Wanted: California insulators featuring a photo of the Mike Bliss collection

By Colin Jung; posted April 19, 2020

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California Insulator Want List (Updated: 11/08/2023):

CD 102[010] C.G.I.Co. peach, yellow/peach 2-tone (dome glass), smoky straw, blue and aqua in PT (point top) mold; blue in RT (round top) mold, sage green in RT mold;

CD 102[010] CALIFORNIA aqua (not blue)[id=549128711] ;

CD 114[010] CALIFORNIA purple/sage 2-tone; other 2-tones (good color separation) [id=549124263]

CD 112[020] CALIFORNIA aqua (dome glass needed);

CD 121[010] A007/CALIFORNIA smoke [id=549127463], 2-tones (good color sep.), off-clear;

CD 133[010] CALIFORNIA yellow, peach [id=549124263], and smoke

CD 134[###] CALIFORNIA aqua with embossed "A" on dome. Unlisted

CD 145[010] CALIFORNIA 2-tone (good color sep.) [id=549123555] [id=549126926] and light olive green;

CD 145[010] POSTAL smoky yellow; citrine

CD 152[010] CALIFORNIA light citrine, 2-tone (good color sep), straw, peach, and gingerale;

CD 160[010] CALIFORNIA plum [id=549126926],, 2-tones with great color separation [id=549123555], citrine;

CD 161[010]CALIFORNIA lilac (with dome glass) [id=549124550] ; yellow and purple 2-tone

CD 162[010] CALIFORNIA true sage green (like a CD 161); and green (not green aqua);

CD 164[010] no embossing aqua;

CD 166[010] A011/CALIFORNIA pink, peach, 2-tone (good color separation), plum [id=549124263] ;

CD 178[010] CALIFORNIA/ 303/Santa Ana light yellow green, smoke, and yellow;

CD 178[010] 303/Santa Ana sage green {unlisted};

CD 187[010] CALIFORNIA sage green, light citrine, 2-tone;

CD 190[010] A021/CALIFORNIA any color; also will buy top and bottom CD 190/191 [id=549127463]

CD 200[010] CALIFORNIA peach, 2-tone, smoke {unlisted}, off-clear {unlisted};

CD 201[010] CALIFORNIA blue (not blue aqua); green

CD 208[010] CALIFORNIA yellow;

CD 210 No Embossing, gray/smoke;

CD 260[010] CALIFORNIA smoke, gingerale, 2-tones [id=549127463] ;

CD 260[020] CALIFORNIA (pinch ear) green aqua [id=549124550] [ id=200313874], blue (not aqua);

CD 1131[010] 15/CALIFORNIA PAT APL'D FOR yellow ( have a cooked one; need an unaltered one) and green (not sage green) [id=549470016]

CD1130[010] 10/R.P. F. PAT APL'D FOR yellowish, purple, smoke.

CD1131[010] 15/R.P. F. PAT APL'D FOR any color

Also looking for any California-made POSTAL beehives and Cals in any CD in unlisted or scarce colors or with unusual character: significant amber [id=549125728], olive or milk swirling [id=549125728], large bubbles or bubble masses (foaming) [id=549126011], foreign bodies (junk) [id=549124973] [id=549125728], significant hare lips and other significant underpours [id=549123555] [id=576530278]. Also interested in any California Glass Insulator Company paperwork: photos, price list, catalogs, invoices, correspondence [id=549139825], letterhead, stock certificate, bonds, etc. $$$ and Great Trades available. If you are not sure what you have, feel free to browse the ICON PicturePoster using the words "California Color Guidance" and "California Guidance" for a Cal education, or contact me for a pressure-less opinion. Contact: COLIN JUNG, NIA #7055 Email: colinjung55@gmail.com .

Non-Cal Wants:

1) FOUND the Baum Ring top shell to a no name Thomas M-4415. Not fussy on the number of rings FOUND

2) threaded lead sleeve for my fire alarm bracket see [ id=120835072]

3) CD 191 Two Piece Transpositon top. Note this is the spelling error one.

4) Brookfield pony (CD102) with skirt mold # under the main embossing.

5) Coca cola bottle insulator used in the South Pacific during WWII.

6) G&A tree insulator-- just the metal bracket or bracket and broken porcelain insulator [id=607903849]

7) August 1989 or August 1990 issue of club newsletter from the Metropolitan Detroit Antique Bottle Club. The issue has the report on the Detroit Fisher insulator find.

8) Quality Brookfield junk in-glass pony insulator that Sean Green would love to own.

9) Large Electrose-marked composite power insulators

11) 2 NET&T. marked small white porcelain spools. To see an example [id=617896624];

12) CD 195, Hemingray 54-A top in light purple/lavendar and also a darker purple top;

13) green with yellow undertones embossed A.T. &T. Co. CD 191 transposition top or bottom needed;

14) Pittsburg High Voltage white porcelain two piece transposition bottom U223B.

These traders are still available:

U.S. Glass - [id=575513296] [id=622321435] [id=655608464] [id=664557116] [id=666446015] [id=687727902] [id=700862857] [id=703979000] [id=704408441]

Porcelain - [id=697211130] [id=704029674]

Junk in Glass - [id=664557116] [id=704030602] [id=704384549] [id=704407887]

Go- Withs - [id=701050693]

Threadless - [id=666446015]

Foreign: - [id=668346005] [id=690397982] [id=704384549]

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