also got this 1879 blue insulator

[blugotti1]

embossed letters reads, pat. jan. 25 th 1879 and the other side says, w.brookfield 45 cliff st. N.Y. My oldest insulator find to date...

[jgas]

Nice one, although maybe common...but check into it. Might also be worth a few bucks! jgas

[P.B. and Dylan]

That's nice. I can see it's threaded. Is there a number on it?

[blugotti1]

the only numbers i see are 45 and 1879..

[P.B. and Dylan]

Not sure which one it is, heres a link with pictures, maybe it will help you identify it.

http://www.insulatorstore.com/brookfield.asp

[blugotti1]

thanks for the page info,but there wasn't one in there exactly like mine. had some with the right street name, but the dates were different??

[72cheyenne]

This is a CD126, most likely in the [EIN] [150-180] range. There was probably another date on the insulator, but with the embossing on the crown of the insulator, the mold would wear out quickly and the embossing would become weak and unreadable. Brookfield has probably 300 different color and embossing combinations in this CD number alone. This is a very early style of insulator with the 45 Cliff St. on it. That was Brookfields earliest address.

Your insulator in mint conditionn would be in the $5-10 range in blue. If it was purple it would be in the $7500-10,000 range!! Keep looking and nice insulator.

[blugotti1]

yeah,there's two dates..jan. 25th 1870 and jan.14th 1879...thanks for the info

[72cheyenne]

yeah,there's two dates..jan. 25th 1870 and jan.14th 1879...thanks for the info

I figured there was. It is either Brookfield CD126 [150] or CD126 [180] depending on how the embossing is aligned. Both are still in the $5-10 range.

The numbers I am using are from John and Carol McDougald's "INSULATORS: A History and Guide to North American Glass Pintype Insulators" "Copyright 2007"

There is a new price guide out this year. The new guide is by Donald R. Briel. http://www.insulatorpriceguide.com/