Recent Sales Noted on Ebay
I have begun listing here recent sales made on Ebay as a way of helping people value their insulators. Of course your insulators are only worth what someone will pay, but it's a start.
The details are reproduced here as they were on Ebay with some trimming, but including spelling mistakes!
The postage quoted was as advertised at the time, actual postage depended upon the bidders location. It is merely present to give an indication of postage variations as the extortionate then becomes obvious
November 2006
26 November 2006
London Midland Railway LMS Insulator 1941
LMS 1941 telegraph insulator in ex lineside condition with original wire attached see photo all internals in tact will clean up very well.
£5.55 plus £4.95 postage. 3 bids
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red 1961 bullers insulator no1
a few really light marks no cracks or fading, complete insulator. IF U LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE MAIN PICTURE U CAN SEE THE MARKS THATS ALL THEY ARE (NOT DENTS OR CHIPS) 5 inchs tall 3 inchs width at bottom stamped on top is NA VM, THEN THE DATE 1961, UNDER THAT STAMPED NO 1 THE MADE IN ENGLAND,
£20.00 plus £5.00 postage. 1 bid
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Brown GPO Terminal Insulator
This is a corrugated insulator as used by the Midland Railway Company. There are no cracks but there is what looks like a very small chip on one of the ribs but it could be just a blemish. It can be seen on the picture. There are also some marks around the top where the wires have rubbed slightly.
£8.05 plus £4.50 postage. 2 bids
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Brown GPO Terminal Insulator
GPO, USED, CERAMIC POT TYPE INSULATOR, RECENTLY RECOVERED, GOOD CONDITION WITH NO CHIPS OR CRACKS, THERE IS A SCREW TOP ALSO IN GOOD CONDITION, THE MARKING ON THE POT STATE THAT IT WAS MADE IN ENGLAND, IN 1955.
£2.99 plus £4.00 postage. 1 bid
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GPO CERAMIC INSULATOR,
GPO, USED, CERAMIC POT TYPE INSULATOR, RECENTLY RECOVERED, GOOD CONDITION WITH NO CHIPS OR CRACKS, THERE IS A SCREW TOP ALSO IN GOOD CONDITION, THE MARKING ON THE POT STATE THAT IT WAS MADE IN ENGLAND, IN 1955.
£2.20 plus £5.00 postage. 2 bids
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LMS.28 Telegraph Insulator
LMS.28 stamped insulator, very good condition, no cracks or chips. This is the slightly less common version with the date stamped after the LMS - the 28 signifies "1928". Slight soot stains from the years of passing Steam Trains. Found on the Skipton - Colne (Midland Railway) line quite a few years ago.
£8.00 plus £5.00 postage. 1 bid
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Gaskell & Grocott Large Ceramic Terminal Insulator
This is a large terminal insulator made by the company Gaskell and Grocott. It was recovered from the Settle to Carlisle Railway Line. Insulators made by G & G do not seem to appear very often as I only have one other in my collection as most other terminal insulators seen to be made by Bullers, Wade or Taylor Tunnicliffe. These terminal insulators came in three sizes and this is the largest. The maker's mark stamped on the side of the top shows the outline of an insulator with the words written inside and states:
The Only Way
G & G
ENGLAND
£16.44 plus £5.50 postage. 2 bids
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EARLY RARE JOBSON BROTHERS PATENT INSULATOR
LNER stamped termination insulator, very good condition, no cracks or chips. This is the slightly rarer double grooved type used for terminating a telegraph wire. Soot stains on one side from the years of passing Steam Trains. Found on thw Whitby - Battersby line quite a few years ago.
£8.00 plus £5.00 postage. 1 bid
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EARLY RARE JOBSON BROTHERS PATENT INSULATOR
"JOBSON BROTHERS, DUDLEY, ENGLAND". It is in excellent condition with no cracks or chips. Mounting spindle rusted solid into this example. It could be hacksawed off for mounting on a shelf display. Complete with nut and washer, if you want to mount it on a wooden crossarm. Slight soot stains from the years of passing Steam Trains and rust stains round where the wires attacted. Recovered many years ago from the Settle- Carlisle line.
£15.00 plus £7.00 postage. 1 bid
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Red Bullers 1948 Ceramic Insulator
This is s 1948 red power transmission insulator made by Bullers Ltd. It has a makers stamp with the date, 1948, impressed on the side. One side of the insulator has a deep shiny red glaze however the other side is quite weather worn, this can be seen in the picture. There are no cracks or chips to the insulator and the inner shed is intact.
£7.50 plus £4.50 postage. 2 bids
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Bullers LNER Pothead Ceramic Insulator with Tall Lid
This is a 1946 single groove pothead insulator stamped with a clear Bullers makers and date stamp. On the other side it is stamped L.N.E.R. the London North Eastern Railway. There are no cracks or chips to the insulator. It comes with a rare tall ceramic lid stamped G.P.O. 1965. The lid has a hairline crack visable in the picture. These lids came in three sizes and this is the tallest of the three
£31.00 plus £4.50 postage. 9 bids
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unusual set of large ceramic electrical insulators
These are a set of 4 electrical insulators I believe come from an electrical sub station or pylon.As hopefully you can see from the photos they would add a really nice sc-fi ambiance to a garden or balcony.They are hollow inside and could easily be converted in to outdoor lights or a garden pond pump.As you can hopefully see from the photos all the insulators are slightly chipped, I have included photos showing the 'bad side 'as well as the 'good side'showing they could easily be displayed hiding the chips.
£16.50 collection only. 2 bids
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Fuller Langdon Corrugated insulator
Fuller Langdon style corrugated insulator as used by the Midland Railway. No markings on this example but still a fine piece. Slightly soot stained from the years of passing Steam Trains and rust stains round where the wires attached. No cracks but one small chip on the bottom of the outer shed and one on the inner shed. Recovered many years ago from the now disused Skipton - Colne (MR) line
£13.50 plus £5.00 postage. 3 bids
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RED CORDEAU TELEGRAPH INSULATOR
Red Telegraph insulator, with the Bullers Logo dated 1948. Good condition, no chips, only a slight crack on the rear and a few bits where the wires have rubbed the red glaze off. Found on the Settle - Carlisle line.
£27.50 plus £5.00 postage. 6 bids
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Earthenware Telegraph Insulator P&T Belleek c1925
Earthenware Telegraph Insulator P&T Belleek c1925 Glazed earthenware insulator. Clearly marked P&T - but no other markings that we can see. Is this unmarked Belleek? We just do NOT know - but we do know that this famous Irish pottery factory did do insulators (and toilet bowls, pipes & so forth) P&T: The original Department of Post and Telecommunications began in 1922 with the appointment of James Walsh as the Postmaster-General. On January 1984 the Department of Post and Telegraphs split up into two semi-state bodies - Telecom Eireann (The Telephone Service) and An Post (The Postal Service). Measures: 4.10" High X 3.35" diameter. Condition: Very Good. No chips, cracks or flaws. Remember this is a small country and we are dealing in a diminishing commodity - bid with confidence.
$US 46.23 plus postage. 4 bids
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1938 GPO Porcelain Insulator
1938 GPO Porcelain Insulator. Two available; being sold individually. Dimensions: Porcelain height = 4.5 inches; overall height = 10 inches.
£2.50 plus £3.95 postage. 1 bid
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unusual set of ceramic electrical insulators
These are a set of 4 electrical insulators I believe come from an electrical sub station or pylon.As hopefully you can see from the photos they would add a really nice sc-fi ambiance to a garden or balcony.They are hollow inside and could easily be converted in to outdoor lights or a garden pond pump.One of the insulators has a minor chip on the underside that can only be seen from underneath the item as seen in the photos.
£11.49 collect only. 2 bids
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London Midland Railway LMS Insulator 1941
LMS 1941 telegraph insulator in ex lineside condition with original wire attached see photo all internals in tact will clean up very well.
£1.49 plus £4.95 postage. 1 bid
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