Collector With 5,000 Insulators!

Oh, yes. Don Fiene (the guy in the suit). I knew of him - he had a huge collection, but he sold it ALL when he retired. The publishers of Crown Jewels magazine bought the collection and had a massive catalog sale (this was around 1997 or so) - I even bought a few pieces, but due to my finances at the time, had to sell them after a few months. At least it gave me an opportunity to say that I once owned a CD 158.9 "Boston screw top".

I didn't care for how the host handled the pieces - two of the pieces he handled were BIG bucks (CD 162 HG Petticoat cobalt and the CD 260 Hawley helmet). The CD 257 Mickey Mouse in carnival is a 'fake' - true Hemingray carnival glass tends to be washed out compared to the Pyrex pieces (the others on the shelf it came off all looked to be legit). The two-piece transposition is a Canadian (Diamond). Just behind where the host grabbed the 'hog liver' insulator is one of the few CD 248/311/311 Stackers with the AMBER skirts! The BIG clear insulator on the table is the CD 331 Pyrex #701, and to its left was an M-3900 "Tick".