I just picked up this gem 'cause I can't resist CREBs. It is a CD 134 [150] (F-Crown) (Arc)WM BROOKFIELD/45 CLIFF ST. N.Y. (R-Crown) PAT.JAN. 25 1870 {MLOD} SB.

Now I'm not one who cares to leave an insulator in as-found condition, with the wire and soot still attached. I know some collectors prefer that, however. So before I free this glass from its shackle and grime, I thought I'd offer it here for a week to see if someone wants to save it from the acid bath. There are a few bubbles I can make out in the skirt, I can't see any chips or cracks (doesn't mean they're not there), and I can see only one fleabite on the right rear skirt (doesn't mean there's no more under the soot and dirt). The lead wire is very heavy gauge, (mostly) cloth-covered copper, and makes a single loop around the insulator, with a lesser gauge, cloth-covered copper wire wrapped seven or eight times around the doubled lead to form a sort of "noose" right next to the glass. Further up the lead, there are yet lighter gauge wires wrapping around it. The insulator is held fast, but it can be rotated in the loop about half a turn with just a little oomph. The wooden peg stub screws in and out with ease . . . so I can't tell if it's original to the insulator—sure seems like it, though. Because of the accumulation of years, I can't accurately tell if this one is Light Aqua, which is listed in the current Price Guide at $3-5; or Light Green, listed at $15-20; or Light Aqua w/ Milk Swirls, listed for $75-100. I'm thinking it's probably a simple light aqua. As I said, I'm going to offer it here for a week. If it doesn't sell by then, it gets taken off the list and cleaned up to look more respectable on my shelf.

Anybody want it as it is for $100 shipped in the US? All "inquiries" welcome (for a week). ;-)

Traded for four nice pieces. Thanks, Mike.