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Jeremiah Rohrer – Nolt Collection of Whiskey Memorabilia

Jeremiah Rohrer – Nolt Collection of Whiskey Memorabilia Rohrer’s Expectoral Wild Cherry Tonic 11 October 2015 (R•101615) (R•051119-Swanson cover) One of my favorite bottles is the Rohrer’s Expectoral Wild Cherry Tonic. I consider it a bitters even though “Bitters” is not … Continue reading

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The Mike Dickman Collection

The Mike Dickman Collection I stumbled into a “bottle and barbed wire show” in Albuquerque 14 July 2015 Nice to hear from Mike Dickman here from Santa Fe, New Mexico which may be my favorite place to visit in the United … Continue reading

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Beautiful Minerals with a Selection of Exquisite Barber Bottles

Beautiful Minerals with a Selection of Exquisite Barber Bottles 14 February 2015 Now here is a display that you don’t come across too often at antique bottle shows. Check out this email from Sandor P. Fuss reporting from the Tucson … Continue reading

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Syracuse Springs collection

Syracuse Springs collection 08 July 2014 Good Evening Ferd, I thoroughly enjoy Peachridge and thought you might want to post some pictures of my Syracuse Springs collection. I have 24 different examples (seven quarts, four half-pints, and thirteen pints). I … Continue reading

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Lightning Rod Ball Collection Available

[PRG] I am hoping that someone in the New England area, with a knowledge of Lightning Rod Balls, would be interested in visiting and conducting an inventory of this collection. Please contact me if this is a possibility. I may … Continue reading

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Some historical glass pictures from the Philadelphia Museum Of Art

Sandor Fuss visited me at Peach Ridge recently in Houston and said he was headed east during the following week for business. Sandor, like myself, builds glass adventures around business trips and in this instance, he was planning on visiting … Continue reading

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The McKearin Historical Flask Groups

I have created a list of the McKearin Historical Flask Groups. This chart will help in identifying the major flask groupings. I also keep the BLASKE COLLECTION, The Edmund & Jayne Blaske Collection of American Historical Flasks handy for reference. … Continue reading

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MAJOR Cathedral Pickle Collection News

[PRG] I try to shy away from people selling things on this site but WOW, wait to you get of load of this!!! Hi Ferdinand, I am sending you some pictures of a collection that took my Mother, Father and … Continue reading

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The big star in Hollywood, Mississippi is the Imperial Levee

An absolute favorite bottle of mine is the ‘Imperial / Levee / J. Noyes / Hollywood / Miss.‘  figural wine bottle. This bottle comes embossed with the typography noted above and un-embossed. The bottle was made somewhere between 1845 and … Continue reading

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E. Baker’s Premium Bitters – Richmond (Virginia Bitters Series)

E. Baker’s Premium Bitters – Richmond (Virginia Bitters Series) R I C H M O N D 10 April 2012 | Post Updated 30 July 2013 (R•120513) At the Baltimore Bottle Show this past March, Virginia digger and collector Tom … Continue reading

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