Blake & Brent Cousins: Hawaii’s antique bottle hunting brothers
Blake and Brent Cousins, known as the “Bottle Hunters of Hawaii,” have found 3,000 antique bottles and a following on YouTube. Not a bad total considering they’ve only been collecting for two years. Raised on a sugar plantation dating back to the 1800s, the brothers do the majority of their digging...
EXPO 2012: Seminars, sales boost Reno antique bottle show
EXPO 2012, the three-day antique bottle show and convention kicked off July 27, 2012 in Reno, Nev. with a crowd of 600 dealers and 160 “early bird” attendees. Between 300 to 400 collectors attended the convention. Within minutes of the door opening there was a flurry of activity as deals quickly...
Old Cabin bitters bottle may shatter $75,000 bid in antique bottle auction
A Kelly’s Old Cabin bitters bottle is expected to sell for as much as $75,000 in an online-only auction of antique and vintage bottles, closing Aug. 19, 2012. The 185 lots of antique glass bottles include whiskeys, sodas, mineral waters, Eastern and Western bitters, historical flasks and a group of target...
Rare double eagle historical flask brings $53,820 in antique bottle auction
A rare and early double eagle historical flask made in Pittsburgh circa 1820-40 sold for $53,820 in an antique bottle auction. he exceptional and beautiful pint flask, in the great GII-1 mold with crisp embossing, had a sheared mouth and pontil scar. It is quite possibly the only known specimen of...
Heisey collection of pig pottery bottles brings $125,000
A rare and unusual collection of pig-shaped figural pottery bottles sold for $125,000 at a recent Glass Works Auctions. Of the 333 lots in the auction, 55 were from the collection of Gene Heisey, whose wife preserved the collection for 25 years after his passing.
Perfume bottle collector group adds more public events
The best perfume bottle dealers in the world are coming together to sell at the IPBA Perfume Bottle Show & Sale May 5-6, 2012, in Jacksonville, Fla.
Pennsylvania ‘Mystery Tavern’ dig uncovers more than 700 artifacts
Rick Weiner and his partner Paul Seidel dug the privy of a 19th century tavern, finding nearly 700 antique whiskey and other bottles.
Rare Watts & Co. coffin phone may headline wide-ranging collector auction
DENVER, Pa. – A large percentage of the world’s population has never even seen a dial-face telephone, but that certainly wasn’t the case with the late Bill Daniels. The massive collection of antique and vintage phones that filled his home comprised a chronological archive of Alexander Graham Bell’s 1876 invention and...
Michaan family growing California’s Alameda Point Antiques and Collectibles Faire
From its inception in 1998, the Alameda Point Antiques and Collectibles Faire has lived up to its mission to encourage people to buy and sell treasures from the past. Allen Michaan, the fair's founder and president, recognized a great opportunity for a wide-ranging antiques event when the Alameda Naval Air Station...