Christchurch Antique Bottle and Collectables Club

The Open Day will be held on Sun 31st July. It’s hands on and interactive. It’s for young and old. Meet the collectors. Handle and examine antiques and collectables. Bring your favourite collectables for discussion and valuation. Special attractions for young collectors.

The 35th Annual Show will be held on Sat 27th and Sun 28th August. There will be sales tables as well as displays of members collections. Schedule and Entry Forms available for download on Annual Show Page.

The next Club meeting is also the Annual General meeting, to be held this Sunday 29 May 2016, commencing 7.00 p.m., at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville Street. There will be no collectable item or bottle of the night, but the meeting will be followed by New Finds and a light supper will be served. Door charge is $3 per person, and there will be a $1 raffle. A reminder about the Club’s 40th anniversary meal at Northbrook on Saturday 25 June. The cost is $30 per head. Please note, this will be BYO. A Club magazine will be distributed on Sunday.

The next Club meeting will be at the Philatelic Centre,67 Mandeville Street, this Sunday 24 April, commencing promptly at 7.00 p.m.  The collectable theme will be Catalogues, and the bottle theme will be Coloured Glass bottles.  There will also be New Finds. Door charge is $3 per person, and there will be a $1 raffle. Contributions to forthcoming Club magazines are always eagerly sought. Please send these to Hugh. The cut-off date for items for the next magazine is 15 May. You can also place an advert in the magazine’s  Trading Post pages, either for Items Wanted to Buy or To Sell.

The 41st National Bottle and Collectables Exhibition was held at ASB Stadium, Auckland Sat and Sun the 26th and 27th March. Some images from the event are shown on the National Show Page.

Club magazines from the 70's, 80's and 90's now available in the members only area of this website.

The next Club meeting will be at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville Street, this Sunday 27 March, commencing promptly at 7.00 p.m. The collectable theme will be hand tools and the bottle theme will be labelled bottles. There will also be New Finds. Door charge is $3 per person, and there will be a $1 raffle. Contributions to forthcoming Club magazines are always eagerly sought. Please send these to Hugh via the contact page of this website. You can also place an advert in the magazine’s Trading Post pages, either for Items Wanted to Buy or To Sell.

Members of our club and the Christchurch antique and collectable community are in the news and in the Avenues magazine.

The next Club meeting will be at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville Street, this Sunday 28 February, commencing promptly at 7.00 p.m. The collectable theme will be Valentines related, and the bottle theme will be perfume bottles. There will also be New Finds. Door charge is $3 per person, and there will be a $1 raffle. A Club magazine will be distributed at Sunday’s meeting, but contributions to forthcoming magazines are always eagerly sought. Please send these Hugh via the contact page of this website.

Links have been provided on the National Show page describing the 41st National Bottle & Collectables Exhibition, including where to download the schedule plus entry forms. New publications are described in the Whats Happening page.

The first Club meeting in 2016 will be at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville Street, this Sunday 31 January, commencing 7.00 p.m. The collectable theme will be holiday-related collectables and the bottle theme will be Hamilton/Torpedo bottles. There will also be New Finds. Door charge is $3 per person, and there will be a $1 raffle. You are invited to contribute to the February Club magazine. The cutoff date for contributions is 15 February. Please send these to Hugh via the contact page of this website.

A NEW ZEALAND CHRISTMAS AT THE SEASIDE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16109, 24 December 1915

Early club newsletters or magazines are being scanned and added to the members only area of this website. So far we have added the very first one from Sept 1976 as well as April 1977, April 1978, April and Sept 1979 and June 1980.

This year’s final Club meeting/barbecue will be at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville Street, this Sunday 29 November, commencing 6.00 p.m. Instead of themed Bottles or Collectables this month, you are invited to bring a Mystery Object. Door charge is $3 per person, and there will be a $1 raffle as usual. Members with a last name beginning A - M are asked to bring a salad, while those with a last name beginning N - Z are requested to bring a dessert. Please supply your own cutlery, plates, cups and liquid refreshments. The Club will provide barbecued meats.

Usually only a small proportion of a museum's collection is on display at any one time, but soon people from around he world will have access to more than 100,000 items from the Toitu Otago Settlers Museum. Read the article from the Otago Daily Times "Museum collection going online", by Craig Borley (Sat, 5 Sep 2015).

The What's Happening page has been updated, including the Harbour Bazaar (Lyttelton), Seaside Market (New Brighton), Linwood Rotary Market (Linwood Avenue School), Historic Oamaru Victorian celebrations, Akaroa Antique Fair (Area School) and the Members Bus trip (go here).

The next Club meeting will be on Sunday 25 October at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville Street, and will begin promptly at 7.00 p.m. The item of the night will be sports collectables, and the bottle(s) of the night will be 1960 bottles. There will also be new finds. Members are asked to bring no more than two items in this category. Articles for future club magazines are always welcome. Please send these to Hugh via the contact page of this website.

The Christchurch City Library is an excellent source of information about the history of Christchurch, e.g. early Christchurch, foundations, famous men, women, buildings and places, local history fact files and provides many other links to historical data on Christchurch.

The next Club meeting will be on Sunday 27 September at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville Street, and will start promptly at 7.00 p.m.

The item of the night will be high tea collectables, and the bottle(s) of the night will be cream and milk bottles. There will also be new finds. Members are asked to bring no more than two items in this category.

More info on our Annual Show page

The next Club meeting will be on Sunday 26 July at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville Street, and will start promptly at 7.00 pm. This will again be labeled a Special General Meeting, when further proposed amendments to the Club Rules (as a result of input from Club members) will be tabled. A copy of the proposed rules has been emailed to members. New amendments are in blue type.