This piece is almost identical to one that sold on eBay three weeks ago (http://tinyurl.com/k63vsc8).
It is a strong green color with whispy amber streaks in the skirt. [EIN110]
There are two bb size bruises. One ...
Posted by Mike Guthrie on January 31, 2014 - 0.4kb
This piece is in the true purple range as opposed to the smokey purples which are seen more commonly.
It's pretty crude with several wrinkles and a mold overpour ridge around part of the base. The only flaw I can ...
Posted by Mike Guthrie on January 31, 2014 - 0.3kb
Hard to decide which color to call this one as to my eye it's a 'tweener. You can go with the pic, it's pretty close. It is a glower regardless.
It is EIN [010] with the number 6 in the rear wire groove.
The only ...
Posted by Mike Guthrie on January 31, 2014 - 0.3kb
CD 162 [070] (F-Skirt) HEMINGRAY (R-Skirt) No 19 SDP. Nicely separated whiskey amber and aqua mix giving it a nice overall amber leaning olive green appearance. Stands out in a lineup of solid colored signals as ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on January 29, 2014 - 0.7kb
CD 162 [030] (F-Skirt) Star (R-Skirt) Star SB with a polliwog in the front skirt. There are bits of what I swear are either deliberate markings around the Star or reference marks for centering. It does not appear to be ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on January 25, 2014 - 0.4kb
This was in 1985 and shot with a 110 camera. Never saw many 133.1s ( unmarked, 2 piece mold ) up and never more than 2, at most, on a pole. This one stretch of the CPR had 8 (!!!) 133.1s on the bottom arm on every pole ...
Posted by (private) on January 21, 2014 - 0.3kb
CD 145 (010) Nicely ambered yellow green piece that creates an olive appearance to most of the piece. This is one of the best ambered star beehives that I have owned. This is a great looking piece with only a few very ...
Posted by David Shaw on January 19, 2014 - 0.9kb
CD 133 [221] (F-Crown) (Arc)W BROOKFIELD / 1 / 55 FULTON ST / N.Y. (F-Skirt) E.R. (R-Crown) (Arc)CAUVET'S / PAT / JULY 25 1865 (R-Skirt) PAT JAN 25 1870 / PAT FEB 22 1870 {Note 'F' is missing middle bar.} {MLOD} SB. ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on January 19, 2014 - 1.0kb
If you got bad news, you wanna kick them blues with a primo cornflower blue ; Duquesne. ---- If you've been wantin' a top shelf CD 106.1 Duquesne (010) pony your search is over. Strong embossing, bubbles in skirt, light ...
Posted by Daniel Ling on January 19, 2014 - 0.7kb
CD 133 [221] (F-Crown) (Arc)W BROOKFIELD / 1 / 55 FULTON ST / N.Y. (F-Skirt) E.R. (R-Crown) (Arc)CAUVET'S / PAT / JULY 25 1865 (R-Skirt) PAT JAN 25 1870 / PAT FEB 22 1870 {Note 'F' is missing middle bar.} {MLOD} SB. ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on January 19, 2014 - 1.0kb
Pair of CD 121 [010] Brookfields. The piece on the right has a large backwards 13 embossed on the dome for you Taylor Swift fans. VVNM. The piece on the right has real nice amber separation and a backwards 10 on the ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on January 18, 2014 - 0.6kb
This is an old one that dates from 1895-1901. Nice, crisp prism embossing with the graceful swan neck 2 in front and rear embossings. This still has the original thin gauge iron tie and main wire on it, and is in ...
Posted by Chris McClelland on January 17, 2014 - 0.6kb
Here is an odd one found in the Redding, Ca area yesterday by Paul Greaves and myself . It is a dark sandy Victor M-4325 with a blond marked Fred Locke M-4384 top . The cement is original portland cement. We found three ...
Posted by Mike Spadafora on January 15, 2014 - 1.4kb
... seam lines left by the meeting of two molds ...
Posted by Bob Scafe on January 14, 2014 - 1.7kb
... seam lines left by the meeting of two molds ...
Posted by Bob Scafe on January 14, 2014 - 1.7kb
This one has a small fish eye on the dome and an open bubble with some chipping around it on the rear base near the mold line.
$150 + shipping
Posted by Justin Martin on January 12, 2014 - 0.1kb
This one is very nice it has a small fisheye on the back near the mold line, a wire groove rub, and some small base chips. It is still in Very nice condition and the damage sound much worse than it is. You will have a ...
Posted by Justin Martin on January 12, 2014 - 0.3kb
Lot#35 CD 133.1 PAT APP FOR VERY BUBBLY
This insulator is VNM, but very crude. It is also crammed full of bubbles and fizz. There is an eraser size indent in the dome, but it does not have any impact mark. I think ...
Posted by Mike Gaudy on January 12, 2014 - 0.4kb
Nice collection of Isorex CD 545s, consisting of five shades of green. These are the thin mold variety with a good selection of mold numbers.
Prices are in US dollars, shipping not included. Payment by PayPal is ...
Posted by (private) on January 8, 2014 - 0.2kb
In 32 years of collecting I've handled hundreds of purple Cal signals. This one is the darkest I've ever owned and has been in my collection for over 28 years.
It has a 1/2" shallow clam shell flake on the lower ...
Posted by Mike Guthrie on January 7, 2014 - 0.6kb
CD 297 FRED M. LOCKE
Embossed on the (F-Skirt) FRED M. LOCKE VICTOR N.Y. ( R-Skirt) No 16 / {blotted out embossing} Mold line over the base. Aqua in color comes with a couple of flea bites... ONLY $ 15.00... Buy with ...
Posted by Charles Irons on January 6, 2014 - 0.6kb
Nice Green CNR prism period insulator with amber streak in dome and a 1/2" x 1/4" piece of junk in the skirt at mold line. Great shape with only a bit of roughness on the last period.
Price is $65.00 which ...
Posted by Brett Bloxam on January 4, 2014 - 0.3kb
Here is a CD 154 in a light yellowish straw color with round drip points. The embossing is very weak, but it looks like some kind of X or back-to-back entwined letters and then No.42. There is some nice milk in the ...
Posted by Keith Brooking on January 4, 2014 - 0.4kb
CD 162 (240) Glowing Cobalt Blue HEMINGRAY signal in really good shape. The only damage that I see is two partially chipped drip points at the right mold line and a small 1/8" flat chip on the outside base. Priced ...
Posted by David Shaw on January 4, 2014 - 0.3kb
Tough to find insulator. Damage includes 1/8" open bubble on the wire ridge above embossing, couple of pencil head pecks on dome, a 1/16" flake on skirt at base to right of embossing, damage to 9 drip points ...
Posted by Brett Bloxam on January 3, 2014 - 0.5kb