Welcome to the Lightning Rod Store!

Currently we offer online sales through eBay. In the future, this site will be capable of e-commerce. In the meantime, you may either browse our lightning rod styles here and purchase them on eBay, or else you may contact us directly if you have any questions; would like to place a custom/special order; or prefer to make a more immediate purchase of something you see on our site.

We offer 100% functional UL-approved solid copper new, vintage, and antique lightning rods; stunning and fancy hand-cut crystal ornaments & sparkling crackle glass balls; Americana, brass, and other toppers; as well as base, pendant, and rod parts. Real lightning bolt/strike protection.

There are your collectors and hoarders who focus on age and scarcity at the expense of visual appeal and artistic flair. There are your ordinary joiners, who will acquire a mass-produced, uninspiring item and haphazardly place it somewhere—striving to be decorative but falling short in taste and eclecticism. You land into an entirely different category than these two types. You are a person who appreciates unique, elegant accents to your home, especially when it comes to adding a flourishing touch to a practical-use item. You are an individual who exercises care and sensitivity in seeking out a special, eye-catching conversation piece that sets your home apart from your neighbors’. Others appraise your home with admiration and perhaps a twinge of envy. While they may seek to mimic your designer’s scheme, they fall short, since what you have found and installed with care is not readily available to those with less patience and dedication to the cause of creating a home and living environment that says something positive and original about you, the owner.

We are tenacious hunters, thoughtful designers, and meticulous assemblers. What we do is seek out remarkable lightning-rod ornaments; search for and locate sheaths and sprays to further highlight the crystal, glass, or brass; and artfully position and assemble these beauties onto the highest-quality copper lightning rods and bases…to create a sublime and exceptional house topper that not only protects your investment and your environment from tempestuous storms but also draws attention to your property with its light-catching and sun-reflecting properties and qualities.

We do not cater to collectors of drab and weatherworn lightning-rod ornaments of yore. Nor do we solicit the attention of those who prefer cheap and readily available stamped-tin rooftop weathervanes and the like. We may, from time to time, feature wild animals or barnyard fauna, but not of the type and style currently available elsewhere. Our offerings will include only full-bodied, cast metal (nickel, brass, or vintage spelter) galloping steeds with windblown manes; proud roosters; ibexes with full curved racks; and mythical four-legged creatures, such as spear-topped unicorns and the elusive Pegasus...not to forget the perched Gothic gargoyle on the lookout.

Plus, if you have a design scheme you are seeking to implement, or a motif you are hoping to develop for your home, we welcome special requests and will do our utmost to fulfill your wishes.

The bottom line is that we are here for you, the type of individual who intuitively understands that today’s singular home accessory is tomorrow’s highly sought-after collectible. You are the one whose individualistic choices evoke delight and esteem from all who cross your threshold.

What you may or may not know is that many of the commonly found, mass-produced weathervanes and other house toppers are not even fit to perform the function they were intended to serve. Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., has not bestowed their seal of approval upon many of these flimsy, ineffective products. Our lightning rods and bases, on the other hand, are approved by UL, and will perform their intended function. We select high-quality, UL-approved, 100% solid copper lightning rods, and we affix these to ingot-poured molten-copper malleable Missouri-style crow’s-foot bases. It just doesn’t get any better than this.

Each ornament and flourish that we attach to the lightning rods is rubber-mounted for stability and then secured with zinc-coated “lockers,” which will endure for generations of sturdy, dependable protection and ages-long visual appeal. Your ornamental lightning rod will survive the worst weather that Mother Nature throws its way—and remain beautiful in the process.

Some of our styles may not catch your eye or suit your particular fancy, but while you’re browsing our extensive collection (with more to come), at least one of the intricate styles and one-of-a-kind designs will likely stop your eye, hold your focus, and inspire you to say, “There is one that I have to have.”

Contact us with any questions.

Below are some of our current eBay auctions.