Sunshine, Friends and Bottles Highlight the Weekend Another Morro Bay bottle show has come and gone and it was as usual, a lot of fun. Web and Steve Mello, the show promoters did another terrific job setting up a fun-filled Friday and Saturday treating guests to a barbecue late Friday afternoon, with homemade sausage and […]
A Legend in the Hobby, Ken Schwartz passes at age 83

A Friend and Colleague Succumbs to Heart Disease There are collectors and there are collectors. Ken Schwartz was the collector of all collectors and he did it with class and a sense of sharing that drew people to him and his incredible museum of bottles. His collection of bottles, advertising, shot glasses, back bars…the list […]
Marble Collecting in America Part II

In our last article we pointed out that marble collecting is basically divided up into two categories, handmade marbles made mostly in Germany before 1900 and machine made marbles made in America starting around 1900. These dates and geographical locations are simply generalities as marbles were made all over the world at different times. But […]