It is with great sorrow that the OBC announces George E. Brewster, age 82, of Russell Twp., passed away June 9, 2022. Born March 27, 1940 in Cleveland, he was a longtime resident of Geauga County. George was a proud graduate of Euclid High School and the Cleveland Institute of Art, and went on to work as a Commercial Artist for many years. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and a member of Fellowship Bible Church in Bainbridge Twp. George’s participation within the church and his Christian faith were very important parts of his life. He was also a member of the Ohio Bottle Club, regularly collecting antique medicine bottles to add to his bottle collection. George was an avid outdoorsman and loved working within nature, and was often found riding on and maintaining his 1953 Ford tractor.
Club news
Happy 4th of July
The Ohio Bottle Club wishes all a happy & safe 4th of July. Join us for our July 21st Zoom meeting and/or July 28th regular picnic meeting. As always, we need more articles for the Swirl.
Antique & Vintage Advertising Convention
This seems to be interesting! Without recommending this event, it is worth checking out. The 2022 Antique Advertising Association of America Convention will take place at the Embassy Suites in Dublin, OH from Wednesday evening July 13, 2022 through Saturday morning July 16, 2022.
North American Glass Auction
Our upcoming auction of historical glassware is up for preview on-line. You may now browse the entire sale at the link below. Included in this sale are scarce New Jersey items from the collection of Frank Stubbins, Christmas Lights from the collection of Tom & Deena Caniff, the final lots from the late Dick Cole’s collection, more Frank Tea & Spice items from the collection of the late Donovan Garber, plus many other fine quality additions with 471 lots across 12 categories.
Mansfield 2022 Pictures
Big “Thanks” to Bruce Drollinger, Ken Arthur and Elizabeth Lacy for immortalizing Mansfield 2022 in pictures. Special thanks to Elizabeth & Matt Lacy and Lindsey & Louis Fifer for a spectacular Mansfield Show.
Visit both pages to see all the great pictures.
Mansfield Friday/Saturday
Tables are set and ready for tomorrow’s dealer set up. Matt and Louis are ready and waiting. Don’t miss this one!
Joe Hardin Auction May 1st
Outstanding Antique & Collectibles Auction at the Champaign County Fairgrounds in Urbana Ohio! Part two of the Larry Johnson Milk bottle collection including many scarce to rare milk bottles from Ohio and beyond including small town, university, war slogans, store display bottles & more, over 200 nice fruit jars, outstanding antique bottles from several collections, insulators, stoneware, huge amount of Fire Fighting Equipment, and more! See the pictures by clicking on the link.
OBC By-Laws changes
As mentioned in the Swirl, we are looking to update a few By-Laws. Please read the “proposed By-Law changes”. The underlined is existing language and the red is the proposed changes. Discussion will be at the April meeting and voting at the May meeting.
Glass Works Auction
March OBC meeting
If you weren’t able to attend the OBC March meeting, this is what you missed. Ken Arthur -Cambridge High School Paperweight; Porters Cure of Pain, Cleveland, Ohio 1870;Boyce Ford Motometer (for car radiators),1940; Johnson Glass fluted dental floss container; WWI Trench art letter opener, Order of the Garter.
American Glass Gallery auction #31
Welcome to American Glass Gallery’s Auction #31. This sale includes 280 Lots of quality items including Historical Flasks, Rare and Choice Bitters, Pontiled Medicines, Smooth- base Medicines, Spirits and Whiskeys, a select grouping of Mineral Waters, as well as Blown Glass, Inks, Sodas, Black Glass and Much More!
North American Glass
Our upcoming auction of historical glassware is up for preview on-line. You may now browse the entire sale at the link below.
Included in this sale are items from the collection of the late Dick Cole of Muncie, Indiana, along with many fine quality additions. Also we begin with Part I of the collection of the late Donovan Garber of North Canton, Ohio. His staggering and comprehensive collection of Cincinnati, Ohio materials produced as Jumbo Brand, Dove Brand & The Frank Tea & Spice Co will most likely never be surpassed. These collections will be sold in their entirety with no deletions, in several installments of our auctions.
