This is a view of the base of the previous picture. As you proceed around clockwise, you can see the angled fracture running from a little higher up than the base of the threads, to the base of the insulator. Note the ...
Posted by Bill Meier on December 2, 2005 - 0.3kb
This is a great color, and some have estimated it in the $700 range. But, it has a vertical fracture slightly to the rear of the left mold line which you don't see from the front view. The blue arrows above show the ...
Posted by Bill Meier on December 2, 2005 - 0.9kb
Murphy's Law on this one... Nice color, moderate damage... In the front, a chip up from the skirt takes out "IN" in the embossing and a couple of drips. Six drips chipped at the right mold line. In the rear a ...
Posted by Bill Meier on December 2, 2005 - 0.7kb
CD 121 Diamond [035] with a diamond on the front and a poorly blotted out diamond on the rear skirt. Not quite the listed Steel Blue, more like a Steely Aqua shade. One ping on the upper wire ridge at the left mold ...
Posted by Debbie Kinloch on November 26, 2005 - 0.3kb
Here is a CD 162 Lynchburg. Embossing index [080]. Teeny ping to front left skirt, one bruised drip at right mold line. Asking $15. Thanks for looking. (K447)
Posted by John Rajpolt on November 25, 2005 - 0.2kb
Here is a CD 151 HG CO insulator. NATCO embossed on side of dome. Gorgeous peacock blue color. Here is a photo of the back: http://home.earthlink.net/~rajpolt/k558_2.jpg. Here is a photo of the ...
Posted by John Rajpolt on November 25, 2005 - 0.6kb
Another signal in super color and condition. This is the Hemingray Patent May 2 1893 (front), Petticoat (back) CD 162 version. These are much tougher to find than the regular Hemi 19s. This one has one drip that has a ...
Posted by Kevin Piell on November 25, 2005 - 0.5kb
Super color and super condition. This glower came from a Ray Klingensmith catalog sale (September 2001, item #42--if you have this catalog you can check it out there too). I would say that this piece is probably factory ...
Posted by Kevin Piell on November 25, 2005 - 0.5kb
Here is a yellow amber smooth base CD 162 HG CO PETTICOAT signal. The shot was taken in my window with the sun behind it. For sure, several shades above a golden amber. Here is a shot of the back: ...
Posted by John Rajpolt on November 24, 2005 - 1.0kb
CD 297 No 16 power insulator in a beautiful dark yellow green. Has a chip on the middle skirt about the size of a guitar pick, flaking along the edge of the middle skirt, a bruise/crack in the skirt next to a small ...
Posted by Mike Green on November 21, 2005 - 0.3kb
CD 123 H mold E.C&MCoS.F. in fantastic VNM condition. Has the normal flaking along the base edge from molding and that's it. Asking $195 with shipping included.
Posted by Mike Green on November 21, 2005 - 0.2kb
This is a rich green example featuring lots of olive swirls and a few bits of furnace brick in the glass - one of which can be seen just above and to the left of the "B" embossing. Tiny flat flake on lower ...
Posted by Richard Wentzel on November 20, 2005 - 0.3kb
Here is a CD 164 B insulator. Sharp drips. Nice amber swirling throughout. Small front dome fisheye and rear skirt peck. 1 bruised drip just before right mold line. Asking $7 plus postage. Thanks for looking. (DJ115)
Posted by John Rajpolt on November 19, 2005 - 0.2kb
Here is a CD 121 Hemingray No 16. Aqua in color with nice amber swirling in skirt and over dome. 1/2 inch inside base edge chip in rear slices a drip. Teeny upper wire ridge ping at left mold line. Horizontal scrape ...
Posted by John Rajpolt on November 19, 2005 - 0.3kb
The Star on the left I found today near Vinton, LA(the right found last week further down road) Pole had fallenacross a muddy ditch, so I had to straddle across to free it. Nice shade of green and fizz. There was ...
Posted by Leon Prestia Jr. on November 18, 2005 - 0.4kb
These originally had brass base plates with a screw to attach to roof or siding, which I took off. Notice difference in internal mold round & square
Posted by Stephen Bobb on November 18, 2005 - 0.1kb
This is a tough one. This is a CD 145 [140] "M" mold that appears to be a cross between Light Lavender & Light Purple. Shaun Kotlarsky (Hemingray Buddy) looked at it earlier this week and thought it was ...
Posted by (private) on November 17, 2005 - 0.5kb
This is a tough one. This is a CD 145 [140] "M" mold that appears to be a cross between Light Lavender & Light Purple. Shaun Kotlarsky (Hemingray Buddy) looked at it earlier this week and thought it was ...
Posted by (private) on November 17, 2005 - 0.5kb
Here is a top view which shows the hole and tie wire clearly, all embossed Patent Pending opposite the other on top near mold line on edge
Posted by Stephen Bobb on November 17, 2005 - 0.1kb
This may be an unlisted variant, because a mold break between the "M"
and "I" in HEMINGRAY makes the embossing read HEMNGRAY, with the "M" having a very fat right vertical leg. So, here's ...
Posted by Richard Wentzel on November 13, 2005 - 0.3kb
Hard to get a true color on these dark ones, The left one is a Short Beveled Side Tab 1 5/8" tall with very crude glass. Middle one is embossed 1850 on the tab and around the outer rim of the top...SPRATTS on one ...
Posted by Terry Drollinger on November 10, 2005 - 0.4kb
This piece is super hard to describe Is just so full of amber swirls makes it look to be complete olive amber but am guessing if u peeled all those layers off u would be left a base colour of teal blue but just so much ...
Posted by Craig Boehm on November 8, 2005 - 0.4kb
Seeing Ben Caldwell's posts reminded me of a few insulators I "found" a few years ago...
This one is called the "No. 3 Columbia" I think someone was looking at the engineering drawings wrong when ...
Posted by Bill Ostrander on November 8, 2005 - 0.3kb
Here's a rare variant of the CD 152 Hemingray, with what seems to be the top of a CD 115.
Some speculate that this speciman came about due to a mold mixup, with an un-expected positive result. Although this oddball did ...
Posted by Ben Caldwell on November 8, 2005 - 0.4kb
... where Brookfield used the same shaped molds ...
Posted by (private) on November 7, 2005 - 0.3kb