FIND OF A LIFETIME? CD 155 KERR DP1 Cobalt Splotch???? Or 65th. Anniversary Splotch Jar?

I purchased about 200 canning jars at an estate sale for $40 I This case of Kerr 65th Anniversay, cobalt and green straked jars were mixen within the other boxes. 5 blue 5 green streaked, one rose color and one glass blob. These are # 1387 in the Red Book 9 I purchased these in Santa Ana CA. Very close to the Kerr plant.

I found this quote in the "History_of_the_CD_155_KERR_DP1_Cobalt_Splotch"

http://www.insulators.info/wiki/History_of_the_CD_155_KERR_DP1_Cobalt_Splotch

"Shortly after the cobalt splotch insulators were made, Don Wentzel and his son Richard took them to an August 6, 1972 insulator show in Bergenfield, NJ. Calvin went to the show with them, and brought along an example that had broken during annealing, in order to show that the cobalt color was actually in the insulator rather than a surface coloring."

After much research I found a man who was actually there during the making of these jars.......

You can find Jim Sinsley at http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m-570017/mpage-1/key-/tm.htm#570017

Anniversary was 1968. The failed amethyst and a few other attempted colors were mostly the ones used to paint gold colored. Some had little to no color, some of the better but still "ugly" ones were pirated off the line by the Quality Control Manager, my next door neighbor, who gave them to me. This may have been one of those. They were never meant for public consumption. Only a few dozen were termed "failures", most of those got painted gold. I was part of the Fruit Jar Collectors club that was present at the making of these jars but having Ray Gentry, the Q.C.M., as a neighbor was a plus. I got lots of neat stuff from him as well as personal guided tours of the plant rather frequently.

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Jim Sinsley from northern Idaho. 45 year bottle collecto