A brilliant yellow corn figural bitters bottle and 19th century master ink bottle are among the lots expected to vie for top lot during Heckler’s May 13-22 Opportunity Auction. Read More +
Bottles
Bottle experts tapped for Nev. boomtown book signing
It will be a double dose of bottle expertise May 25 in Tonopah, Nev. when noted bottle authorities Mike Polak and Fred Holabird team up to talk bottles. Read More +
Glass Club marks 37 years with expansion
After 36 years, the Westchester Glass Club is changing things up. The April 27-28 Collectors Glass Show and Sale will also include quality ceramics. Read More +
Bottle collecting — Hawaiian style
What better place for a treasure hunt than the Hawaiian Islands? Here bottle expert Mike Polak talks bottle digging, and taking in the Hawaii Collector’s Expo. Read More +
Rare blue-green Plantation Bitters bottle sets new auction record at $46,000
The highlight of Glass Works’ online bottle auction was a common bitters bottle in a rare color, ‘St. Drake’s Plantation Bitters’, that sold for $46,000. Read More +
Weekly Antiques Auction & Show Ads: Feb. 8 – Mar. 29, 2013
Check out the upcoming auctions, shows, events and offerings in the world of antiques courtesy of the Weekly Auction & Show Ads in Antique Trader. Read More +
NW Missouri Insulator and Bottle Show marking 11th anniversary
The Missouri Valley Insulator Club will mark the 11th anniversary of its insulator and bottle show March 9. Read More +
Learn these three traits to help determine antique bottle values
While everyone wants to know some history and information about their bottles, all of the messages usually end with the same question: “What’s my bottle worth?” Read More +
Rare bitters bottle claims top lot spot at American Bottle Auctions event
A Kelly’s Old Cabin bitters bottle, made during the time of the Civil War and in an exceedingly rare light green color, soared to $45,360 in an Internet and catalog auction hosted earlier this fall, by American Bottle Auctions. Read More +
Ives Hippodrome clockwork toy may carry away $30,000 in live, online auction
A multimillion-dollar three-day dual auction extravaganza is planned Nov. 28-30, 2012, in Fairfield, Maine. The back-to-back cataloged auctions are filled with two full days of fine glass and lamps followed by toys, dolls, antique advertising, coin-op, music machines, salesman samples and more. Read More +