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Recent Acquisitions or Check out my neat Bottles and Stuff

Posted on February 3, 2013 by ABAstaff in Bottle Talk, News
The Dr. Townsend in an emerald green

For Every Season… Once in a while I like to share some new pieces we picked up.  I guess the “we” is more me but we’ll say “we” so it doesn’t sound like I’m bragging which is exactly what I’m doing.  Of course we’re all guilty of wanting to show everyone “our latest finds,” and […]

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Deadwood’s Bottle Bonanza

Posted on February 2, 2013 by ABAstaff in Bottle Talk, News
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A friend recently sent me this 1870s Great S J Morrow Deadwood Saloon Bottles Ranch Stereoview.  I was at first taken by the site of this early town most of us had seen on TV in the series of the same name.  But looking closer it revealed quite a cache of discarded bottles, some of […]

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Collecting Marbles Part 1 Handmades

Posted on December 19, 2012 by ABAstaff in Bottle Talk, News
A Typical Marble Table

Discovering the Beauty of Marbles I’ve been collecting marbles of all things for the last few years and have become somewhat infatuated with them at times. Why marbles? I ask that myself a lot. I guess after seeing so many bottles for so many years, I came across a marble dealer at of all places, […]

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Mike Dolcini Passes at Age 66

Posted on December 5, 2012 by ABAstaff in Bottle Talk, News
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One of the hobby’s true treasures will be missed It is with a sorrowful heart I share the news that my friend Mike Dolcini, passed away yesterday from a bravely fought battle with cancer. Mike was a special person, those who knew him know he was the first to offer help in times of need […]

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2012 Auburn Antique Bottle Show Another Big Success

Posted on December 4, 2012 by ABAstaff in Bottle Library, Bottle Talk
Auburn 2012

Wet Weather Turns to Collectors Fun! December 2012 started wet and wild for collectors headed for the Auburn Antique Bottle Show this year at the Auburn Fairgrounds. Apparently the five inches of rain and up to 50 mph winds on Saturday did nothing to damper collectors spirits as they headed up Highway 80 to check […]

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20th Century South Jersey Glass Volume 1-Clevenger Bros. by Thomas C. Haunton

Posted on October 29, 2012 by ABAstaff in Bottle Talk
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by Jeff Wichmann There’s an old saying that you don’t know what you have until you know what you don’t have. That saying is especially pertinent for collectors of antique bottles and glass.  The subject of this book review is to explain and show you what you have may not be what you think you […]

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An Interview with Ferdinand Meyer-The New Face of the Hobby

Posted on September 26, 2012 by ABAstaff in Bottle Talk
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A natural born leader?

As the hobby changes over the course of months, years and decades, it’s inevitable that new faces arrive on the scene. One such new face is that of Ferdinand Meyer V, and as most people will agree, has come onto the scene like a a hurricane. Not only maintaining a world class collection of bottles, […]

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RYRIE’S CELEBRATED MOUNTAIN HERB BITTERS

Posted on July 18, 2012 by jillwalker in Bottle of the Month, Bottle Talk, News
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A Super Rare Bitters That You Will Probably Never Own Here’s a bitters that kind of came out of nowhere.  We had a call from a guy in Southern California and he was talking about a bottle he had, a bitters, really rare.  I asked him what it was and he said it was a Ryrie’s Bitters. […]

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Braunschweiger Sample Salesman Bags Turn up in Idaho

Posted on December 20, 2011 by ABAstaff in Bottle Talk

Wholesale Liquor Dealer Leaves Bags of Memories A pair of leather salesman sample bags with proof that whoever was using it was selling spirits advertised by and for the Braunschweiger Company was found recently in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Whether Braunschweiger himself used one of the bags or his salesmen used them is still up in […]

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Clubhouse Gins Hit Auburn Show

Posted on December 15, 2011 by ABAstaff in Bottle Talk

The Auburn Bottle Show run by the 49er bottle club was a roaring success this past weekend (December 2nd and 3rd). Beyond the usual cadence of friends, food and a vast and wonderful offering of bottles, some invited guests, namely Jockey Club and Wister, showed up and the fireworks took off. For those of you […]

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