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Reno 2020
RENO announced for the 2020 National Antique Bottle Show & Expo After an extensive search, negotiations, presentations and FOHBC board approval, Reno has be selected as the location for the FOHBC...
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The Neustadter Brothers
San Francisco Gold Rush Merchants The firm of Neustadters Brothers was established in 1852 by the brothers Louis W. and Henry Neustadter. The company was one of the earliest men’s clothing...
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For the 2020 shoot out three bottles needed . Should be bottles that a number of people have. Could be a soda , whiskey or bitters or ??? Post your choices .
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Richard Siri admitted to the FOHBC Hall of Fame
The FOHBC Board of Directors announces that Richard T. Siri was voted into the FOHBC Hall of Fame with 14 of 17 votes constituting a 2/3 majority. The award with be presented at the 2018 Cleveland...
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Aqua N. Van Bergen Gold Dust, 1880 and newer?
Now I'm confused. The folklore of western whiskey collecting tells us that the aqua N. Van Bergen Gold Dust bottle dates from 1877-1883. While trying to come up with some evidence to support this claim...
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Collin's Valley Bitters
A western bottle of mystery no more, or is it still. Before the labeled Collin's Valley Bitters was discovered, the bottle which the label was on had been a mystery for a long time. There has only been...
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Thinking about redoing the top western whiskey display at Reno 2020 .Would collectors be willing to put their high value bottles in a display??
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John T. & William H. Daly
John T and William H. Daly, wholesale liquor dealers located in New York City, bottled several types of spirits from the early 1850's and into the 1860's. William Newell and Company, located in San...
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Western or ?
I just noticed an auction listing on ebay for a wine bottle with an applied seal impressed with the words S. Larnac. The description of this wine bottle includes"I’ve often suspected these were a...
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Hey Look! A new bottle show in Central Caifornia!
Just a quick posting to let everyone know about a new show!
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Check out the new "A.P. Hotaling & Co."
http://www.hotalingandco.com/J.H. Cutter WhiskyJ.H. Cutter represents the finest tradition of A.P. Hotaling’s heritage of blending and bottling the finest American Whiskies worthy of the Hotaling name....
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We just acquired this aqua colored base embossed OGW , Oakland Glass Works, Oakland, California demijohn. The first I have seen in aqua. We now have three, light pink, amber and aqua. I consider these...
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Renz's Bitters...Unraveling the three variants
. 3 Renz's - image Rick Simi fig.4fig.3fig.2fig.1For the past 2 days I have been unraveling all my research material on Renz's products in order to put together a time line on his bitters products. I...
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49er Roseville Show News
According to show chairman Mike Mckillip this years 49er show will be a one day show on Saturday December 1st 2018. Show runs from 9am to 5pm, early lookers 9am to 1pm for a $10 entry fee. I am...
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Dr. A.E. Mintie Revisited
The first mention I can find of Dr. Mintie is this advertisement for his product Nephreticum in the Sacramento Daily Union 1878 Dr. Minties Nephreticum San Franciscolignum nephriticum (Latin for...
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Upcoming Bottle Shows
First annual Sacramento Valley Museum Bottle Show Hope to see you there for a strong kickoff to a new show - rs
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Sacramento Valley Museum Antique & Bottle Show Williams California
Sign as you enter downtown WilliamsSacramento Valley MuseumShow host Cristy EdwardsMineral water raffle bottles Mike RouseRandy TaylorMargie HansenDon Grover & Doug Hansen Mike Lake &...
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Better Check Your Bottoms
A while back I wrote a post titled “The Blue Soda Hole”. Basically a couple of hombres and I dug a small gold rush pit late one afternoon and recovered several blue sodas with iron pontil bases. When...
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The Sacramento Eagle Revisited
Here's a bottle that has always intrigued me. It has been, as long as I can remember, referred to as "The Sacramento Eagle." I think the reason it was dubbed the "Sacramento Eagle" is because a lot of...
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Sacramento Brewery
From Charles Festersen Hello Rick - I acquired this sign a while back and was intrigued by the fact that it stated the Sacramento Brewery was established in 1853 and I had not heard of it before or...
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