. By any definition, his sale of his Safe Cure products from Rochester as an un ualified success. His original line included his Safe Cure, Safe Pills, Safe Nervine, Safe Diabetes Cure, Safe Bitters, Safe Tonic and Safe Tonic Bitters. By 1885, he had added his Safe Rheumatic Cure. The Safe Bitters, Safe Tonic and Safe Tonic Bitters were subsequently replaced by his Tippecanoe Bitters in 1883. In 1887, he introduced his Log Cabin Remedies [Fig: 2] that included Sarsaparilla, Hops & Buchu Remedy, Cough & Consumption Remedy, Extract, Rose Cream, Scalpine, Plasters and Pills. His marketing efforts included a bar[Figure 1 - Right Page] The 1891 Almanac boasted that Warner’s Safe Cure “Belts the Globe” with hands reaching from Pressburg, Hungary, Melbourne, Australia, Rangoon, Burma, London, England, Frankfurt, Germany, Toronto, Canada, Dunedin, New Zealand and Rochester, New York.
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rage of print advertising in the form of newspaper ads, almanacs, trade cards and pamphlets, just to name a few.
Toronto and London His first foreign entures ere in 1 3 ith the opening of offices in Toronto and London. [Figs: 3 & 4] At that time, London was one of the largest cities in the world and the decision to locate there makes absolute sense. The choice of Toronto is perhaps, a bit less obvious. Certainly, there was the natural appeal of the Canadian market to the north, but Toronto was not the largest city in Canada at the time. That title was held by Montréal. Nevertheless, Warner selected Toronto, perhaps because Montréal was predominantly French-spea ing. Warner quickly took advantage of his new international presence by embossing his Toronto bottles with all three of his foreign offices LON ON, EN L N ROCHES ER, N. . .S. . ORON O, C N , so they ould e entually be no n by collectors as his “3-Cities” bottles. Interestingly, the Toronto cures were limited to the Safe Cure, Safe Diabetes Cure and Safe Nervine. The Safe Nervine alone was available in a pint and half pint size. The absence of the Safe Rheumatic Cure may be explained because it was not added to the product line until 1885. However, even after 1885, no 3-Cities Rheumatic Cure was intro-
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duced. The same was true of the Safe Bitters, Safe Tonic and Safe Tonic Bitters, which were never marketed from any of Warner’s foreign offices. he oronto office sur i ed until the late 1 30s, when it ceased to be mentioned in any of the city’s directories. In addition to being located in one of the world’s largest cities, the London 0ffice is perhaps the source of the idest ariety of colored Safe Cures no n. nli e their exclusi ely amber cousins from Rochester and Toronto, the London Safe Cures have appeared in aqua, olive green, apple green, honey amber, straw and even citron. The reason is unknown, but perhaps was due to the fact that the bottles were supplied by a variety of manufacturers, who, fortunately for us, did not feel constrained to limit their pallet to amber. British patrons were offered the Safe Cure, Safe Rheumatic Cure, Safe Diabetes Cure and Safe Nervine as well as two smaller Safe Compounds, Safe Pills and two Safe Cure samples.
[Figure 4 - Above] This circular accompanied bottles of Warner’s Safe Compound distributed from 18-20 Laystall Street in London. It refers to other foreign offices including Paris, Kreuzlingen and Brussels.
[Figure 2 - Left Page] The January, 1888 issue of The Metropolitan featured a full page advertisement for Warner’s Log Cabin Remedies. [Figure 3 - Above] An Advertisement for Warner’s Safe Cure in the August, 1896 edition of The Pall Mall Magazine.
Although the vast majority of Warner advertising targeted the American public, similar efforts were used by Warner to appeal to his British customers and included both newspaper advertising and almanacs. As with his American print advertising, Warner relied heavily on testimonials to promote his patent medicines and, judging by the number of London Safe Cures that have
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surfaced over the years, the appeal to Victorian Britain must have been quite successful. Perhaps as a result of that success, in August, 1889, Warner sold his Safe Remedies Company to a British syndicate, which, in turn, incorporated it as H. H. Warner Co., Limited. E er the sa y financier, Warner as then able to manipulate the stock price and to reacquire a majority share in the company along ith a nice profit. Ho e er, by that time there was blood in the water and Warner’s days as the head of his company were numbered. He began to leverage his most precious asset, his Safe Remedies Company, and embarked on a gradual, but inevitable slide into insolvency.
Frankfurt, Melbourne and Dunedin Warner’s next leap was from Great Britain to continental Europe in 1 , hen he opened his office in Fran furt or FR N F R a main as some of his rarer Fran furt cures are embossed, to connote Fran furt on the Main Ri er as opposed to the city of the same name located on the Oder Ri er. s ith his London cures, Warner offered Germans a fairly complete product line that included his Safe Cure, Safe Diabetes Cure, Safe Nervine
[Figure 5 - Above] Frankfurt Safe Cures appeared with a variety of labels. This example is on an emerald green bottle and appears almost primitive and may have been a very early label.
[Figure 6 - Above] Warner’s Safe Cure from Frankfurt with full label.
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(in t o si es and his Safe Rheumatic Cure. nfortunately for collectors, the color ariations from Fran furt are more limited with most appearing in either amber or olive green. Lately, some of the cures have surfaced in a beautiful blue green with a correspondingly higher value [Fig: 5]. While the Safe Cure is fairly common, the Diabetes Cure, Rheumatic Cure and Nervine remain relatively rare. lthough the embossing on Fran furt Safe Cures as in English, the labels were printed in German to make them more accessible to native speakers [Fig: 6]. O er the years, it is been suggested that the bottles may have been manufactured in Britain and shipped to Germany. While this remains unproven, the striking similarity bet een the embossing on many Fran furt Safe Cures and London Safe Cures tends to support this conclusion. That as not the case ith the rarer ariety of Fran furt cures embossed FR N F R a main, hich bear a closer resemblance to Rochester cures and appear only in amber. he Fran furt office remained in operation into the 20th Century and there ere even a limited number of Safe Cures in ABM bottles that have surfaced. While Warner undoubtedly advertised his cures to the German public, examples of that advertising are few and far between. A German language version of the 1883 Safe Cure Almanac exists [Fig: 7], but this was likely produced for German-speaking mericans, perhaps concentrated in Pennsyl ania or Ohio. his is
[Figure 7 - Above] The 1883 Warner’s Safe Cure Almanac appeared in a German language.
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especially true given that the almanac appeared four years before the Fran furt office as established. But hy did Warner select Fran furt among so many other prominent cities on the European continent o the extent it as the subject of discussion between Warner and his chief advisers, it was not reduced to writing or the writing has not survived. Why not Berlin or Rome or ene a While e ha e no bottles from any of those European capitals, we know that Warner claimed to ha e other foreign offices including, for example, Brussels, Belgium, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, Rangoon, Burma and even Paris. He included the cities and is advertising, but produced no bottles with those cities embossed on them. Whether he actually had agents in those cities remains unknown. A single pint London Safe Cure exists ith a French label demonstrating that, at some point, Safe Cure was being actively sold in the City of Light [Fig: 8]. Half a orld a ay, Warner planted his ag on the ustralian continent in Melbourne in 1887 and in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1 1. t arious times, Warner also claimed to ha e an office in Sydney, Ne South Wales. Safe Cures from the unedin office are most commonly referred to as “4-Cities,� because they are not embossed unedin or Ne ealand, but rather MELBO RNE S. LON ON EN . ORON O C N ROCHES ER N S . he Melbourne Cures are embossed, not surprisingly, MELBO RNE S. s ith the Fran furt Safe Cures, the
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[Figure 8 - Above] Labeled Warner’s Safe Cures from Melbourne and London along with a French labeled Safe Cure that may have found its way into the hands of a Parisian. [Figure 9 - Right] The back cover of the 1895 Safe Cure Almanac boasted that Warner’s Safe Cure Belts the Globe and included a foreign office in Paris.
[Figure 10 - Above] This letterhead from 1889 featured the Safe Remedies building included all the foreign offices. For Australia, it includes both Melbourne and Sydney.
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[Figure 11 - Above] The 1887 Warner’s Safe Cure Almanac for Australia and New Zealand.
[Figure 12 - Above] The 1887 Almanac was directed “To Our Australasian Friends,” but in most other respects was virtually identical to the American version.
argument has been made that the bottles were imported from London and or the nited States, especially gi en the primiti e state of glass manufacturing down under in the 1880s.
appear almost exclusively in amber, although some examples of olive-and puce-tinted bottles have surfaced.
By 1887, Melbourne was home to some 400,000 people. Dunedin was considerably smaller with a population of substantially less than 100,000. It is equally possible that Dunedin was little more than a laboratory that allowed Warner to claim a presence in New ealand. he Melbourne office has yielded examples of print advertising in the form of almanacs and newspaper and magaine ads targeting the ustralasian public. ndoubtedly, the advertising published in Australia was intended to appeal to New Zealanders as well. While the Melbourne Safe Cures first appeared in the typical Warner bottle with an embossed safe, they eventually evolved to a simpler version without the embossed safe, but rather with hori ontal embossing H. H. W RNER CO. L . and MELBO RNE . he contents of these later bottles as distinguished only by their labels and boxes. It is quite possible that this shift marked the point at which the Melbourne Safe Cure bottles were no longer imported, but rather manufactured on the continent. he Melbourne office offered a ariety of cures including the Safe Cure, Diabetes Cure, Nervine and Rheumatic Cure that
he unedin office also offered Safe Cure, Ner ine, iabetes Cure and Rheumatic Cure, but only in a pint size and predominately in varying shades of amber from virtually black to straw. The Melbourne and Dunedin Safe Cures are relatively common, while the Diabetes, Nervine and Rheumatic cures are still considerably harder to come by and correspondingly more valuable [Fig 13]. s the Melbourne office mo ed a ay from the trademar embossed safe bottle and towards the H. H. Warner & Co. Ltd. bottle, a fe interim ariations ere used, including a S FE ME ICINES bottle in pint and half pint ersions and S FE REMEDIES” in a pint. Here again, the specific contents of each of these bottles ere distinguished by its label and packaging. In addition, two smaller compounded Safe Cures appeared in smaller rectangular bottles. Both of these bottles were also embossed with “H. H. WARNER CO. L . and MELBO RNE . While the unedin, Ne ealand Office closed its doors in 1 00, the Melbourne office continued to exist at least until 1915 under the direction of the British corporation.
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[Figure 13 - Above] H. H. Warner & Co. Ltd. Safe Nervine and box from Melbourne.
Pressburg Of all of the Warner foreign offices, Pressburg remains the most enigmatic. Indeed, I had never heard of Pressburg or Bratislava, as it is more commonly no n, until I sa my first Pressburg Safe Cure in the 1 0s. What as Warner thin ing exactly osh, I really need an office in ustria Hungary. Why not ienna or Sal burg Whate er his moti es, the Pressburg office as short-li ed and its products ere limited. he office lasted only two years, from 1888 to 1890. It offered only Safe Cure and a “Diabetic Cure” [Fig: 14] and only in a pint variety. Pressburg cures have appeared in amber, green and a very rare aqua. Most
examples of the Pressburg Safe Cure are weakly embossed. When the Pressburg Safe Cures ere first disco ered in the early 1970s, their rarity commanded premium prices. However, with the collapse of the So iet nion, collectors had greater access to Eastern Europe, which yielded more examples of the Pressburg variants. As a result, the market value for Pressburg Safe Cures has dropped in recent years, with the exception of the aqua Pressburg Safe Cures. If Warner actively marketed his products in Pressburg, no examples of paper advertising have come to light. Indeed, Pressburg’s short lifespan may well be attributed to the failure of the product to get a foothold in that market. Even so, Pressburg Safe Cures are still highly valued among collectors.
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[Figure 14 - Above] A pair of labeled Pressburgs, including a “Diabetic” Cure. Although more Pressburg Safe Cures have surfaced recently, labeled Pressburgs are extremely rare.
Failure and Obscurity By May 1893, Warner had lost control of his patent medicine empire. His creditors were at his heels and bankruptcy was his only option. In little more than a decade, he leveraged his marketing genius to create a global “pharmaceutical” giant that was decades ahead of its time. Just as quickly, he was undone by the combination of risky investments and economic collapse. Nevertheless, his reach extended to three continents and a multitude of languages. We are left, however, to wonder what might have been
and hat other mar ets Warner considered for foreign offices or laboratories. The world of the 1880s was considerably larger and more disconnected than our world today. And yet, despite the lack of instant communications, Warner forged an international patent medicine business unparalleled in his time. Even after Warner departed in 1893, his company continued for decades based upon the strength of the brand he created. After losing his company, Warner drifted from New York to Philadelphia and ultimately to Minneapolis hoping to rekindle the
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patent medicine fire that had burned so brightly for a decade. He promoted several other patent medicine companies including the Nuera Remedy Company and the Guaranteed Remedy Company, but none of them ever achieved the notoriety he had enjoyed with Warner’s Safe Remedies. His last venture was Warner’s Renowned Medicine Company located in Minneapolis [Fig 15]. He died there in relati e obscurity in 1 23. lthough the Warner’s Safe Remedies Building still graces the Rochester skyline, his other landmarks, including his East Avenue mansion and the Warner Obser atory, fell ictim to the rec ing ball as if to erase
In the ensuing years, the Safe Cure footprint grew fainter as its domination of the market dwindled. The large newspaper ads that populated countless periodicals around the country shrank to obscurity and, by the early 1940s, the once global company was forced to abandon its home in Rochester for the small hamlet of Warren, Pennsylvania [Fig: 18]. It was there that the ast patent medicine empire of H. H. Warner as finally snuffed out. A multi-million dollar corporation that had once planted its ag on three and perhaps four continents uietly passed into history.
[Figure 15 - Above] The packaging for the Warner Renowned Medicine Company included an aged visage of its founder.
him from history. Warner’s Safe Remedies successors continued the marketing that had made the company a household name in the nited States and else here. hey e en added foreign offices that had not existed during Warner’s tenure. Warner had never extended his grasp south of the nited States into Mexico or South America; however, 1903 stationery for the Warner’s Safe Remedies Company lists offices in both Monterey, Mexico and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Because no bottles have surfaced from either of these offices, e are left to onder if the purpose of including them was to create the illusion that Warner’s Safe Remedies had extended its reach to yet another continent.
[Figure 18 - Above] This circular for Warner’s Compound dates to the late-1940s with the Warner’s Remedies Company located in Warren, Pennsylvania.
[Figure 16 - Above] This Warner’s Safe Cure letterhead dated 1903 claims foreign offices in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, Brussels, Belgium, Monterey, Mexico and Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic in addition to the established foreign offices.
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[Figure 17 - Above] By 1909, the foreign offices in Kreuzlingen, Brussels and Monterey had been dropped. The Buenos Aires, Argentina office was apparently still open.
“No City” and Beyond In pril 201 , a pre iously un no n Warner s Safe Cure ariant appeared on the market. In most respects it looked like a traditional Safe Cure in amber ith one significant exception. t the base of the bottle, below the embossed safe, there was no city name embossed. Not Rochester, not London, not Melbourne. The bottle was offered for sale on eBay, by a seller in Switzerland. The initial reaction was one of skepticism. How could such a ariant not ha e surfaced before nd, hy ould Warner lea e off the name of the city nfortunately, the bottle had no label that might have provided some clues as to its point of origin. Not long after that, a second example of this bottle appeared, which suggests this is a legitimate variant. Nevertheless, we are still left to speculate about here it came from. For no , it has been dubbed the “No City” Safe Cure. i en that it as first offered for sale from S it erland, it may be an example of a bottle sold from the Kreuzlingen, Switzerland office that Warner boasted in some of his print ad ertising. If so, it ould be the first proof that such an office actually existed and that Safe Cure was actively distributed in Switzerland. Was it simply a mold error similar to the Safe Remedies Company bottles from Rochester that had omitted the word “Safe” from their embossing ntil a labeled No City Safe Cure surfaces, we cannot know for sure. Ne ertheless, the reu lingen office is a good example of a foreign office or laboratory that Warner and his successors claimed, but for hich e ha e no proof to substantiate the claim. Other examples include Brussels, Belgium; Rangoon, Burma; Paris, France; Sydney, Ne South Wales; Buenos ires, rgentina and Monterey, Mexico. Apart from the claim in print advertising or on stationery, nothing exists. Perhaps one day, a Safe Cure embossed Rangoon or Buenos Aires will show up on eBay. It seems,
ho e er, ery unli ely. Fortunately for us, H. H. Warner li es on through his trademark bottles that invite us to speculate – where in the orld as H. H. Warner References Atwater, Edward C., “Hulbert Harrington Warner and the Perfect Pitch: Sold Hope; Made Millions,” Ne or History, 56(2 : 15 -1 0 (1 5 . Stecher, Jack, “H. H. Warner – The Final Years (Life After Bankruptcy),” Antique Bottle & Glass Collector, 10(2 : 6- (June 1 3 . Stecher, Jack, “H. H. Warner: World Renowned Patent Medicine King: Biographical Sketch,” Applied Seals ( pr. 22, 2001 . Guttenberg, John P., “Odd Business Adventurer Recalled,” Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, No ember 3, 1 2 . Seeliger, Michael W., “H. H. Warner: His Company & His Bottles” (1974). “Warner’s Comet-Like Career: Rochester’s Fallen Patent Medicine Man and His Startling Way of Doing Business,” The New York World, May 2 , 1 3. “Warner’s Safe Cure Company Will Move,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, pril 2 , 1 02.
Steve Jackson has collected Warner’s Safe Cures and Safe Cure advertising since the mid-1970s. He edits the Warner’s Safe Cure Blog, which can be found at https: arnerssafeblog. ordpress. com . he blog as first published in March, 200 and contains hundreds of articles and photographs related to H. H. Warner and Warner s Safe Remedies. It has subscribers from the nited States, Canada, Europe and Australia. Steve practices law in Virginia, where he lives with his wife, daughter, two dogs and two cats.
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Masury’s Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla and Wau-A-Hoo recently found hidden away in an early house wall for over 150 years.
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A collection of spectacular and inspiring photographs from around the world and around the web. Please feel free to submit your images for consideration.
Tom’s pepper sauce bottle window - Tom Phillips
Stoddard utility jars in amber. Michael George
Three gorgeous figural barrels. Jack Stecher
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Reno Bottle Collection photo Dale Sanders
Aqua bottles on a round table spotted in an antique shop.
I have attached two photos of heavyweight Western blob sodas. All are extremely rare. M.R. & D in green having only 2 known specimens. Photo 1 - (Inset) Early Gold Rush Gems: L to R - CC&B/San Francisco, W & B/Shasta, M.R. & D in green, M.R. & D in cobalt. Mike Southworth (Highland, California) Photo 2 - Nevada Nuggets: L to R - J. T./Elko, Pioneer Brown in blue, Pioneer Brown in green, Stephens & Jose/Virginia City, NV.
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For Sale FOR SALE: Owl Drug Collection For Sale. 25 Year Collection 692 items. $25,000. Write or Call: Jim Bilyeu, PO Box 388, Independence, CA 93526, Phone: (760) 878-2216. FOR SALE: Arthur Christin, Boston – Hutchinson’s. All with refurbished stoppers and new rubbers. --Star, Montgomery, ALA – Eureka, Ft. Smith, ARK – Steam, Jacksonville, FL – Tatum, Owensboro, KY – Shreveport Steam, LA – Bright, Webb City, MO – Harrington, Butte, MONT – Moe, Tomahawk, WI – O’Connor, Toronto, CANADA – 15 $25 Hutch’s sell all 15 for $200 plus postage. Send SASE for lists. Zang Wood, 1612 Camino Rio, Farmington, NM 87401 (505) 327-1316. FOR SALE: Rare 1940’s “MINT” Noel Cola Painted Label bottle 7 fluid oz. Girl yellow & red Noel Bottling Works, Corinth, Miss. Call for pictures: Larry McDaniel 1-662-415-5676 FOR SALE: Very early and rare book; “Collector’s Guide of Flasks and Bottles” by: Charles McMurray; Dayton, Ohio. copyrighted 1927 This book is in good to very good condition and contains photos and descriptions of historical flasks and other early bottles. price; $100.00 + shipping, call Doug (775) 882-8956 PST FOR SALE: SC and NC dispensary bottles, painted label sodas, local milk bottles, etc. For more information contact: Bottletree Antiques, Donalds, South Carolina at www.bottletreeantiques.com FOR SALE: Glass house sample bottle with 24 different texture squares. (B.M.) “Overmyer” Co., 12” tall, clear glass. J. Paxton (541) 318-0748. (Issue 225)
Wanted WANTED: Lancaster Ohio Beers, especially E. Becker Brewing. Also, any Washington Brewery, Washington D. C. I don’t have. Also does anyone have a “B E MANN’SORIENTAL STOMACH BITTERS” for sale? Contact Gary Beatty (941) 276-1546 or “tropicalbreezes@verizon.net” WANTED: CHICAGO ADVERTISING STONEWARE. Contact Carl Malik, P.O. Box 367, Monee, Illinois 60449. (708) 534-5161
WANTED: RARE FRUIT JARS with closures, colored 1858’s / pints, especially JJ Squire, Crowleytown ½ gal, Buckeye closure (top and clamp) Faulkner Werr Co. RB 983 Amber Midgel, NCL Co. Echo Farms ½ pt. jar only, Western Pride Pt. RB 2945. Contact Phil Smith (859) 912-2450 or email to phil.smith@zoomtown.com. WANTED: E.P. ANTHONY, INC. / PHARMACISTS / PROVIDENCE, R.I. Any size drug store bottle. Also, Base Embossed in circle: CLOUGH & SHACKLEY / BOSTON, MASS. Contract: Gregg Wilson @ Email: cemihunter@yahoo.com WANTED: Clear pumpkin seed flask, embossed: THE NEW LOUVRE, 58 N. FIRST ST., SAN JOSE, WJ FERGUSON. Also interested in other San Jose bottles. Contact Tobin Gilman, 408-839-6979, tobingilman@hotmail.com WANTED: Bottles, Stoneware and Ephemera from Oak Park and River Forest Illinois. Thank you, Ray Komorowski. Email: komo8@att.net WANTED: Antique Chinese Opium items. Gold Rush era, pipes, bowls, tins, lamps. Contact Ron at: (530) 798-6525 or (530) 273-4517. WANTED: Marietta, Georgia Items! • Pre WWII embossed bottles: ‘15 and ‘23 Cokes, SS Cokes, Crown Top Bottling Works, Hutchinsons, Drug Store, Pharmacy, Medicines, etc. • J.W. Franklin pottery • Advertising: Signs, Promos, etc. • Postcards: The older, the better! • Also, looking for vintage Atlanta and North Georgia bottles and related items. So, Whadayahave?!? Email: steve@southernlawn30066.com or Voicemail/Text: (770) 578-4829 WANTED: Collecting any horse/Indian bottles pre 1900. Contact Jan Christianson Phone: (425) 5125871, PO Box 549 Fruitland, Idaho 83619. WANTED: Hutchinson’s: El Dorado Bottling Co. Dawson, Y.T. – Dieter & Sauer Ciudad Juarez, Mexico – H.A. Ralu Colon, R.P. – Any New Mexico – Zang Wood, 1612 Camino Rio, Farmington, NM 87401, (505) 327-1316 Email: zapa33051@msn.com
WANTED: Odd/scarce/rare: COD LIVER OIL bottles. I’ve 115 different examples...many more exist. BYRON DILLE’ 60325 Acme Rd, Coos Bay, OR 97420 or (541) 260-0499 or email: Byronincoosbay@msn.com WANTED: Lung Bottle, Dr. Kilmers Binghamton, NY; Clyde Flasks; Criton, Yellow Wheat, Black or heavily whittled. Colored Clyde bottles and paper advertising from the Clyde Glassworks, Clyde, New York. Contact John Spellman, P.O. Box 61, Savannah, New York 13146. Phone: (315) 398-8240 or email: spellmanjc3156@gmail.com WANTED: Amber quart cylinder whiskey shoulder embossed Garrick & Cather Chicago, IL plus embossed image of a palm tree. Contact Carl Malik, PO Box 367, Monee, IL 60449 (708) 534-5161. Join the ANTIQUE POISON BOTTLE COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION today! For details see our website at poisonbottleclub.org or contact Joan Cabaniss at (540) 297-4498.
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Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom Club Information 19 Members gained this period. The names below represent persons agreeing to be listed in the printed membership directory. Some of those listed agreed to be listed in the membership directory but not the online directory. Richard R. Troxell 4824 Timberline Drive Austin, Texas 78746 (512) 796-4366 rtroxell@aol.com Bottles with pontils. Currently looking for mallots and onions with seals, and a good example of a tea kettle ink. Jay Marks 5906 Valley Ave E Fife, Washington 98424 (253) 926-0878 jaym@cardiacstudycenter.com Idaho bottles & jugs colored drug bottles Timothy Bisaillon 202 Craigie Avenue Scotia, New York 12302 (518) 346-8642 tbisaillon1@virizon.net Dairy bottles, beer, soda, medicines, interest in all types of bottles Jeff Cress 2340 S. Moreland Edwardsville, Illinois 62025 (618) 978-4933 jcbottles1@yahoo.com Janet Fox 4051 Pozzallo Sacramento, California 95834 (916) 333-4688 janetfox2008@comcast.net Medicine Bottles Robert Zwick 6753 Maywood Way Sacramento, California 95842 (916) 331-1563
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FOHBC Sho - Biz is published in the interest of the hobby. Federation affiliated clubs are connotated with FOHBC logo. Information on up-coming collecting events is welcome, but space is limited. Please send at least three months in advance, including telephone number to: FOHBC Sho-Biz, C/O Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: (713) 222-7979; e-mail: emeyer@fohbc.org, Show schedules are subject to change. Please call before traveling long distances. All listings published here will also be published on the website: FOHBC.org
November 6 Elkton, Maryland The Tri-State Bottle Club’s 44th Annual Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show (Tabletop Antiques) at the Singerly Fire Hall, Route 279 & 213 (I-95, Exit 109 A), Elkton, Maryland 21922, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, General Admission: $3, Children Under 12 Free, Contact: Dave Brown, 302.738.9960, email: dbrown3942@comcast.net November 12 Jacksonville, Florida 49th Antique Bottle Collectors of North Florida Show & Sale at the Fraternal Order of Police Building, 5530 Beach Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida 32207-5161, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, Early Admission is on Friday from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Set-up on Friday: 2:00 pm until 8:00 pm and Saturday starting at 7:00 am, Cost of admission: FREE on Saturday and $20 for Early admission of Friday, Contact: Corey Stock, Assistant to Show Chairman, 13533 Mandarin Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32223, 904.268.9316, stock1866@yahoo.com November 12 Belleville, Illinois Eastside Spectacular #10 Brewery Collectibles Show – Antique Bottle & Jar Show at the BelleClair Fairgrounds. Questions: Kevin Klous, 908 Daniel Drive, Collinsville, Illinois, 62234. Questions: 618.346.2634, whoisthealeman@aol.com November 12 & 13 Grayslake, Illinois NEW SHOW Grayslake Accent on Antique Bottles at the Lake County Fairgrounds, 1060 E. Peterson Road, Grayslake, Illinois 60030, Saturday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and Sunday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, No early admission, Set-up: Friday: 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Saturday 6:00 am to 9:00 am, Cost of admission for show & early admission: $7, Zurko Promotions, Contact Name: Bob Zurko, Owner, 115 E. Division Street, Shawano, 715.526.9769, timzurko@zurkopromotions. com November 13 Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Antique Bottle Club 47th Annual Show at the Rostraver Ice Garden, 101
Gallitin Road, Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania 15012, Sunday, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Early admission: Sunday, 7:00 am to 9:00 am, Set-up: Sunday, 7:00 am, General admission: $3, Early admission: $25, Pittsburgh Antique Bottle Club, Contact: Bob DeCroo, Treasurer, 694 Fayette City Road, Fayette City, Pennsylvania 15438, 724.326.8741
Association 43rd Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, early buyers 7:30 am at Bethlehem Catholic High School, 2133 Madison Avenue, (corner of Madison & Dewberry Avenues), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Contact: Bill Hegedus, 20 Cambridge Place, Catasauqua, Pennsylvania 18032, 610.264.3130
November 13 Oakland, New Jersey North Jersey Antique Bottle Collectors Assn. 47th Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, early buyers 8:00 am, Pompton Lakes Elks Lodge No. 1895, 1 Perrin Avenue, Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, Contact: Ken, 973.907.7351, froggy8@optonline.net
December 2 & 3 Roseville, California 49er Historic Bottle Assn. 39th Annual “Best Of The West” 2016 Antique Bottle, Insulator & Western Collectible Show with antique bottles, insulators, western advertising, period photographs, saloon & gold rush relics and so much more… at the Placer County Fairgrounds, 800 All America City Blvd., Roseville, California, Friday: Dec. 2, 2016 “All Day Pass: $10”, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Saturday: Dec. 3, 2016, “Free” 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, Info: Mike – 916.367.1829
November 19 Terre Haute, Indiana The 20th Annual Illiana Antique Bottle & Pottery Show & Sale at the Vigo County Fairgrounds, 3901 S. US Highway 41, Terre Haute, Indiana, Saturday, Free Admission 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Early Admission $10 at 7:00 am. Contact Doug Porter, 5403 Darwin Road, West Terre Haute, Indiana 47885, 812.870.0760, Historical Bottle Auction on Friday night November 20 Albany, New York The Capital Region Antique Bottle & Insulator Club 20th Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Polish Community Center, 225 Washington Ave, Albany, New York, Contact: Jason Privler, 518.506.2197, nyscapitol@yahoo.com November 20 Greensboro, North Carolina 15th annual Greensboro Antique Bottle & CollectiblesShow & Sale on indoors at the Farmer’s Curb Market, 501 Yanceyville Street, Greensboro, North Carolina 27405. Public admission 9:00 am – 3:00 pm for $1. Free appraisals. Dealer setup 7:30 am – 9:00 am, No Early Buyers. Info: Reggie Lynch 704.221.6489. Web: www.antiquebottles. com/greensboro November 27 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Forks of the Delaware Bottle Collectors
2017 January 7 Palmetto, Florida 48th Annual Suncoast Antique Bottle & Table Tob Collectible Show at the Bradenton Area Convention Center, 1 Haben Blvd., Palmetto, Florida 34221, No Early Birds this year. General Admission 9:00 am – 3:00 pm $4. Contact info: 727.804.5957 or 941.722.7233 January 8 Taunton, Massachusetts The Little Rhody Bottle Club Annual Antique Bottle Show, Holiday Inn Hotel, 700 Myles Standish Blvd., Exit #9 off of Route #495, Early Admission: 8:30 am – 9:30 am, $15 per person, General Admission: 9:30 am – 2:00 pm, $3 per person. The Little Rhody Bottle Club January 8 Muncie, Indiana The Midwest Antique Fruit Jar and Bottle Club Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00pm, Horizon Convention Center, 401 S. High Street, Muncie, Indiana 47305, Contact Info: Dave Rittenhouse, 1008 S. 900 W. Farmland, Idiana 47340, 765-468-8091
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(More) Sho-Biz More show-biz February 4 DeFuniak Springs, Florida The Emerald Coast Bottle Collector’s Inc., 16th Annual Show & Sale, will be held on Saturday, February 4, 2017 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at the DeFuniak Springs Community Center, 361 N. 10th Street, DeFuniak Springs, Florida 32433. Free Admission and Bottle Appraisals. Dealer Setup is Saturday, February 4, 2017 from 7:30 am to 9:00 am. Only table holders admitted to setup. For more information and table contracts: Richard Kramerich, PO Box 241, Pensacola, Florida 32591. Email: shards@bellsouth. net Call: 850.435.5425; or Russell Brown 850.520.4250 or Roy Brown 850.333.9270 February 5 Manville, New Jersey New Jersey Antique Bottle Club (NJABC), 21st Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm., Admission $3, no early buyers, at the V.F.W. of Manville, New Jersey, 600 Washington Avenue, Manville, New Jersey 08835, Contact: Bob Strickhart, 3 Harvest Drive, Pennington, New Jersey 08534, 609.818.1981, strickhartbob@aol.com February 25 Grand Rapids, Michigan The West Michigan Antique Bottle Club presents its 27th Annual Show & Sale, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm., Fonger American Legion Post, 2327 Wilson, S.W., Grand Rapids, Michigan, Steve DeBoode, 616.667.0214, thebottleguy@comcast.net or Roger Denslow, 616.447.9156, rogerdcoger@ comcast.net February 26 Enfield, Connecticut 46th Annual Somer’s Antique Bottle Club’s Antique Bottle Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm., Admission $2, Early buyers: 8:00 am – $10 at St. Bernard’s School West Campus, 232 Pearl Street, Exit 47W, off I-91, Enfield, Connecticut, Contact: Don Desjardins, 22 Anderson Road, Ware, Massachusetts 01082, 413.967.4431, dondes@ comcast.net March 12 Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore Antique Bottle Club’s 37th Annual Show & Sale, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, Website: baltimorebottleclub.org at the Physical Education Center, CCBC-Essex, 7201 Rossville Blvd. (I-695, Exit 34), Contact: Rick Lease,
410.458.9405, finksburg21@comcast.net or Andy Agnew, 410.527.1707, medbotls@ comcast.net March 19 St. Louis, Missouri 47th Antique Bottle & Jar Show by the St. Louis Antique Bottle Collectors Association, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, at Orlando Gardens, 4300 Hoffmeister Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, Admission: $3, Kids Free, No early admission, Showchair: Pat Jett, 71 Outlook Drive, Hillsboro, Missouri, 314.570.6917, patsy_jett@yahoo.com March 19 Flint, Michigan 48th Annual Flint Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show at the Dom Polski Hall, 3415 N. Linden Road, Flint, Michigan 48504, Sunday, 9:00 am – 2:30 pm. No Early admission. Set up: Sunday, 7:00 am to 9:00 am, Cost of admission: $3, Flint Antique Bottle Club, Contact: Tim Buda, Show Chairman, 11353 Cook Road, Gaines, Michigan 48436, 989.271.9193, Email: tbuda@shianet.org March 25 Daphne, Alabama The Mobile Bottle Collectors Club’s 44th Annual Show & Sale, will be held on Saturday, March 25, 2017 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Daphne Civic Center, 2603 US Hwy 98, Daphne, Alabama 36525. Free Admission and Bottle Appraisals. Dealer Setup is Friday, March 24, 2017 from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm and Saturday 7:00 am to 9:00 am. For more information contact: Rod Vining, 251.957.6725, Email: vinewood@mchsi. com, or Richard Kramerich, PO Box 241, Pensacola, Florida 32591, 850.435.-5425, Email: shards@bellsouth.net April 2 Hutchinson, Kansas 10th Annual Kansas Antique Bottle & Postcard Show, State Fairgrounds, Sunflower South Building, Hutchinson, Kansas, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, Free Admission, Set-up Saturday at Noon to 9:00 pm. Info: Call or text Nicolee Ebmeier, 620.931.0843 April 2 Bloomington, Minnesota 46th Annual Minnesota Antique Bottle, Advertising, and Stoneware Show & Sale sponsored by North Star Historical Bottle Association. Located at the Knights of
Columbus Building, 1114 American Blvd. West, Bloomington, Minnesota 55420. Sunday, April 2, 2017, 9:30 am – 2:30 pm. No early admission. Set-up Sunday 6:30 am – 9:30 am., Admission: $2.00., Info: Jeff Springer: 651.500.0949 or springer_associates@yahoo.com May 6 Gray, Tennessee The State of Franklin Antique Bottles & Collectible Assoc. 19th Annual Show & Sale, Saturday, May 6th (9:00 am – 3:00 pm), Free Admission and Door Prizes. Appalachian Fairgrounds. Info: sfabca.com or 423.928.2789 May 19 & 20 Lake City, Florida The Florida Antique Bottle Collector 4th Annual Antique Bottle & Collectable Show and Sale, Saturday, May 20th (8:00 am – 3:00 pm), Dealer set-up Friday, May 19 at Noon, Early Buyers Friday, May 19th (3:00 pm – 7:00 pm), Columbia County Fairgrounds, Exit 427 off I-75 South, Hwy 90 East, Lake City, Florida, Admission $3, Information: Brian Hoblick, 386.804.9635, Email: hoblick@aol.com or Ed LeTard 985 .788.6163, Email: eandeletard@aol.com August 3 – 6 Springfield, Massachusetts FOHBC 2017 National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo – Northeast Region at the MassMutual Center, Host Hotel: Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place hotel. Show Information: Jim Bender, Show Co-Chair, 518.673.8833, jim1@frontiernet.net or Bob Strickhart, Show Co-Chair, strickhartbob@ aol.comVisit Web Page, FOHBC National Convention – Northeast Region
2018 August 2 – 5 Cleveland, Ohio FOHBC 2018 National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo – Midwest Region at the Cleveland Convention Center, Host Hotel: Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center, Show Information: Louis Fifer, Show CoChair and FOHBC Conventions Director, 330.635.1964, fiferlouis@yahoo.com or Matt Lacy, Show Co-Chair, FOHBC Midwest Region Director, 440.228.1873, info@antiquebottlesales.com, Visit Web Page, FOHBC National Convention – Midwest Region
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Individual & Affiliated Membership Benefits Club Information
The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors cordially invites you to join a dedicated group of individuals and clubs who collect, study and display the treasured glass and ceramic gems of yesteryear. The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) is a non-profit organization supporting collectors of historical bottles, flasks, jars, and related items. The goal of the FOHBC is to promote the collection, study, preservation and display of historical bottles and related artifacts and to share this information with other collectors and individuals. Federation membership is open to any individual or club interested in the enjoyment and study of antique bottles. The Federation publication, BOTTLES and EXTRAS, is well known throughout the hobby world as the leading publication for those interested in bottles and “go-withs”. The magazine includes articles of historical interest, stories chronicling the hobby and the history of bottle collecting, digging stories, regional news, show reports, advertisements, show listings, and an auction directory. BOTTLES and EXTRAS is truly the place to go when information is needed about this popular and growing hobby. In addition to providing strength to a national/international organization devoted to the welfare of the hobby, your FOHBC membership benefits include: • A full year subscription the Federation’s official bi-monthly publication, BOTTLES and EXTRAS • One free ad per yearly membership of 100 words for use for “wanted” items, trade offers, etc. • Eligibility for a discount at FOHBC sponsored shows (National or EXPOs) towards “early admission” or dealer table rent • Access to a knowledge of the world of antique bottle collecting unavailable elsewhere • Contact information for clubs devoted to the study of historical bottles • A forum for your writings, articles, and editorials regarding the hobby • Participation in the nomination and selection of Federation members for the Honor Roll and Hall of Fame • Federation-sponsored writing, show poster, and newsletter-design contests • Free publication assistance for your book or manuscript • And more... We encourage Affiliated Bottle Club memberships by offering these additional benefits to your group: • Display advertising in BOTTLES and EXTRAS at an increased discount of 50% • Insertion of your bottle club show ad on the Federation website to increase your show’s exposure • Links to your club website free of charge, as well as assistance with the creation of your website • Free Federation ribbon for Most Educational Display at your show • Slide programs for use at your club meetings • Participation in Federation sponsored insurance program for your club show and any other club sponsored activities Finally… We need your support! Our continued existence is dependent upon your participation as well as expanding our membership. The Federation is the only national organization devoted to the enjoyment, study, preservation, collection, and display of historical bottles. The FOHBC welcomes individuals who would like to contribute by running for Board positions or by sharing their expertise and volunteering their talents in other areas of interest such as contributions to our publications, assistance with the Federations’ National Antique Bottle Conventions, or through membership promotion. If you haven’t yet joined our organization, please do so and begin reaping the benefits. If you are already a member, please encourage your friends and fellow collectors to JOIN US!! For more information, questions, or to join the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, please contact:
Linda Sheppard, PO Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: (518) 673-8833; email: jim1@frontiernet.net or visit our home page on the web at FOHBC.org
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Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom Club Information FOHBC Individual Membership Application For Membership, complete the following application or sign up at www.fohbc.org (Please Print)
Name ________________ Address ______________ City _________________ Zip ____________Country Telephone ____________ E-mail Address ________ Collecting Interests ____________ ____________ ____________ Addtional Comments ___ ____________
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Do you wish to be listed in the printed membership directory? (name, address, phone number, email address and what you collect) { } Yes { } No Do you wish to be listed in the online membership directory? (name, address, phone number, email address and what you collect) { } Yes { } No
BOTTLES and EXTRAS FREE ADS Category: “WANTED” Maximum - 60 words Limit - One free ad per current membership year. Category: “FOR SALE” Maximum - 100 words Limit - 1 ad per issue. (Use extra paper if necessary.)
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Membership/Subscription rates for one year (6 issues) (Circle One) United States - Standard Mail $40.00 - Standard Mail for three years $110.00 - First Class $55.00 - Digital Membership (electronic files only) $25.00
Clearly Print or Type Your Ad Send to: Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; ph: (713) 222-7979;
Canada - First Class $60.00
or better yet, email Elizabeth at: emeyer@fohbc.org
Other countries - First Class $80.00
Article Submission Requirements:
- Life Membership: Level 1: $1,000, Includes all benefits of a regular First Class membership. No promise of a printed magazine for life. - Level 2: $500, Includes all benefits of a regular membership but you will not receive a printed magazine, but rather a digital subscription. Add an Associate Membership* to any of the above at $5.00 for each associate for each year
Name(s) of Associate(s)______________________________________ *Associate Membership is available to members of the immediate family of any adult holding an Individual Membership. Children of ages 21 or older must have their own individual membership. Associate(s) Members enjoy all of the right and privledges of an Individual Membership
Signature _____ Date __ Please make checks or money orders payable to FOHBC and mail to: FOHBC Membership, Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002 Effective 8/2015
Affiliated Club Membership for only $75.00 with liability insurance for all club sponsored events, 50% discount on advertising in the BOTTLES and EXTRAS, plus much more, Contact: Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: (713) 222-7979; email: emeyer@fohbc.org
All BOTTLES and EXTRAS articles or material need to be submitted on CD (preferable) or an email using a compressed (zipped) file. The file must be created by Microsoft Word, Publisher or Adobe N-Design so the editor does not have to retype the work. High-resolution digital images are our preferred format. Please submit digital images on a CD according to the instructions below. We will accept e-mail submissions only if the image resolution is acceptable. The e-mail or CDs must have only ONE subject per transmission to minimize confusion. Each image must be accompanied by a caption list or other identifying information. Professional-grade equipment is a must to achieve the size and quality image we require. The highest setting on the camera should be used for maximum resolution and file size. Only high quality images will be considered. Please do not send photographic prints or scans of images—the color and quality are generally not up to par compared with digital images or slides scanned by our imaging department. We will consider exceptions for photos that can’t be easily found, such as older historical images. We rarely use slides anymore and prefer not to receive submissions of slides due to the time and liability involved in handling them.
Seeking quality consignments for our 2017 auction schedule!
American Glass Gallery TM
As a consignor, consider these benefits to help ensure your valued items reach their highest potential: w Competitive consignor rates and low buyer premiums w Broad-based and extensive advertising w Experience, knowledge, honesty and integrity w Attention to detail and customer service
These items to be included in our Spring, 2017 Auction.
American Glass Gallery • John R. Pastor • P.O. Box 227, New Hudson, Michigan 48165 phone: 248.486.0530 • www.americanglassgallery.com • email: jpastor@americanglassgallery.com
FOHBC C/O Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002
Please CheCk your information and notify us of errors.
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