Keith Glein
Trident shaped symbol stamped on the seal of a 3 inch float.
Appears to be an undocumented mark.
Purchased at the 2019 Beachcombers Fun Fair from Shannon.
Cranberry Dot float with mark WP #170 'Asahi' 旭 stamped on the seal.
It's rare to find WP #170 stamped on a cranberry seal.
The Asahi 旭 symbol is clear and complete.
Purchased at the 2019 Beachcombers Fun Fair from John Guimond.
Square Shoulder Sausage that's an uncommon light green color.
This float measures 5 1/8 inches long and about 3 1/2 inches wide.
Purchased at the 2019 Beachcombers Fun Fair. This float has excellent provenance having come from the ex-Col. Rich Richardson collection.
Jumbo Sausage that's a rare blue-green color.
This float measures 9 1/2 inches long and about 4 inches wide.
It also has a nice net.
Purchased at the 2019 Beachcombers Fun Fair. This float has excellent provenance having come from the ex-Col. Rich Richardson collection.
Rare roof mark WP #60.
This float has a couple of chips on the seal and the mark is sucked in a little. Other than that it's a clear and complete stamp of WP #60.
It's a 5 inch float with a nice orange peel surface.
This float has excellent provenance having come from the ex-Col. Rich Richardson collection.
Sun-turned Japanese float with a Green Seal.
This float measures about 3 1/2 inches.
Shows signs of wear; a true working float.
Blue Dot float with fine Blue Swirls throughout.
There's a partial mark; it looks like it could be a '2' ... WP #81.
This float has tons of bubbles, swirling in the surface of the glass, and a little net pattern frosting.
This float has excellent provenance. It was beachcombed in the Aleutian Islands by Paul Umlauf.
Yellow Snakeskin found by Walt Pich in Japan.
Received this rare float by trading a green snakeskin to Walt for a yellow snakeskin.
Beautiful amber gold 7 inch float.
Marked with WP #2 'Kita' 北.
This float was produced for the tourist trade.
Undocumented mark that has 'Naka 中 under a Roof' but where the naka 中 symbol is at a 90 degree relationship to the roof.
This is a 5 inch float with a very thick old sisal net that has part of the back missing.
Found on Hokkaido Island, Japan.
This undocumented mark has three distinct parts that make up the entire mark.
The lower middle part has mark WP #130, which is the 'Sa' サ in a triangular configuration.
On the upper left part of the mark has the symbol 'Sei' 製, which means made or manufactured.
On the upper right has the 'Tokui' 特 symbol, which means special.
It's a perfect stamp of this mark.
This is a light green 4 inch float with a nice net.
There's also some tar remnants.
Found on Hokkaido Island, Japan.
Ro Purser made float with the WP #195 'Ropasa' mark. A tiny part of the upper left-hand corner of the stamp is off the seal.
This float is clear in color with nice amber swirls and blue swirls.
Well made float capable of withstanding great pressure at depth for the cod fishing industry on the West Coast of USA.