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#682998 Wed Mar 22 2017 06:31 PM
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Looking for a good/clean 13.5" original Skelly single lens to complete my globe pictured below. IF you have one, shoot me a PM. Thx!

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I have two cracked ones...GB

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Thanks Gary, but looking for a good clean lens.


Greg
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Greg,

That looks like one of the Skelly lenses that doesn't have any white on it.

They were specifically made to go on glass bodies.

Jim

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Jim, are you saying they made a lens that was clear with this logo only for glass bodies? I've never heard that, or seen one. All I've ever seen are fired white backgrounds with the logo. I didn't think this globe was ever originally on capco......Gary

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Originally Posted By T-way
Greg,

That looks like one of the Skelly lenses that doesn't have any white on it.

They were specifically made to go on glass bodies.

Jim


Jim,

The lense has a fired white background. I bought it several yrs ago from Scott at GasGlobes.com. At the time Scott indicated it was a fairly common globe. I have been looking for years to find a single. I have seen only a few of these for sale and when I have they have been complete globes. Someday, hopefully, I'll find a single lense.


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Gary,
Yes, I have personally seen lenses from Skelly that did not have any white background.
They were made specifically for glass bodies.
Jim

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Learn something new every day. Like I said, I didn't think that lens ever originally came on anything but glass so it's a little weird they would have made two different inserts. Anyway, good luck finding a good single Greg. For this being supposedly a common globe it is the hardest one to find of all the later 13.5" ones. The reason I have two cracked ones is because I could never find a good complete one in three years of looking and ended up buying two globes with one good insert to make my complete good one..... GB

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That's your best bet. Buy a complete globe, keep the nicest lens, and sell the remaining lens and body.


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