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Need a Show To Display At - 1/4/2010 9:36:11 AM    Bixby Bill Posts: 345 Joined: 4/24/2009 From: Ellington, CT Status: offline I`ve been collecting Bixby bottles and items for 33 years now and have quite a collection. I`ve displayed at our local show, Somers CT Antique Bottle Club in Enfield, CT in late Feb. and I will be again this year, but I`m looking for another show or two to display them at in the Northeast somewhere. I want to share them with more than just the Southern New England crowd, does anyone out there who`s involved with their club`s show like to have another display? I hate having all these bottles and not being able to share them with more people. I`ve included a picture of some of my collection to give an idea of what I have. Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Need a Show To Display At - 1/4/2010 4:01:31 PM    Ohio Rob Posts: 244 Joined: 11/15/2009 From: Massillon, O Status: offline WOW!  You can come and display in Ohio anytime.  I knew Bixby's came in a number of colors, but not that many.  A couple weeks ago there was a thread on which bottle has the most variations -after seeing this: Bixby officially gets my vote.  I probably won't ever get far enough North to see them - Could you post a few close ups of  some of the rarer ones?  I 've noticed that most colored ones have the square bottom.  Is the square bottom newer?  I dug an apple green one about 30 years ago and was hooked ever since.  _____________________________ 35 years digging in Ohio. Always looking for nice Massillon, Ohio bottles. (in reply to Bixby Bill) Post #: 2

RE: Need a Show To Display At - 1/4/2010 4:11:09 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 11470 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline Do you happen to know this guy ? http://www.mentalfloss.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/425_Martian.jpg nice collection. do you just colelct the bottles or the go-withs too? _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to Ohio Rob) Post #: 3

RE: Need a Show To Display At - 1/4/2010 4:43:32 PM    cyberdigger Posts: 12309 Joined: 11/29/2008 From: I 195 @ US 9, NJ USA Status: offline That's a beautiful, impressive display, Bill !!! WOW!!! (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 4

RE: Need a Show To Display At - 1/4/2010 5:59:45 PM    Bixby Bill Posts: 345 Joined: 4/24/2009 From: Ellington, CT Status: offline Thanks for the compliments, when I`m surrounded by collectors of flasks and colored pontilled medicines, my humble Bixbys don`t always get a lot of attention! I collect anything Bixby, bottles, advertising, and go withs. If it`s Bixby, I like it. I have about 300 pieces in all, all different in one way or another, and that is counting everything, not just bottles. It`s amazing the variety of colors that these things come in, I`ll see if I can put a few pictures in the bottle chat section sometime soon. One thing I want to do is start making a master list of everything that Bixby had, including every color variant, later this month. The squared bottles were the last style to have the patent date on them, before them they were round with the date in an arch, then a tall variant of that, and the first style only had Patent Applied For on the base. I`ve included a picture of a rare style that came right after he got his patent and used the Patent Applied For bottle mold and crudely cut the patent date on the side. I have that one in aqua, apple green, and clear. I`ve seen mention on the web that Bixby used the same bottles for ink and shoe polish, depending on what label was used, which is totally wrong. Bixby had their own bottles for ink, the bulbous shoulder ones were strictly shoe polish. I`ll get some things posted on the bottle chat section soon, see you there! Attachment (1) (in reply to Ohio Rob) Post #: 5

RE: Need a Show To Display At - 1/4/2010 9:47:09 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 11470 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline So any idea if the BIXBY'S DEATH TO PAIN bottles are related? _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to Bixby Bill) Post #: 6

RE: Need a Show To Display At - 1/4/2010 11:50:04 PM    Staunton Dan Posts: 2251 Joined: 5/5/2005 From: Batesville, VA Status: offline I figured that this might be a good time to post a few of the Bixby bottles that I have found recently. Here's a couple of different colors and sizes. Both have the patent date in an arch on the front with Bixby embossed on the bottom. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Just when you think that you have life figured out, someone changes the rules. (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 7

RE: Need a Show To Display At - 1/4/2010 11:54:46 PM    Staunton Dan Posts: 2251 Joined: 5/5/2005 From: Batesville, VA Status: offline Here's 3 aquas, all different sizes. I thought that the cone was a Carter's or something but it is embossed Bixby on the bottom. The one on the left has the typical patent date in an arch on the front with Bixby embossed on the bottom. The center one is different all together and is shown in the next post. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Just when you think that you have life figured out, someone changes the rules. (in reply to Staunton Dan) Post #: 8

RE: Need a Show To Display At - 1/4/2010 11:57:32 PM    Staunton Dan Posts: 2251 Joined: 5/5/2005 From: Batesville, VA Status: offline This may be one of the earliest of the Bixbys in that it doesn't have a date enbossed on the outside front or back but the bottom is embossed "Bixby Patent Applied For" That's my favorite. Attachment (1) < Message edited by Staunton Dan -- 1/4/2010 11:58:09 PM > _____________________________ Just when you think that you have life figured out, someone changes the rules. (in reply to Staunton Dan) Post #: 9

RE: Need a Show To Display At - 1/5/2010 6:15:04 AM    bottlechaser62   Posts: 269 Joined: 12/29/2006 From: Louisville, Ky Status: offline very nice collection!! The apple greens and the honey ambers are very cool. Could you provide a close up of the top two shelves of bixby's??? There is one apple green that looks like it has embossing on the front of it. Thanks  _____________________________ Collecting Inks and Bitters (in reply to Bixby Bill) Post #: 10

RE: Need a Show To Display At - 1/5/2010 8:09:26 AM    Bixby Bill Posts: 345 Joined: 4/24/2009 From: Ellington, CT Status: offline I doubt it, unless keeping your shoes shiny makes your pain go away! (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 11

RE: Need a Show To Display At - 1/5/2010 8:16:50 AM    Bixby Bill Posts: 345 Joined: 4/24/2009 From: Ellington, CT Status: offline Those are a few nice Bixbys that you have! The short amber one is almost always found in very dark amber, yours is nice and light, and the citron colred one is awfully pretty too. The ones with the Patent Applied For on the base are the older ones, before he was approved for his patent, so they date to the early 1880`s. Here`s a picture of the ones I have of that style. They are getting to be a little tough to find. Attachment (1) < Message edited by Bixby Bill -- 1/5/2010 8:17:26 AM > (in reply to Staunton Dan) Post #: 12

RE: Need a Show To Display At - 1/5/2010 8:19:59 AM    Bixby Bill Posts: 345 Joined: 4/24/2009 From: Ellington, CT Status: offline Here`s a picture of the apple green one, along with a couple others of that style. I find that the more unusual green colors are some of the most difficult to find, after the cobalt one, that is! Attachment (1) (in reply to bottlechaser62) Post #: 13

RE: Need a Show To Display At - 1/5/2010 8:20:57 AM    Bixby Bill Posts: 345 Joined: 4/24/2009 From: Ellington, CT Status: offline Here`s the other ones I have like that . Attachment (1) (in reply to Bixby Bill) Post #: 14

RE: Need a Show To Display At - 1/5/2010 12:10:45 PM    Staunton Dan Posts: 2251 Joined: 5/5/2005 From: Batesville, VA Status: offline Bill, I didn't see a cone ink like this one in your display. Can you comment on it? Attachment (1) _____________________________ Just when you think that you have life figured out, someone changes the rules. (in reply to Bixby Bill) Post #: 15

RE: Need a Show To Display At - 1/5/2010 12:35:26 PM    ajohn Posts: 1812 Joined: 8/25/2008 From: The Mountains Status: offline Bill, all I can say is WOW! _____________________________ I found the Red Road through the valley of the shadow of death....and along the way,found some really cool bottles (in reply to Staunton Dan) Post #: 16

RE: Need a Show To Display At - 1/5/2010 12:42:58 PM    Bixby Bill Posts: 345 Joined: 4/24/2009 From: Ellington, CT Status: offline Dan, I hate to take up all the space here with my pictures, but you guys don`t seem to mind! Here`s a picture of my inks, although yours could have been their glue bottle because it has a sheared lip for the sponge applicator to fit on. All my labelled cones with a round lip have ink labels, while all the sheared lip and a couple of the round lips have the mucilage labels. Attachment (1) (in reply to Staunton Dan) Post #: 17

RE: Need a Show To Display At - 1/5/2010 12:44:16 PM    Bixby Bill Posts: 345 Joined: 4/24/2009 From: Ellington, CT Status: offline I gathered some of my nicer colors together for a group shot for you. Attachment (1) (in reply to Bixby Bill) Post #: 18

RE: Need a Show To Display At - 1/5/2010 1:09:29 PM    bottlechaser62   Posts: 269 Joined: 12/29/2006 From: Louisville, Ky Status: offline Thanks for sharing. I had no idea that Bixby had so many different shapes and colors of glass.    _____________________________ Collecting Inks and Bitters (in reply to Bixby Bill) Post #: 19

RE: Need a Show To Display At - 1/5/2010 1:35:17 PM    Staunton Dan Posts: 2251 Joined: 5/5/2005 From: Batesville, VA Status: offline Don't mind the pics at all. They're great. Thanks for this thread. Very enlightening. Don't know if you want to come this far South but we have a nice bottle show in Harrisonburg, VA at the end of April. There are several displays and yours would be a real hit. Also there is a great show in Richmond, VA usually around the 1st week in October. I'm sure that you would be welcome at either show. Here is an ink display at the Richmond show this past October that won 1st place. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Just when you think that you have life figured out, someone changes the rules. (in reply to bottlechaser62) Post #: 20

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