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. […]
Fred Holabird is pretty much known throughout the hobby as “the Nevada Guy, the dude who sells ephemera, coins and gold and stuff.” In truth Fred is an expert of many things, and a present day auctioneer. This author has known Fred for a number of years and was first introduced via his first […]
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 […]
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 […]
I recently got a call from an unhappy bidder. He bid on lot 43 of our last auction and despite a left bid of $1,000 won it for $600. The bottle was paid for and sent out. We thought that would be the end of it but we thought wrong. The bidder who we’ll simply […]
Even his name is different, Sandor Fuss, not your average Bill Smith or Bob Jones next door. “It’s German,” Sandor says proudly. Although relatively new to the bottle-collecting hobby, in the three or so years he’s collected antique bottles, Sandor Fuss has put together a collection that makes even the most ardent and longtime […]
For Tom Doligale just a new color or slight variant example of the Udolpho Wolfe’s to add to his collection is an event. What he recently purchased on Ebay must have been a life changing experience for him, and the many people who treasure these multi-colored, often very crude schnapps. What Tom found was possibly […]
Same Bottle-Different Colors Makes for a Challange Taking photographs of bottles is something I’ve done for almost 20 years now, I have learned a lot of things but continue to learn more each time I continue the endeavor. Bottles are an interesting subject because unlike an apple or a chair, they are transparent. That […]
As Stated in a Speech given by Jeff Wichmann August 7, 2010 At the FOHBC conference in Wilmington, Ohio. Did you know that in the 1970’s bottle collecting was one of the most popular hobbies in America? Yep. Right up there with stamps and coins. But of course bottle collecting started much earlier than that. […]
American Bottle Auctions recently did an interview with Martin Willis, who runs the Antique Auction Podcast. This veteran has gone to great lengths to search out and do interviews with some of the most well known auctioneers and other interesting personalities in the business. To our surprise Martin wanted to talk with Chi Chi and Jeff about the […]
