Keith Glein
This 14 inch float is an incredible blue color.
It has a repair patch.
I purchased this float in Japan in 2021.
This Pumpkin float has an incredible 8 patches or dabs of glass attached to it. I've only seen or heard of one other pumpkin float that has more; and that was 10 patches.
Because this pumpkin has 8 patches, I'd consider this a very rare float.
It conforms to the standard size of a pumpkin float that's about 13 inches and about 9 inches tall.
This pumpkin is also a very nice dark olive green color.
I purchased this float in Japan in 2021.
This Blue Dot float is a very rare size. It measures 37 inches around or almost 12 inches wide.
I've only seen one other blue dot float that was 12 inches in diameter.
I purchased this float in Japan in 2021.
This is a very rare marked Japanese Groove Float.
The mark is WP #170 Asahi 旭. It's been stamped three times on the seal. I'm thinking that the sealing iron may have had the Asahi mark in a triangular configuration.
One unusual aspect of this float is that it's more of an oval shape rather than the typical round shape you see in glass balls. In this float, it's taller than it is wide.
I think this is an excellent example of this type of float and it even has its original net.
This undocumented mark is comprised of the two symbols Shi シ and Zu ズ.
This is an extremely rare float because it's the only example of the Shi Zu mark known to exist in collections.
This is a large float measuring 47 3/4 inches around or about 15 inches wide.
It has excellent provenance having been found in the Noto Peninsula area of Japan by Kala & Aragon Ellwanger in 2021.
This Tohoku roller has a nice sun-turned tint.
It has a large thick side spindle that really makes it standout.
There are also some remnants of coral still attached to the groove in the collar around the float.
Add some minor chipping and it easy to deduce that this is an authentic used fishing float.
It's the standard Tohoku roller length of about 6 inches.
Perfectly stamped mark of WP #109 Star with Master 生 symbol inside.
The float is a beautiful brown color.
It also has a wonderful netted.
I think it's an excellent example of this mark.
This float is marked with the number 7 on the side.
Olaf Raabe did not provide a classification number for this mark. But he did have a photo of it and mentions the number 7 mark on the bottom of page 260.
It may have been produced in Portugal.
This clear bi-mold float measures about 3 1/2 inches in diameter.
There's a prominent crack under the seal.
Classic sun-turned 'LT' float. This mark is classified as OR #192.
These LT floats were made in France.
There's one chip on the seal.
This float measures about 5 inches in diameter.
This unique Hokkaido roller have one big barnacle in the middle of the barrel of the float.
The barnacle is over 1 1/4 inches tall and about 2 inches wide.
The roller is the standard 6 inch size.
This float has excellent provenance having been found by Lydia Rush in Northern Japan.
A really nice cluster of barnacles on a small float. Some of the barnacles have a pink tint.
The float itself measures about 2 1/4 inches in diameter.
This float has excellent provenance having been found by Lydia Rush in Northern Japan.
This netted float has several nice pink barnacles and a couple of white ones. It also has three small mussels and some remnants of coral.
It measures about 3 1/4 inches in diameter.
This float has excellent provenance having been found by Lydia Rush in Northern Japan.