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Tag Archives: Bill Ham
Bitters Bottles Supplement 2
NEW! Bitters Bottles Supplement 2. Hard Cover – 474 Pages US $99.95 plus shipping $16.25 Expedited Shipping from Lakeport, California, U.S. This monumental effort culminates a massive amount of work over many years. Carefully verified and cross-referenced with Bill Ham’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Ham, bitters, book, bottles, Carlyn Ring, Ferdinand Meyer V, Supplement 2
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Dr. D. Smith’s Wild Cherry Tonic Bitters
Dr. D. Smith’s Wild Cherry Tonic Bitters 28 March 2019 Bill Ham emailed me with a new bitters listing regarding a bottle on eBay that closed last night. See Listing He already assigned the bottle a catalog number which is … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Digging and Finding, eBay, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Tonics
Tagged Bill Ham, bitters, Charles G. Morrison, cherry, Dr. Smith, eBay, Gaston Delroy Smith, grocer, Smith & Morrison, Tonic, unlisted, Washington D.C., wild
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Dr. William Henry Conibear and his Tonic Bitters – Morton, Illinois
Dr. William H. Conibear and his Tonic Bitters – Morton, Illinois 29 November 2015 (R•113015) Joe Gourd scouted this unlisted (we think) Tonic Bitters on eBay (see listing) and forwarded to Bill Ham. Bill asked for my assistance. We can … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Civil War, Druggist & Drugstore, eBay, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Tonics
Tagged Bill Ham, bitters, Bogardus, Conibear, Devon, Druggist & Drugstore, eBay, England, florida, Henry, illinois, Joe Gourd, labeled, Lakeland, Medicine, Morton, Sterling, surgeon, Tonic, William
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Did N. A. Binks make an Alpine Bitters too?
I wonder if the Alpine Bitters is the labeled bottle and the larger cylinder bottles are Fairmont and Clutch Rye? Could that be N.A. Bink with the tie? What about that Sheriff? Did N. A. Binks make an Alpine Bitters … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Bottling Works, Breweriana, Cola, History, Liquor Merchant, Questions, Spirits
Tagged Alpine, Belgium, Bill Ham, bitters, City Bottling, Coca-Cola, Decanter, Dispensing, Escanaba, Fredonia, Germany, Herb, Mary Bink, Michael Bink, Michigan, N.A. Bink, Nicholas A. Bink, Rye, Saloon, tray, Victorian, Wisconsin
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G. A. B. – Dr. Nauman’s German Army Bitters, San Francisco
G. A. B. – Dr. Nauman’s German Army Bitters San Francisco “Lightning Strikes Twice” 30 August 2013 | Ferdinand Meyer V If you read below, I’m going to repeat a phrase I used yesterday to describe the situation when I … Continue reading
Cataloging of Bitters Bottles – Bill Ham
Cataloging of Bitters Bottles – Bill Ham 09 August 2013 (R•040519) Cataloging of bitters by the various authors has been an ongoing and evolving process. Each new publication has added and increased the information. The additional information in each publication … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Bitters, Color, History, Price Guides, Publications
Tagged Art Umberger, Betty Wilson, Bill Ham, Bill Wilson, bitters, Carlyn Ring, J. H. Thompson, Jeff Wichmann, Jewel Umberger, Richard Watson, Western
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Spotted on the floor at the Manchester National
Spotted on the floor at the Manchester National I was walking my dogs from my studio today which is a block from Minute Maid Stadium where the Houston Astros play. They were having an afternoon game and trying hard to … Continue reading
Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, FOHBC News, News, Photography
Tagged Andrew Vuono, Astros, Bill Ham, Bob Currens, Chuck Wingate, crowd, David Landry, Dennis Huey, Eric Correia, faces, fohbc, Houston, Ian Simmonds, Jack Stecher, James Campiglia, Janine Burkhardt, John Pastor, Jon Vander Schouw, Manchester, Maureen Crawford, Nicholas Wrobleski, photography, Scot Selenak, Val Berry, Vince Martonis
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The extraordinary Pony Bitters from St. Louis
“the bottle came out of an estate. The gal that had it dealt in vintage cloths and didn’t know the value. She almost listed it on ebay with a Buy it Now option of $50” PONY BITTERS – ST. LOUIS … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, eBay
Tagged Bill Ham, Ellen Haas Faulkenberry, Las Cruces, Missouri, New Mexico, Pony Bitters, St. Louis
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