FinBotClub Newsletter for 03/01/2014

MARCH 2014

Here are some recent Articles from the FINBOTCLUB BLOG -- Please note: this newsletter is pretty long, chock full of lots of great photographs. Some email programs may cut it short. No problem, just view this newsletter in your browser. And feel free to share this email with your friends.

Check the FOHBC SHOW CALENDAR for a bottle show near you. Here are a few that our club members are hoping to make it to:

16 March 2014 (Sunday) St. Louis, Missouri – 44th Annual Antique Bottle & Jar Show, St. Louis Antique Bottle Collectors Association, Orlando Gardens, 4300 Hoffmeister Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, 130 sales tables and displays, Admission $3, $1 off with flyer, Kids free, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, No early admission, Show chair: Patt Jett, 71 Outlook Drive, Hillsboro, Missouri, 63050, 314.570.6917,patsy_jett@yahoo.com,

16 March 2014 (Sunday) Flint, Michigan – 45th annual Flint Antique Bottle & Collectibles Club Show & Sale at Dom Polski Hall, 3415 N. Linden Road, Flint, Michigan 48436, Sunday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, No early admission, Cost of admission: $2, Flint Antique Bottle & Collectibles Club, Contact: Tim Buda, Show Chairman, 11353 Cook Road, Gaines, Michigan 48436, 989.271.9193, tbuda@shianet.org

05 April 2014 (Saturday) St. Clairsville, Ohio – The Ohio Valley Bottle Club’s Annual Bottle & Table-Top Antiques Show, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm at J.B. Martin Recreation Center, 102 Fair Avenue, St. Clairsville, Ohio, Exit 216 off I-70. Contact: Tom Chickery, 740.695.2958, tchick52@netscape.net

12 April 2014 (Saturday) Kalamazoo, Michigan – The Kalamazoo Antique Bottle Club’s 35th Annual Show & Sale, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, early buyers 8:00 am, Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds, 2900 Lake Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Contact: John Pastor, 248.486.0530, jpastor@americanglassgallery.com or Mark McNee, 269.343.8393

10 May 2014 (Saturday) Mansfield, Ohio – The Ohio Bottle Club’s 36th Mansfield Antique Bottle & Advertising Show & Sale, Richland County Fairgrounds, Trimble Road Exit, U.S. Route 30, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Donation: $3, Dealer set-up, Friday, May 9, 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm, Early Admission $25 during Dealer set-up. Contact: Bill Koster, 330.599.3380, Info: Ohio Bottle Club, P.O. Box 585, Barberton, Ohio 44203, www.ohiobottleclub.org,

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Findlay Ohio Bottle Show - Sunday Oct. 19, 2025 - Same New Location

Apr 21, 2024 08:39 pm | noreply@blogger.com (Ms Dow Antiques)

2025 FINDLAY BOTTLE SHOW
We're pleased to announce our 48th annual show!
Always welcoming new dealers, so...
DEALER TABLES WILL GO FAST!
Sunday October 19, 2025
- Show hours: from 9am - 2pm
- Admission is $5.00
- Kids under 12 are free (w/adults)
- Free appraisals w/paid admission
- FREE parking
- (See Early Bird & Dealer info below)
- SAME NEW LOCATION
We're excited to be STAYING in our new location on the Owens Community College Findlay campus, in their Education and Wellness Center building.
The address is 3200 Bright Road, Findlay Ohio.
DIRECTIONS:
Google maps will take you the longer route to the front of the campus on Bright Road, then you enter the campus and take the beltway road around to the venue.
But if you get Google maps driving directions from your location once you're in Findlay, they'll give you the more direct route to the back of the campus, taking you in from Crystal Rd., where the building is.
(This link is an example -- https://maps.app.goo.gl/Xc1oVYz7pAoUT5FS6 )
Hotel and restaurant suggestions remain as in previous years, at the I75 / Rt 224 / exit 159 area.
Screen shots of campus layout:

Sunday October 19, 2025

Early Bird Hours Sunday only: 7-9am – Tickets are only $20 and includes complimentary Coffee and Donuts until 9am.

There are always several SUNDAY ONLY dealers who do NOT set up on Saturday, PLUS the outside dealers only set up on Sunday morning, so there's plenty of fresh merch to choose from for Sunday's Early Bird buyers!

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For all reservation and contract questions, contact Show Chairman:

FRED CURTIS 419-424-0486

In past years we have always sold out of dealer tables, and had a waiting list for cancellations.
Contracts will be available mid May, at the Mansfield Bottle Show, or call Fred to have one mailed you.
8' Dealer tables are $40.00 each.
Full payment must accompany each contract.
Checks may be held until after the show.
Cancellations w/full refund accepted until Oct. 1^st.
Final table assignments will not be made until after October 1^st.
Contact Fred with requests.
Tables will still be assigned on a first-paid basis, so get your PAID contracts to Fred Curtis right away.
- Dealer-only set up is on Saturday October 18, 2025 ; 2-6pm. (You may bring boxes in starting at 1pm, but not set merchandise out until 2pm.)
- Note: There may NOT be a food concession on Sunday. You may bring food in.
- Complimentary donuts and coffee for Early Birds and Dealers during Sunday morning set-up.
OUTSIDE SPACE FOR SELLERS -- We always have spaces outside, as long as the weather's good, so give Fred a call if you want to set up outside on SUNDAY ONLY! (Contracts & payment when you get here Sunday morning.)
These details are subject to change until the contracts are released.
No tables will be reserved until the printed contracts become available in May.
There is a selection of hotels and restaurants are at I-75 exit #159 / Rt 224
Google link to Findlay hotels listings: here
Call the hotel for your reservation asap.

Note: Hotel names and phone numbers may not be current.

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Some pix from previous shows:

2014:

Click to enlarge pix.

2013:

See more photos: 2012 -- 2011 -- 2010

Lou McFadden Milk Bottle Collection Auction September 2022

Aug 05, 2022 01:41 pm | noreply@blogger.com (Ms Dow Antiques)

Lou McFadden Milk Bottle Collection Auction September 2022

Lou and wife Sue were members of our bottle club. Sue writes to tell us about the upcoming auction of some of their huge dairy collection.

"Lou was a long-time milk bottle collector and loved being a part of the Findlay Club Bottle Show each Fall! We're planning an online auction of the remainder of Lou's collection, and wonder if you could post the attached ad for the auction to be held in September, 2022.

Please let me know if you have any questions! Thanks! Sue"

ONLINE BIDDING ONLY --

https://www.kaufman-auctions.com/auction/lou-mcfadden-milk-bottle-dispersal-auction-63319/details

Full catalog: https://bid.kaufman-auctions.com/auctions/catalog/id/32779/?items=100&page=1

Photos only: https://www.kaufman-auctions.com/auction/lou-mcfadden-milk-bottle-dispersal-auction-63319/photos

Bottle Auction Urbana Ohio Fairgrounds November 28

Nov 11, 2021 10:27 am | noreply@blogger.com (Ms Dow Antiques)

Huge Antique, Bottle, Jar & Advertising Auction

https://www.auctionzip.com/Listings/3603632.html

Sun Nov 28 - 11:00AM

384 Park Ave, Urbana, OH Click to Map

View Full Photo Gallery

1/2 Pt. Zanesville Flask
Washington crossing Delaware Milk Bottle
Lot M1
lot F1

    Attached Files    
Fruit Jar Listing  (DOCX)
Milk Bottle Listing  (DOCX)
Outstanding

Outstanding and important live and in person Antique Bottle Fruit Jar & Advertising Auction at the Champaign County Fairgrounds Featuring:

160 lots of Good Fruit Jars from a lifelong Northwest Pennsylvania collection. Includes Amber Globe, Lightning, Tobacco Jars, Millville Atmospheric, Colored 1858's, Wax Seal jars, Lot's of sets of pints, quarts & HG's. Colored Atlas including EZ seals and Masons, 15 midget Mason's, Woodbury, Protector, Dandy, Rare 1 Gallon HWP Lightning, Jumbo Peanut Butter Jars with lids, product jars, stoneware, early wax sealers and more. Nice jar lids. A great selection of jars! See attached listing & Photo gallery!

The Ohio Milk Bottle Collection of the late Larry Johnson of Columbus featuring 225 scarce to rare Ohio milk bottle lots. All areas of Ohio included. Includes Ohio Baby Face, Cop The Top, Hoppy, War, Ohio 1 Gallon jugs. Lots of Ohio milk caps. Nursing bottles and early dairy containers. Miniature Sheffield Bottles and metal carrier. Large lot of miniature milks including Borden's. Embossed creamers. Ohio Opener collection. Lots of dairy related paper advertising and letterheads. See attached Listing for Larry's Ohio bottle collection. 

Special consignment of milk bottles from the Ohio Bottle Club including Washington Crossing the Delaware Malec and Marek Quart from Cleveland. Nice amber California Bordens, Also nice bottles from Texas, Oklahoma, Idaho & more. See photo gallery & listing.  

Other Antique Bottles to include early medicines, historical flasks including amber 1/2 pint double eagle, black glass Hostetter's bitters, Dutch onions, case gins, sodas, beer, Storage jars & lots of other early bottles. Local bottles of all types to Clark, Montgomery, Logan, Miami, Champaign counties. See photo gallery for lots of pictures!

Advertising & Antiques including advertising tins, signs, nice large selection of advertising wood boxes and crates including local. Collection of 20 original Frank Leslie Civil War prints to be sold in 1 lot. Early labels including Temperance labels from Springfield. Large lot of advertising nail aprons, Early cast iron dog, Mickey Mouse Insulators, early Wooden Shoe Minster Ohio Serving Tray. Nice marble collection. Nice Victorian Art Glass. Early tin Coleman Cooler. Early glass candy containers. Nice selection of handled milk bottle carriers. Paper Store Display piece. Oil Bottles with spouts and carrier. #40 Dazey Churn. 

Early primitives and tools including large doll house, hay saws, single tress, early hand tools, cast iron, early gas stove and more.

Lots of stoneware including jar of over 100 turn of the century stoneware mini jugs excavated at the Robinson Clay Pottery in Akron Ohio. Mini stoneware collection, lots of misc. jugs and jars.   

Listing and pictures will be updated weekly. 

Special preview available Saturday November 27th from 10am-4pm. I would plan on bringing boxes as I will have some available but not enough for all. 

Food By John's Kettle Korn 

Auctioneers - Joe Hardin
              Ken Ludington 
Licensed & Bonded By the Ohio Dept. Of Agriculture

All announcements day of sale to take precedent. Not responsible for accidents. Local absentee bids accepted, pickup day of sale only. No Buyers Premium. Local sales tax of 7.25% applies. 

Terms: Cash, local checks, credit cards with 5% fee.

Findlay Bottle Show 2021 Major Success!

Oct 28, 2021 12:44 pm | noreply@blogger.com (Ms Dow Antiques)

We had a great show! Lots of treasures, and a lot of visiting, like a big bottle family reunion!

The new building at the fairgrounds is perfect for a bottle show.

Already looking forward to next year's show!

Sad News: Larry Johnson aka Larry the Bottle Guy Obituary

Apr 08, 2020 12:49 pm | noreply@blogger.com (Ms Dow Antiques)

[See additional memorial info at bottom of the post, added 4-17-20]

Sad to report that Larry Johnson has passed away. Known to all as Larry the Bottle Guy, he was a long time collector and dealer, a fixture at bottle shows and the Springfield Extravaganza. Our condolences to Larry's Mom, family and friends. There will not be a funeral or memorial ceremony, as per Larry's wishes.

Joe Clevenger was a close friend, and shared some thoughts and memories of their years of collecting and selling at shows together:

Larry the Bottleman

Larry was born in Columbus, Ohio on March 16, 1948, to Homer Joseph and Alice Louise Johnson.

Larry's boyhood home was on Sinclair Road near the corner of East Lincoln Avenue. Behind their

home was the railroad and the Indianola Park. Larry would play in the park and along the railroad

tracks.

Larry's mom worked around the corner from their home at the neighborhood soda shop. After school

Larry would get off the bus at the soda shop and stay there until his mom's shift would end. Larry

would often talk about the great treats he would get there while he waited for his mom's shift to end.

After graduating from high school he attended Ohio State University for one year. He would rather

do the field work than the book work. So he dropped out due to poor grades.

He then worked for a few years at a variety of jobs. Not being the 9 to 5 type. He began working in

the antique business in 1972. In the early years he specialized in vintage clothing and antique furniture.

Over the years, Larry operated two antique shops in the Columbus area.

Larry closed the shops and moved back home to live with his parents. Larry then began to specialize

with the buying and selling of canning jars, Wheaton bottles, pictorial soda bottles and Ohio milk

bottles. Giving up the shops Larry began to set up at various flea market and antique malls.

I met Larry at the Farmer's Merchants Days flea market in 1995. At first I think he viewed me as a

pest. He quickly put me to work thinking it would get me to go away. It didn't work. He began to see

that I would be a good helper. So I began working with him at various shows across Ohio and Indiana.

Over the years Larry has spent a lot of time teaching me about bottles, jars and how the flea market

business works. He has also been a great source of information for dairy history.

In July of 2019, Larry began having painful spasms in his left arm. By August the spasms began to

become more frequent. After the Fall Extravaganza, Larry had a major seizure. He ended up in

Riverside Hospital for two weeks. At that time they found that he had a large tumor at the top of his

brain. Along with a mass on his right lung.

Over the fall he continued buying and selling along with short stays in the hospital and nursing

homes for various issues. Slowly over the fall Larry began to lose the use of his legs. By February he

was in a wheelchair most of the time.

In March, Larry had another seizure and ended up in the hospital. He quickly began going downhill.

Larry passed away on April 1, 2020. Larry was a good friend and partner in the business.

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Larry the Bottle Guy

Here are some links to read, and to write your own, memories of Larry Johnson the Bottle Guy. He is missed by so many people who met him over the years. The Facebook post alone was seen by almost 5000 people! RIP, Larry!

https://www.leafcremationohio.com/obituaries/Lawrence-Maxwell-Johnson?obId=12586988#/celebrationWall

https://www.forevermissed.com/larry-thebottleman-johnson/about

Sunday October 19, 2025

Lou McFadden Milk Bottle Collection Auction September 2022

Huge Antique, Bottle, Jar & Advertising Auction

WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP