Welcome to our Offices! We thought since we’re finally in our new office we would show you some of it. These are pictures of different areas including a terrific showroom built by the very talented Mike McKillop. We’ve tried to make our offices as comfortable for us as well as our visitors. The items on […]
By Stephen Hubbell and Eric McGuire Note; to access pictures scroll to bottom. To Western bottle collectors the name Dr. Henley is associated with a wide variety of products ranging from bitters to various types of patent medicines. Some of his better known bitters bottles include Dr. Henley’s Wild Grape Root IXL Bitters, Dr. Henley’s […]
New Book Gives Refreshing Look at San Jose and Its Bottles and People We just received a copy of Tobin Gilman’s new book entitled, “19th Century San Jose In a Bottle,” and we have to say it’s a terrific effort and well worth adding to your bottle library. Gilman leaves no stone unturned as he […]
A True Collector Leaves His Mark on the Hobby The following is a letter sent to me from one of Tom’s good friends, James Campiglia. We would be remiss by not printing it. For more information on Tom Doligale’s passing, please go to the http://www.peachridgeglass.com/2013/06/terrible-and-sad-news-tom-doligale-rip/ All of us at American Bottle are very saddened to learn […]
Possibly One or Two Known? A very rare blue Duffy Crescent Saloon 204 Jefferson Street Louisville, KY with embossed crescent moon sold on Ebay May 7th for $1,200, a Buy it Now transaction and possibly a fraction of its true value. Apparently a seller did her homework and checked the value and found it to […]
The Kovels.com Top 20 list indicates the interests of collectors who visit the website. It is an indication of the most popular areas of interest among collectors. In March, No. 7 was Purses. We have noticed at shows, shops, and auctions that designer purses made since the 1950s are big sellers. It’s probably because the […]
Bottles and Friends Head to Antioch for Terrific Show Friday and Saturday March 12 and 13th 2013 turned out to be a great one for bottle collectors out west. Gary Antone and his wife Darla, did most of the organizing and it was very well prepared. With a barbecue and drinks on hand, a fun […]
A Quick Exit for Two Lucky Diggers by Marty Lucich It was one of those rare situations back in the 1970’s, for us, that day luck was on our side. After walking behind some apartments, probing three holes, we needed permission to dig them. Elmer and I knocked on one of the rear doors and […]
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 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 […]
