********************* Auction Date October, 2024 ************************** |
CD-135 - CHICAGO INSULATING CO. Sold For: $180 Color: Blue
| Great condition with several small flea bites and a rub on the upper wire groove
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********************* Auction Date September, 2024 ************************** |
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CD-135 - Blue Chicago Diamond Groove Sold For: $150
| CD 135 Chicago (030) Blue. This Diamond Groove has some nice bubbles; plenty of fizzy bubbles; some light milky swirls; and amber streak in the dome; faint amber in the skirt; and some white potstones. |
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CD-135 - Chicago Insulating Blue Sold For: $100
| CD 135 Chicago Insulating Company (030 Shoulder Embossed, PAT'D) Blue with polliwog in dome. |
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CD-135 - Scratch & Dent: Chicago 'Diamond Groove' Sold For: $60 Item: #304
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********************* Auction Date January, 2024 ************************** |
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CD-135 - Chicago Blue Sold For: $50 Item: #119
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CD-135 - Chicago 'Diamond Groove' Sold For: $85 Item: #149
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********************* Auction Date September, 2021 ************************** |
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CD-135 - CHICAGO INSULATING CO. Sold For: $110 Color: Fizzy Blue
| The October 16, 1883 patent date marked on the shoulder is for the unusual diamond-shaped wire groove. Hard-to-see 3/4" flake on one of the diamonds. A few small flakes and dings here and there. The unique wire groove gives the piece additional visual appeal! |
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CD-135 - Chicago Light Milky Blue Sold For: $140 Item: #124
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********************* Auction Date February, 2021 ************************** |
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CD-135 - Chicago Super-Fizzy Light Blue Sold For: $130 Item: #36
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********************* Auction Date October, 2020 ************************** |
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CD-135 - Chicago Shoulder Embossed Sold For: $120 Item: #104
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CD-135 - Chicago Rich Blue & Exceptional Condition Sold For: $250 Item: #54
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CD-135 - Chicago Greenish Aqua Sold For: $25 Item: #345
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CD-135 - Chicago Blue Aqua Sold For: $45 Item: #61
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********************* Auction Date November, 2019 ************************** |
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CD-135 - Chicago Diamond Groove Blue Sold For: $124 Item: #137
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********************* Auction Date September, 2019 ************************** |
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CD-135 - CHICAGO INSULATING CO. Sold For: $77 Color: Bright Blue
| {Base embossed} A couple of 1/4" flakes on the damage-prone flutes. The patented flutes were designed to minimize the contact between the wire and the wire groove. This example is base embossed with the full name of the company: "CHICAGO INSULATING CO. PAT OCT 16 1883." See lot 67 for a shoulder embossed variant. An innovative patented design! |
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CD-135 - CHI.INS.CO. Sold For: $121 Color: Bright Blue
| {Shoulder embossed} Very near mint. This insulator is one of the two "Diamond Groove" styles manufactured by the Chicago Insulating Company, the second one being CD 109. This style was patented October 16, 1883 by Fiske and Mott. See lot 66 for a base embossed variant. What a great pair of "Chicagos"! |
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CD-135 - CHICAGO INSULATING CO. Sold For: $121 Color: Blue
| {Shoulder embossed} A little scuffing on the dome, some pings and flakes here and there. This is the classic "Diamond Groove" insulator produced by the Chicago Insulating Company. The diamond-shaped wire groove was patented on October 16, 1883 by Fiske & Mott, it's goal being to decrease contact between the tie wire and the insulator. A unique design for sure! |
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********************* Auction Date October, 2014 ************************** |
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CD-135 - CHICAGO INSULATING CO. Sold For: $121 Color: Snotty Bright Blue
| A little roughness around the shoulder, perhaps as a result of a slight overpour, and a few dings on the dome. The flutes are perfect! This insulator is bright blue and has some heavy trails of milky snot around the pinhole; a very attractive Chicago! (#3246) |
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CD-135 - (Upper shoulder) CHI.INS.CO. Junky Sold For: $121 Color: Junky, Jadey Aqua
| A little roughness around the edge of the shoulder. The insulator is shoulder embossed with one dot on the skirt and is translucent throughout, punctuated with a big glob of "snot" and a glob of "algae"! A great companion to the contrasting lot 65! (#3238) |
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CD-135 - (Base) CHICAGO INSULATING CO. Junky Sold For: $297 Color: Junky, Jadey Blue
| Overall VNM. Base-embossed with three vertical dots on the skirt. The milkyness gives a translucent effect in many areas, accented with snow, bubbles and a nice chunk of "snot" in the dome. A great Chicago junker! Contrasts well with its companion, lot 64! (#3225) |
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********************* Auction Date February, 2014 ************************** |
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CD-135 - CHICAGO {Shoulder embossed} Sold For: $176 Color: Jadey Blue
| Shoulder chip. The milky swirls and other gunk give a junky, translucent appearance as well as a lot of character! The flutes make it a little more of an uncommon shape compared to your "usual" insulator. (#3247) |
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********************* Auction Date October, 2013 ************************** |
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CD-135 - CHICAGO Sold For: $198 Color: Fizzy Blue w/ Snot Globs & Trails
| Small potstone bruise on dome. This base-embossed Chicago is a real junker! (#3224) |
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CD-135 - CHICAGO Sold For: $121 Color: Aqua
| Several flakes. You see some filled with "gunk" and this shoulder embossed example is nice and transparent. (#3243) |
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CD-135 - CHICAGO Sold For: $385 Color: Milky Jade Blue
| Flake removes I.I in CHI.INS.shoulder embossing; the rest about VNM. Although jade overall in appearance, you can still see some milky swirls and a big milky gob; great color and character! (#3240) |
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