| | State of the Magazine
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Two years ago this month, my wife and I applied to acquire Crown Jewels of
the Wire magazine. Linda is a nurse. I'm a police officer. Previously, I spent
14 years as a radio and television news reporter. But apart from having a
journalism degree, I had no experience with the print medium. Neither had my
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| | Left Coast Lines - News From The Western Region
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| | By Mike Doyle
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THE 36th TULARE HARVEST INSULATOR & BOTTLE SHOW is a two-day event that
has a rich history going back over thirty years. Every year (it seems...)
Richard Simon says, "This is gonna be the LAST year that we do this
show!" And every year Dave Brown and Mike Doyle prepare themselves to
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| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | by Elton Gish
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Someone wrote recently asking if the Victor mugs were actually made at the
insulator factory in Victor, NY. We haven't discussed the Victor chinaware in
many years. Now that I have much more information about them, thought you would
like to learn more about this interesting go-with. First, Locke Insulator Mfg.
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| | Insulator of the Month - OH YEAH, IT'S RED!
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This CD 102, pony style, insulator is one of the few insulators made in ruby
red glass. The insulator is embossed "VTS INDUSTRIAL Co" (front) and
"NUMBER 8" (reverse). VTS, a distributor of telephone supplies, had
insulators made in ruby red and peacock blue glass for its customers. They are
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| | Canyonville Oregon Show
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| | By Scott Morrell
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November's Jefferson State Insulator and Bottle Show can be summed up in one
word: SUCCESS! We had 90 sales tables, approximately half bottles and half
insulators. The Seven Feathers convention hall was plush, and the casino's
service was great. The dealers were impressed with the show hall, praised the
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| | EIC/NMHBS Sixteenth Annual Show and Sale
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| | By Mike Gay and Tom Katonak
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The 16th Annual Show on September 27th, 2003 was another capital success for
the ElC! As in the past several years, we joined forces with the New Mexico
Historical Bottle Society to pull this event off. This year we returned to our
favorite venue, Chapman Hall of St. Paul's United Methodist Church in NE
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| | Seeing Red
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For Valentine's, Crown Jewels presents "red" insulators found in
the hobby.
The idea of a red glass insulator has captured the thoughts of collectors
since the hobby began. When I was collecting in the 1960's, collectors wondered
if a red insulator would ever be found. Even today, if you talk to
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| | HOLE LOT OF FUN
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The two half-glass, half-porcelain Fred M Locke insulators shown below represent a small portion of a brand new, major discovery of buried insulator
treasure.
The successful treasure sleuth is Denley Bryson of Meridian,
California.
Denley tells Crown Jewels, "At the Auburn, California bottle
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| | A Magazine for Collectors
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| | Photos from "Crown Jewels of the Wire," February 2004
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CJ In Color!
The following photos are from the February 2004
Crown Jewels of the Wire magazine. These have been provided by the publisher
for those wishing to see a color rendition of the black and white photos
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