
Keith Glein
Very rare Russian bi-mold float with the "2." mark.
These "2." marked floats have the seal button at a unusual 30 degree angle from the orientation of the embossment.
The seal button is also quite small. Similar in size to a first generation tri-mold float.
These floats appear to be quite old, perhaps they were precursors to the tri-mold manufacturing style of float.
This Purple colored float has the Kita 北 mark which is classified as WP #2.
These brightly colored Hokuyo floats are almost always reproductions made in the 1960's for the tourist trade.
The FF stamp on this float is a bit unusual in that it's not the typical bold font but it has the 'pencil thin' lettering style.
It does show some signs of use and there's a small chip on the seal button.
This is a highly collectible Amber Gold float that has a unique oval shape.
The glass ball measures 9 1/2 inches tall and is 11 inches wide making it an ellipical or oval shape.
I've seen a handful of other floats that are identical to this one.
Purchased in Japan, so I believe they are of Japanese origin.
Beer Bottle Brown float that measures 12 inches in diameter.
These beer bottle brown glass balls seem to be less common in the 12 inch size than they are in the 14 inch size.
Purchased this float in Japan.
WP #88 is the number "31".
These floats are classified as uncommon and as you might expect they are hard to find.
This float was purchased from the 'WizardofWas' (aka John Guimond).
This abosulutely gorgeous piece of glass is called a Danish Pear.
It's a wonderful blue color.
These floats are classified as OR #238 in Olaf Raabe's book on Euro floats.
This float measures about 7 1/2 inches wide and 9 1/2 inches tall. It's very heavy for its size.
It has excellent provenance having been found by David Neff in Scandinavia.
This Swedish Bjorkshult float is an unusual smokey grey color.
It's classified as OR #37 in Olaf Raabe's book.
This float is made with thick glass, an indication that is an authentic float used for fishing.
It measures about 7 3/4 inches in diameter.
It has excellent provenance having been found by David Neff in Scandinavia.
This is a classic Pumpkin float with a single patch.
It measures about 13 inches in diameter.
It's a light green color.
This float was found in Japan.
This is an extremely rare Hokkaido blue dot roller.
Finding a blue seal on a roller is hard. Blue dots were only found on mini jumbos; until now. As far as I can tell, this float is the only blue dot ever found on a Hokkaido roller that measures 5 1/4 inches. Another Hokkaido roller with a dark blue seal sold on Facebook in the DOND group in 2022.
It's the smaller size Hokkaido roller measuring about 5 1/4 inches in length.
This roller is a light green color.
Beautiful Japanese sun-turned float that's completely frosted.
It's hard to find Japanese floats that are sun-turned. This is an exception example because size and opulent frosting.
This float measures about 5 inches in diameter.
It has excellent provenance because it was purchased at the 2021 Westport Float Show from Alan Rammer as part of the ex-Stu Fransworth collection.
Mark WP #273 is Maru Ki キ or an encirlcled Ki キ symbol.
This float is about 2 1/2 inches in diameter.
This simple mark seems to be the symbol 'Boku' 卜. It's an undocumented mark.
This measures about 2 1/2 inches in diameter.