Thanks for the comments on my work. I dont know how old the globe is and frankly it is the first one that I have owned and had in my hands. I thought about getting a repop one until I started looking around at the prices of the originals and figured it was about the same or a little more. Actually I picked up the ring and this globe for under what the repop sells for and I have an original piece. Just needs a little work like the pumps and it will shine like a gem... Mark