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The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Annual

Convention August 1-4 in Houston, TX

HOUSTON, TX – Antique bottle and glass enthusiasts mark your Barber Bottle Collections. The best of over a
calendars from Thursday to Sunday, August 1st through 4th, 2024. That’s thousand examples from both collections will be
when the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) will hold displayed. A hard-bound book showcasing the
its 2024 National Antique Bottle & Glass Exposition in Houston, Texas. collections will also be for sale.
The event will be held at the Houston Museum of Natural Science The Houston 24 itinerary boasts an outdoors
(HMNS) and the historic Hotel ZaZa in the Houston Museum District. pre-event titled “Peachridge Glass in the Grass”
Ferdinand Meyer V, past three-time president of the FOHBC and one antiques sale on Wednesday, a Thursday evening
of the driving forces for this year’s event, says, “If you like history, great catered Texas Hold ‘em Bottle & Glass Competition, a Friday evening
antique bottles and glass, museums, and nature, Houston is the place.” Cocktail Mix & Mingle and Dinosaurs Banquet in the Hall of
“Houston 24” is already shaping up as the most extraordinary Paleontology, a live Saturday evening catered Bayou City Sunset Auction,
antique bottle and glass event in a generation, as both the FOHBC and seminars, educational displays, membership breakfast, youth activities,
HMNS are sponsoring and underwriting the exposition. A beautiful raffles, Hermann Park and Museum District tours, virtual museum
antique bottle butterfly is the Houston 24 logo, as visitors and attendees imaging, merchandise sales and much more.
can experience many of the Museum’s great attractions, such as the From Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon, the public can attend
world-famous Cockrell Butterfly Center, Cullen Hall of Gems and the Antique Bottle and Glass Show & Sale at Hotel ZaZa for $5. A
Minerals, and many other permanent and special exhibitions. commemorative mold-blown cobalt blue Drakes Plantation Bitters
On Thursday, August 1st, at 1 p.m., the Sandor P. Fuss American commissioned for the Expo in a limited number for sale. All registered
Antique Glass Masterpieces exhibition will open in the Brown Gallery, Expo attendees will also get a five-day pass to the museum, which is
featuring an extraordinary group of early American tableware and considered one of the top natural history museums in the country.
legendary historical flasks, bitters, spirits, and other bottles and glass For more information about the FOHBC and this year’s Houston 24
meticulously collected and displayed. Three legendary cobalt blue figural event, please visit fohbc.org/2024/02/2024-houston-national-antique-
bitters will also be reunited and on prominent display. A hard-bound bottle-glass-convention-expo or send an email inquiry to Ferdinand
book showcasing the collection will be for sale. Meyer V at fmeyer@fmgdesign.com. As of this writing, dealer tables are
A second exhibition, opening simultaneously in the Hamill Gallery, still available for “Peachridge Glass” or the indoor antique bottle and
is titled Select highlights from the David P. Wilber and Anthony Gugliotti glass show and sale.

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