This guide is designed to give you a basic introduction into collecting glass and porcelain insulators. Specifically I will assist you in how to identify them, determine their age, value, rarity and condition...
ABOUT INSULATORS An insulator contains no free electrons to permit the flow of electricity. When a voltage is placed across an insulator, no charge or current flows through the insulator. An insulator is...
At any one time there are a couple hundred auctions for glass electric and telegraph insulators listed on eBay. The experience of the sellers ranges from that of very knowledgeable to knowing nothing at all...
We started collecting insulators three year's ago, we have compiled a few tip's and ideas to pass along to everyone who may be interested in collecting, buying or selling insulator's, 1. For buying...
As a professional archaeologist, I've always been perplexed by people who assign a dollar value to useless objects from the past. Perhaps nothing represents this better (for the historical period) than glass...