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This auction has me going hmmmm I honestly cant tell u if there is 20.00 in insulators in this lot or 600.00 I have asked the seller for more pictures I think at best there are 2 insulators that might be good but not even sure about that.

http://cgi.ebay.com/CD-102-5-Mustard-an ... 2c590faae8

This one caught my eye as well is it me or is this one about 10 times its actual worht ?

http://www.eaglecapcollectibles.com/images/065.jpg

Craig

First off, the purpley cornflower diamond appears to have a #1 (or a backwards #1) at the bottom of the skirt making it a (120) or a (140), not an (060) as advertised, check out the second picture. Regardless, a nice colour. Would be a stretch to get a set in this colour.
As for the mustards, ambers, whatever, there is no true shot with a white background, so tough to tell. Also, direct sunlight shots alter true colour. I bought a piece off this seller in 2003, and if I'm remembering correctly, I was not entirely convinced that the colour matched what was being advertised and paid for.
I don't think I'd bone up $500 for this collection. Craig, If you get more pictures, please post them after the auction ends.

Shawn

that 102 loks like mustard in the picture with sun, but ill bet its a $20.00 yellow olive at best..as for the purple 102, you know better than the rest of us..

I gotta say none of those pieces look mustard to me, looks like a stretch to make them a colour they are not.

I also noticed the purple 102, no idea why it is going so high. Soon time to dig out my traders and make some money i'd say.
I think the hobby is running low on glass or something, but if you have the disposable income and want to take a chance go for it I guess.

Craig you know ponies better than anyone I know in the hobby, what's your call on them being mustards and also have you seen the cornflower/purple
2 tone before?

Jay

The seller of the mustards said no more pictures are possbile as they are packaged already? My feeling is someone is throwing away 500 beans worst part of it is the buyer probably won't really they are actually not mustard as they have probably not seen a mustard in person.

As for the purple it is a 060 which is the correct listing for it the small 1 is actually a line from the mold and not actually a #1. All my insulators are currently boxed up going on 14 months now so I can pull out my 060's and see if any of the purples in this mold actually have a little blue to them. I would not call this two tone by any means as it appears if there is any blue it is just in the wire ridge area.


Save your money kids.


Craig

Hey Craig, did you look at all the pics of the purple/cornflower? My old eyes see more blue than just the wire ridge. I don't know if there is enough to call it a two tone. I have one that is about 85% purple 15% blue. What percentage qualifies as a two tone?

Had some time to go thru a few ponies that had been in hiding for awhile now. Found this interesting pair on the opposite end of the purple/cornflower color spectrum. Interestingly, I had one of these for sale at a show or two but had no takers. The tag reads; cornflower/purple two tone, $250.00. This pair is N.N. Canadian [050]. P.G. value $200.00 - $250.00.

I call those steel blue purple swirled I have had quite a few of those in differnt levels of purple right up to a solid violet colour. If you put one beside a cornflower blue canadian 102 I think u will agree the colour is no where close to a cornflower I think the colour in the priced guide could be deleted as I dont believe it exists.

Craig

Craig, you are absolutely right my friend. Definitely not a cornflower blue by a long shot. You've sold some of these, I assume, so what dollar range would you put on the steel gray with purple swirls, please & thanks? I think the blue in the first set of pics is closer to cornflower imo.

Hi Reid, just my two cents, i found about 75-80 of these near Rose Valley Sask, in the early nineties, traded a wack of them of them to Peter Abbot and Jack Riesselman. I think about 25 bucks a pop. I think there were about 5 diffrent embossings in this find, nice glass i wish i had at least one of them left!