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Fruit Jars ~ Pacific Glass Works ~ Root and Hollieanna ~ Color Runs and Info
Winter's the perfect time to take out your antique bottles and fruit jars and play with them. Jeff Klingler shares his photos of some of his Root jars, and his Pacific Glass Works jars. To see more...
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Antique Bottle Clubs Using Social Media to Promote Collecting Hobby
Screen shots of some of our recent Facebook posts. FinBotClub Using Social Media to Promote the Antique Bottle Collecting Hobby Well, we finally passed the 200 'Likes' mark on our Facebook page....
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Columbus OH Bottle Show Saturday Feb. 16 2013 @ State Fairgrounds
Columbus OH Bottle & Insulator Show Saturday Feb. 16 2013 @ State FairgroundsThe highly anticipated Columbus Bottle & Insulator Show is on Saturday, February 16, 2013 -- the first Ohio bottle...
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Subscribe To Findlay Bottle Club's FREE NEWSLETTER Now #antiques #bottles
Monkey Business ~ Newsletter News Good news. Our email newsletter subscription list has grown to the point where we've decided to go with a professional email newsletter delivery service. We've chosen...
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Sad News ~ RIP Shirley Curtis, Wife of Fred Curtis
I am sad to say that long-time FABC club member Shirley Ann Curtis has passed. Shirley was a smiling presence at all of our club events for so many years. She will be greatly missed and long...
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Naughty History of Valentine's Meat Juice in the Little Amber Bottle - Happy...
You don't need teeth to enjoy Valentine's Meat Juice! Aah, love. By Marianne Dow Valentine's Meat Juice has true love as it's raison d'être. Mann S. Valentine Jr. was desperate to save his dying wife,...
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Getzbest Fruit Jar for Getz Bros of San Francisco
Rare Getzbest Fruit Jar for Getz Bros of San Francisco Here's another one of Jeff Klingler's rare California fruit jars. This time he's sharing his GETZBEST jar, RB#1105-2, circa late 1920s. By the...
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Uncle Sam and Shakespeare vs Mad Men ~ Vintage Whiskey and Beer Advertising
On Facebook I posted a link to this great blog called BOTTLES, BOOZE, AND BACK STORIES by Jack Sullivan. Read his Uncle Sam in Advertising post. I really enjoyed Jack'spost called "Merchandising...
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Bottle Collectors Save Daylight and Dig Spring! Happy Easter!
"An extra yawn one morning in the springtime, an extra snooze one night in the autumn is all that we ask in return for dazzling gifts. We borrow an hour one night in April; we pay it back with golden...
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Antique Bottles, Fruit Jars News, Photos - February 2013
The Findlay Bottle Club's Facebook page is on its way to 300 ''Likes''. Please be sure to go to our page and click that LIKE button. And tell your Facebook bottle-collecting friends, too. What can you...
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New Reproduction Jars = Scary News for Antique Fruit Jar Collectors
Breaking News About New Repro Jars Larry Munson wrote to alert us of some new reproduction jars he picked up recently. He says he tries to buy an example of every repro jar he comes across for...
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Current Top Ebay Antique Bottles and Fruit Jars
All BOTTLESSee the Current Top 20 completed eBay Bottles auctions for this past week here: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/bottles/auctions?completed The following lists and screen shots show the top...
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Vintage Aunt Sally's Brand Pasadena California Jar ~ What It Isn't
. Seems everyone has a dear old Aunt Sally! But... I can't find my Aunt Sally! Here's a great little embossed product jar that we picked up recently. The Redbook #10 Fruit Jar guide lists it as #175 --...
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The Little Keystone Coffee Jar -- Mystery Solved
Keystone Coffee JarJust a Little Java Jarby Marianne Dow Jeff Klingler's sharing this neat little bottle / jar with us this time. He pointed out that it is a variation not listed in the Red Book,...
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Aloha! Video of Bottle Digging in Hawaii with Mike Polak and Brent & Blake...
Mike Polak, bottle collecting expert, columnist, and author of the Antique Trader Bottles Price Guide, recently went to Hawaii to dig for bottles. Watch this fun video that shows Mike digging with...
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Antique Bottle Collecting ~ Potpourri for March 2013
Just a cool vintage photo of lots of fruit jars. Here's this month's potpourri of miscellaneous interesting goodies:Watch video of Martha Stewart chatting with bitters bottles expert and collector...
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The Tricky Month of April ~ Taxes and Pranks ~ April Fools Day
Watch out for those April Fools Day pranks!Ole Sir Taxy Waxy will have his due on April 15th!April's A Tricky Month!"Hold the bottle up to the light; you will see your dreams are always at the bottom."...
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The Famous Shirlee MacDonald Bottle Auction of 2007 ~ Realized Prices
Shirlee MacDonald People still talk about long-time Findlay Club member Shirlee MacDonald's massive bottle and fruit jar collection, and the auctions of her estate that were held the summer of 2007....
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Cobwebby ~ Ferrigan and Pattullo's Cobweb Hall Whiskey Bottle
COBWEB HALL"Cobwebs are stretched across the walls and the ceiling; gauzy seas of them have veiled every object — the pyramids of ale-casks, and the demijohns at the bars. From every corner and crevice...
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2013 Bottle Shows on the Findlay Bottle Club's Radar ~ Ohio: Mansfield Urbana...
The Mansfield Bottle Show is almost here! Saturday May 11, 2013 Make your hotel reservations now! Set-up/early bird on Friday May 10 is well worth your $$ & time! Go to the Ohio Bottle Club's...
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