My first question would be, what is the correct photo album this pic should be filed in? The second question is how many collectors have had the following experience to learn from? I found the two insulators and brackets shown in this pic on Craigslist and called the owner right away. I just had to have the CD 135 dome embossed Chicago to go with the base embossed one I already own. It used to be very close to mint condition with lots of various sized bubbles. After my phone contact with the seller all the rest of are communication was done via email. I wanted more pics before I was willing to purchase the insulator for the $60 asking price. It ended up that I would buy the two insulators and the two brackets for the original asking price of $60 shipped to my door. This is what arrived in yesterdays morning. I prayed when I saw the box. When I opened the box; you already know the rest of the story from my pic. Now I beat myself up. I requested that the seller made sure there was no way the insulators could collide with each other or with the brackets or shift during shipping. Normally I'm not the kind of person that likes to tell other people what to do so I left my instuctions at that. In the past I have instructed other persons I didn't have faith in of their insulator shipping abilities more percisely. I would recomend bubble wrapping at least a couple inches around each insulator ansd stuffing crumpled up newspaper tightly in any voids. For some unknown reason I failed to make the same request with this seller who was in the process of opening a antique and junk store. I suppose he would have had enough sense of his own being he was going into business. It turned out the insulators were shipped with the insulators attached to their respective brackets. There was a little of the thin type bubble wrap around each assemblies. I believe the seller did try to keep them seperated and as to my spects bud instead of using cardboard or newspaper he elected to use acouple or one of those six inch bubbles that are easily collapsible. One of thos bubbles had no air in it and I'm not positive if it started out with any. At the present time I have emailed the seller without any response. I requested that he at least refund half of my $60 dollars back. I haven't had a response as of yet. I may have to see if I have his phone number around still. I think I do. My file system is not the best so I will have to spend a little time searching.

Thank you all for being patient for waiting for my questions. Here's the last one. I know this question has been asked many times here at Icon but I'm going to ask it again anyway. Why is it that when things like this disaster happens it's always or most times the better insulator that breaks?

One last thing: I debated whether or not I wanted the CD 133. I asked the seller if there was any embossing at all on the crown. I decided I would take another chance after the seller said he couldn't see any writing at all that it was an unembossed 133. Turns out it was a Brookfield creb with the worst embossing I've come across up to date. Maybe I can make my money back if I advertise it that way. Any takers? Ha Ha!!!!

Final Questions : Anyone have any brackets like these, know how common they are and what their value may be? I'd bet Lou Hall does. I thought they were flat but they turned out to have a small angle on the back side. Guess they were meant to be used on a pole or round surface