Five CD 104 NEW ENG. TEL & TEL. CO. w/ oval slug

By Chris Cotnoir; posted May 7, 2013

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Here are five CD 104 [050] (F-Skirt) (Arc) NEW ENG.TEL & TEL./CO. (R-Skirt) [Blotted out embossing in an oval slug] SB in various colors. I found the four on the left at a yard sale last week along with several more NET&Ts with other EINs. The one on the right is the fractured placeholder from my collection. I think the Price Guide's color options need to be updated for this EIN as it list only three: Blue at $10-$15; Ice Green at $30-$40; and Milky Aqua at $150-$175. As shown in this photo, the piece on the far left is clearly light aqua, or perhaps light blue aqua. Some glass sickness on the surface makes it look milky aqua, but there's only a small amount of light steamin the glass. I believe the one next to it is an example of the blue listing, but it could also be blue aqua. The next two are certainly not blue, nor do they appear to be "ice" anything. If I didn't know what colors were listed in the Price Guide, I would call these two green aqua. Finally, the one all the way to the right appears to be what is listed as ice green in the Price Guide. I believe these were made using at least two, maybe three, different molds, as the two on the right have visibly larger oval blot-outs than the three on the left, and the one on the far left may have different embossing on the front skirt than the next two (although that could just be the age of the mold). [id=372542859] Finally, while I would not classify any of these as "milky," they all have some milky lines or swirls in them. It would seem to me that the Price Guide reflects old and somewhat incomplete information, which may be due to the relative scarcity of this EIN coupled with a similar dearth of specialists for this CD/embossing combination. At least a couple of these will be posted in the For Sale folder.

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