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Thank you for your question! The Museum cannot offer values or appraisals due to our non-profit status, but there are collectors' books and magazine articles that may be of interest to you in the Library collection. I'm listing a few below. The Library also has historical information on Pyrex insulators.
You could also contact one of the collector's groups for insulators, such as Crown Jewels of the Wire. They publish a newsletter, where some of the articles listed below appear. These groups typically do a lot of research on numbers, marks, dates, etc. and could save you some leg-work!
Books and Articles:
- Berry, Bob. “A New Pyrex Insulator.” Crown Jewels of the Wire 22, no. 11 (Nov. 1990): 14-15.
- Bruner, Michael. The Definitive Guide to Colorful Insulators. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 2000.
- Guthrie, Michael G. A Handbook for the Recognition & Identification of Fake, Altered, and Repaired Insulators. S.l.: M.G. Guthrie, 1999.
- Hafer, Greg. “Hey Dad! There's Gold on Them There Poles!” Crown Jewels of the Wire 32, no. 1 (Jan. 2000): 6-11. Note: Corning Pyrex insulators.
- "History and Application of 'PYREX' Insulators." “Pyrex” Industrial Glass, no. 10 (June 1964): 3-5. Note: A Technical Bulletin Issued by James A. Jobling & Co. Ltd. of England. Review of the development of electrical insulators first created by Corning Glass Works and Jobling in the 1920s.
- McClellan, Claire T. “More Unusual Finds.” Western Collector (April 1969): 201. Note: Includes Pyrex insulators
- McCurty, Jeff. "A Closer Look at Corning-Pyrex Insulators." Insulators 9, no. 10 (Dec. 1977): 4-11.
- McDougald, John, and Carol McDougald. Insulators: A History and Guide to North American Glass Pintype insulators: Price Guide. St. Charles, Ill.: McDougalds, 1999.
Borrowing Library Materials
The Rakow Research Library will lend designated books from its collection and will send copies of articles on request from other libraries via Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Contact your local library to make ILL requests. For more information about our ILL policies and procedures, please see https://www.cmog.org/research/library/visit/services/loan.
Feel free to contact us with glass-related questions in the future!
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