Canyonville makes national news~

 

The following view is what greeted me late yesterday afternoon from the north part of our acreage.

 

 

It's not a cumulonimbus cloud or thunderstorm. It's a Pyrocumulonimbus. Simply, a firestorm. Ten square miles worth (6,000 acres).

 

And it's located just east of Seven Feathers in Canyonville. Fortunately, it's burning in a South East direction and Canyonville does not appear to be even remotely threatened.

 

No worries. See you at Seven Feathers the first weekend in October for Canyonville 2015!

Downieville Antique Bottle and Collectible Show and Sale

 

This, according to good friend and show producer Rick Simi;

The Downieville Bottle Group is gearing up for the annual show and sale on September 12, 2015.
This year show will feature a display of western blown bottles with the infamous curved R attributed to the glass works located in San Francisco. All categories of bottles will be displayed including bitters, whiskies, medicines and soda's. If you would like to display one of your western curved R bottles please contact me before August 15th to get on the list of displayers.

 

 We will have the traditional Friday night wine tasting and barbeque for the show dealers Friday September 11 starting around 5pm for the show dealers.

We still have some sales tables available but are anticipating another sold out show this year. If you want a sales table you can contact Rick or Cherry, sooner would be better than later.

Dealers can bring in their wares to the School Gym between 2:30 and 5pm on Friday afternoon

See you in Downieville

Reno reports

Apologies for the lack of activity here as of late. A sudden and unexpected event on July 4th pulled us away for quite some time and put the skids on our anxiously anticipated setup at the the show.


`````````````````````````

 

I recently received a couple of reports from fellow collectors regarding the show. here goes;

One collector had the following to say;

"A lot of talk at the show about Ralph Hollabird selling off his Western Soda's collection. Some "highrollers" spent some big bucks on some of his stuff. American Bottle Auctions brought a lot of items to sell outright and also brought quite a few Western Whiskies to promote for their next auction. That brought out quite a bit of interest. The show itself was at least OK for us. I noticed a somewhat light crowd for early birds and as usual the crowds came in waves at various times. But overall I enjoyed myself and catching up with others."

Another said;

THERE WERE 105 TABLES, ONLY DOWN FROM LAST YEAR BY 20, THE RENO PAPER HAD THE SHOW ON 1/2 OF THE FRONT PAGE, BIG STORY ON SHOW AND BOTTLES, IT DID NOTHING FOR ATTENDANCE....

SATURDAY HAD VERY FEW LOCALS. ABA HAD ALOT OF BETTER TOOL TOPS, AND THEY HAD OR HAVE A LOT GOING INTO AUCTION, THEY SOLD ALOT OF BETTER TOOL TOPS AT THE SHOW. THE SHOW WAS OK BUT WE CAN SEE A DECLINE IN THE HOBBY.....

Another reported picking up a nice Wolters Bros. / California St. for a song.

Sounds like attendance was a bit light, but those that made the show came away with some great finds at fire sale prices.

 

Deals are still to be had.

Recently a good glop top whiskey popped up on eBay. The results were surprising.

Antique Old Judge Newmark, Gruenberg & Co Bourbon Bottle Lt. Amber...Drip Top

 

Described as;

 

"Pacific glass works (I don't see that on the bottle) patent date on bottom 1872. I do see the 1872 & Pat and some other numbers & letters that I cannot read.

Bubbles...I do see see the bubbles in various places.There are three 1/2" long + on the neck and a few above the embossed label and a large

2-1/2" bubble on the right side of the label. There are more but these really identify the bottle.

Lt. Amber

Drip Top

I am quite sure it is a 4 piece mold. I think you can see that in the pictures. Sorry the pictures aren't

better. I am no photographer.

Upon very close inspection I found 2 very tiny smaller than 1/16" chips or dings on the lower part of the drip top, and

a 1/16" possible ding or chip near the bottom of the bottle (about 1/2" up from the base to the left of the embossed label).

That may have been in the making...but I really don't know."

 eBay item number: 371362814525

 

The photos left a bit to be desired, and that may have had something to do with the final price of $237.57

 

I'd say someone got a buy!

Happy 4th of July