Friday, March 22, 2013

SAD NEWS

I am sorry to report Ken Schwartz passed away last night.  I do not have any details on services or any other information but will post more information as it becomes available.

Ken was a wonderful and caring person and a pillar of the western bottle collecting community...Sad News indeed....
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Latest Update: Ken Schwartz, 83, of Redding died Friday at Vibra Hospital of Northern California in Redding. Arrangements are pending at Allen & Dahl Funeral Chapel in Redding (243-1525).

Latest Update March 26th: As per Ken's request there will be no official services. I was told Ken's incredible collection of western whiskeys and other related western items will stay in place and are not for sale. Our condolences to Teenie and the family.
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A nice tribute to Ken written by Jeff Wichmann is here: http://www.americanbottle.com/a-legend-in-the-hobby-ken-schwartz-passes-at-age-83/


Ken in front of a portion of his fantastic collection of Western Whiskey bottles

5 comments:

  1. What a huge loss to so many of us who considered Ken a trusted friend. Besides being such a great guy, no one has or probably ever will put together any category of western glass and go-withs to match Ken's western whiskey collection. He will be sorely missed by so many in the hobby who knew him. Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers go out to Teenie and the girls.

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  2. Ken will be truly missed, and a chapter in western whiskey collecting has passed along with Ken. He was always friendly and kind to me and I have known him since I was a young kid in the 1970s. It was nice to visit him whenever I passed through town and he spent hours with me each time I would visit. He had acquired quite a few examples of whiskey's from my collection and seeing them, him as well as his lovely wife was a treat over the years. Dale Mlasko

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  3. I am very sorry to hear of Ken's death. His collection of whiskey bottles and advertising material will never be duplicated. It was a great treat to spend time with Ken viewing the beautiful glass, and locating new and interesting varieties of bottles in his vast collection. He and Teenie were so generous to open their home to all of us wide eyed collectors every year during the Anderson show. Not only during the show weekend, but anytime you could catch him at home he would take time to talk bottles. He was always searching for bottles that he didn't have an example of and carried several notebooks full of information to every show he attended. He would have a big smile if he could find a new bottle to add to his collection. It didn't matter if it was a ordinary looking clear bottle that everyone else had overlooked, or a classic rare whiskey fifth. Ken was a true collector. We will miss him. Roger Terry

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  4. Very sad news. I do hope that Teenie will keep the museum open for years to come and that no hawks try to pull anything sneaky.

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  5. A generous,sharing collector and an all-around nice guy. I procrastinated on taking Ken up on his invitations to see his collection; it always seemed too far "out of the way" from my Bay area/Sac. visits. I could kick myself.
    The lesson is, when we get an invitation to see a fellow collectors collection, we need to jump at the privilege,if only to share his joy. May he rest in peace.

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