Glass insulators???

matwor

Somebody posted a link awhile back to a persons collection of glass insulators, anybody remember the post?

zipperzap

(They sell well on Ebay - used to sell them there.
I had an 'endless supply' that lasted three years!
It was a VERY GOOD run[:D])

Nwatson99

Oh poop who let the sparky in? [:D]

dcon12

Always check with Zipper first, it saves time. Don

zipperzap

Yep - most are not worth much BUT if you have the
sun purpled (1870's - early 19teens) OR any RR
marked, army marked insulators you've got something
that collectors want.

Those marked with the manufacture's name are a
big plus - usually those without a name or initial
marked are pretty worthless - unless the glass is a
hard to find glass.

Sometimes foreign insulators demand the big bucks -
early ones from sparsely peopled areas, etc., etc., etc.

rong

When I was a kid up in
Maine a store owner
used to give ue a nickle
(I think) for the blue ones
and I don't remember what
for the others.

muss

When I was a kid, I must have shot five thousand of those things, There was a railroad dump site about 1/4 mile from my house. Everyone used to shoot there guns back there. We had lots of days where we would set up glass insulators and blast away. It wasn't until about twenty years late that they became valuable.[:D][:(]

matwor

quote:Originally posted by Nwatson99
Oh poop who let the sparky in? [:D]


Check yer stars mister, I was already in here when you strolled in!![}:)][;)][:D]

nunn

I have a gang of them, but they apparently are not valuable, at least not on Fleabay.

dongizmo

I think this is it:
http://www.insulators.com/photos/
Don

bobski

capt kirk and i collect them. what do you want to know?

mrseatle

So Time in service don't mean diddly?

n/a

quote:Originally posted by dongizmo
I think this is it:
http://www.insulators.com/photos/
Don


Wow! looks like I might have some hidden treasure...gonna have to dig them out. The wife said she thinks we have a few of the more valuable ones! Thanks for the link![8D]

n/a

quote:Originally posted by muss
When I was a kid, I must have shot five thousand of those things, There was a railroad dump site about 1/4 mile from my house. Everyone used to shoot there guns back there. We had lots of days where we would set up glass insulators and blast away. It wasn't until about twenty years late that they became valuable.[:D][:(]


See what you did, you shot up so many of them that you made a worthless thing into high dollar collectors items![:D][:D][:D]

Mossbergboogie

i have one worth 100 bucks but its damaged so i suppose it aint worth squat

dcon12

quote:Originally posted by chrishiher
i have one worth 100 bucks but its damaged so i suppose it aint worth squat


Say what? Don

cowdoc

Damn,,,,well there went my furtune...used to have a mile of old overhead telephone line that was abandoned and we took it out that had old glass insulators.....and have no idea what happened to them!

Frogbert

Cowdoc,
I know the feeling. Was a lineman for 7 years, for SW Bell, Santa Fe RR, and as a contractor wrecking out old open-wire leads. There have been, no doubt, thousands or tens of thousands of dollars slip through my hands.[:I][:(]

matwor

Thanks dongizmo, that is the link I was looking for.