Cleaning vintage bottles is a task that blends history with restoration. Whether you bought an old coke bottle at a flea market or stumbled upon a trove of antique glass, knowing how to properly get ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ekely / E+ via Getty Images Whether you are a collector, digger, trader or someone who just loves the look of a few old bottles ...

Imagine talking bourbon with people, and then going to their houses to appraise their whiskey collections. That's all part of the job for Adam Walpole, Barn 8’s Bourbon Steward. Barn 8 at Hermitage ...

“You want any of this?” The text arrived in 2019 from a close friend, followed by a dozen photos of his grandmother’s liquor collection. The cabinet of treasures spanned three decades. Crown Royal ...

Vintage bourbon — or “dusties” — are a huge part of the whiskey culture. Bottles from bygone eras offer a glimpse into the days of yore in American whiskey, often with incredible whiskey hiding in ...

Long before minimalism and refillable spritzers, perfume bottles were works of art. Crystal stoppers, hand-painted glass, and sculpted silhouettes turned fragrance into a luxury display piece—and ...

Can’t see the whole story? Sign in or subscribe. Bottles are one of the everyday items that many people take for granted. Bruce Heckman isn’t one of them. A chance purchase of a bookcase more than ...

Mike Cavanaugh’s kayak takes him into the Great South Bay, Hewlett Bay and Reynolds Channel, but the antique glass bottles he finds there take him through bygone eras as far back as the 1800s.

Popular folk myth says that if you hold a seashell to your ear you can hear the ocean — when Mark Smith looks into a glass bottle or encounters an old piece of stoneware he sees history. “You can tell ...

Do you ever look at collectors and wonder how they know what’s valuable and what isn’t worth taking home? Collecting antiques ...