CD 151 [070] H.G. CO. PETTICOAT with a good lean in the dome. Best of all, the lean is viewed best head on from either embossed side. There is some slight milky swirls but nothing dramatic. The coloration is nice too. ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on January 2, 2006 - 0.6kb
CD 126.4 [040] W. E. MFG. CO. in cornflower blue. Next to the CD 126.4 in royal purple, the next most desirable color in this CD is the cornflower blue. This piece has a huge 1 1/2 inch diameter bubble just above the ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on January 2, 2006 - 0.7kb
At first glance, this insulator appears to be a CD 160.4. It is 2 3/4 inches across and 3 3/4 inches tall and the profile matches that of the price guide on page 208. However, it has no inner skirt so therefore one ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on January 2, 2006 - 0.9kb
CD 121 [040] Brookfield with 5 blots on the rear skirt. Large white chunk of fire brick in the dome measuring 1 inch across. Almost looks like a wad of gum or a piece of a Styrofoam peanut. A few other pieces of white ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on January 2, 2006 - 0.6kb
These are more of Meaghan's pieces. Left to right include: Emerald Green B with square dome, Green aqua GTP with B on rear (rear facing), light blue aqua B, dark teal aqua B, and a off-clear B. There are some flea bites ...
Posted by David Hicks on January 2, 2006 - 0.7kb
Here's one you don't come across too often. I think it's referred to as the "Frankenstein" mold. Notice that the dome is wider than the wire groove. I don't remember where I got this piece, maybe Oklahoma or ...
Posted by Jack Comer on January 1, 2006 - 0.3kb
At left is a V VNM clear [030] example. It's a bit unusual in that it exhibits the same mold number as the error [025] listing.
At right is a VNM aqua [010] example.
Either insulator is available for $3.75 plus ...
Posted by Richard Wentzel on December 29, 2005 - 0.2kb
CD 143 No Embossing (075) (No Name Montreal) Blue in Colour. Stress crack in dome, wire groove flake, open base bubble, dome peck. The glass is crude and rough from the mold. Nice milk and swirls in the dome and threads ...
Posted by Steve Goodell on December 28, 2005 - 0.4kb
CD 145 GNW Tel Co in royal purple one tiny base chip/flake at the side behind the mold line, a couple of micro pecks on the rear of the dome. These are not really noticeable. Price is $65.00 which includes shipping in ...
Posted by Steve Goodell on December 26, 2005 - 0.3kb
CD 196 H.G. CO, R- Pat. May 2nd. 1893. in Dark Aqua. A bruise on the top umbrella at the right side of the mold line takes out some glass on 2 drips and at the lower skirt to the left of the embossing a small 1/4" ...
Posted by Steve Goodell on December 25, 2005 - 0.4kb
CD 134 No Embossing (080) Pennycuick I think, I don't collect American pieces but I think this is what it is. Aqua in colour, VNM a couple of pecks, one on upper wire groove and one on the side of the skirt at the mold ...
Posted by Steve Goodell on December 24, 2005 - 0.4kb
I've been trying to catalog all of my insulators lately. I struggle sometimes with identifying CD numbers. Here's an example of two stars. They are different heighths and base widths. The skirt heighths are different. ...
Posted by Jack Comer on December 23, 2005 - 0.6kb
A CD 102 CGICO in purple. It has a tiny wire groove chipon the left mold line, a very tiny base flake and some flea bites. Overall in great condition. I am asking $20+shipping.
Posted by Chris Tella on December 21, 2005 - 0.2kb
This is quite an uncommon piece. Mold number 4. You can read the story about how they were found.
Posted by Bill Meier on December 20, 2005 - 0.1kb
... this is one of the B.G.M.CO. re-tooled molds? The four other CD 133s pictured here have the same front and rear skirt embossings as the middle ...
Posted by Jack Comer on December 18, 2005 - 0.4kb
Three years ago I bought a collection from an eighty two year old collector. In the collection was an insulator that I had never seen. I asked the old collector where he obtained the piece. After a stare into space and ...
Posted by Dudley Ellis on December 18, 2005 - 1.4kb
Very similiar to the previous one, but just a slight difference in color and condition with this set. The CD 121 is more blue aqua, with a mediun ding on the crown about at the left mold line, a small base flake and an ...
Posted by Bill Meier on December 18, 2005 - 0.3kb
Here is a CD 264 Columbia. This is the version of the more common CD 263 without the inner skirt. No threads on the inside of the skirt either. These are tough to find. This has been in my collection for about 6 years. ...
Posted by John Rajpolt on December 18, 2005 - 0.7kb
Whitall Tatum Co. No. 9 [010], mint. I don't believe you will find one darker than this. $38.50 postpaid.
W.G.M. Co - no period after the small "o" on this example, perhaps due to a molding anomaly. VNM with ...
Posted by Richard Wentzel on December 17, 2005 - 0.3kb
Here is a comparison of a Mexican 106.4 NN, 106.4 with the RAYALAL blotout, a 106 with RAYALAL, and the new 106.4 MV.
I think the the 106 RAYALAL's should be relisted as 106.4's.
There are definitely two mold ...
Posted by Bill Ostrander on December 15, 2005 - 0.3kb
Recent eBay acquisition. Nice light cornflower? or powder? blue J mold Petticoat with whittled look all over the dome and crown. What's really neat is the thin graphite veil above the wire groove that looks like an ...
Posted by Jack Comer on December 7, 2005 - 0.3kb
Embossed with BROOKFIELD on skirt with a backward 3 on dome. This is a small fisheye from mint. Covered with lines from a cold mold pour. Asking $3 plus shipping.
Posted by Tony Unruh on December 6, 2005 - 0.2kb
CD 121 AM. TEL. & TEL. Co. toll line insulator. Smooth base. Aqua. Has a few small pings in the rear on the wire rims. Small ping in front. Still a nice looking piece. Denver mold varient. $10.00 + shipping . Stock ...
Posted by Timothy M. Baggett on December 5, 2005 - 0.2kb
Off clear example with RDP. Two chipped drips, miniscule inner skirt flake @ rear, ping above "M" in HEMINGRAY. Some roughness at mold seams. $9 postpaid.
Posted by Richard Wentzel on December 3, 2005 - 0.2kb
CD 121 AM.TEL.& TEL. Co. toll line insulator [135]. Smooth base. Greenish aqua. Vvnm+ condition. Denver mold variety. $10.00 + shipping. Stock #tb1844.
Posted by Timothy M. Baggett on December 2, 2005 - 0.1kb