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Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Convention August 1-3
AUGUSTA, GA – Antique bottle and glass enthusiasts will want to mark their collection of mostly
calendars for Thursday to Saturday, August 1st-3rd. That’s when the Federation Georgia and South
of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) will hold its 2019 50th Anniversary Carolina pottery and
National Antique Bottle Convention in Augusta, Georgia. The event will be held soda bottles, as well as
at the downtown riverfront Augusta Marriott Hotel and Convention Center. inks, flasks, and bit-
“I’m pleased to announce that this year’s event will be held in our Southern ters. The presentation
Region, in the fine city of Augusta, Georgia and will celebrate the 50th anniver - and lighting are
sary of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors,” said Ferdinand Meyer V, museum-quality.
past President of the FOHBC and one of the co-chairs for the event. “Along with Lunch will be served.
The open house is
the traditional bottle show and sale will be exciting field trips, educational
seminars, a judged bottle competition, cocktail party and banquet, membership expected to run from
breakfast, displays, bottle appraisals, youth events, raffles and many other activities.” noon to about 3 p.m.
The many events will make for a packed itinerary. People don’t have to be an After that, a VIP reception will be held from 3:30-6:30 p.m. at the Augusta
FOHBC member to attend, but membership is encouraged and available at the Museum of History. VIP is defined as dealers, assistants, displayers, early
show, plus online at fohbc.org. admission, seminar givers, and approved volunteers. Guests will be able to view
the impressive Bill and Bea Baab Bottle Collection that’s permanently housed at
This year’s FOHBC show is a must-attend for antique bottle and glass
enthusiasts and members of the many antique bottle clubs scattered across the the museum. The collection of 531 bottles includes examples from a brewery,
country. Diggers and pickers will also find the show of great interest. Antique patent medicine, and mineral water and soda water bottlers, most of them from
bottle collectors are very passionate about a category of collecting that’s enjoyed a Augusta; plus 81 Augusta pharmacy bottles dating from 1830 thru the early 20th
meteoric rise in popularity in recent years. There will even be a free appraisal table century; and merchants’ whiskey jugs made by master potters in nearby North
for people to bring in their finds and possessions. Augusta and Trenton, S.C.
The convention schedule will kick off with the Newman Open House Event On Thursday evening, the Sweet Georgia Peaches Bottle Competition will be
in nearby Martinez, GA (about 15 minutes away by car), to view his impressive held from 7-10 pm at the Augusta Marriott Estes Room. Mike Newman will
serve as host and coordinator. Three categories will be presented and judged:
Southern Pottery, Southern Soda Bottles, and Best Georgia Bottle. Attendees are
challenged to enter a bottle that can pass muster with an esteemed panel of judges.
Anyone can enter, all can attend.
On Friday morning, August 2nd, the FOHBC General Membership
Breakfast Meeting will take place from 7-8:30 am. The membership meeting will
start promptly at 7:30 am in the Augusta Marriott Estes Room. This event is
specifically for current and paid-up FOHBC members and will be at no-cost to
attendees. People will have the opportunity to join or renew their membership
2019 with the FOHBC prior to the breakfast.
Friday is also the day educational seminars will be held from 9 a.m. until
12 noon in the Augusta Marriott Lamar A-C and Cumming rooms. Seminars are
open to FOHBC members and the public. Any questions about the seminars can
th
Saturday June 15 be directed to Bill Baab at riverswamper@comcast.net, or any of the event
co-chairs. This year’s seminars are:
st
and Saturday September 21 •South Carolina Local Flasks, presented by Harvey S. Teal, 9 a.m.
•Ground-Penetrating Radar, presented by Karl Harrar, 9 a.m.
•My Great-Grandfather’s Bottles, presented by Doug Herman, 10 a.m.
8 am - 4 pm, $8 admission
•Kola Wars, presented by Dennis Smith, 10 a.m.
•Charleston Colored Sodas, presented by Tommy Schimpf, 11 a.m.
•Speaking of Coca-Cola, presented by Larry Jorgensen, 10 a.m.
Friday evening will give attendees the chance to relax and socialize at a cocktail
hour from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., followed by the annual FOHBC Banquet. The cost
is $45 a person and should be reserved in advance. This year’s keynote speaker is
Justin Guy, a longtime local potter who was born and reared in Edgefield County,
South Carolina in the Trenton area and has worked in clay for over twenty years.
He grew up living only a short distance from where Dave and other potters made
their wares for over a century. He became fascinated with pottery at a young age
and apprenticed under Stephen Ferrell at Old Edgefield Pottery. Attendees are
encouraged to reserve their place for the banquet early though a limited number
of walk-in tickets that evening are usually available.
A pair of fun Youth Corner activities are planned for Saturday, August 3rd,
including a Children’s Bottle Grab Bag where the FOHBC will provide about 50
bottle grab bags for kids ten and under during the General Admission hours
of the show. Each bag will have an antique bottle that was hand-blown, in good
condition and embossed. Limit one bottle grab bag per child.
The other event is a Scavenger Hunt, one in which the FOHBC encourages
children aged 8 and up to participate in an organized scavenger hunt, on the
Convention Center showroom floor. The goal is to complete most or all of the
items on the list. While all this is happening, there will be hourly prize drawings
and raffles to stimulate the audience.
For more information, please visit fohbc.org. As of this writing, there were still
dealer tables available, should you want to sell antique glass.
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AUGUSTA, GA – Antique bottle and glass enthusiasts will want to mark their collection of mostly
calendars for Thursday to Saturday, August 1st-3rd. That’s when the Federation Georgia and South
of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) will hold its 2019 50th Anniversary Carolina pottery and
National Antique Bottle Convention in Augusta, Georgia. The event will be held soda bottles, as well as
at the downtown riverfront Augusta Marriott Hotel and Convention Center. inks, flasks, and bit-
“I’m pleased to announce that this year’s event will be held in our Southern ters. The presentation
Region, in the fine city of Augusta, Georgia and will celebrate the 50th anniver - and lighting are
sary of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors,” said Ferdinand Meyer V, museum-quality.
past President of the FOHBC and one of the co-chairs for the event. “Along with Lunch will be served.
The open house is
the traditional bottle show and sale will be exciting field trips, educational
seminars, a judged bottle competition, cocktail party and banquet, membership expected to run from
breakfast, displays, bottle appraisals, youth events, raffles and many other activities.” noon to about 3 p.m.
The many events will make for a packed itinerary. People don’t have to be an After that, a VIP reception will be held from 3:30-6:30 p.m. at the Augusta
FOHBC member to attend, but membership is encouraged and available at the Museum of History. VIP is defined as dealers, assistants, displayers, early
show, plus online at fohbc.org. admission, seminar givers, and approved volunteers. Guests will be able to view
the impressive Bill and Bea Baab Bottle Collection that’s permanently housed at
This year’s FOHBC show is a must-attend for antique bottle and glass
enthusiasts and members of the many antique bottle clubs scattered across the the museum. The collection of 531 bottles includes examples from a brewery,
country. Diggers and pickers will also find the show of great interest. Antique patent medicine, and mineral water and soda water bottlers, most of them from
bottle collectors are very passionate about a category of collecting that’s enjoyed a Augusta; plus 81 Augusta pharmacy bottles dating from 1830 thru the early 20th
meteoric rise in popularity in recent years. There will even be a free appraisal table century; and merchants’ whiskey jugs made by master potters in nearby North
for people to bring in their finds and possessions. Augusta and Trenton, S.C.
The convention schedule will kick off with the Newman Open House Event On Thursday evening, the Sweet Georgia Peaches Bottle Competition will be
in nearby Martinez, GA (about 15 minutes away by car), to view his impressive held from 7-10 pm at the Augusta Marriott Estes Room. Mike Newman will
serve as host and coordinator. Three categories will be presented and judged:
Southern Pottery, Southern Soda Bottles, and Best Georgia Bottle. Attendees are
challenged to enter a bottle that can pass muster with an esteemed panel of judges.
Anyone can enter, all can attend.
On Friday morning, August 2nd, the FOHBC General Membership
Breakfast Meeting will take place from 7-8:30 am. The membership meeting will
start promptly at 7:30 am in the Augusta Marriott Estes Room. This event is
specifically for current and paid-up FOHBC members and will be at no-cost to
attendees. People will have the opportunity to join or renew their membership
2019 with the FOHBC prior to the breakfast.
Friday is also the day educational seminars will be held from 9 a.m. until
12 noon in the Augusta Marriott Lamar A-C and Cumming rooms. Seminars are
open to FOHBC members and the public. Any questions about the seminars can
th
Saturday June 15 be directed to Bill Baab at riverswamper@comcast.net, or any of the event
co-chairs. This year’s seminars are:
st
and Saturday September 21 •South Carolina Local Flasks, presented by Harvey S. Teal, 9 a.m.
•Ground-Penetrating Radar, presented by Karl Harrar, 9 a.m.
•My Great-Grandfather’s Bottles, presented by Doug Herman, 10 a.m.
8 am - 4 pm, $8 admission
•Kola Wars, presented by Dennis Smith, 10 a.m.
•Charleston Colored Sodas, presented by Tommy Schimpf, 11 a.m.
•Speaking of Coca-Cola, presented by Larry Jorgensen, 10 a.m.
Friday evening will give attendees the chance to relax and socialize at a cocktail
hour from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., followed by the annual FOHBC Banquet. The cost
is $45 a person and should be reserved in advance. This year’s keynote speaker is
Justin Guy, a longtime local potter who was born and reared in Edgefield County,
South Carolina in the Trenton area and has worked in clay for over twenty years.
He grew up living only a short distance from where Dave and other potters made
their wares for over a century. He became fascinated with pottery at a young age
and apprenticed under Stephen Ferrell at Old Edgefield Pottery. Attendees are
encouraged to reserve their place for the banquet early though a limited number
of walk-in tickets that evening are usually available.
A pair of fun Youth Corner activities are planned for Saturday, August 3rd,
including a Children’s Bottle Grab Bag where the FOHBC will provide about 50
bottle grab bags for kids ten and under during the General Admission hours
of the show. Each bag will have an antique bottle that was hand-blown, in good
condition and embossed. Limit one bottle grab bag per child.
The other event is a Scavenger Hunt, one in which the FOHBC encourages
children aged 8 and up to participate in an organized scavenger hunt, on the
Convention Center showroom floor. The goal is to complete most or all of the
items on the list. While all this is happening, there will be hourly prize drawings
and raffles to stimulate the audience.
For more information, please visit fohbc.org. As of this writing, there were still
dealer tables available, should you want to sell antique glass.
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