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Tag Archives: Insulators
Pole Top Discoveries | Auction #69 Stand-outs
Pole Top Discoveries Auction #69 Stand-outs I really enjoy looking at the wonderful photography and descriptions that Ray Klingensmith puts together for some of his auction pieces. Today we are looking at thirteen extraordinary insulators from Pole Top Discoveries Auction … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Collectors & Collections, History, Insulators, Photography
Tagged Biddle, canadian, CD 1000, CD 123, CD 127, CD 181, CD 701.6, CD 723, CD 735, CD 737, CD 740, CD 740.7, CD 743.1, Discoveries, E.C & M, Insulators, Leffert, Mulford, Patocka, pole, railway, Ray Klingensmith, Tillotson, top, U-970
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Pole Top Discoveries & Glass Discoveries | Auction #68 Review
Pole Top Discoveries & Glass Discoveries Auction #68 Review Just sitting here in amazement at how many great, diverse and gorgeous insulators Ray Klingensmith has put in his Auction #68 that just went online last night. The colors are just … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Auction News, Insulators
Tagged california, CD 130.1, CD 151, CD 162, CD 199, CD 266.5, CD 317.5, CD 731, CD 735, CD 737, CD 737.5, CD 740, CD 740.4, CD 740.7, Chambers, H.G. CO., Insulators, Mulford & Biddle, N.R. Woodward, Ottawa & Prescott Railway, Pilgrim Hat, Pole Top Discoveries, Ray Klingensmith, Richard Gay, Tillotson, U.P.R.R.
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A Summer Day at Peachridge in 2007
In 2007, Elizabeth and I commissioned our friend and professional photographer, Steve Harris, to spend the morning in our home taking pictures of windows and bottles. We gave him free reign and left him alone. A few of the photographs … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Display, Figural Bottles, Insulators, Lightning Rod Balls, Peachridge Glass, Photography, Pickle Jars, Poison Bottles, Windows
Tagged Bears, bitters, Elizabeth, HP Herb Wild Cherry Bitters, Insulators, Ladies Legs, Lightning Rod Ball, Peachridge, photographer, Skilton Foote Bunker Hill Pickles, Victorian Room, Violins
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Pictures of the Week 12-16-12
This is the second weekly round-up of some really nice photography from various facebook and other glass sites. These pictures are amazing. It is so nice to see such great care with topic selection, composition and lighting. Well done to … Continue reading
Posted in Black Glass, Blown Glass, Demijohns, Early American Glass, Flasks, Historical Flasks, Insulators, Medicines & Cures, Photography, Sarsaparilla, Schnapps, Whiskey
Tagged Aaron Hanshew, black glass, Charles Flint, Chris Rowell, Dale Murschell, Dale Santos, David Jackson, Demijohn, Dr. Townsends, Edward Brown, Ferdinand Meyer V, Flask, H Chapman Chemist, Insulators, James Campiglia, Jeff Noordsy, Martin Rodriguez, Mustard, Paul Joseph Goodwin, Phil Edmonds, Robert Creech, Schnapps, Simon Hunter, sunburst, Woody Douglas
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EC&M Insulator Display at the FOHBC 2012 Reno Expo
D I S P L A Y S E R I E S Alan DeMaison (FOHBC Business Manager and pictured on the left) was able to provide some great video coverage of the many displays at the 2012 FOHBC … Continue reading
Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Display, FOHBC News, Insulators, News, Photography
Tagged Alan DeMaison, Dennis Bray, EC&M, Expo, fohbc, Insulators, Reno, Scott Selenak, video
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Keeping up with the Insulator Collectors on Facebook
I just wanted to take a moment to post some neat insulators shots I found trolling through the insulator facebook pages. It is fun to watch the incoming images from these folks. See more pictures these groups and others… Telegraph & … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Facebook, Insulators, News, Photography
Tagged Anthony Eiting, Brookfield, Chris McClelland, Doug Rusher, Hemingray, Insulators, Jimmy Zagorski, John Lyles, Larry Baumann, Michael W Spadafora, Patrick Moylan, Roadwood Luges, Shaun Kotlarsky
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Swirls, Whirls, Twists & Twirls
“Swirls, Whirls, Twists & Twirls” D I S P L A Y S E R I E S Dwayne Anthony won the Most Educational Award at the FOHBC 2012 Reno Expo with his outstanding “Swirls, Whirls, Twists & Twirls” … Continue reading
Cullet and Slag Glass Information
Put this in the “Learn something new every day” file… Incoming email this morning. I put the question up on Early American Glass on facebook and quickly received the following comments from Charles Flint and Steven James Anderson. Howdy Ferd … Continue reading
Posted in Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, Insulators, Questions, Technology
Tagged Charles Flint, Color, cullet, Cummington, Glass, Insulators, Lenox Glass Works, silica, slag, snow, Steven James Anderson
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Left Coast Lines Presents Jim’s Trading Post – Austin, Nevada
Hello Mr. & Mrs. Meyer, I hope this letter finds you both well. My name is Michael Doyle. I write for the insulator collecting hobby under the mast-head ‘Left Coast Lines.’ Some of my work has been published in Crown … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Collectors & Collections, Insulators
Tagged austin, Carson Valley, Crown Jewels of the Wire, Drip Points, Insulators, Jim's Trading Post, Left Coast News, Michael Doyle, National Insulator Association, Nevada, Overland Telegraph, Salt Lake City, Transcontinental Telegraph, Washoe District
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The next generation and future of our hobby
I have developed this page to nest stories about our youth and the next generation of our hobby. My own granddaughter Adriana (she is now 16 and absorbed in horses) who is the most interested of my grandchildren in bottles, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Bitters, Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Insulators, News
Tagged Adriana Alucema, Adriana Meyer, Antique Poison Bottle Collectors Association, Baltimore, Collectors, Dickey's, Eli Herron, Inks, Insulators, Landon Kotan, Memphis, Sam Garcia, Samual, South Bay Historical Bottle Club, young, youth
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