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Columbus Show 2015 News

December 3, 2014October 14, 2014 Newsfeed

I wanted to announce some exciting show news for 2015. Jamie and I will be moving our Columbus show to the Roberts Centre in Wilmington in 2015. Show date is Sunday March 22. Contracts will be sent out soon. The Roberts Centre was the location for the 2010 FOHBC National show that featured nearly 300 tables.

Ohio Bottle Club News

October 21, 2014October 13, 2014 Club news

The OBC has just added the Kalamazoo Antique Bottle Club Newsletter to the right sidebar. Newsletter editor Allan C. Holden does a nice job. The Newsletter joins the Findlay Newsletter and Koval Komments as we continue to offer the latest bottle news. The Classified page is up and running.

Richfield 2014

September 7, 2015October 10, 2014 Club news

The OBC Richfield Antique Bottle Show and Sale is history. An impressive collection of sale bottles and displays highlighted the 5 hour show on Sunday September 28. The festivities started with a Hospitality Room on Saturday night featuring pulled beef, fried chicken, potato soup, baked beans,

October Auctions

October 8, 2014 Newsfeed

Two auctions highlight October. The North American Glass auction and the American Glass Gallery. The North American Glass auction is now open and features 393 fruit jars, 13 flasks, 17 bitters and more. John Pastor’s American Glass Gallery opens on October 15th with some outstanding items. Visit both sites to view their selections. See links below to each auction.

September meeting & Program

September 7, 2015September 20, 2014 Club news

Join us on September 25th at 7:30 for the Ohio Bottle Club monthly meeting. A slide show on Mechanical Banks will highlight the evening. The slide show was assembled by the late Doc Ford. Refreshments will be munchies. Don’t forget to attend the Richfield Antique Bottle Show and Sale. We could use a few more displays. Visitors are welcome. Meeting location.

Richfield Bottle Show & Sale

November 25, 2014September 18, 2014 Club news

Don’t forget the Richfield Bottle Show and Sale on September 28th from 9 am to 2 pm. If you are interested in Displaying your collection at the show, please contact John Fifer at (330) 461-0069. We could use a few more displays. The Hospitality room the evening

Glass Works Auctions

September 7, 2015September 6, 2014 Uncategorized

The ‘Colors of Fall’ Auction

Lots 1 through 27 are from the collection of the late Paul Hadley of Westfield, Massachusetts. Paul was an avid collector of antique bottles and flasks for over 40-years, regularly attending and participating in many of the shows and auctions held in the Northeast.

Pole Top Discoveries Auction

September 7, 2015September 6, 2014 Newsfeed

The first of two insulator auctions conducted by Pole Top Discoveries this fall is now under way. No bottles or jars this time, but there will be some in our next auction, later this fall.

Insulator Show September 27

November 25, 2014September 2, 2014 Newsfeed

Start off this September’s “Collector’s Weekend in Richfield, Ohio” by participating in the Western Reserve Insulator Club’s 4th Annual “Octoberfest” show starting at 10am on Saturday, September 27th at the historic Richfield Masonic Hall. The venue will include a great lunch featuring bratwurst and (root)beer.

FOHBC Awards

September 7, 2015August 28, 2014 Newsfeed

The Ohio Bottle Club received four of the possible seven writers awards at the FOHBC banquet held in Lexington, KY at the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors National Show.

OBC at Lexington Pictures

September 7, 2015August 19, 2014 Newsfeed

OBC was well represented at the FOHBC National Convention in Lexington Kentucky. Matt Lacy and family were among the many Ohio bottle collectors that attended the show.

The Rise and Fall of Leisy Beer

September 7, 2015August 18, 2014 Research

When Cleveland’s Leisy Brewing Company closed its door for the last time in 1958, it marked the end of one of America’s longest surviving family breweries. Today it is best remembered by collectors who treasure both the pre-prohibition and later memorabilia