The Findlay Antique Bottle Club is known for its FAB-ulous annual OCTOBER BOTTLE SHOW & SALE, with its friendly atmosphere, amazing displays, and tasty FREE supper for the dealers! You'll find bottles, fruit jars, insulators, milk bottles, medicines, whiskeys, bitters, advertising and so much more -- All kinds of goodies for all collectors!
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The Sunday July 12, 2009 meeting will be held at 7 PM at the college, as usual. Go to the "Meeting" page for directions and map.
Bring your latest treasures for Show'n'Tell!!!!!
Well -- sort of -- really, what's new is we now have a BLOG! And, we're on TWITTER, too!
Check out our blog, FinBotClub Blog, http://finbotclub.blogspot.com/
And you can follow us on Twitter -- our Twitter name is @FinBotClub -- or just click here to follow: http://twitter.com/FinBotClub
Our blog posts feed right into Twitter, so you can keep up on the blog that way, or go to the blog, and sign up there for emails of the blog updates.
I will be migrating over all the articles that are here on this page, and then will go forward with fresh content.
Any thoughts, suggestions, ideas, or constructive criticism is welcomed - please contact me, Marianne Dow, at the club's email addy -- finbotclub@gmail.com.
Here's a sample of the blog -- just the most recent post:
↑ Grab this Headline Animator and Put it on your website to help promote the club-- thanks!
Be sure to go to the blog to see more -- and let me know what you think!
That's right - this will be the last summer MAFJ&BC Summer Fruit Jar Show & SALE
Go to the club's website and click on NEXT SHOW to get all the details and the events schedule. The show is on Sunday July 12, 2009 (with "Room Hopping Days" before at the hotel).
Read more details on the FinBotClub Blog, http://finbotclub.blogspot.com/
Our roving bottle show reporter Bruce Schank is now a documentarian. Check out the first article in his new series, Legends of the Jar.
Bruce spent some time talking with long-time fruit jar collector Phil Alvarez. Phil regaled Bruce with stories of his many years collecting fruit jars, and gave Bruce a tour of his beautiful collection. The pix are many, and they are awesome! Even if you don't collect jars, you will love Phil's collecting stories. Thanks, Bruce, for a job well done.
Some readers had trouble seeing the pix when we 1st posted this -- errors have been corrected -- please try again -- you will see MANY wonderful jar pix -- I promise!
Here's an exerpt from the article:
" One of the great things about any hobby, is sharing your chosen passion with others. I have been an avid fruit jar collector for a long time now and hanging out with fellow collectors is one great way to learn things about these jars that date back to the 1850's.
Usually the most common ground for such a gathering would be at local bottle club meetings or the various bottle shows held all over the country. But one of the best ways to see examples of jars not usually found "in the wild" is to make a visit to another long time collector's home.
Findlay Antique Bottle Club members Richard Elwood, Marianne Dow and myself did just that a couple of weeks ago. Mason Bright had extended an invitation to come and see his jar collection a year of so ago, and finally we found a weekend to make the trip up to Michigan and see his fabulous Ball Jar Collection. "
Here's an interesting story told by Findlay Bottle Club member Jeff Klingler in his recent post on The Ball Jar Collectors Community site. He tells of finding a treasure he didn't even realize he had, just by going through his own stuff.
He writes " It was like the JAR FAIRY had just put it there!! ... I about fell off my chair! I ran downstairs (with the jar) and ... "
Be sure to read his story to get, as Paul Harvey says, "The rest of the story. " And it's a story that will interest everyone, not just fruit jar collectors.
I can't tell you more -- I don't want to spoil the surprise-twist ending --you don't want to miss it!
Larry Munson sent some pix for show'n'tell. He writes " I'm sending pictures of the wall in my jar house that I am working on--it is a little over 11' high. Just finished putting up the big BALL cutout of the BALL MASON jar and the 5 pictures on the left side of it."
Click the thumbnails to see the BIG picture.
Be sure to read Bruce Schank's article about his Muncie experiences, titled amusingly As the Fruit Jar Turns ... Winter Muncie 2009 -- His pix are fabulous!
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Here are some upcoming bottle and fruit jar
shows:
Go to the club's website and click on NEXT SHOW to get all the details and the events schedule. The show is on Sunday July 12, 2009 (with "Room Hopping Days" before at the hotel).
This certainly not a complete list, just some that are perhaps close enough for Ohio collectors to consider. Find many more shows listed on these Show Calendars:
http://www.fohbc.com/FOHBC_
http://www.glswrk-auction.com/
http://www.antiquebottles.com/shows.html
The Findlay Antique Bottle Club was founded in 1976 by 5 passionate bottle collectors from the area. We presently have members from all over Northwestern Ohio and neighboring states. New members are always welcome! Members receive the club's bi-monthly newsletter, WHITTLE MARKS, with interesting articles and info.
"MEETING and MEMBERSHIP INFO" Club meetings are held the 2nd Sunday of each month at the University of Findlay. Go to the "Meeting" page for directions and map.
The best part of attending the meetings is getting to see the great "Show-n-Tell" treasures! We'd love to see you!
"MEMBERSHIP ROSTER" Be sure to let me know if corrections/updates are needed, please.
"MAILING LIST" Want to make sure you don't miss any exciting club news? Then join our e-mail list NOW. Your email address will be kept private ~ we will email you "BCC", so be sure to put us in your address book so our emails don't wind up in your junk/spam filter.
Please put our new email in your address books, and delete our old one, so that you will continue to get our email newletters/updates.
Well, our October 2008 Show was another FAB-ulous event! Our 32nd one, in fact, and they get better every year. That's due to all the efforts of our hard-working and devoted club members. They all deserve a pat on the back, and a BIG THANKS! (Especially from the members, myself included, who couldn't be there during set up.)
As usual, we sold out of our 75 dealer tables. Luckily, the weather was nice enough to allow us to have 6 dealers set up outside.
Show Chairman Fred Curtis did another great job of wrangling it all together, from getting the contracts printed and mailed out, handling the table assignments, and trying to accommodate all the late dealer entries. Fred also coordinates the WONDERFUL club members during show set up, getting the tables arranged and covered, the chairs in place, the name tags dispersed. KUDOS, FRED!
One of the nicest things about our show is the dealer-only 1st day, which includes set-up, lots of visiting time, and our renowned FREE DEALER SUPPER. The club provides the meat dishes, and everyone else brings sides and desserts. Richard Coppler does a fine job of coordinating the kitchen, getting it all on the "groaning board" by 6pm. Thanks goes to Richard, and to everyone for their YUMMY contributions!
We had over 300 dealers and shoppers at our show this year. Everyone I talked to, dealers and shoppers alike, all said they had a great time. Many times I was told that our show is one of their favorites because of the friendly atmosphere, the time available on Saturday to really have a good visit with fellow dealer/collectors, as well as re-connecting each year with faithful Sunday show attendee/customers.
The club says "Thanks!" to all of the show attendees, be they dealers, club members, or Sunday's shoppers. You all make our great little show what it is -- FAB-ulous!
You can read all about the 2007 show and supper, (and Shirlee's auction) and see lots of pix, too.
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Be sure to check out the club's new array of FABClub Stuff!. We have hats, t-shirts, coffee mugs, tote bags, calendars, and more items for sale in our online store " www.cafepress.com/fabclub ". You can see all our items there, and pay online with your credit card, securely and safely.
Funds will go towards our annual October Bottle Show and Sale FREE DEALER SUPPER.
The Findlay Antique Bottle Club is a non-profit organization.
2008/2009 Club Officers
President: Richard Elwood
Vice-Pres: Jeff Klingler
Treasurer: Mike Bauer
Show Chairman: Fred Curtis
Newsletter Editor: Tom Brown
Secretary & Website Editor: Marianne Dow
2009 BOTTLE SHOW INFO PAGE for details about the Sunday, October 18, 2009 Findlay Antique Bottle Club Show and Sale. Get directions, dealer info, contracts, and more.
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"EMAIL US" If you have any questions or comments about the club,or info/pix on this web page, we'd love to hear from you! The club's email address is finbotclub@gmail.com.
Our snail-mail address is:
Findlay Antique Bottle Club / PO Box 1329 / Findlay, Ohio 45839
For more info:
Elwood, Richard & Patty - 419-759-3841 - prelwood@wcoil.com ~ All categories of bottles, fruit jars, and antiques.
Klingler, Jeff & Marianne Dow - 419-648-2400 - msdowantiques@gmail.com ~ Fruit Jars our Specialty ~ Visit our website, Ms Dow Antiques ~ msdowantiques.com
Curtis, Fred - 419-424-0486 ; Ohio hutches
Roll, Barney - 937-599-1111 ; milk bottles only
Bauer, Mike -- 419-435-3378 - bm67j@aol.com ; Fostoria items and insulators
Also look at the club roster for more specialists.
THANKS FOR VISITING OUR SITE!
Website Editor: Marianne Dow
Contact: finbotclub@gmail.com