Jar People Are the Best! Some Highlights of 2014's Fruit Jar and Bottle Shows / A Photo Album

Great Antiques Bottles Info on Collectors Weekly

Collector's Weekly, the informative reference and ebay listings-tracker site has a super BOTTLES section, with articles and resource links, and best of all, it's a one-stop place to see the MOST WATCHED bottles on ebay, so you don't miss any. They also give you the recent CLOSED prices. All on one page, w/thumbnail pix, and links to the items. It will save you hours of ebay surfing. And it's FREE! Here's the link CW BOTTLES Overview . It's a great site. Be sure to bookmark it, and check out all of their bottle collecting categories - milks, jars, bitters, and so many more.

Jars in sparkling Spring colors in my window.

Below are a selection of screen shot photos from some of the Midwest Fruit Jar Club's 2014 newsletters.

What's the best thing about the antique bottle hobby? The PEOPLE, of course! So in addition to jars and bottles, here are some friendly faces from recent events.

The pix are just teasers. For the rest of the photos and articles written by Joe Coulson, read the entire newsletter:

January 2014 -- coverage of the January 2014 Muncie Fruit Jar Show pre-show hotel get-together/show'n'tell.
February 2014 -- a tour of "Mr. Atlas", Russ Crupe's collection and a show report on the February 2014 Columbus Bottle Show.
March 2014 -- show report on the March 2014 St. Louis Bottle Show
April 2014
May 2014