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13-02-2006 Update 40 27-11-2005 Update 39 04-08-2005 Update 38 30-04-2005 Update 36 31-03-2005 Update 35 (our largest...ever) 11-03-2005 Update 34 03-10-2004 Update 33 29-08-2004 Update 32 25-07-2004 Update 31 27-06-2004 Update 30 25-04-2004 Update 29 22-02-2004 Update 28 We say hello to three new Collectors in the Collections Section, 5 new items in the Odds & Sods. A new Unrecorded Ginger Beer from Ladysmith and a whole new section... Quack & Patent Medicines. 13-01-2004 Update 27 Some nice new glass bottles in the Glass General Section, a new diggers top ten, two really stunning new Ginger Beer finds, BBR's 100'th edition and good few spelling mistake corrections form our latest update. We would also like to welcome a new overseas contact and a collector of Bloemfontein items in the contacts section. 18-12-2003 Update 26 Our last update for 2003 has some interesting information under digging (a section which we have been seriously neglecting but which is in truth the lifeblood of our hobby) as well as a new section under glass bottles...BOOTS CASH CHEMISTS. One or two small additions to colourfull codds, odds & sods and glass gins completes this years efforts. See you all in 2004. 02-12-2003 Update 25 A new section under glass bottles...Poisons has been added as well as some new odds & Sods and a number of minor updates. See how easy it is to scroll throught glass bottles / Codds. We will be doing one more major update before our Christmas shutdown. 22-11-2003 Update 24 A new section under glass bottles...Sauces & Relishes will be sure to interest our U.K. visitors. 07-11-2003 S.A. dug items will be added in due course. The glossary has been updated with a few more definitions and so was the miniatures section. Christmas is fast approaching and maybe some of you can make it to Melrose House on the 16th December for the Antique Fair. Hope to see you there. 23-10-2003 Sorry for the more than two week delay but we are having a bit of a web developement problem but within a few days we will be back on track. Look out for a host of new additions in the Printed Pots section, some new American bottles as well as a brand new section under Glass Bottles .. Meat Extracts. 02-10-2003 We're still going strong and so is our hobby. It is still too sensitive an issue to tell the whole story but please look at Ginger Beer new discoveries Premier Mineral Water Co (No. 2a) for South Africas most politically incorrect bottle with a spelling mistake to boot! Whilst on the subject of Ginger Beers it is somewhat sad to see some Ultra Rare S.A. bottles fetching mediocre prices at auction in the U.K. (No. 428 £ 20, No. 435 £ 30, No. 430 a miserable £ 40 at the March 2, 2003 BBR Auction.) One wonders, with the 10% Auctioneers commision if it is still worthwhile sending stuff over to the U.K. The Autumn 2003 edition of ABC is bigger and better than ever and all South African collectors are urged to support this relatively new venture. This update has a number of new items bought at the Melrose House Antique Fair mostly from Christo van Heerden who sadly has decided to give up collecting and channel his efforts in a different direction. We wish him well and assure him of a good new home for some of his prized peices. It is always sad when a collector, for what ever reason, disposes of his / her collection. 18-09-2003 So we are 1 year old and still growing... our hobby seems to be expanding rapidly overseas but not much is happening locally. We first started with only a Ginger Beer section but have grown in leaps and bounds so that the website now includes over 14 sections available for viewing and a full glossary and rarity guide which are still growing. From our first month of only 200 hits to our last month of over 100 000 hits we have expanded rapidly. We continue to add new sections and new categories for the browser to better enjoy the website and find a category of particular interest to them. We hope that the next year will be a properous year for all our browsers and Good digging. This update will include a new section featuring South African Collectors and their collections, a few American additions, Some more Printed Pots and update of the publication section. 15-09-2003 A very pleasant phone call from Mitty Le Roux Heyns of Germiston resulted in us acquiring her collection and a wealth of unrecorded information which will assist us immensely in the months and years to come. Mitty is a very special lady who spent many years working for Consol Glass and who amassed a respectable collection of bottles, polids, dolls heads, ginger beers and more importantly, ephemera including some extremely valuable, unique and interesting information on Coca Cola and the Talana Glass Museum. This update includes a number of new potlids as well as a new interactive pop-up information system with additions to the whisky and American Bottles sections. Some new plates have been added to the Odds & Sods section. Hope to see you at Melrose House on 24 September when we look forward to welcoming Nick Ciovica (Florida U.S.A.) back for another visit and Waide Kidwell from Durban to the Transvaal. Look out for the next edition (Issue 18) of the ABC when Russ Smith will feature some more of our South African Codd Gems! 14-08-2003 New updates on, Odds & Sods, Glossary, Unlisted Ginger Beers and General Wares. We have also made the Colourful Codds easier to navigate by putting them in strict alphabetical order. There are now 72 listed Colourful Codds and you will notice a quick return method at the foot of each page. South African collectors are reminded that the next major bottle event is Melrose House Antique Fair on Heritage Day (September 24 2003). 28-07-2003 New updates, Whiskys, Stone Gins, American Bottles, General Wares and some minor updates have been made to the website including new magazine releases, Rarity Guide and New Marble Differentiations for the Coloured Codds. We would like to welcome a new contact, Mike Conradie to the website, thank you for your support. 09-06-2003 New updates, Odds & Sods, Rarity guide - new stunning cobalt bottles and Printed pots now include Cheese and Cream pots. The third build of Antique Bottles Website will be ready soon so keep an eye out for the new improved website including a search engine, direct category menus and the new VIP Section. We are working on a new forum which will include picture submissions to make identification of your bottles easier. 08-04-2003 Antique Bottles has undergone quite a few changes from our last update, we have added an information section with books and magazines that can be an asset to a digger / collector starting out or more information needed on a particular subject. A new printed pots section has been added with the famous "Boobs Out" Holloways printed pot. The following sections have been updated with new pictures and information; Ginger Beer, Rarity Guide, Contacts, Odds & Sods and do have a look at a very spectacular lampshade in the Case Gin section. The Colourful Codd section is now the largest section on the website boasting over 60 Colourful Codds and growing with every update. In forthcoming updates we will be adding a V.I.P. section which will only be accessable to browsers who have registered as a contact with Antique Bottles. This new section will have a V.I.P forum, contact details not available to the rest of the website and many more exciting features, register today to gain full access to this part of the website. We want your input, do you, the browser want to be able to place pictures on the forum so that other people may view and help you with your enquiries. please e-mail your response to info@antiquebottles.co.za 05-02-2003 After a well appreciated holiday we are back to business. The forum has undergone a fine tune and a few new sections have been added due to popular demand. New sections added Gins, Coloured Codds and Odds & Sodds. Look out for some new potlids in the South African Potlids section. There a new links in the contacts section and new contacts available. The South African Collectors Directory has been updated, so please go see new entries. People have been having difficulty in registering to be a contact, so as a result we will be totally reconstructing the register process to a more user friendly interface, if you have been trying to register with Antique Bottles but have been having trouble, keep an eye open on this section. We hope all our browsers enjoyed their Holidays and "Good Digging for the next year" 19-12-2002 We have experienced and overcome a major problem with recieving e-mail. If you have sent us an e-mail that remains unanswered please re-submit. We have not been ignoring you! The dolls section under categories / porcelain will please a number of people who have been requesting it and will provide an interesting overseas link. There are several new contacts and links in the contacts section. A new sub-section in the Ginger Beer page lists all known S.A. collectors past and present. A section on case gins will be completed and uploaded within the next week. We are receiving a number of exciting and complimentary e-mails from overseas magazines and are investigating reciprocal links with them. We would like to wish all our browsers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Good digging in 2003. 23-11-2002 We have added a Miniatures, SA Chemists Bottles and General Glass Bottles section in categories. We are taking a breather until January to review and update current sections of the website, to make it more user friendly, please drop us a line in the forum on how we can update, or make better current sections of the website. 12-11-2002 We need your suggestions for the buy & sell section which will be coming online within the next few months to make it as user friendly as possible. For any suggestions on improvements on the website please drop us a line in the Forum. 31-10-2002 There is a fascinating article in Afrikaans (translated for our international visitors) by Gerard de Kamper and the first of a monthly editorial type comment from Rod in the forum. 12-10-2002
04-10-2002 Brian White has just reported some amazing new colourelip cod finds which will be shown soon. Mike Conradi from Durban will be sending a large number of unlisted ginger beers and the first of a series of articles on South African Diggers will be ready within the next two weeks. You may have noticed the yellow buttons on the welcome page, this is to indicate which new sections have been updated to be an easy guide to regular browsers of Antique Bottles. In our next update the contacts, forums and register sections will also be online so keep checking back. 23-08-2002 We have included a history section and the ginger beer catalogue has been brought online 01-07-2002
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