Anyone else go to the Clevenger auction?

[KentOhio]

I saw the post for the Clevenger Brothers auction on here and knew I'd always regret it if I didn't go. It took a lot of convincing, but I talked my fiance into going, and we drove 7 hours to New Jersey. There were so many molds and tools I couldn't keep track of them. Something I realized towards the end of the auction was that many of them hadn't originally belonged to the Clevengers. There were molds from different factories and there were 100-year old tools. I really should have looked at everything more closely, but it was overwhelming. There were many times when I didn't even know what I was bidding on. The auction was fast-paced, and all the molds look pretty much the same closed. I ended up buying 10 molds, which is probably about as much weight as the car could handle on the way home. I also bought 2 blowpipes, 2 lipping tools, and 2 pairs of shears. We also went to the Wheaton museum, and really enjoyed the place. It has some great exhibits.

 

[KentOhio]

This is the mold for a 12-inch garden ball. It's really heavy and I must be crazy to have bought it.

 

[KentOhio]

This is a "Federal Law Forbids..." flask mold. I don't know where they got it, but it's for an automatic bottle machine. Now I need the flask to go with it. I'm sure most of you have thrown the exact flask into the trash pile many times.

 

[KentOhio]

Here's a 1 Gallon vinegar or bleach bottle mold. Sure, we all hate the bottles, but the mold is cool, I think. This is one that was a mystery mold until after I bought it.

 

[KentOhio]

Chemung spring water. It has an embossed Indian.

 

[KentOhio]

This was listed as an "indent vase." I don't really know what it is.

 

[KentOhio]

Here's a mold for kerosene lamp fonts. This mold seems a lot older than the others and I suspect it's actually a 19th-century mold that they picked up somewhere.

 

[KentOhio]

I'm going to need some help identifying which insulator this is for. Clevenger never made insulators, did they?

 

[KentOhio]

Here's a hobnail bottle mold.

 

[KentOhio]

A mold for a pressed glass goblet with grape patterns. I need to find the goblet made in this.