In his fourth updated edition of his book on cabin bottles, Thomas Haunton has stepped it up a notch and presented some of the most amazing cabin bottles on the planet today. New pictures and descriptions of highly desirable and rare examples of some new cabins both very old and the Clevenger reproductions surely make […]
Peltier Marble Company

Diversity and Outstanding Workmanship Define Peltier It’s been a while since a new marble book has hit the market and with great pleasure I can announce the new effort by Sami Arim along with Mike Johnson and Gino Baffany, as they take us on a photographic tour of Peltier Marbles titled PELTIER GLASS TOY MARBLES […]
Retraction From DAVID LEVINE Regarding False Allegations He Made Against Jeff Wichmann

RETRACTION I need to apologize. Earlier this year I ran a series of articles about the theft of some Wonser Bitters bottles from the Piper Opera House. In those articles I misstated some facts concerning Jeff Wichmann. Jeff Wichmann was not a “principle” or an “architect” of the theft. The “Investigative Report”that I told you […]
New Nevada Book Explores Ghost Towns and Medicines

By Jeff Wichmann Fred Holabird has written Volume II in his The Nevada Bottle Book series, this one focusing on drug store bottles from Nevada. At 480 pages, this beats his previous book on Nevada sodas, whiskeys, beers and dairy and other bottles by over 130 pages. To say it is a massive undertaking is […]
New Teakettle Inkwell Book Destined To Be a Classic

We recently received a copy of a fine new book titled TeaKettle Ink Price and Reference Guide 2016 written by Joe L. Mathews Jr. The terrific full-color pictures in this 51-page hardcover book are alone worth the price of admission. Mathew’s work delves into the history, colors, and the different types of teakettle inkwells and includes […]
Coming To a Computer Near You…
For Auction 62, we have traveled the country in search of the best antique bottles for our select customers and are now ready to present these great bottles. We always like to say we have something for everyone and it’s never been truer than this time around. With such a variety of bottles we’ve been […]
AUCTION 61 IN REVIEW

It’s April 27th and American Bottle Auction finished their 61st auction last night with a roar. We want to thank all the people that bid in the auction whether they won anything or not. I thought I would write some thoughts down on what we thought of the sale, anybody have another C.A. Slack for […]
From Bottle Collector to Auctioneer

This Hobby Has Changed by Jeff Wichmann Having been a collector of antique bottles since the 1970’s, I have watched as the hobby has gone from a national past time to a whimper and back again. Like any hobby that involves assembling various objects for display or simply for the astute collector to sit and […]