The North American Glass auction is now open for bidding. 302 fruit jar related items and many other flasks, sauces are available. Link to the auction.
Also check out an Ohio Insulator Show flyer in the right side bar. 125 sales tables and 25 displays. Great opportunity!
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Glass Works Auctions Presents Premiere Catalog Auction #153, opens for bidding October 18th! Link to the auction
Closing Dates:
Part 1: (Lots 1 through 100) October 25th, 2021 @ 10:00PM
Part 2: (Lots 101 through 233) Ocotober 26, 2021 @ 10:00PM
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Our condolences to the family & friends of Doug Alliger (
link to obituary)on his passing on Feb 1, 2021. Doug was a former member of the OBC and avid collector in many areas. His wife wanted you to know that The American Glass gallery has been assigned his whole collection for action in November. Doug had a collection which include two 27 swirl Zanesville , hand blown bottles like the one in the New York Museum of Art, an apple demi john early 1900 plus earlier hand blown demi johns , three miniature 3inch high and one inch wide hand blown bottles very small and unique and one prized purchase from John was a rare amber round milk bowl maybe 5 inches high and 4 inches wide. The collection also included colorful documented witch balls. A link will follow when available.
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American Life Bitters
On display is one of the great figural cabin bitters that has a curved roof rather than an angular roof like most cabin bitters. The American Life Bitters is pretty tough to obtain in either the Tiffin, Ohio, or Omaha, Nebraska variants. Our Tiffin, Ohio museum example is one of a few examples. Link to the history at FOHBC Virtual Museum.
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