22nd May 2013
Auction 12: CATALOGUE. Auction 12 begins today, 22nd May 2013 at 8 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time. Should be a great auction with loads of interesting lots, the vast majority of which are offered with no reserve. A great opportunity for all collectors to add some nice items.
Adelaide Show: If you are in or going to South Australia please remember this event - 8th & 9th June at the St Clair Recreation Centre, 109 Woodville Road, Woodville. And of course we will be delivering wins from Auction 12 to this show!
Research: A bit of background on the fabulous label collection can be found on the Research Page. This is of course a superb find containing many unique labels mainly from Victorian companies.
16th May 2013
Cowra Show: Is almost here. This weekend 18th & 19th May at the Cowra Showground Pavilion, Grenfell Road, Cowra. The show is open to the public from 10 am to 5.30 pm on Saturday and 9 am to 2.30 pm on the Sunday. Come along and say hi (Dave will be there from mid morning Saturday). If you have anything you want appraised bring it along too!
Auction 12: Now just 6 and a bit days away. 820 Lots ranging from bargain basement to some of the best items around. The catalogue is available to view here. Hope you find something you like!
Adelaide Show: Don't forget this one either. 8th & 9th June at the St Clair Recreation Centre, 109 Woodville Road, Woodville. We will of course be delivering wins from Auction 12 to this show.
8th May 2013
Auction 12: Now only two weeks until bidding begins. Officially the catalogue is not ready...unofficially...click here and you can see it. All the extra images and some final checking and editing still have to be done but they will be there soon!
Cowra Show: In its 45th year (yes, 45) the Cowra show continues to be one of the best in the country. This years event is on the 18th & 19th May at the Cowra Showground Pavilion, Grenfell Road, Cowra. The show is open to the public from 10 am to 5.30 pm on Saturday and 9 am to 2.30 pm on the Sunday.
Which all reminds me, I better sort out what I need to take! See you there.
Caloundra National: Just amazing to see the queue to get in on Saturday morning stretching away down North Street for several hundred metres. Unfortunately I could only make it for the Saturday and that passed like a whirlwind! The Sunshine Coast Club did a great job. One of the biggest and best Nationals ever with lots of stories of great deals being done over the weekend. See below for a few photos from the show, mainly of some of the fabulous displays (and let me add this was just a fraction of what was shown). Not sure how the last picture got in there mind you?! The show was quite thirst inducing however...
30th April 2013
National Show: THIS WEEKEND. 4th & 5th May. Caloundra Indoor Stadium, North Street, Caloundra.This will be an unmissable event. See you there!
Auction 12: The printed catalogues are out and the online catalogue is coming along (extra pictures and the like will be done after the National). In the meantime the preview catalogue can be seen below under last weeks post.
Cowra Show: 18th & 19th May. It's something like the 45th year for this show. That is just unbelievable really. Such a sensational effort by the Cowra club and the show itself just continues going from strength to strength.
23rd April 2013
Auction 12 preview is here!23rd April 2013
Bendigo Swap & Sell: Was a great day. Notably there is a new comprehensive Bendigo Pottery book written by Ken Arnold. Concentrating on the items produced by the pottery this is a fabulous reference for every collector. Check out Ken's website for all the details.National Show: Check out the Facebook page for all the details. It's on the 4th & 5th May at the Caloundra Indoor Stadium, North Street, Caloundra. It WILL be huge!
16th April 2013
Bendigo Swap & Sell: This Sunday (21st April) the Bendigo swap and sell day will be held at the All Seasons Resort Conservatorium, 183 McIvor Highway, Bendigo and is open to pubic from 8 am. Recent shows at Beechworth and Cranbourne have been very busy so get along early and secure some bargains. There will be all sorts of collectables available. Come and say g'day if you are there.
Auction 12: All the lots are numbered (820 in total) and Travis is two-thirds of the way through getting the printed catalogue done. Then we just have to re-size some images, take all the secondary images, get a preview gallery loaded and start loading the online catalogue. So you should know a bit more about what exactly is in the auction within the next couple of weeks. Once again there is a range of items from bargain basement to some of the best of the best. Hope you enjoy it!
National Show: Remember folks that the National is fast approaching. There is a Facebook page with all the details. It's on the 4th & 5th May at the Caloundra Indoor Stadium, North Street, Caloundra. The regular show the Sunshine Coast Club have up there is always huge with thousands through the door and this year there will be even more coming from interstate. Get along if you can.
Labels: While we edit and prepare all the images for Auction 12 we do in the meantime have a slideshow of 70 labels that are in this coming auction. You'll see some details under the 9th April post below about them. They are an absolutely spectacular find, largely due to their age. It's extremely difficult to get labels in any condition from pre 1900 and here is a whole range of them!
12th April 2013
A Pictorial Collection, The Nice Ones! By Russell Dunn. Published in 2004. 52 pages, soft cover and full colour. Wonderfully presented with loads of background information on old bottles and the hobby of bottle collecting. Several hundred bottles pictured with value estimates. Excellent reference and a great book to flick through when you have a quiet moment.
Price $15 with free postage within Australia.
Payment via Paypal to info@abcrauctions.com
Direct Deposit to ABCR Auctions, BSB: 063 855, Account: 1021 2767
Remember to drop us an email however if you send through your payment! info@abcrauctions.com
Oh, and there are limited copies so first in best dressed.
9th April 2013
Cranbourne Collectors Fair: Don't forget this event will be on this Sunday. Details under last weeks post.Auction 12: Labels! Over the next three auctions we will feature a spectacular collection of mainly Aerated Water, Cordial and Wine labels. This group was found in two travellers sample packs from the firm of F. W. Niven & Co., Ballarat. From the vintages on the wine labels and known end dates of some of the firms on the cordial labels we can date this group to the 1880s-1890s period. There are a total of 239 labels with only around half a dozen doubles and no more than 2 of any single label. Many of these will be the only examples in existence. There is a great mixture of large and small companies and a spread of (mostly Victorian) towns and suburbs represented. This dispersal represents a once in a lifetime opportunity to add some extremely rare and early labels to your collection.
Auction 12 will feature 70 of these labels - see the slideshow above for those coming up! (Yep I've moved the slideshow up to the 16th April post)
2nd April 2013
Cranbourne Collectors Fair: Sunday 14th April 2013. 9am - 2pm. Admission $2 (Under 15s Free).
Cranbourne Public Hall (Cnr Sth Gippsland Hwy & Clarendon St., Cranbourne)
FREE APPRAISALS on the day (There is a limit of one item per person but just rope in some family members to carry in any extras you may have. PS. Don't mention we told you this!)
Bendigo Swap & Sell Day: Will be held on the 21st April for details contact David Bickford on 03 5474 2390.
Beechworth Bottle Show: Was held on Easter Saturday. Swap and sell was a bit down in quantity but for those that were there trading was very brisk with the best crowd the club has had through the hall in the last few years. Well done to the North East Bottle Collectors Club and looking forward to next year!
27th March 2013
Beechworth Bottle Show: This Easter saturday, the annual Beechworth Bottle (& there will be plenty of other collectables) Show. Right in the main street of town with the Golden Horseshoes Parade out the front. Heaps to do in town over the day, well worth the visit to North East Victoria.
Melbourne Bottle Show: Big news for Melbourne collectors was confirmed this week. The Antique Bottle Club of Melbourne will be hosting the 2013 Victorian State Bottle Show. The show will be at the Hungarian community centre, Boronia Road, Wantirna on the 14th & 15th September. This is the first show in Melbourne for several years and the team behind it are already putting in some great work so this show will be a beauty. Lock in the dates folks, we will bring you more details as they come to hand.
Auction 11 Results: A short form of the results is now available including quite a few after auction sales. Check them out at Auction 11 Results.
20th March 2013
Auction 12: We have some amazing items ready for Auction 12 including the fabulous amber Rowlands Dump Codd pictured to the left. The planned dates are May 22nd to June 1st. There will again be a huge array of items most of which will be available without reserve. We will post more sneak previews as we work through some descriptions and photos.
Beechworth Show: Another reminder if you are near Beechworth at Easter time that as well as the Golden Horseshoes Festival the annual Bottle & Collectables show will be on. Great little event and I can guarantee there will be some nice fresh items up there for sale! Contact Mark on (03) 5721 3798 or via email for details.
BEER! On tonight (Wednesday, 20th March) is a beer tasting at Chloe's Bar, Young & Jackson's Hotel, Melbourne. So why give you a heads up here? Well this beer, produced by Thunder Road Brewery of Brunswick is based on an 1870s recipe by Melbourne brewing pioneer Alfred Terry. It will be fascinating to see just what was in some of those early bottles we all love.
8th March 2013
Auction 11 Final 24 hours: Auction 11 concludes tomorrow night (Saturday 9th March) at 8 pm, Australian Eastern Summer Time. This is Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra time so please adjust accordingly for your own time zone (as an extra aid we are GMT +11hrs).Bidding has been strong but there are still plenty of bargains in our opinion. Over 80% of lots will sell again which is great. Hopefully you are able to pick up something you like for your collection.
Good Luck!
Travis & Dave.
PS: See the catalogue here - Auction 11 Catalogue.
5th March 2013
Auction 11 Postage/Delivery: Bidding on something in the current auction? Well as you know postage costs continue to rise so if you can, help us to help you. We will be attending the following shows over the next couple of months: Beechworth; Cranbourne; Bendigo; Caloundra & Cowra. We can deliver any wins from Auction 11 to these shows for a $0 delivery fee! So if you can make it to one of these shows (or know someone who can pick the items up for you) it will undoubtedly save you A LOT on postage fees. The only provisos are that you will need to pay for the items immediately after the auction and you will have to let us know when and where you would like to collect your items.In addition items can be collected directly from us in either North Melbourne or Whittlesea.
Latrobe (TAS) Show: The annual Tassie show is on the 17th March at the Latrobe Memorial Hall. Give Mark (0488 283 075) or Bill (0408 315 373) for all the details.
Beechworth (VIC) Show: 30th March (Easter Saturday). In conjunction with the Beechworth Golden Horseshoes Festival so there is plenty to see and do for the whole family. Contact Mark on (03) 5721 3798 or via email
26th February 2013
Auction 11: Bidding begins in a little over a days time. Naturally enough we are very excited about this offering. I've been harping on about it but nearly 90% of the lots have no reserve and the vast majority of these also have very low start prices so savvy buyers should have plenty of opportunities to get some bargains.
The Antique Dispensary: Friend of ABCR Auctions (Laurence Cooper). Has branched out online with a superb looking website - The Antique Dispensary - featuring some truly wonderful items from the UK. I'm sure this will be a site well worth keeping an eye on!
Coolamon: And another reminder that this Saturday (2nd March) this great little annual event will be on. It is always a super friendly day so come along and say g'day. Here is where you will find us - The Up-to-Date Store.
19th February 2013
Auction 11: The Catalogue is online and available for viewing. 787 lots ranging from the bargain basement to some of the best available in their given categories. The vast majority of Lots are being offered with no reserve so there are some great opportunities to pick up a bargain or two.
Toowoomba: The latest edition of this show/auction weekend took place over the 16th and 17th of February and (at least to the eyes of this observer) went off without a hitch. GDL Auctions held a tremendous live auction on the Saturday night with some fabulous items. Some exceptional prices were achieved but there were also plenty of bargains amongst the mid and lower range stuff. A great night had by all.
Coolamon: This brilliant little show is on again at the Up To Date Store in Coolamon on Saturday 2nd March. Coolamon is a lovely little country town just 40km North West of Wagga and well worth a visit. This show is short and sharp so get there early on the Saturday. The venue will be jam-packed with great bottles and collectables.
16th January 2013
Auction # 11 Preview is now ready for viewing!10th January 2013
Auction 11: Getting close now! The listing is complete and the catalogue is currently being put together. This auction will have the most lots we have had in a single auction and there is a wide range of items covering all categories and value ranges. Pleasingly a vast majority will be offered without reserve so there should be some bargains available for astute bidders. You should expect to see more frequent updates over the next few weeks as we lead up to the auction start.
Auction 10 Printed Results: Sorry. These have been delayed, mainly because Dave has been all over the countryside picking up bottles and keeps putting off doing the finishing touches and getting them printed. They WILL be done in the next day or two and sent out early next week...promise! (In the meantime of course the results are available online).
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