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Chad you had posted this in the “Wish” section…for every winner there’s a loser, for every buyer there’s a seller…and yes, I miss this big boy…

Need a better pic of this - not big, just one busy mib

Well, I guess we can put this “short tail” behind us then😉

Take whatever I say with a grain of salt, please…I’ve jokingly said I tell marbles apart by “smell” as I do it more by feel than anything after looking at these things for so many years, and I’ve forgotten a lot over the years. I’ll trust others to correct my errors. Akro did make hand-gathered slags early on, I believe just at their Akron plant. Their white for me tends to be more ‘ethereal’ i.e. less present and heavy than MFC’s, and thus whispier in the base glass. MFC slags were afaik all hand-gathered and machine-rounded, the process invented by M.F. Christensen, and have either a left-(harder to find) or right-hand twist and single cut line. The heavier white tends flow more on the surface and produce stronger, tighter, and frankly more interesting twist patterns.

Big blue MFC

Looks like more are already up and likely on the way, too, unfortunately: https://picclick.com/Vintage-Christensen-Agate-Marble-Black-w-Yellow-Swirls-286887372174.html Rough looking, to be candid.

Wolf this might help give you some basic information on those wild days: https://www.westvirginiamarblecollectorsclub.com/jabo-inc-contract-runs

Or it hit a loose screw head on the roller, or something else that was machined. Just an oddity in manufacturing but I tend to like such misfits.

The classic, uh, “plumber’s crack” captured so beautifully in those first two shots is usually your best friend when finding JABO’s

“Deep oxblood” might be the love language for some of our members here, given the popularity of those that marbles that have it.

Lousy pic of a mist onionskin

Twist & 😀

This unusual faceted pontil onion is my avatar on another board, but pics just don’t do it justice. It came from a Running Rabbit auction nearly 25 years ago and I have yet to find another one like it. (akroarka I love the subsurface bubbles on this one!)