Eastern/Western Rosenbaums
Here is a nice looking large size Rosenbaums that should be eastern because of the dot on the base and the tapered top. I have a hard time believing that all dot based large size Rosenbaums are eastern...
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March 10th & 11th (Friday & Saturday) Chico, California –51st Annual Antique Bottle, Jar, Insulator & Collectable Show & Sale, Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, Chico, California, Friday,...
View ArticleDr. Boerhaave's Stomach Bitters
The number of western made 1860's decade bitters bottles can almost be counted on both hands (aproximately 13 embossed on glass brands). Out of almost 100 brands manufactured for the western market,...
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For some time now I have recognized that certain master inks and the Lacuor's bitters share some design similarities. However, last week was the first time I placed some side by side for comparison....
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WELCOME TO THE 2017 SANTA ROSAANTIQUE BOTTLE & COLLECTIBLES SHOWSanta Rosa Veterans Memorial Building Across from the Sonoma County FairgroundsSaturday, May 6th. - 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m....
View ArticleBob Ferraro Passes
It is with great sadness that I wanted to announce the passing of Bob Ferraro today.Bob was a legend in the collecting hobby and a pioneer in western bottle collecting.He will be missed.Dale Mlasko Bob...
View ArticleBottle Collectors Take Fight to Federal Court
SACRAMENTO (CN) — A dispute over antique “owl drug bottles” has blown up into a federal lawsuit in which a bottle historian claims he was defamed by a vindictive competitor. Jeffrey Wichmann...
View ArticleDr. Barlow J. Smith's Caloric Vita Oil
Here's an interesting western cure that I have never heard of. Anyone ever run across this bottle or have one in their collection - rs -
View ArticleOakland Glass Works 5th on ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Western-Applied-Top-6th-Oakland-Glass-Works-/122502056516?hash=item1c85b10a44:g:O~sAAOSwtGlZHQkp
View ArticleA Gaggle of Jakes
If you collect western Jamaica Gingers it's a good time to add to your collection. For the last week or so there have been at least a dozen western Jamaica Gingers on ebay for sale A few years back...
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Hi Rick, I wanted to share pictures of my latest bottle, a transposed London Jockey Club Huose Gin bottle, this is not the one that I posted a while back but another that I acquired. That makes two...
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Here is the duo of transposed London Jockey Club Huose Gin bottles together and in solo shots.
View ArticleThe Mother of all Criers?
As seen on ebay This would be in my top 10 list of criers - rs -
View ArticleFrom Charles Festersen
Happy Fathers Day Guys:Oh yea, the perfect Fathers Day: whiskey, cigars, and Flobert saloon pistols. And, if you think something is missing, assuredly there is a beautiful women behind the the camera...
View ArticleSeptember 9, 2017 The Last Downieville Bottle Show
The Downieville Bottle Show was started in the early 1990's as the Mother Lode Bottle Show by Bill Ham and Warren Friedrich with help from Richard Siri and the late Jess Jones. If you were one of...
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