Previous Listings

January 1, 1999 - June 30, 1999

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June 5, 1999

• It's here! The long awaited 1999 Price Guide is now available! There will be plenty on hand at 1999 National Convention, so you can pick one up at the show.
• The prices on the Glass Insulator Photographs have been updated to reflect the 1999 Price Guide values.

June 3, 1999

• A Handbook for the Recognition and Identification of Fake, Altered and Repaired Insulators
  
  Now updated and on-line! Mike Guthrie first wrote this booklet in 1988. Now, he has updated it with information he and others have continued to gather over the last 11 years. There are significant updates and new sections, as well as over forty color photographs to supplement the material in the booklet. This booklet is only available on-line, and no hard copy publication is planned. A fantastic piece of research work!
  

• Crown Jewels of the Wire photographs for June 1999.
• Updated Insulator Show Calendar and Bottle Show Calendar.

May 26, 1999

• A look back in time ... the West Kootenay Power Archive Photos.
• Milk swirls, amber streaks, bubbles, colored glass ... Learn all about them in the new Frequently Asked Questions about Molding Glass Insulators.
• A clever Sombrero Stand by Ted Ingram.

May 4, 1999

• Look for reduced and special pricing on the following porcelain insulator books:
• Porcelain Insulator Guide Book
• Value Guide for Unipart and Multipart Porcelain Insulators
• Reprints of Catalogs
• Crown Jewels of the Wire photographs for May 1999.
• Updated Insulator Show Calendar and Bottle Show Calendar.

May 2, 1999

• Dwayne Anthony's "The Collectors' Color Catalog of Desirable Insulators!" catalog sale opens tomorrow.
• Happy "Drip Point Patent" anniversary! May 2, 1893!
• Show reports:
• Ottawa Valley Insulator Collectors Show and Sale, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• NIA Eastern Regional Show Report, Huntsville, AL.

April 25, 1999

• The 100'th anniversary of the "PROVO Patent" - April 25, 1899.

April 11, 1999

• Now that's a RED insulator! Take a look!
• While taking a look at the insulator above, be sure to check out information about the 1999 NIA National Convention!
• See the prices realized for Ross Baird's "No Good Insulator" Catalog sale.

April 3, 1999

• Crown Jewels of the Wire photographs for April 1999.
• Updated Insulator Show Calendar and Bottle Show Calendar. I'm getting closer to a combined Insulator/Bottle Show Calendar! Starting this month, combined Insulator and Bottle shows are shown with a split colored circle.
• Pick up some great full color insulator icons in the Download area!

March 25, 1999

• Ross Baird's "No Good Insulator" Spring Catalog opens.
• Insulator news - Rare CD 170.1 sells on eBay.

March 13, 1999

• Several neat Porcelain photographs added to the Crown Jewels of the Wire photographs for March 1999.
• Take a look at the new Grand Canyon Insulator Club's 7 color patch!!
• Updated NIA contact list.

March 2, 1999

• Crown Jewels of the Wire photographs for March 1999.
• Updated Insulator Show Calendar and Bottle Show Calendar.
• Own a piece of history! Get some of the last wooden pins produced in America by May & Bigley. Each individually stamped and numbered! See Lou Bornman's "Go-Withs For Sale" ad.

February 22, 1999

• Hugh Barbour from West Kootenay Power has gathered some great historical photographs and some new shots of insulators in use along the line. See the start of the great story about West Kootenay Power!
• The Insulators for Sale list can now include photos! Look for the camera!
• Preview some of the items for auction in Ross Baird's "No Good Insulator" Spring Catalog Sale.

February 4, 1999

• Be sure to read "Ted’s Top Ten Tips For New Insulator Collectors".
• New Insulators in Service photograph and story: The Old Folsom Powerhouse.
• Crown Jewels of the Wire photographs for February 1999.
• Updated Bottle Show Calendar.
• New and updated Insulator Collectors pages.

January 26, 1999

• Your Insulator News Reporter has been way behind... Check out four new features on insulators in the news, ranging from an ad by IBM announcing a new PowerPC chip, to the auction of the Thames Glass Works insulator, to "Insulators in the News" in the Washington Post!
• Updated Insulator Show Calendar

January 15, 1999

• Take a look at the new section of  "Books Online"
• New and updated Insulator Collectors pages.
• ICON Web ring tops 20 sites! Take a look!

January 3, 1999

• New and updated Insulator Collectors pages.
• Crown Jewels of the Wire photographs for January 1999.
• Updated Insulator Show Calendar and Bottle Show Calendar.
• Be sure to read the details about the postcard "Warding Off the Cold with Insulators!".
• The "What's New?" listings for July 1, 1998 - December 31, 1998 have been archived.

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