Hi Ferd…
I love your site, and I’ve watched it grow since I found out about it through Jeff Wichmann [editor note: American Bottle Auctions]. You’ve done a wonderful job with it, as it’s very informative with what collectors are finding and collecting. I hope it will be here for many, many years… Good Job.
You probably don’t me, as I always kept a low profile… I use to collect rare pontiled or colored Sarsaparillas that I have sold years ago, and my late wife Kathie collected Cathedral Pickles for the last 40 years… I still have her collection, which consists of nearly 100 examples, just can’t part with them knowing how much she loved each and every one of them…
Her life long desire was to publish a book on just cathedral pickles and cathedral pepper sauce bottles, but sadly she never got around to it, and in later years when illness ravaged her body she lost interest, but she would always pick up one of her bottles and enjoy studying the mold form as she would handle each and every one over time…
Since her passing, I’ve tried to pick up where she left off with her dream of a cathedral book, but i haven’t had much success. She knew quite a bit about them, where many were blown, the years of manufacture, and which food packers used which styles. Sadly all the information she learned over the years was kept in her head, and i never really absorbed any information she shared with me.
I have contacted some collectors requesting information, but received very little. I’ve put out fliers at shows telling of my intentions and even handing copies to dealers, but never heard from anyone. I just don’t have the knowledge to do this on my own and i would love to do this in memory of my wife…
I was hoping, maybe, you would put a copy of my request on your site? A few years ago i ran an ad in Jim’s magazine, but there again I didn’t receive more than one reply. I’m sure there must be collectors out there who would like to share some knowledge for this long needed reference book, but the right haven’t seen it yet…
Ferd, if you can do this, I am truly grateful, But if there is a problem with my request, Then know, that I fully understand…
Respectfully
Bill Errera
Bill sent Peachridge Glass an earlier email with pictures of some of the subject bottles (click here). Bill’s email address is iluvtriess92@msn.com. Great material for the Virtual Museum. Hopefully this book can happen.
