The Most Popular and Desirable Glass Insulators

In the fall of 2013 Dwayne Anthony conducted a survey on ICON about what was the most popular, desirable and favorite glass insulators. In the case of a tie for the tenth position, a special tie-breaker vote was conducted to determine the final tenth position The shaded rows represent the next ten runner-ups.

His survey broke them down into three categories:

Most Widely Desirable Scarce to Rare Glass Insulators - Participants were asked to vote for those scarce to rare glass insulators they felt were the most WIDELY desirable within the hobby (but not necessarily the "rarest of the rare"). Participant's were also asked to be specific with CD style; embossing (if any); and color. (76 participants)
Most Desirable CD Styles - Based solely on insulator designs (CD styles) that are most pleasing to the eye. Entries were open to worldwide glass insulators, both pin type and non-pin type, common to rare, threaded or threadless, currently assigned CD numbers were required. (69 participants)
Most Widely Popular Glass Insulators - Based primarily on overall collector perception, at any collecting level, of the most widely popular insulators in the hobby, common to rare. (69 participants)

Most Widely Desirable Scarce to Rare Glass Insulators

Rank	CD	Description	Votes
1	CD 130.1	Cal Elec Works, Cobalt Blue	25
2	CD 181	NN (Pluto), Aqua	24
3	CD 123	EC&M, Cobalt Blue	24
4	CD 151	H.G.Co. NATCO, Peacock Blue	21
5	CD 257	Hemingray, Electric Blue	20
6	CD 141.9	Emminger, Aqua	17
7	CD 145	H.G.Co, Amber shades	15
8	CD 109.5	Harloe, Aqua	12
9	CD 735	Mulford & Biddle, Cobalt Blue	11
10	CD 126	W Brookfield, Purple	10
11	CD 112.4	Hemingray No 8, Golden Amber	9
12	CD 141.7	Twiggs, Clear	9
13	CD 206	NN, Blue	9
14	CD 206	NN, Light Green	9
15	CD 127	WUP, Cobalt Blue	8
16	CD 159	Gregory, Aqua	8
17	CD 260	California, Yellow	8
18	CD 109	Chicago, Aqua	7
19	CD 126	W Brookfield, Red Amber	7
20	CD 287.1	Locke, Peacock Blue	7

Most Desirable CD Styles

Rank	CD	Votes
1	CD 257 (Mickey Mouse)	25
2	CD 145 (Beehive)	25
3	CD 162 (Signal)	22
4	CD 102 (Pony)	18
5	CD 123 (EC&M Co)	16
6	CD 141.9 (Emminger's)	15
7	CD 151	14
8	CD 181 (Pluto)	13
9	CD 206 (Castle)	13
10	CD 130.1 (Fluted Cal Elec Works)	12
11	CD 143	12
12	CD 106	9
13	CD 109.5 (Harloe Claw)	9
14	CD 135	9
15	CD 139 (Combination Safety)	9
16	CD 154	9
17	CD 268 (Crown)	9
18	CD 317 (Candlestick)	9
19	CD 126 (Blobtop)	8
20	CD 133	8
21	CD 138.9 (Twin-Pin)	8
22	CD 141.7 (Twiggs)	8
23	CD 164	8
24	CD 265 (Fisher)	8
25	CD 735 (style of "Pilgrim Hat")	8

Most Widely Popular Glass Insulators

Rank	CD	Description	Votes
1	CD 257	Hemingray (or Patent), clear, aqua, hemingray blue	47
2	CD 154	Whitall Tatum, purple	36
3	CD 162	H.G.Co./Hemingray, electric/peacock/cobalt blue	35
4	CD 102	Diamond, Purple	24
5	CD 235	Pyrex, Carnival	23
6	CD 135	Chicago, Aqua	19
7	CD 123	EC&M, Aqua	17
8	CD 303/310	Muncie	15
9	CD 100	Surge	14
10	CD 214	Hemingray, 7-up Green	12
11	CD 106	Hemingray, 7-up Green	12
12	CD 162	H.G.Co./Hemingray, Amber's	12
13	CD 145	H.G.Co, Jade Green	11
14	CD 154	Dominion, Amber	11
15	CD 734	McMicking, Aqua	11
16	CD 164	Maydwell, White Milkglass	10
17	CD 110.5	National, Aqua	8
18	CD 143	Canadian Pacific, Purple	8
19	CD 263	Columbia, Aqua	8
20	CD 162	California, Purple	7

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Last updated Sunday, May 18, 2014