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2013 Downieville Antique Bottle Show

Downieville Antique Bottle Show  Photo Gallery | Part 4 21 September 2013  This fourth and conclusion post from Downieville is a grouping of some show photography from Scott Selenak (FOHBC Photographer) and myself from the 2013 Downieville Antique Bottle Show. Always lots … Continue reading

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Downieville – Goodyears Bar Excursion

Goodyears Bar Excursion Downieville Trip | Part 2 18 September 2013  The first post from Downieville centered around my trip up here with my running companion Coco (Read: 2013 Downieville Sabbatical – “just us two dogs”) (See: Downieville Antique Bottle Show Dinner … Continue reading

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2013 Downieville Sabbatical – “just us two dogs”

2013 Downieville Sabbatical “just us two dogs” 16 September 2013 | Part 1 As some of you might know, I decided to take a long weekend, actually a week off sabbatical, to visit the historic town of Downieville, California with … Continue reading

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Saint Jacob’s Bitters – Cincinnati, Ohio

Saint Jacob’s Bitters – Cincinnati, Ohio Celebrated St. Jacob’s Bitters, St. Jacob’s Bitters Co., Cincinnati, Ohio St. Jacobs Bitters, Mihalovitch, Fletcher & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. 03 August 2013 (R•060719) My friend and bottle show table mate Jerry Forbes (Big Sur, California) … Continue reading

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Jerry’s Hippie Dippie Bottle

Jerry’s “Hippie Dippie“ Bottle I was sitting at my table at the FOHBC Manchester National show and Dr. Charles Aprill alerted me to a real oddball striated flask somewhere far across the showroom floor, almost as far as San Francisco is … Continue reading

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2013 Manchester Banquet Picture Gallery

FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show Banquet I wanted to get a few pictures of the 2013 FOHBC Manchester Antique Bottle Show Banquet out as fast as I could. Look for an upcoming article in Bottles and Extras. Great turn-out, … Continue reading

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Morro Bay Meat Eaters

Morro Bay Meat Eaters 29 March 2013 So I ask my friend Jerry Forbes (Carmel, CA) for some bottle pictures from the the San Luis Obispo Bottle Society’s 45th Annual Show and Sale in Morro Bay, California this past Friday … Continue reading

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The Forbes Windows – Gallery of Light and Color

My BBB (Best Bottle Friend) Jerry Forbes (Carmel, California) flooded my inbox this afternoon with some simply outstanding pictures of his latest bottle additions from the Baltimore Bottle Show. Read: Balto 2013 – Crab Cakes, Bottles and my Mother – … Continue reading

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Balto 2013 – Crab Cakes, Bottles and my Mother – Part 2

CRAB CAKES, BOTTLES and my MOTHER Read: Balto 2013 – Crab Cakes, Bottles and my Mother – Part 1 PART II Sunday, 03 March 2013 (Day 4) The Show Saturday Evening Set-Up One of the biggest points about the Baltimore Bottle … Continue reading

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Cool Embossings 2

Cool Embossings 2 28 August 2012 This is the second post in the series titled “Cool Embossings”. See Cool Bottle Embossings 1. As a designer, I just love seeing these images on bottles. So cool. This is a living and breathing post, meaning … Continue reading

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