2010 Show
W.V.A.B.P.C. ANTIQUE BOTTLE SHOW AND SALE, SHADOW AUCTION BARN, TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA
Tennessee Soda Dealer Mike Elling is shown ready for business on Saturday - Show Day
Photo by Phil Bennett
Jerry Higginbotham, of Terre Haute, builds and markets bottle lamps.
He uses secret sand-blasting method to place enamel colors inside the glass.
He has been perfecting this skill for over 10 years.
Photo by Michael Elling
Tony Stringfellow shows an odd amber-streaked, throw-away Coke bottle of the 1970's.
The clear/amber color indicates the furnace was still in transition when bottle was cast.
It is a Midland Glass Company product probably made in the Terre Haute plant.
Photo by Michael Elling
Brian Ketner exhibited a 19th century fire grenade, intact, and full of carbon tetrachloride.
Thrown at base of a fire, the glass burst and chemical was a fire suppressant.
Brian is from Rosedale, Indiana.
Photo by Michael Elling
Jim Williams, a dealer in rare glass insulators from Greencastle, Indiana,
holds a pair of popular "Mickey Mouse" designs used through the 1940's.
Photo by Michael Elling
This page created November 25, 2010; last modified November 25, 2010