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Category Archives: Auction News
The 1948 Prince Cantacuzène Collection of Early American Bottles and Flasks
The 1948 Prince Cantacuzène Collection of Early American Bottles and Flasks 28 December 2018 Chris Hartz sent me and some fellow collectors the following email regarding the 1948 Prince Mikhail Cantacuzène (pictured above) collection of early American bottles and flasks. … Continue reading
Dr. Hills Restorative Strengthening Bitters – Farmer N.Y.
Dr. Hills Restorative Strengthening Bitters – Farmer N.Y. 20 September 2018 The Dr. Hills Restorative Strengthening Bitters is a hard-to-find bottle that I have only seen once at a bottle show and now twice at auction. Read: Two Exceptional Western New York Bitters … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures
Tagged auction, bitters, daughter, death, Dr. Hill, Farmer, Farmerville, Glass Works Auctions, Heckler, hill, Interlaken, Ithaca, John, New York, Oscar, Poison, Restorative, Seneca, Strengthening, Strychnine, train, village
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An extremely rare Newman’s Golden Fruit Bitters
An extremely rare Newman’s Golden Fruit Bitters 04 March 2018 An extremely rare Newman’s Golden Fruit Bitters sold on the recent Glass Works Auctions | Auction 119 that closed last Monday night. I’ve only seen the example above with the Carlyn Ring … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Auction News, Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures
Tagged auction, bitters, Charles Town, Fruit, golden, indiana, Indianapolis, Newman, Peerless, Schimmel
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Looking at some French Bitters
Looking at some French Bitters French Bitters – Morse & Williams – Milwaukee, Wisconsin 01 March 2018 (R•032318) (R•060519) A really cool French Bitters (pictured above) put out by Morse & Williams showed up on the Glass Works Auctions | Auction … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Advice, Auction News, Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures
Tagged advertisement, auction, bitters, Dr. F. French, Dr. Ford, Dubonnet, French, French's, Goule's, Gourd, Griffith, Japanese, Joe, milwaukee, Morse, newspaper, Oppenheim, Sattavi, Savatti, Stomach, Strengthening, trade, Williams, Wisconsin
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A nice labeled Hindu Tonic Stomach Bitters
A nice labeled Hindu Tonic Stomach Bitters 22 February 2018 In the current Glass Works Auctions, Auction 119 there is an excellent example of a labeled Hindu Tonic Stomach Bitters prepared by liquor dealers Williams & Newman of Chicago, Illinois. … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Auction News, Bitters, Ephemera, Liquor Merchant, News, Soft Drinks, Tax Stamps, Tonics
Tagged auction, bitters, chicago, Cohasset, dealer, Glass Works, Gus Williams, Hindu, illinois, label, Ladner Bros., Lighthouse, liquor, Massachusett, Minot's, Newman, punch, stamp, Stomach, tax, Tonic, Williams
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Ralph Finch Collection of Target Balls, Traps and Shooting Ephemera
Ralph Finch Collection of Target Balls, Traps and Shooting Ephemera, Part I 09 December 2017 I’ve written about target balls and Ralph Finch before as I visited the collection back in November 2013. The collection is now being represented and … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Collectors & Collections, History, Target Balls
Tagged auction, balls, Bogardus, break, Finch, Glass, gun, Ira Paine, John Pastor, Newman, Otte, Ralph, Sagor, target
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Herkules Bitters – Now in Three Sizes
Herkules Bitters – Now in Three Sizes 26 October 2017 (R•102717) As most of us know, Hercules is a Roman hero and god. He was the equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Zeus (Roman … Continue reading
Posted in Apothecary, Auction News, Bitters, Cordial, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Questions, Tonics, Trade Cards
Tagged Apothecary, bitter, bitters, Brooklyn, Corey Stock, Edward Caverly, German, God, Hercules, Herkules, Hungary, Jeff Wichmann, Joe Gourd, Joseph C. Street, monogram, New York, pint, quart, Roman, unlisted
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The Bust of Columbia Liberty Cap Eagle Historical Flask
The Bust of Columbia Liberty Cap Eagle Historical Flask 22 February 2016 (R•022416) (R•031416) Just when you wonder when the long drought and absence of killer bottles will end, up comes this off-the-chart great Bust of Columbia with Liberty Cap – American Eagle … Continue reading
Posted in Article Publications, Auction News, Currency, Early American Glass, Flasks, Historical Flasks, History, Questions, Revolutionary War
Tagged auction, Bust, cap, coin, Columbia, Corning, dime, Eagle, flag, Flask, Glass, Historical, Kensington, Kevin A. Sives, Liberty, McKearin, Philadelphia, pint, Union, Works
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