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Today I was at a friends house and found an insulator attached to an old electric wire. It had a Very Dark Blue color and was embossed Hemingray-19 Made in U.S.A. Someday I will try and bring it home. I know little about insulators so any info would be appreciated.
 

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If it's really that blue you have a $300-500 insulator if it's in great shape...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&hash=item4604901ba9&item=300724263849&nma=true&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&rt=nc&si=pDI4cVmVIdrZXCPim6Dah7zNB1U%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc


Does it look like this??



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That's exactly how it looked! Only I think it had a couple chips. Next time I will remeber my camera!
 

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Still wired in? They used hemingray 19's in weird noticeable colours sometimes to mark special lines, and sometimes they show up on the sides of houses
 

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There are many different blue shades and that will affect the value significantly. So will damage like chips. A picture would really help.

Cobalt Hemingray 19s were used pretty commonly around the midwest. Kansas City used hundreds of them on the old fire alarm signal lines. They're not a rare piece by any stretch but everyone likes the color, so the price stays up there.
 

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