Category Archives: Lightning Rod Balls

Lightning Rod Balls and related material

Extremely Rare Burgoon Ball aquired by Jeff Burkhardt

Posted on 15 April 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

  Good Morning Ferdinand! There are few LRBS (Lightning Rod Balls) on my want list, but high-up on that list is the extremely rare BURGOON. I have the cobalt but the amber and SCA (Sun Colored Amthysist) have eluded me…until … Continue reading →

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Lightning Rod Balls – A Few From Our Collection

Posted on 2 April 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Recently I have written and posted about collectible antique Glass Paperweights, Target Balls, Marbles, Witch Balls, Fly Traps, Glass Fishing Floats and Christmas Ornaments and now would like to discuss one of my favorite areas, Lightning Rod Balls. The common denominator of course, is … Continue reading →

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More Lightning Rod Ball and Weathervane pictures from the Baier Collection

Posted on 1 November 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Extensive Lightning Rod/Weathervane Collection – Advertising & Collectibles I wrote a post earlier today about Sullivan Auctioneers and their Jim & Linda Baier Auction Listing. Read… LRB’s! – Sullivan Auctioneers – The Jim & Linda Baier Collection Here are some more nice cropped … Continue reading →

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LRB’s! – Sullivan Auctioneers – The Jim & Linda Baier Collection

Posted on 1 November 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Received a really interesting Auction poster from Sullivan Auctioneers. Have not heard of these folks. A little research shows a lot of farm equipment and land sale auctions. BUT…. look at all these really GREAT lightning rod balls, pendents and … Continue reading →

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Big Boy Lightning Rod Ball

Posted on 18 April 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

**email from Jeff Burkhardt to Ferdinand Meyer 17 April 2011…regarding our respective Lightning Rod Ball collections… Ferdinand- You got balls, I got balls, but do ‘ya have these balls? Yes, the 5-1/2″ POINT PLEAT is a “big-boy”. It dwarfs “big” … Continue reading →

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Glass Passion and Color Part I : Life Transformation

Posted on 8 April 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

*as reprinted from The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) Bottles & Extra Magazine. September-October 2009 Glass Passion and Color   Part I: Life Transformation by Ferdinand Meyer V There are wheelers and dealers, diggers and finders,  historians and organizers and legends … Continue reading →

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Flat Quilted Lightning Rod Balls

Posted on 7 April 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Lightning Rod Balls do not get the airplay of say Target Balls, Fire Grenades or Witch Balls, but in my camp, these balls rule. Pictured above is my color run of Quilted Flat Lightning Rod Balls. Company pattern of the George … Continue reading →

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