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| ********************* Auction Date October, 2024 ************************** |
CD-128.4 - HEMINGRAY Sold For: $130 Color: Clear
 | Great shape with only a couple of minor flea bites |
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| ********************* Auction Date August, 2024 ************************** |
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CD-128.4 - Hemingray 'Big Mouth' Sold For: $90
 | CD 128.4 Hemingray (030 Brass Bushing Molded into Pinhole) Clear. |
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| ********************* Auction Date April, 2024 ************************** |
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CD-128.4 - HEMINGRAY Sold For: $132 Color: Clear
 | The "Big Mouth" nickname came from the large "jaws" that were designed to hold a heavy snow load. 1/8" dings on the lower and upper wire ridges, a little roughness around the base. These units were meant to fit on smaller diameter carrier pins and were fitted with brass bushings to ensure perfect threading and to avoid damage when screwed onto a metal pin. Because of the different rates of expansion, there can often be stress lines around the bushing. This example has none. The exact meaning of the "SB" style designation is unknown, although it is likely that the "S" referred to the "steel" pin. In any case, a unique example of a later glass insulator, produced in the late 1930s, that no Hemingray collection should be without! |
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| ********************* Auction Date January, 2024 ************************** |
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CD-128.4 - Hemingray Off Clear Sold For: $70 Item: #174
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| ********************* Auction Date March, 2023 ************************** |
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CD-128.4 - HEMINGRAY Sold For: $99 Color: Clear
 | Nicknamed "Big Mouth" because of the large "jaws" that were designed to hold a heavy snow load. Most were made with a brass bushing molded into the pinhole to form perfect threads, avoiding damage when it was screwed onto a metal pin. Sometimes you will find fractures around the brass insert in the threads. This example has none, and overall it is in very, very near mint condition. The exact meaning of the "SB" style designation is unknown, although it is likely that the "S" referred to the "steel" pin. In any case, a unique example of a later glass insulator, produced in the late 1930s, that no Hemingray collection should be without! |
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| ********************* Auction Date June, 2022 ************************** |
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CD-128.4 - Hemingray 'Big Mouth' Sold For: $95 Item: #288
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| ********************* Auction Date September, 2021 ************************** |
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CD-128.4 - HEMINGRAY Sold For: $88 Color: Clear
 | Nicknamed "Big Mouth" because of the large "jaws" that were designed to hold a heavy snow load. Very near mint. This example has a brass bushing and there are often some associated stress cracks in the pinhole area, but this is in great shape! |
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| ********************* Auction Date February, 2021 ************************** |
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CD-128.4 - Hemingray 'Big Mouth' Sold For: $130 Item: #208
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| ********************* Auction Date November, 2019 ************************** |
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CD-128.4 - Hemingray Yellow Tint Sold For: $134 Item: #135
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| ********************* Auction Date September, 2019 ************************** |
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CD-128.4 - HEMINGRAY Sold For: $105 Color: Yellow Tint
 | Very, very near mint. Many of these were molded with a brass thimble in the pinhole. This example does not have one. Today, this insulator is most commonly nicknamed "Big Mouth." Some have also called it "Bulldog," "Duckbill," and "Jaws." It was intended to provide additional support for the line wire when snow and ice were on the lines. Quite a unique shape! |
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| ********************* Auction Date April, 2018 ************************** |
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CD-128.4 - HEMINGRAY // SB Sold For: $121 Color: Off Clear
 | {Lead liner} Very, very near mint. Today, this insulator is most commonly nicknamed "Big Mouth." Some have also called it "Bulldog," "Duckbill," and "Jaws." It was intended to provide additional support for the line wire when snow and ice were on the lines. Quite a unique shape! |
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CD-128.4 - HEMINGRAY // SB Sold For: $121 Color: Off Clear
| {Lead liner} Very, very near mint. Today, this insulator is most commonly nicknamed "Big Mouth." Some have also called it "Bulldog," "Duckbill," and "Jaws." It was intended to provide additional support for the line wire when snow and ice were on the lines. Quite a unique shape! |
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| ********************* Auction Date September, 2015 ************************** |
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CD-128.4 - HEMINGRAY Sold For: $105 Color: Yellow Tint
 | There was occasionally enough stress at the top of the pinhole of these "SB" units to create a fracture around it, but this dome is perfect! A small stress line at the base of the pinhole from years of service, otherwise very very near mint! Today, this insulator is most commonly nicknamed "Big Mouth." Some have also called it "Bulldog," "Duckbill," and "Jaws." It was intended to provide additional support for the line wire. Most were made with a brass bushing molded into the pinhole to form perfect threads, avoiding damage when it was screwed onto a metal pin. Some, such as this one, were made with a lead liner instead. The exact meaning of the "SB" style designation is unknown, although it is likely that the "S" referred to the "steel" pin. In any case, a unique example of a later glass insulator, produced in the late 1930s, that no complete Hemingray collection should be without! (#0973) |
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