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Bayou City Sunset Auction Saturday 03 August 2024 [5:30 to 10:00 pm] Hotel ZaZa Museum District | Grapevine

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Auctioneer: Martin Van Zant Indiana Auction License Number: AU12200056

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Website: Crowdedhouse.net Tele: 812.841.9495 Address: 6915 S. 280 E, Lebanon IN 46052 email: mdvanzant@yahoo.com

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Sunset Auction SATURDAY EVENING 03 AUGUST 2024 HOTEL ZAZA Brought to you by Crowded House Auctions and the FOHBC

AN ECLECTIC GROUP ACL, Advertising, Antiques, Arts & Crafts, Barber, Bitters, Demijohn, Drugggist, Early American Glass, Gemstones, Ephemera, Flasks, Foreign, Fossils, Historical, Inks, Insulators, Jars, Medicines, Mineral Water, Pickle, Poison, Signs, Soda Water, Soda Pop, Spirits, Texas and just plain fun objects.

Featuring rare antique bottles, glass, insulators, ephemera and advertising. Online auction starts Wednesday, 24 July 2024. Live auction starts at 7:00 pm on Saturday, 03 August 2024. Event at Hotel ZaZa, Grapevine room. Cash bar and hors d’oeuvres in the adjacent Room with a View cocktail party at 6:00 pm.

LOW SLIDING CONSIGNMENT FEE! All auction proceeds go to the FOHBC. There is a 15% buyers premium.

Contact: Martin Van Zant, Crowded House Auctions, mdvanzant@yahoo.com or Ferdinand Meyer V, FOHBC, fmeyer@fmgdesign.com

INFO FOHBC.org

Lot #1: Hostetter’s Reverse Glass Painted Sign, 21” x 27” framed, contemporary replica of an original and only sign that has now deteriorated to 25% of its original appearance. Master sign artist and restorer Ron Percell produced six of these beautiful pieces. From Richard Siri. See following page.

Lot #5: Scroll Flask, Midwestern, 1845-1850, Wonderfully proportioned deep aqua pint. Very good condition, some lip roughness, likely in the making. Iron pontil mark. Sheared and tooled lip.

GIX-11. Common.

Estimate: $100-$200

Estimate: $2,000-$2,500

Lot #2: J.F. Cutter Whiskey Reverse Glass Painted Sign,

Lot #6: Flask with Embossed Grapes, banded sides with applied

24” x 30” framed contemporary replica of a tin sign for E. Martin & Co. S.F. Reverse glass with Uncle Sam and two J.F. Cutter bottles (Old Bourbon & Old Rye). Master sign artist, gold leafer and restorer Ron Percell produced six of these.

Excellent condition. Magnificent.

screw cap and ground mouth. Pint size. GXIII-77. Considered scarce.

This fun flask could have held anything from brandy to whiskey.

Yellow-amber, good condition.

Estimate: $100-$200

Estimate: $2,000-$2,700 Lot #3: H.H. Warner Advertising Collection,

Lot #7: Royalty Club Whiskey A. Friedman & Co.,

Large, thick binder with protective sleeves containing many years of H. H. Warner product advertising and Warner’s Safe Cure almanacs.

Lots of great material! From the James Bell collection, Australia.

Large glass framed advertising.

Contemporary replica of an original.

Master sign artist, gold leafer and restorer Ron Percell produced six of these remarkable pieces. Excellent condition. From Richard Siri. See following page.

Estimate: $200-$500

Lot #4: Washington Bust Tree Portrait Calabash Flask,

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Estimate: $1,500-$2,000

Lot #8: Large Case Gin,

Aquamarine, applied sloping collared mouth with ring, tubular pontil scar, quart. GI-35. Ex: Charles B. Gardner Collection, Lot 2530 ($80 in 1975). Very good condition.

Mike Southworth collection.

Extremely rare in this “big boy” size. Olive green, mint condition, 14” tall by 5” wide case gin bottle.

Perfectly formed “pig-snout” lip and a massive open pontil. Excellent condition. Brian Bingham collection.

Huge!

Estimate: $300-$500

Estimate: $750-$1,000

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Lot #9: Framed Label Art. Dr. Wonser’s U.S.A. Indian Root Bitters San Francisco, Wonderful Silk screen print of a Dr. Wonser’s Indian Root Bitters label by artist Arlene Place. One of only four examples made using the original brand label colors. Strong clean graphics. See Lot 10. From Richard Siri.

Lot #13: Pittsburgh Double Eagle Flask, Pittsburgh area glass house, quart, olive-amber with light amber throughout the middle, pontiled, beautiful example. A sensual piece with an American Eagle design used on the FOHBC logo.

Estimate: $750-$1,000

Estimate: $250-$350 Lot #10: Framed Label Art. Dr. Wonser’s U.S.A. Indian Root Bitters San Francisco, Beautiful silk screen print of a Dr. Wonser’s Indian Root Bitters label.

A color enhanced version by artist Arlene Place. One of just two examples made with enhanced color.

See Lot 9. From Richard Siri.

Estimate: $200-$300

Lot #14: Clasped Hands Square & Compass “Union” – Eagle “A.R.S.” Historical Calabash, A.R. Samuels, Keystone Glass Works, Phila., Pa, 1866-1874.

Light green, iron pontil, quart, virtually perfect, GIV-42. A bright clean example. Companion to Lot 15. Proceeds go to the FOHBC Virtual Museum. Alan DeMaison collection.

Estimate: $200-$250 Lot #11: Double Eagle Historical Flask, Louisville Glass Works, Louisville, Kentucky, 18401850, rich aquamarine, open pontil, sheared and tooled lip. Very good condition, some lip roughness, likely in the making. A wonderfully tactile flask. GII-24.

Estimate: $600-$700

Lot #15: Clasped Hands Square & Compass “Union” – Eagle “A.R.S.” Historical Calabash, Unlisted light cornflower blue or an icy blue. Beautiful early bottle. Quart. GIV-42.

Companion to Lot 14. Proceeds go to the FOHBC Virtual Museum. Alan DeMaison collection.

Estimate $200-$250

Lot #12: Warner’s Safe Yeast – Tippecanoe Poster, a professionally restored poster with an attractive and suggestive young Victorian woman advertising Warner’s Safe Yeast, Safe Cure and Tippecanoe Tonic Bitters. Rich colors, good condition. Michael Seeliger collection.

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Lot #16: Granite Glass Co. “Stoddard NH” Lettered Flask, 1855-1862, Unusual tapered mouth. Pint. Nice little flask to add to your New England and specifically New Hampshire “Granite State” collection. Brandon DeWolfe collection.

Estimate: $275-$500

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Lot #17: New England Mini Chestnut Flask, a very

Lot #21: Parole Pure Rye Whiskey (embossed horse),

appealing, diminutive New England Chestnut flask, 1783-1830. Brilliant clear olive yellow, bulbous form and slightly off-centered body and neck.

Applied round collared mouth, pontil scar, ht. 4-1/2 inches. Appealing smaller size. Fine condition.

amber squat cylinder, applied double-tapered mouth, circular slug plate with strongly embossed horse.

A Philadelphia whiskey company product that was made between 1880 and 1882.

Estimate: $300-$500

Estimate: $200-$600

Lot #18: Hunter–Fisherman Pictorial Calabash Flask,

Lot #22: Alderney Old Rye Whiskey Chris Gallagher 806 Lombard St. Phila, dark amber,

Aquamarine, quart. Charles B. Gardner sticker for Lot 1914 ($65 in 1975). GXIII-5. Very good condition. Scarce form. As good as it gets provenance.

Estimate: $300-$500

quart, strap-sided Union Oval flask, embossed “Alderney Old (embossed steer) Rye Whiskey Chris Gallagher, 806 Lombard St. Phila.” This brand of whiskey sold between 1879 and 1885. A robust pictorial flask.

Estimate: $600-$800

Lot #19: Washington Bust – Sheaf Of Wheat Portrait Flask, Dyottville Glass Works,

Lot #23: Pattern Molded Sugar Bowl, clear with blue

Philadelphia, Pa., 1848-1855, aqua half-pint, smooth base, applied double-collar mouth. A nice little pocket flask. Scarce mold. Great condition. GI-59.

rim. Ex. Barry Hogan. Footed bowl, height 3-5/8 inches, top diameter 4-3/4 inches, foot diameter 3 inches, 16 ribs. Alan DeMaison collection. Beautiful and sensual paneled bowl. See Lot 26.

Estimate: $100-$200

Estimate: $300-$500

Lot #20: Ponce De Leon Spring Water St. Augustine Fla. Mineral Water, Extremely

Lot #24: Hadrosaurid Fossilized Dinosaur Egg and Bone Fragment, purchased legally from

rare. Top Florida mineral water bottle. The monogram is a mystery.

Deciphering the letters could reveal the proprietor. Can you solve? David Kyle Rakes collection. Includes a signed copy of one of his latest books, Florida Advertising Jugs.

Xixia Basin, China in 2004. The Hadrosaurid (Duck-Billed Dinosaur) bone fragment was found in Montana. Both items sell as one lot.

Estimate: $300-$500

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Lot #25: Fluorite & Quartz, Shizhuyuan Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan Prov. China, Outstanding bi-color Chinese fluorite crystal group on a finely crystallized contrasting quartz matrix, with each crystal exhibiting perfect form, mirror luster and exquisite phantom zoning. Comes with a custom-made display base. Sandor P. Fuss donation.

Estimate: $15,000-$20,000 Lot #26: Pattern Molded Creamer, clear with blue rim. Ex. Barry Hogan collection. Height of the vase is 4-1/8 inches not including handle. Total height 4-3/4 inches with handle. Base diameter 2-1/8 inches. Alan DeMaison collection. See Lot 23.

Estimate: $300-$500

Lot #29: Proprietor Thos A. Hurley Louisville, K.Y., GWA, Oct. 2016, Lot 116, 1840-1860, medium blue green, 5-3/4” tall, open pontil, applied tapered collar mouth. Rarely seen color and completely full of trapped air bubbles!

An extremely rare bottle that has no auction record! This one has a lot going for it! Meyer collection.

Estimate: $2,500-$3,000 Lot #30: T.A. Cook & Co. Turf Exchange, 13 Broadway, Oklahoma City, O.T., (L.C. & R on base) Half pint strap-sided Union Oval flask. T.A. Cook owned the Turf Exchange from Sept 1902 to July 1905. On July 4, 1903 he was involved in and won a quick draw gun fight on the steps of the saloon with Kid Bannister.

Estimate: $500-$750 Lot #27: Blown Three Mold Geometric Decanter, Keene, New Hampshire. Exceptional half pint, GIII-16, 1820-1840, dark yellowish olive green, bold mold impression. No damage.

Estimate: $450-$700

Lot #31: Leighton & Co. The Monarch Bar, El Reno, O.T., Rare Oklahoma Territory pocket flask, clear, half pint, strap-sided Union Oval flask, air vented, embossed: Leighton & Co, The Monarch Bar, El Reno, O.T. (L. C. & R Co on base). Also found in a quart.

Estimate: $600-$900

Lot #28: Handled Condiment Jar with Lid, a delightful,

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Lot #32: John Hudspeth, Merchants Bar, El Reno, O.T.,

free-blown utility jar with a hand tooled lid, crudely formed in teal green glass. Sheared pontil base, European (likely France), 18501880. Approx. 8-1/2 inches tall.

Absolutely stunning when back-lit or window displayed.

Clear, pint, strap-sided Union Oval flask embossed “John Hudspeth, Merchants Bar, El Reno, O.T.” (L C & R Co on base) John Hudspeth ran a turn-of-the-century gambling, vice and liquor ring in El Reno, Oklahoma Territory. Very rare.

Estimate: $300-$400

Estimate: $750-$1,000

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Lot #33: Gilberts Pure Rye Jug, Fulper Pottery whiskey jug

Lot #37: Brown’s Celebrated Indian Herb Bitters, figural bit-

from Trinidad, Colorado. Abt 8-1/2” tall by 3 1/8” across the base.

Middle abt 4-3/4” across. Stenciled in gold leaf “S. Sanders & Co. Gilbert’s Pure Rye, Trinidad, Col.” Two beautiful flowers on reverse.

Simon Sanders ran a whiskey and cigar business in the late 1800s.

See Lot 34. Richard Siri collection.

ters bottle, in the form of an Indian maiden in a very dark chocolate glass color. 1867-1880. Manufacturer’s ground mouth, smooth base, ht. 12 inches. Excellent condition, outstanding dark Indian queen would bookend any color run. From the Michael Seeliger collection.

Estimate: $350-$550 Lot #34: Forest Grove A. Friedman Jug, Rare two-tone handled Fulper Pottery whiskey jug from Denver, Colorado. Stenciled in gold leaf “Forest Grove 1879 A. Friedman & Co.” (Denver, Colorado). See Lot 33. Richard Siri collection.

Estimate: $250-$400

Estimate: $700-$1,200 Lot #38: Hostetter’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters, reddish amber square embossed, “Dr. J. Hostetters Stomach Bitters” with complete full label. Large “A” embossed on the base. Dead mint.

Super example for the Hostetter’s collector. From the Jim Bender collection.

Estimate: $250-$350

Lot #35: Dr. Dunlop’s Anchor Bitters, semi-cabin, amber, LTC

Lot #39: The Great Tonic Caldwells Herb Bitters, RH

applied mouth with original labels on three panels. From C.W. Jennings of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Very rare with original labels. One of the best labeled examples known.

Possibly only the second known example with a small IRS tax label.

Jeff Scharnowske collection.

C-8, American, 1865-1875, orange amber, triangular form, 12-5/8” tall, iron pontil, applied tapered collar mouth. About perfect. A bright, clean bottle, excellent overall condition. Strong lattice pattern on this very tall bitters bottle. From the Michael Seeliger collection.

Estimate: $2,000-$4,000

Estimate: $200-$400

Lot #36: Old Sachem Bitters and Wigwam Tonic, 1858-

Lot #40: Labeled Greeley’s Bourbon Whiskey Bitters. If

1865. Aqua, figural barrel form, applied square collar, large blowpipe pontil scar, ht. 10 inches. RH O 45. Much harder to find than the O-46 mold. Found in a fifth generation, 200-year-old home in North Truro, Massachusetts. Ferdinand Meyer V collection.

you have ever been to the Jerry & Helen Forbes mountain house in Big Sur, California, you can’t miss this interesting display of a labeled Greeley’s Bourbon Whiskey Bitters figural barrel. Fun and whimsical folk art that comes with the case.

Proceeds go to the FOHBC Virtual Museum.

Estimate: $2,500-$3,000

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Lot #41: J.T. Wiggins Gentian Bitters, RH W108.3,

Lot #45: Tippecanoe Figural Log, embossed “Tippecanoe”

1865-1875, amber fancy square with rib pattern, 9-7/8” tall, smooth base, applied tapered collar mouth. Tiny chip at corner base panel. A number of trapped air bubbles exist, with several having surface openings. Extremely rare and one of only two known examples. Ferdinand Meyer V collection.

(canoe) “H. H. Warner & Co.,” 1883-1890. Amber figural log, with large applied “mushroom” type mouth ”Pat Nov. 20. 83 Rochester N.Y.” on smooth base. Hard to find 70% label for the Tippecanoe XXX Bitters. Small surface bubble burst on shoulder. A classic medicine.

Michael Seeliger collection.

Estimate: $5,000-$7,000

Estimate: $300-$500

Lot #42: Dansby’s Cotton Patch Bitters, 8-1/2 x 2-3/8,

Lot #46: Oak Orchard Acid Springs Mineral Water Bottle, embossed “Oak Orchard

yellow-amber square. Tooled lip, three sunken panels, extremely rare. Trade mark September, 1886, Robert C. Dansby, Terrell, Texas.

In business since 1879. Found in a Texas kitchen window near Peach Ridge. Not many embossed Texas bitters. Ferdinand Meyer V collection.

Acid Springs – Address G. W. Merchant Lockport. N.Y.” Probably Lockport Glass Works in New York, 1860-1880. Cylindrical, emerald green, applied double sloping collared mouth, smooth base, quart.

Great example with nice whittle and rich color. Fine condition.

Estimate: $2,500-$3,000

Estimate: $500-$800

Lot #43: Brown’s Celebrated Indian Herb Bitters, a beautiful

Lot #47: Warner’s Safe Cure (Animal), a mammoth, quart-sized

Indian Queen, marked on the shield “Brown’s Celebrated Indian Herb Bitters.” Also “Patented Feb 11, 1868.” RH B-226, approx. 11-3/4” tall, light rich amber, rough sheared mouth, smooth base. Fine condition.

Estimate: $400-$600

bottle embossed, “Warners Safe Cure (safe) London.” Rich amber, BIM, 1890-1900s, England. Approx.

11” tall, blob top and a deep concave oval depression on base with excellent embossing. Possibly a thin 1/8” base chip (in making most likely) otherwise in perfect condition. Russ Price collection.

Estimate: $800-1,000 Lot #44: Doctor Fisch’s Bitters W.H. Ware, nicely embossed “Doctor Fisch’s Bitters W.H. Ware Patented 1866” figural bitters, 1860-1880. In the form of a fish, medium-amber, applied round collared mouth, smooth base, ht.

11-1/2 inches. RH F-44. Strong mold impression. Fine condition.

Estimate: $300-$500

Lot #48: Warner’s Safe Cure Pressburg, an exceptional “attic mint” example with strong embossing not often seen with Pressburg molds. Found in Budapest in 1998 and has resided in a private collection since. Lighter shade of olive green than typical. The Warner Safe Cures Pressburg, in shades of green, are highly desirable. Russ Price collection.

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Lot #49: Warner’s Safe Cure Bottles (Four Different Cities),

Lot #53: Irion Drug Co. Tyler, Texas, beautiful

a fantastic group of four Warner’s Safe Cures (embossed safe) representing H.H. Warner’s four key offices in Pressburg (Slovakia Bratislava), Melbourne (Australia), Frankfurt AM (Germany) and London (England). Very good to excellent condition. Russ Price collection.

yellow-green colored druggist bottle embossed “Irion Drug Co. The Rexall Store, Tyler, Texas,” 4.5 inches tall. Crisp and clean. A wonderful bottle from the Ferdinand Meyer V collection.

Estimate: $300-$500

Estimate: $350-$600 Lot #50: Drakes Plantation Bitters Commemorative Bottle, a one-off, teal glass whimsey from the limited run of 250 hand-blown, pontiled, cobalt blue commemorative Drake’s Plantation Bitters that were commissioned for the FOHBC Houston 2024 National Antique Bottle & Glass Exposition. Unique.

Lot #54: Senour’s Calisaya Bitters, a damaged but quite displayable example of this extremely rare bitters bottle dug by Brandon DeWolfe in 2023 in Galveston, Texas. Part of a hoard of mostly Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters bottles that had been buried upside down in several lines under a saloon on Church Street.

$750-$1,000

Estimate $250-$300

Lot #51: G. & F. Stresa Courtney, Texas, this rather rare

Lot #55: E. G. Patton & Co. Oak Cliff – Dallas, Texas.

This extremely rare, cobalt blue,

bitters bottle was found by Mike Southworth in a horde of 1,200 antique bottles from a defunct antique store in the isolated town of Randsburg, California in the Mojave Desert. Read more on Peachridgeglass.com.

Estimate: $700-$1,000

druggist bottle was recently found on an old dirt road in a small town outside Dallas. Bottle noted by Brad Seigler as somewhat akin to the Holy Grail of Texas colored druggist bottles, with the exception of the cobalt blue “Dog and Cat Hospital” bottle. A Houston 24 consignment.

Estimate: $500-$700 Lot #52: A.A. Croxton Cattle Exchange Saloon, Nacona, Tex., clear, half-pint, strap-sided Union Oval flask, air vented, slug plate, embossed “A.A. Croxton, Cattle Exchange Saloon, Nacona, Tex.” (L. C. & R embossed on base). These Texas flasks have sold on eBay for as high as $1,500.

Extremely rare.

Lot #56: B.A. Cook Sweet Revenge Galveston Texas.

This slug plate pocket flask was dug by Brandon DeWolfe in 2018 on Post Office Street in Galveston, Texas. The flask is quite scarce. B.A. Cook was the only liquor dealer in Galveston to use embossed flasks.

Estimate: $250-$300

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Lot #57: F. Solyer Galveston Tex., a nice “as dug” example of this very rare Galveston, Tx. “Schultz” closure (patented Feb. 20, 1872). Solyer was the only bottler known to have used this quite impractical closure; not even Carl Schultz (the inventor and a bottler himself) used it. Dug by Brandon DeWolfe in 2020 in a barrel privy on Church Street in Galveston.

Lot #61: Sweetwater Bottling Co. Sweetwater Texas, aqua, slugplate Hutchinson bottle from the David Cole collection. This is the actual bottle pictured on Hutchbook. Less than five known examples. Excellent condition. Nice and clean. Jay Kasper collection.

Estimate: $500-$750

Estimate: $800-$1,000 Lot #58: The Mignon Bottling Works Co. Galveston Texas, a nice “as dug” example of this very rare Galveston, Texas Codd soda bottle. This example was dug by Brandon DeWolfe in the Post Office District in Galveston in 2022.

These are the only Codd sodas from Galveston.

Estimate: $800-$1,000

Lot #62: W.S. Trevey, San Antonio, Tex. 1907, hand blown, clear patterned “basket hatch” bottom with a ruby painted top. Reversed-out decorative script copy front and back. Personal pocket flask with a metal cap.

Nice condition. Interesting Texas historical piece as W.S. Trevey was a famous racehorse breeder. Jay Kasper collection.

Estimate: $300-$500 Lot #59: Brownsville Bottling Wks J.H. Johnson Prop Brownsville Tex., nice clean example of a mug-base Hutchinson bottle in aqua glass from the David Cole collection.

Complete with the metal stopper.

Extremely rare with less than five known examples. Jay Kasper collection.

Lot #63: Occupational Shaving Mug Geo. B. Baker (Mortar and Pestle), a nice shaving mug with a mortar and pestle suggesting that George B. Baker was a pharmacist with an apothecary business. Decorated in black and yellow-gold paint on an ivory-tone footed mug.

Estimate: $200-$250

Estimate: $500-$750 Lot #60: Johnson & Rice Bottling Works Laredo Texs (sic), aqua Hutchinson bottle from the David Cole collection. This is the actual bottle pictured on Hutchbook.

Possibly the only known example.

Note the error where “Texas” is spelled “Texs.” Jay Kasper collection.

Estimate: $500-$1,000

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Lot #64: Sunny Brook Whiskey Enameled Back Bar Bottle, 1880-1990, colorless glass quart bottle with white-gold lettering and multicolor painted enamel label. 11-1/8 inches tall. Minor loss to gold lettering. Superior example in every way. Craig Cassetta collection.

Estimate: $400-$600

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Lot #65: Star Wine Co. Wholesale & Family Wines & Liquors Los Angeles, Cal., amber, tooled top. Half-gallon wine bottle from Los Angeles. Megaphone shape with a whiskey top and the eight-sided base. No damage. Steve Ketcham collection.

Estimate: $200-$300

Lot #69: Wm. Radam’s Microbe Killer & H24 Shirt, William Radam, from Austin, Texas, used highly embossed bottles embossed with a man clubbing a skeleton. This 10-1/4” tall example is an error bottle where “Fungus” is spelled “Lungus.” Lucky winner will also receive one of the H24 Radam’s commemorative shirts at the FOHBC tables at Hotel ZaZa.

Estimate: $300-$500 Lot #66: Framed Pearl Lager Beer Judge Roy Bean Horse Thief Trial Advertising. Large Pearl Lager Beer advertisement from Texas, with the original frame.

Image of old cowboys at the “Famous Judge Roy Bean Horse Thief Trial.” A nice large piece that belongs in Texas. Excellent condition. Martin Van Zant collection.

Lot #70: Dutch Onion Bottle, vibrant clear olive green, open pontil, free-blown Dutch onion. Mint with very nice bubbles. Circa 1700 to 1730. These beautiful bottles were used for wine in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.

Estimate: $100-$300

Estimate: $250-$500 Lot #67: Two First Edition First Printing Western Novels

by A.B. Guthrie, The Big Sky, 1947, signed by the author, was the first of six novels of Guthrie’s dealing with the Oregon trail. The Way West, 1949, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and became the basis for a film starring Kirk Douglas and Robert Mitchum.

Lot #71: Bayou Sara Bottling Works Bayou Sara La., a nice “as dug” example of this very rare Louisiana ghost town Hutch soda.

This is LA0017 on hutchbook.com except the IGCo 77 is peened out of the mold. Dug in Galveston, Texas

by Brandon DeWolfe.

Estimate: $500-$700

Estimate: $400-$700 Lot #68: Ben Hur Whiskey J. Grossman & Sons Distributors New Orleans,

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early and crude black glass cylindrical seal bottle. Jacob Grossman was born on May 15, 1848 in Lautenburg, West Prussia, Poland and resided and worked in Baton Rouge and then New Orleans, Louisiana as a retail grocer in the 1870s and 1880s. Brad Weber collection.

on the bottom of the bitters-type square for Dominick O. Cunningham. 1880. Rare with only several known in collections. Embossing runs off into the curve of the base.

The tonic was prepared by Mihalovitch, Fletcher & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. The firm’s documents note that they were founded in 1874.

Estimate: $100-$300

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Lot #73: H. F. & B. N.Y. (Holtz, Freystedt & Brothers) “H.F. & B N.Y.” within an embossed shield, New York, 1855-1865, dark strawberry puce, six-sided melon form, 11”h, smooth base, applied double collar mouth. Gorgeous bottle from the Tom and Alicia Booth collection. Brandon DeWolfe consignment.

Estimate: $600-$800 Lot #74: Bottle with Tlinget Weaving, an emerald green bottle with a bulb-shaped top and bottom separated by flat panels completely covered by Alaska Native (Tlingit) basket weaving. The bottle is roughly 13 inches tall. Excellent condition. Examples like this are not usually seen this large or as well done with a woven cap. Ron McAlpin collection.

Lot #77: Demijohn and Wicker Cover, very large, and incredibly beautiful, two-gallon demijohn with the wicker cover removed. The cover will come with the bottle. Described as light cobalt or sapphire blue. Excellent condition.

Will light up any room. From the James Bell collection, Australia.

Estimate: $500-$1,000

Lot #78: Underwood’s Master Ink with label, an attractive example with a fair amount of the original label.

Excellent condition. This is the large size variant. While not an overly rare ink master, there are not many survivors.

Estimate: $130-$225

Estimate: $500-$700 Lot #75: Large Olive Green Demijohn, American or English demijohn. The olive green cylindrical demijohn is close to three gallons and 19 inches tall with an open pontil. Has an American Glass Gallery Auction Lot 295 sticker and Mark Nightingale sticker from Cornwall, UK. Excellent condition. From the James Bell collection, Australia.

Lot #79: Gothic Cathedral Pickle, Cathedral Pickle Jar, America, 1870-1880. Hexagonal, light aqua green, applied squared collared mouth, smooth base, ht.

13-1/4 inches, light exterior high point wear. Fine condition.

Estimate: $300-$400

Estimate: $200-$300 Lot #76: Large Round Demijohn, American or English demijohn. Has an American Glass Gallery Auction Lot 304 sticker.

Wonderful condition. A strong piece.

From the James Bell collection, Australia.

Estimate: $200-$300

Lot #80: E. C. & M Co. S.F. Insulator, dark blue green, a favorite with insulator collectors. The Electrical Construction & Maintenance Company started in San Francisco in 1870 located at 134 Sutter Street and were out of business by 1877. Legendary telegraph company and a bold glass specimen. Craig Cassetta collection.

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Lot #81: Sea Glass of Maine H24 Art Commission, ghosting

Lot #85: Antique Eight-Piece Copper-Plated Desk Set, metal

glass plate negatives of old time songs. One off and the only one on the planet according to famed glass artist Rick Carney. The framed glass piece is called “The voices in my head.”

letter holder, blotter, two-piece cut glass inkwell and four ledger corner pieces. An interesting group of highly ornate pieces in really good condition. Consigned by Brad Dalton.

Estimate: $300-$400

Estimate: $300-$450

Lot #82: Glass Conch Shell.

Lot #86: Ten Different Diet & Dietetic Dr. Pepper Bottles

Large aquamarine conch shell. Hand blown and sculpted glass conch shell. 12” x 8” x 7.” Treg Silkwood of Silkwood Glass blew the Houston 24 Drake’s Plantation Bitters commemorative bottles. Consigned

by Treg & Candace Silkwood.

Estimate: $900

(1963), Includes 6-1/2 oz, 10, 12, 16 and 26 oz for the dietetic. For diet: 10 oz, 12 oz, 12 oz diamonds, 16 oz pinched sided, 16 oz straight sided. All ten are different. The 12 oz with diamonds and the 26 oz specimens are the most uncommon.

Consigned by Mark Ahonen.

Estimate: $220-$400 Lot #83: Savannah Brewing Co. Savannah, Ga. Advertising Tray, round, early

Lot #87: 24 Different Ball Glass Dr. Pepper Bottles & Crate, For the ultimate Ball Jar or

20th-century, 13” diameter, painted tin serving tray with a lithograph depicting a sultry woman and a Bengal Tiger. Very rich and colorful.

Condition grade 8.5 to 9.0. On the outer rim “Purity,” and “Excellence.” Kaufman & Strauss Co. N.Y. Consigned by Brad Dalton.

Dr. Pepper Collector, 24 different “Good for Life” (1954-1950) Dr. Pepper bottles made by the Ball Corporation. 16 with the city on the bottom, eight no city with Ball and a number (1-7, 9). Consigned by Mark Ahonen.

Estimate: $450-$800 Lot #84: Ramon’s Brownie Pills Advertising Sign, 21” x 9”, green paint on yellow field, 1930s. Reads “Diuretic Stimulant to the Kidneys” “Ramon Brownie Pills” and “Ramon’s Pink Pills.” “The Little Doctor Brings Happy Days.”

Thermometer in good working order. Pill cannister not included.

Consigned by Brad Dalton.

Estimate: $300 Lot #88: Two J.W. Doran Juneau, Alaska Drugstore Bottles, Pair, “J.W. Doran Pharmacist Juneau, Alaska,” clear, 1 oz., 3-1/2 inches and J.W. Doran, Pharmacist, Juneau, Alaska, clear, 7 in. Very rare bottles. Ron McAlpin collection.

Estimate: $200-$400

Estimate: $650-$950 Bayou City Sunset Auction

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Lot #89: Juneau Drug Co., Z.J. Loussac, Prop., two Juneau Drug Co. druggist bottles for Z.J. Loussac both embossed “Juneau Drug Co. Z.J. Loussac, Prop, Juneau, Alaska (monogram in wreath), clear, 3-1/2 and clear, 5-3/4 inches. Nice condition. Rare. Ron McAlpin collection.

Lot #93: City Drug Store Z.J. Loussac, Prop. Iditarod, Alaska, 4-1/4 inches tall, clear drug store bottle. Copy contained within recessed arched panel and runs into the base. Fine condition, rare. Ron McAlpin collection.

Estimate: $100-$300

Estimate: $300-$600

Lot #90: Alaska Drug Co. Douglas, Alaska, clear, 4-1/4 inches tall. Embossed in script “Alaska Drug Co. Douglas, Alaska.”

Base embossed W T & Co. E. U.S.A.” for Whitall Tatum Company of Millville, New Jersey. Oval, paneled body with flat panel for embossed copy. Very fine condition, rare. Ron McAlpin collection.

Lot #94: Fredericksburg Brewery, San Jose Cal, tall red-amber quart with wire bale, 12 inches tall. Embossed in circle “Property of Fredericksburg Brewery, San Jose Cal.” Nice clean beer bottle. Ron McAlpin collection.

Estimate: $200-$400

Estimate: $100-$300 Lot #91: Shurick Drug Co., S.C. Shurick, Wrangell, Alaska, clear, paneled oval with

Lot #95: Rainier Seattle Brewing & Malting Company Beer, Pair of embossed amber

a flat panel for embossed copy reading “Shurick Drug Co., (in horizontal tube over mortar and pestle) S.C. Shurick M.D. Prop. Wrangell, Alaska,” five inches tall, rare. Ron McAlpin collection.

“Rainier, Seattle Brewing & Malting Company Beer,” quart and pint. 111/2 in. and 9-1/4 in. crown top.

Wonderful condition. All typography slanted making a strong visual statement. Ron McAlpin collection.

Estimate: $100-$300

Estimate: $100-$200

Lot #92: Wm. E Britt, Juneau & Skagway Alaska,

Lot #96: Fredericksburg Bottling Co., San Fransisco Ca.,

clear, oval, paneled bottle with flat panel for embossed copy reading “Wm. E Britt, Ph C., Juneau & Skagway Alaska.” Five inches tall. Clean, no issues. Ron McAlpin collection.

Estimate: $100-$300

quart and pint bottles in shades of beautiful olive green embossed “Fredericksburg Bottling Co., S.F., (monogram FBCO. in shield). 12 inches and 9 1/2 inches. Wire bale snap top on quart. Nice clean pair that displays well. Ron McAlpin collection.

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Lot #97: Two Fredericksburg Bottling Co., San Fransisco California Beer Bottles,

Lot #101: Five California Whiskey Bottles, all cylinders,

cylinder “Fredericksburg Bottling Co., SF.,” quart, pale amber, snap top, 12 in. and cylinder “Fredericksburg Bottling Co., SF.,” pint, red amber, snap top, 9 in. Both with highly ornate “FBCO” monogram.

Excellent condition. Ron McAlpin collection.

amber “Old Guilt Edge, Whiskey, Wichman Lutgen & Co” screw-top, amber “Roth & Co. Full Quart, Sacramento, Cal.,” fluted shoulder, screw-top, amber (monogram) ”Crown Distillers Company,” screw-top, clear “Louis Taussig & Co., San Francisco, Cal.,” screw-top, dark amber “Wildmerding-Loewe Co., Kellogs, San Francisco, Cal,” screw-top.

Superior group. Ron McAlpin collection.

Estimate: $100-$200

Estimate: $200-$300

Lot #98: Three Duffy Malt Whiskey Co. Bottles, a favorite

Lot #102: Group of Five Spirits & Whiskey Bottles,

with collectors. Amber cylinders are embossed “The Duffy Malt Whiskey Company, Rochester NY USA” featuring the elaborate brand monogram, large size, six and four inch. Wonderful condition. Instant collection! Ron McAlpin collection.

amber “Dr. Abernathy’s Green Ginger Brandy, Jos. N. Souther, Manf.

Co. San Francisco” cylinder, Case Gin tapered, flat side panels, sloped shoulder, red amber “P. Claudius & Co., San Francisco cylinder,” amber “Kellog’s Rye Whiskey square, “J. A, Gilka, Berlin, Ind., Schutzen St. No 9,” eight-sided. All fine condition.

Ron McAlpin collection.

Estimate: $100-$200

Estimate: $100-$200 Lot #99: Tea Kettle Whiskey Bottle, always a favorite brand and name with collectors (embossed pictorial tea kettle) “Old Bourbon, Shea, Bouqueraz, McKee Agents, San Francisco,” dark amber.

Nice, clean example. Ron McAlpin collection.

Lot #103: Hildebrandt Posner & Co., San Fransisco Cal, amber cylinder embossed in circle “Hildebrandt Posner & Co. S.F. Cal.” (HPCO monogram). Fine condition. Ron McAlpin collection.

Estimate: $100-$200

Estimate: $100-$200

Lot #100: Casper Whiskey Bottle, the popular, fancy cobalt

Lot #104: Phoenix Bourbon San Francisco Bottle,

blue cylinder is embossed in a circle “Casper Whiskey Made by Honest Carolina People.” Fluted neck and shoulder, excellent condition. A favorite for sure that will stand out and dominate the shelf in any whiskey bottle collection. Ron McAlpin collection.

Estimate: $25-$50

amber cylinder embossed in a circle “Phoenix Bourbon (pictorial Phoenix) Naber, Alfs & Burke, San Francisco.” Nice and clean bottle with a repaired top. Displays well.

Ron McAlpin collection.

Estimate: $300-$500 Bayou City Sunset Auction

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Lot #105: Three Western Whiskey Bottles, clear cylinder

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Lot #109: Two Jesse Moore Whiskey Bottles, pair of highly

embossed in a circle “Old Guilt Edge Bourbon (monogram), Wichman Lutgen & Co., clear, amber embossed in oval “Lillienthal & Co Crown, Distillers” (ornate monogram), light amber cylinder embossed in a circle “Roth & Co., San Francisco” (monogram). Nice trio! Ron McAlpin collection.

embossed cylinders reading “Trade Mark” (inside antlers) “Jesse Moore & Co. Louisville, Ky.” “G.H. Moore” (star) “Old” (star) “Bourbon & Rye” “Jesse Moore-Hunt & Co.” “San Francisco”, a “Jesse Moore-Hunt Co. Trade Mark (inside antlers) San Francisco & Louisville, Ky.” Ron McAlpin collection.

Estimate: $100-$200

Estimate: $200-$400

Lot #106: Three Western Whiskeys, amber cylinder

Lot #110: Three J. H. Cutter Western Whiskey Bottles,

embossed “The Rothenberg & Co. Old Judge”(bust of a man holding a glass) “Kentucky Bourbon” “Trade Mark Registered” “San Francisco, Cal.” light amber paper label cylinder “Extra Fine Bourbon Whiskey” and red amber cylinder embossed “M. Cronan & Co, San Francisco Cal.” Ron McAlpin collection.

amber cylinders embossed “Cutter OK Whiskey” “J.H. Cutter Old Bourbon” (crown on top of a whiskey keg)..., J.H. Cutter Old Bourbon (crown) Bottled By Hotaling & Co. and “J.H. Cutter Old Bourbon (crown) A.P. Hotaling & Co. Sole Agents.” Excellent condition. Ron McAlpin collection.

Estimate: $150-$300

Estimate: $200-$400

Lot #107: Three Western Whiskeys, paper labeled light

Lot #111: Four Oddities,

amber “Old Blue Ribbon Whisky,” embossed in oval red amber fifth “Davy Crockett Pure Old Bourbon” “Hey Grauerholz & Co., S.F., Sole Agents” and sun colored amethyst (monogram) “Bottled by Goldberg Bowen & Co., Importers of Wine and Liquors, 426 to 432 Pine St., S.F.” Ron McAlpin collection.

clear, round, 4-1/2 inch (embossed star) flask with stopper (embossed star), embossed amber “Carroll Rye” (monogram) half pint flask, amber six inch miniature embossed “Crown Distiller Company” (crown motif), all in circle and figural milk glass Klondike Gold Ore Flask.

Silver and gold paint highlights.

All in good condition. Ron McAlpin collection.

Estimate: $150-$300

Estimate: $100-$200

Lot #108: Jesse Moore Sample Bottle and Shot Glass, miniature amber, tooled top

Lot #112: Four Western, olive

cylinder embossed “Jesse Moore & Co. G.H. Moore Old Bourbon & Rye Jesse Moore-Hunt San Francisco.”

6-1/8.” It’s amazing that they fit all the embossing on this sample which is rarer than the fifth. Also clear, thin wall, “Jesse Moore” shot glass. Ron McAlpin collection.

green cylinder embossed “The Ashston Mineral Water Co., Portland & Ashton Mn., screw-top, 10-1/2 in., amber embossed in circle “Buffalo Brewing Sacramento Cal.” (pictorial horseshoe and buffalo) snap top wire quart, 11 1/2 in., “Gilt Edge Whiskey” thin wall shot glass, cobalt blue pint beer bottle recovered in a harbor in Hawaii, 9-1/2 in., Ron McAlpin collection.

Estimate: $200-$400

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Lot #113: Original Urban Cowboy Movie Poster signed

by John Travolta, “Hard hat days and honky-tonk nights,” 27” x 41” framed poster, 1980, filmed in Houston, Texas. Signed with silver paint pen by John Travolta on July 6, 2024.

Professionally authenticated.

Consigned by Craig Cassetta.

New York, is a well-known and talented potter and restorer of old jugs. Jim has designed and provided our FOHBC national convention commemorative jugs for many years. Uniquely made for Houston 24.

Estimate: $1,000-$1,500

Estimate: $250-$500

Lot #114: Roehling & Schultz, Inc. Chicago Figural Whiskey Bottle, Ornate “RS”

Lot #118: Royal Pepsin Stomach Bitters Trio, Highly ornate rectangular bitters displaying a motif of a Lion and

monogram, 1880-1900. Square tall cabin form, rich amber, tooled square collared mouth, smooth base, ht. 9 1/2 inches. This figural cabin would fit in well with any grouping of different cabin bottles.

Perfect condition. Leonard Schoenborn collection.

Estimate: $225-$300 Lot #115: Bininger Figural Urn, handled whiskey reading “A.M. Bininger & Co” “No. 19 Broad St. New-York,” 1860-1870, amber, 8 3/4”h, smooth base, tooled flared out funnel mouth. Pristine perfect condition, no trace or wear and plenty of character. Thought by many to be the most attractive form of all the Bininger bottles! Leonard Schoenborn collection.

Unicorn reading “Royal Pepsin Stomach Bitters” L & A. Scharff Sole Agents St. Louis. U.S & Canada.”

Powerful trio from the Leonard Schoenborn collection. See website for more descriptions.

Estimate: $550-$1,000 Lot #119: Pair of G.W. Merchant Chemist Lockport N.Y., probably Lockport Glass Works, Lockport, NY, 1850-1860.

Vibrant medium blue-green, and green cylindrical, applied sloping collar, smooth base, ht. 7-1/4” and 7”. Both bright, clean, perfect examples with beautiful, bubbly glass.

Leonard Schoenborn collection.

Estimate: $1,700-$2,500

Estimate: $600-$1,200

Lot #116: Holtzermann’s Patent Stomach Bitters Figural Cabin, Gorgeous form,

Lot #120: Two Lockport N.Y. Bottles, “Acid Springs Address

RH H-155, 1865-1875, yellowish, orange amber, two-roof cabin, 9 1/2” tall, smooth base, applied tapered collar mouth. Close to pristine attic-found condition. Fine impression for this bold and popular figural cabin. Leonard Schoenborn collection.

Estimate: $1,500-$2,500 Bayou City Sunset Auction

Lot #117: Jim Healy H24 “Spaceman” Commemorative Jug. Jim Healy, from Tribes Hill,

G.W. Merchant Lockport N.Y.” Bluegreen quart, smooth base, applied double collar mouth. Top shelf. Attic mint. “Gargling Oil Lockport N.Y.” rectangular with rounded corners, deep lime green, applied sloping collared mouth, smooth base, ht.

7 1/8 inches. Rare color! Leonard Schoenborn collection.

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