whilst trying to carry on and bring some normalcy back into our lives the wife and i have been trying to be more creative in certain ways (the wife more so than i, she is the real brains of the whole operation lol) ...

The first 'hive is an unembossed Canadian in a deep, brilliant, glowing straw, like the color of beer, looks vvnm, I can't see any problems w/this one, $18 ppd. Second 145 is an H.G. Petticoat, 'C' mold, lime green ...

161 Cal. in plum or burg. in exc. shape, one small flake on inner skirt, $28 ppd. 162 ol. green Star, has a little amber separation, also real nice shape, it does have an area of real shallow nibbling around base mold ...

"Prism periods" variety. Has a number of small spots where it bumped up against some of its kin while cooling, and that's a deep straw mark behind the C and not a crack... only real damage is a 1-1/2" ...

Take a look at the piece on the right. Both of these are CD 115 Hemingray insulators, but I don't ever remember seeing one like the one on the right. It is a Hemi No 10 piece with sharp drips. The base width and height ...

Here's a pic of the AM toll that has the number 1 on the dome. Had one with a number 2 also, but sold it. This one is like a gray or clear with purple swirling mixed in. This one was used here in Virginia, Buddy got it ...

Two lt. yellow green Am. Tels., on left has backward 14 on dome, the other is a 7 on dome and 7 on crown variant (by 2003 guide, it is the pricier of the two), both VNM, $20 each ppd. WFG surely adds nice color to the ...

i truly hate to get rid of this its an absolutely beautiful piece but gotta make sure Santa Claus will be coming to town for the wee ones.. shown for color comparison beside the cornflower (left cornflower, right dark ...

Seldom seen CD 133.2 CRown Embossed P&W (CREP) with the [010] embossing. 2 on the dome within a circle and PATD JULY 25th, 1865 in an arc on the dome. L.A.C. centered underneath the arc embossing on the dome and ...

CD 154 Whitall Tatum Co No 1. Made in U.S.A and mold number 15 on back. $22.00 postpaid.

This clean, shiny, old W.U. Pat. Dec. 19 1871 is in excellent shape, I see one very shallow 1/4"x 3/16" base flake toward back and one unnoticeable nick 1/8x1/8 bottom of mold line. I won't pretend to have ...

Embossed NO 2 TRANSPOSITION over HEMINGRAY with a patent date on the reverse skirt. So close to mint......only a small spot of wire groove roughness on the left side at the mold line ( about 1/2" long & really ...

Both of these insulators have an "X2" shop mark on the dome, but it's clear from the photo that they were not from the same mold. I shimmed the Brookfield to make the heights match, and the blotouts generally ...

Here's a white glazed tube next to a CD 102 for size comparison. Not sure if this is a wall tube or maybe a bushing, I'll let you decide. Pronounced mold line on this piece. The hole through it measures approx 2" ...

Light Green Canadian toll insulator with messed up embossing, in more ways than one! Not only is DOMINION misspelled as DOMINIOIN, but a pair of straw marks cut through the dash and the number 16. The base is ...

Nice, heavy Canadian beehive, made for the Hudson's Bay Railroad. Usual aqua color with a bit of glass sag in the inner skirt. One small BB ding near right mold line just below wire groove, and another the same size on ...

A fresh out of the mold, and still incandescent suspension disk. [IFONA]

Here the insulators are fresh out of the mold, and still a glowing incandescent glass. Too hot to handle! [IFONA]

Here is another EXACT mold with the upside down (16 or 19) and a regular 16 below it, with embossing on the back. this one is in much better shape then my first post, embossing is real crisp.

UPDATE, after i posted this i noticed the (253) mold that lists number over number so i guess i figured it out. I was going through all my CD 145's tonight putting them on my site www.myinsulators.com/dukeboo i came ...

... picture of the 3 different WGMCO CD 145 molds. Starting left to right is the [010] in Royal Purple, [015] {Grand Canyon} in Purple, and [020] { ...

Another longtime piece from my collection. CD 121 W.F.G. Co. in a true cornflower blue. No lavenflower or hints of purple in this one. Ghosted WFG above the normal embossing. 2 dot mold. I know it is very hard to say ...

Large impressive Hemingray embossing. Mold style found in Erie PA Front ear chips. $20.00 includes shipping

VNM with stone above "Petticoat". Some shade of blue, blue aqua, Not strong like sapphire. $15.00 includes shipping.

... so crude & out of line on the seam molds it looks like a kid put it together!!! All mint or very near mint ...