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  1. #1
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    Jan 2007
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    Old Insulators



    Bought 45 Insulators at a Garage Sale for $10.00
    five of them had Patent dates of May 2nd 1893.
    some were clear glass, & the rest were green, most had copper wire still attached, but the one in the pic had steel wire.

    I will keep one for my collection, & sell the rest.

    HH Fossis...............
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    fossil hunter Indian Artifact collector MDer Antique collector

  2. #2
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    MR.

    Feb 2006
    Northern & Southern California (Left Coast)
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    Re: Old Insulators

    Lets see...thats $10 divided by 44 =

    Hmmmmmmmmm

    Where's the bargain
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  3. #3
    us
    Jan 2007
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    Re: Old Insulators

    sell 4 at $5.00 each=$20.00
    40 at $1.50 each=$60.00
    ---------
    $80.00 total
    -$10.00 purchase price
    $70.00 profit

    Fossis.................
    Or plan B, decorate the wife's flower beds.
    fossil hunter Indian Artifact collector MDer Antique collector

  4. #4
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    Jan 2007
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    Re: Old Insulators

    Quote Originally Posted by SWR
    Good luck

    Gracias Amigo, ,


    Fossis..................
    fossil hunter Indian Artifact collector MDer Antique collector

  5. #5
    TreasureTales

    Re: Old Insulators

    Quote Originally Posted by fossis

    ....Or plan B, decorate the wife's flower beds.
    Clustered together and hung at slightly varying heights, turned upsidedown, they make colorful birdfeeders in the summer. In the rest of the year they fill with water and/or ice and that isn't so good for birdseed.

  6. #6
    us
    Jan 2007
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    Re: Old Insulators

    Quote Originally Posted by TreasureTales
    Quote Originally Posted by fossis

    ....Or plan B, decorate the wife's flower beds.
    Clustered together and hung at slightly varying heights, turned upsidedown, they make colorful birdfeeders in the summer. In the rest of the year they fill with water and/or ice and that isn't so good for birdseed.
    Good idea, If they are taken down for winter,
    Fossis.............
    fossil hunter Indian Artifact collector MDer Antique collector

  7. #7
    us
    Jun 2006
    Minnesota
    711

    Re: Old Insulators

    Quote Originally Posted by fossis
    sell 4 at $5.00 each=$20.00
    40 at $1.50 each=$60.00
    ---------
    $80.00 total
    -$10.00 purchase price
    $70.00 profit

    Fossis.................
    Or plan B, decorate the wife's flower beds.

    Your about right. I looked them up, and they are going for about $2.00 a piece. Nice find!

    John

  8. #8

    Oct 2005
    131

    Re: Old Insulators

    I think I'd go with plan A lol, Nice Find

  9. #9
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    Jan 2007
    eastern Oklahoma
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    Re: Old Insulators

    Quote Originally Posted by blurr
    Quote Originally Posted by fossis
    sell 4 at $5.00 each=$20.00
    40 at $1.50 each=$60.00
    ---------
    $80.00 total
    -$10.00 purchase price
    $70.00 profit

    Fossis.................
    Or plan B, decorate the wife's flower beds.

    Your about right. I looked them up, and they are going for about $2.00 a piece. Nice find!

    John
    Thanks for the info,

    Fossis..................
    fossil hunter Indian Artifact collector MDer Antique collector

  10. #10
    us
    Jan 2007
    eastern Oklahoma
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    Re: Old Insulators

    Quote Originally Posted by Green Frost
    I think I'd go with plan A lol, Nice Find
    Thanks Green Frost, I hope to sell them this fall
    at a Festival I attend every year,

    Fossis....................
    fossil hunter Indian Artifact collector MDer Antique collector

  11. #11

    Jan 2006
    Tesoro Compadre!
    55

    Re: Old Insulators

    If there are any colorful ones they can sell for way more than a buck. Plain colored ones are a lot more common, however. I recently sold 1000 common insulators for $150.

 

 

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