RED DEVIL SPOOK-BALL CRACKLE-GLASS LIGHTNING ROD

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THIS BALL SPARKLES BEYOND IMAGINATION ALSO SHOWN IS A BLUE SPOOK LISTED IN ANOTHER AUCTION....IT'S AVAILABLE IN ANOTHER AUCTION AND NOT INCLUDED IN THIS AUCTION NO RESERVE... BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR OTHER AUCTIONS ! FORGET THE TIES THIS XMAS (LOL), BECAUSE WE'RE BLASTING THE MOST UNIQUE XMAS SPECIALS EVER.... THIS AUCTION IS FOR ONE "RED-SPOOK" OR RED-DEVIL SPOOK-BALL ON THE ROD WITH CAPS AS SHOWN AND THE BASE WHAT WE'VE GOT IS ANOTHER REMARKABLE ORNAMENT...AND ALL SOLID 100% COPPER ROD AND SOLID 100% COPPER BASE... WE SEARCH HIGH AND WE SEARCH LOW.... THIS TIME IT PAID OFF BIG-TIME.... THIS MERCURY LINED CRACKLE BALL WAS FOUND IN THE STOCKROOM OF A RURAL KANSAS STORE....THEY HAD SO MUCH OLD STUFF THAT THE OLD MAN STORE OWNER JUST LET US LOOK WVER WE PLEASED...AND LO AND BEHOLD.... THIS IS A "BLOOD-RED" BALL THAT IS CALLED A "RED-SPOOK" WE HAVE BEEN INSTALLING AND REMOVING RODS AND BALLS IN THE MIDWEST FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AND WE OURSELVES ARE RETIRING TO MOTORHOME AND SO NO LONGER COLLECT -- WE BUY AND SELL -- SO OUR THRILL WAS THE MOMENT OF THE FIND.... THIS BALL IS A THICK CRACKLE GLASS THAT IS ALSO FLUTED... AN INSIDE LOOK AT THIS BALL SHOWS IT TO BE LINED WITH MERCURY...APPARENTLY COAT-COVERED IN THE SILVER METALLIC MERCURY, WHICH ADDS VISUAL DEPTH WHEN LOOKING AT THE BALL FROM THE OUTSIDE... THE LOOK IS PHENOMENAL. ... IT LOOKS DEEP AND VEINED WITH CRACKLE-LIKE LIGHTNING BOLTS RUNNING THROUGH THE GLASS... THE GLASS IS FLUTED OR RIBBED ALONG THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE AND IS ALSO A CRACKLE GLASS... FRANKLY - PHENOMENAL IN APPEARANCE THE BALL MEASURES A SOLID APPROX 13" CIRCUMFERENCE WITH AN APPROX 4" DIAMETER.... THE UPPER CAP IS EXTREMELY ORNATE ...THE LOWERS ARE "FLATS"... BOTH ARE METAL, YET THE UPPER IS NON-MAGNETIC IF THAT IS ANY INDICATION OF AGE OR MAKER FOR INSTANCE ...AND EACH MEASURE A FULL APPROX 1-3/8" IN DIAMETER THIS ORNAMENT HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY AFFIXED UPON A NEW 100% SOLID COPPER LIGHTNING ROD (15") THAT IS SUPPORTED SKYWARD ON A 100% SOLID COPPER BASE... WE HAVE USED THE INGOT POURED AND MASSIVE STURDY-TYPE - MISSOURI STYLE BASE AS SHOWN ....AGAIN, IT IS NEW AND 100% SOLID COPPER..... THE BASE SUPPLIED IS MALLEABLE OR BENDABLE; TFORE, IT WILL EASILY FORM TO FIT ANY ANGLE OF ROOF PEAK FROM FLAT TO PERHAPS A CUPOLA... BOTH THE ROD AND BASE ARE UL APPROVED AND BUILT TO WITHSTAND HIGH WINDS AND THE MOST EXTREME ELEMENTS..... EACH FOOT HAS A NAIL OR SCREW HOLE FOR SIMPLE INSTALLATION... THE BASE ALSO HAS AN ATTACHMENT FOR GROUND FUNCTION... THE GLASS IS NOT THIN ---- IT IS PRETTY THICK GLASS AND, AGAIN, APPEARS TO BE MERCURY LINED... THIS HAS NEVER BEEN ATTACHED (TO A ROD) UNTIL WE PLACED THE ITEM ON THE ROD WITH THE BASE... CRACKLE GLASS IS MADE TO RESEMBLE "CRACKED" GLASS ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT CRACKED LITERALLY BUT MADE THAT WAY DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS....THEN THE INNER MERCURY-LIKE COATING WHICH, AGAIN, MAKES IT SIMPLY STUNNING... IF YOU ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH CRACKLE GLASS, SEARCH EBAY IN OTHER CATEGORIES....IT'S AN OLD GLASS MAKING PROCESS... THIS STYLE IS NOT AT ALL TYPICAL... THE GLASS ORNAMENT WEIGHS IN AT A HEFTY 175 GRAMS OR 6.2 OUNCES... THE ORNAMENT IS AFFIXED UPON THE ROD WITH 2 ORNATE CUPS AS SHOWN....(ONE ORNATE UPPER) (ONE LOWER AS SHOWN), AND THE BALL AND CUPS WILL BE "LOCKED" ON THE ROD WITH AN EXTERNAL LOCKING DEVICE THAT GRABS THE ROD, TBY HOLDING THE ORNAMENT PERMANENTLY IN PLACE... THIS ITEM IS 100% EXCELLENT... THIS ITEM HAS BEEN EXAMINED BY OUR FELLOWS, AND THE BALL IS SOLD EXACTLY AS SHOWN WITH NO INDICATION WHATSOEVER OF ADVERSE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY, AND THE 15" ROD AND BASE ARE 100% COPPER...NEW WAS USED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ORNAMENT...AS SUCH, WE WILL NOT REFUND ON THIS ITEM... INSURANCE IS REQUIRED AT $2.50...USPS DELIVERY CONFIRMATION WILL BE APPLIED BY THE SELLER...IF YOU SO DESIRE, THIS ORNAMENT CAN BE SUPPLIED ON A #18 ROD FOR AN ADDITIONAL $10... read more

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