Very Near Clear Chameleon AM TEL & TEL Toll Photo 1 outdoors

By Mike Gaudy; posted February 9, 2024

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I have specialized in a few insulators in my 20+ years of collecting; the AM Tel & Tel Toll being one of them. This is the clearest one I have ever seen. In the sunlight it looks to have an aqua tint. In my lighted case it has a lavender HINT. In some light it seems to have a blueish HINT. Just sitting on my desk it looks absolutely clear. I though this insulator was mint, but close inspection revealed that it was not. Damage consists of an open skirt bubble at the base edge directly below & with some chipping around it. That whole area is the size of an eraser. I just found a second small chip above the A in the lower wire ridge. There are two annealing lines inside the skirt that start at the base and are about an inch long. One is below the first TEL the other is on the back. There is an extra chunk of glass above the & and what looks like a wire rub below the lower wire ridge above the second TEL.

Other insulators are included for color reference and not for sale at this time.

$165 to include shipping in the USA. SOLD for $130

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