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The iPunty Rod Internet Newsletter Of The Little Rhody Bottle Club January 2001 This page is updated around the 1st week of every month The next meeting of the LRBC will be held on January 9th at 7:30 p.m. at the Pontiac Library, Greenwich Ave., Warwick, RI   This month's meeting is five days before our show and we will be finalizing arrangements. Volunteers are needed for various duties, none very strenuous, all very important. Please come down and volunteer to make this year's show a success! Club News LRBC Show 2001 It's almost upon us! That once a year event is right around the corner and is shaping up to be another winner. All of the tables were sold within a couple of weeks after the contracts went out and I know of several people who ALWAYS set up who weren't able to get in this year. This is disappointing to those who didn't get a table but good for the club as it shows we put on a popular event. Some of the show duties changed hands this year so we'll see if the changes are beneficial to an already successful event. Click on the following hyperlink to the show page for more information. LRBC Bottle Show & Sale MAKE SURE YOU ATTEND AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!   RI Bitters sells for $2400+ on eBay In November a mint example of iRI-005 (RI-005) - DAVID ANDREWS' / VEGETABLE / JAUNDICE / BITTERS / PROVIDENCE R.I. was sold on the online auction site, eBay. The final price? How about $2426.00. Not too shabby for a bottle that ten years ago was bringing $400-500. The open pontil, tombstone shape bottle was purchased by Rhode Island collector Gary Mantoosh. Gary is on a mission to bring as many good RI bottles back to our state and to keep them here and in doing so is amassing one heck of a great RI collection. This bottle is the same one that was auctioned off earlier this year from the Burton Spiller collection. It brought an even $2300.00 then and is reputed to be one of the nicer examples known. Congratulations to Gary for acquiring this great RI bitters!   Online Book As reported last month, the online book has been updated and permanent numbers have been assigned to all of the listed bottles. The new numbers are different from the original ones in the printed book as they begin with the letter "i". The "i" is for Internet and reflects the assignment in the online book. If the bottle was listed in the original printed book then that number is also included along with the new number. The number from the printed book will be in parenthesis and can be used as a cross reference for someone without Internet access. Hop on over to the book site to check it out! Upcoming Events January 14, 2001 - South Attleboro, MA Little Rhody Bottle Club Annual Bottle Show & Sale 10 AM to 2 PM K of C Hall, 304 Highland Ave. Just five minutes off of Exit 2B on I-95 in Massachusetts. Info: Art Pawlowski; blobtops@aol.com   February 4 - South River, NJ New Jersey ABC 5th Annual Show & Sale 9 AM to 2 PM K of C Hall, 88 Jackson Street Info: Joe Butewicz; joseph.butwewicz@bms.com or 732-238-3238, or Ernest Bower; 732-868-0510   February 25 - Enfield, CT Somers ABC Annual Show & Sale 9 AM to 3 PM St. Bernard School-West, Pearl Street Info: Rose Sokol; 860-745-7688   April 1 - Portland, ME New England Antique Bottle Club's 35th Annual Show & Sale 9:30 AM &endash; 2:30 PM Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland Ave. INFO: Herb Boothby, 267 Day Rd., Lyman, ME 94992, PH: (207) 499-2263 or Jack Pelletier, PH: (207) 839-4389.   April 22 - Rochester, NY Genessee Valley Bottle Collectors Association's 32nd Annual Show & Sale 9 AM &endash; 3 PM Monroe County Fairgrounds Minett Hall, Route 15A & Calkins Road INFO: Terry Woodhams, PH: (716) 436-5893 or Mike Nolan, PH: (716) 352-5519     May 20 - Sturbridge, MA First Annual Sturbridge Bottle Show & Sale 10 AM &endash; 2 PM, early buyers $10.00 from 9 AM until 10 AM Hamilton Rod & Gun Club, Hamilton Rd. INFO: David Graci, P.O.Box 726, South Hadley, MA. 01075 PH: (413) 594-8655 or email at stonebotle@aol.com Classified Ads Wanted: RI Bottles of all types. Contact Dave at 401-942-6634 or on the web at: oaklawn@earthlink.net Do you have RI bottles which are not listed in Antique Bottles Of Rhode Island? Or maybe you have a bottle in a color or size that is not listed in the book? If so, please send the information to me for inclusion in the bottle book. Proper credit will be given and all information is greatly appreciated. Send by email to: oaklawn@earthlink.net or write to: David Andrews, 192 Wilbur Ave., Cranston, RI 02921 Toy marbles. Will pay cash. Call Jerry Biern: 401-826-3933 Bitters, Peppersauce, and Demi-Johns. Call Jan Boyer: 401-539-2051 1/2 gallon spring water bottles with arched slugplate. Preferably with bail and closure. Call Art: 508-399-6427 or email: blobtops@aol.com Seltzer water bottles. Wanted in various colors such as red, cobalt, pink, and yellow. Please call Angelo: 401-421-3782 Woonsocket milk bottle - Carl Hendrickson Dairy. Wanted by his granddaughter Donna. Please email her at: dhendrickson@wallace.com. Please direct comments or corrections to: dandrews@littlerhodybottleclub.com Back To Top