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The bottles, insulators, and mason jar thread and other cool finds (even bunnys fans)
February 4, 2012 at
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Well it was an estate sale but kind of like a hoarders place. The lady and guy running it said there was about 1/4 of what had originally been in there. I got a big industrial westinghouse fan for $3 and an assortment of telegraph insulators an old glass clorox bottle for $4. My wife got an antique mirror they had priced at $25 for $10. she said she could tell by the glass it was old.
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For the more common as least valuable I bet there are a million things someone with imagination could come up with. I like the lamp idea. Here is another that I came across that would be simple to make.
Green insulators are more common, unless they're an usual shade of green or a rare size, shape or brand of insulator.
Green insulators are more common, unless they're an usual shade of green or a rare size, shape or brand of insulator.
There is a stretch of highway that I drive down about 6 times a year that has a stretch of abandoned power line along side of it for maybe ten miles. Over the years I have watched it deteriorate and the poles lean and sag and eventually fall. Most of these poles still have the glass insulators on them. The wires are long gone but I think there may still be some traces of them here and there.
One of the interesting things to me is the bizarre variety of subjects that were picked to make belt buckles.
I've never owned a Ford Fairmont but even if I had I don't really think I would have been proud enough of it to also advertise it on my belt buckle:
Three dimensional vehicle buckles have always been one of my favorites.
There is a stretch of highway that I drive down about 6 times a year that has a stretch of abandoned power line along side of it for maybe ten miles. Over the years I have watched it deteriorate and the poles lean and sag and eventually fall. Most of these poles still have the glass insulators on them. The wires are long gone but I think there may still be some traces of them here and there.
This guy finally called me back i was in his area at Estate Sales wish he had called yesterday we werent that far from him
Im buying more blue mason jars a Mix of 15 pint and quart jars and 3 half gallon jars for $40
Personally if i buy something for 5-10 and ive recently seen them sell for $70 -80 i probably wouldnt hold out for getting that much. I might even go as low as $50 10 x profit is plenty for me. Maybe ill find another , maybe ill find 10 more at $5
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Do the consignment thing at an antique store. Your taking up space at a dealer or go the fleamarket route , or rent a booth in some big warehouse. and have your stall open at weekends. Really depends how much personal time you want to commit. The more time the more control you have over price.
Sorry pic is kind of high def Zoe i have a couple of others if not clear. From what ive read green is really rare and one is being sold for close to $500 not same as mine though.
They are apparently called 7up green - Hemmingray - 9
This is a good website to figure out what you have and to get some questions answered.
http://www.hemingray.i
This is a good website to figure out what you have and to get some questions answered.
http://www.hemingray.i
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Theres a cool looking one next weekend . Alot of the pictures seem to be the kind of things that we normally buy or you would see them find on American Pickers but that might be a bad thing. If they have pictures of things they know have value they may have prices to match.
This one appears to be in slightly better condition on the outside than mine but it is close. I am missing the bottle cap catcher but they are available if I decide to restore it. Mine is a 1936 model.
Restored it would look more like this:
This restored one is a slightly newer model because the "Drink" sits above the "Coca Cola" and not flush with the top of the letters like in the first pic.
These were made in both a refrigerated model and just the cooler model like this one. I've considered everything from restoring this to original to converting it to a refrigerator to making a really cool tool box for the garage.
One correction to my previous post. I have always called the bumps on the bottom of the insulators, 'teeth' as that's what the telephone linemen I used to deal with called them. But the correct name for them is 'drip points'. You'll find a lot of regional terms for certain items and features.
I see glass coke bottles but who knows if they are old or not or what they are worth. I think i read about a bottle recently that sold for $20,000
Last weekend one place was selling a plastic coke bottle holder and a metal one that held 6 bottles but they seem a bit high priced and I know coke often releases retro looking stuff.
One correction to my previous post. I have always called the bumps on the bottom of the insulators, 'teeth' as that's what the telephone linemen I used to deal with called them. But the correct name for them is 'drip points'. You'll find a lot of regional terms for certain items and features.
This one place was using the seats off old tractors like garden furniture.
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Bought another 18 Blue Mason Jars- 3 were half gallon and the rest were pints and quarts for $40
and some more clear ones with glass lids at a different place
Got a small brown bottle that looked interesting TCW Co stamped on bottom
It was from TC Wheaton Co they made medicine and pharmaceutical bottles between 1900 -1940 dont really know much else about it. It must have had a cork stopper at some point.
This other green bottle is from Western Mineral Water Company stamped on the bottom and he word Camel stamped on the neck.
Also got a neat clear white insulator a Hemmingray 56 that had a funky looking top to it