Keith Glein
This 3 inch blue swirl float has tons of bubbles.
It has a maker's mark that looks like a Backwards '2'.
Found on Hokkaido Island, Japan.
Nice high relief embossment of maker's mark WP #322 lG.
Kind of a forest green color.
This float is quite heavy for its size.
This mark is classified as uncommon and it's a difficult mark to find.
It has excellent provenance having come the the ex-Jerry Wightman collection.
Torpedo Roller with quite unusual coloring.
There's a beige swirl that's seems kind of pinkish at one end and dark brown at the pointy end.
The outer part of the seal button is gone.
This float has excellent provenance having come from the ex-Jim Watson collection.
Blue Dot float that's unmarked.
This float measures 3 inches in diameter which seems to be a less common size for blue dot floats.
The cobalt blue seal is large for the size of the float; measuring 1 3/4 inches at its widest.
Found on Hokkaido Island, Japan.
Beautiful blue swirls float that's 3 1/2 inches in diameter.
These dark cobalt blue swirls are spiraling entirely throughout this float.
Also has a light green colored seal and nubbin.
Found on Hokkaido Island, Japan.
Perfect stamp of WP #198-A, as known as "Medium Dai".
Old intact sisal net gives this float some added character.
It measures 3 1/4 inches in diameter.
Genuine Japanese lavender tint glass fishing float.
This sun-turned float is 2 7/8" in diameter.
It has a few flea chips on seal but as normally seen in authentic working glass fishing floats.
Excellent provenance having come from the ex-Jim Watson collection.
Sun-Turned Roller with a purple tint.
This float in completely frosted.
It measures 6 inches in length and is unmarked.
A small 'smiley face' crack by seal makes this float a little bit of a heartbreaker.
Good provenance having come from the ex-Jim Watson collection.
Very unique Tapered Ear Roller. One of the ears of the roller has a very unusual tapering.
This is an undocumented shape. One-of-a-kind float from my what I can tell from my research.
Longer than standard rollers. It measures 6 3/8 inches in length.
This roller also two dot maker's marks on the seal; one is pronounced and other is less bold.
Excellent provenance having come from the ex-Jim Watson collection.
Mark WP #56 on a blue-green float. Uncommon to see in this color seal, usually see this maker's mark on blue dots.
This stamp is pretty good. A few chips on the seal button, though.
Large Blue Dot float with dark cobalt blue seal button.
The blue seal is almost 4 inches across.
The float measures 30 1/4 inches around or about 9 1/2 inches wide.
Authentic Japanese glass fishing float that still has a little tar stuck the edges of the seal.
Lots of bubbles.
Found on Hokkaido Island, Japan.
Large beautiful Purple (or deep burgundy) float.
This float looks like it's never been used for fishing. It's probably an old gift shop float. Still you don't see purple 14 inch floats every day.
It makes for quite a stunning display.
Measures 44" around.
Excellent provenance having come from the ex-Jim Watson collection.