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Glass Insulators -- found in trash today | Tools and Hardware874 of 2126 |  |  |
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You never know what you might find -- riding my bike this morning as per usual and came across these being thrown out in a milk carton. I always wanted to have a blue one of these to put on my window -- "My cup runneth over"....
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What is the number on the Whitall Tatum in the 3rd pic?
Nice find!
It is actually hemingray 42...
Sorry, I can't count -- number 10
Thanks walksoftly, stonesfan1, eye4beauty, and mikkoChristmas11 for the visit.
Thanks scandinavian_pieces for the L. Love your new pic by the way!
this is what i luv about C.W., it exercises your mind. If your old hourder like me , u have boxs of items ,from yrs ago with the items that you see on the site. I think there should be a category for, " so and so made me post it!" guess ill dig mine out of the storage building.
Dust them off. clean them up, set 'em up and let us have a look see!
how much do these go for a piece
Hi Lundy -- value on these is relative to the type and rarity. Standard ones go from $5.oo to $15.00. Most if not all of these are standard.