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Christmas!

I only have a few handmades, I'm certainly far from an expert on them, but I've never seen this, so cool!

I very much do! We certainly did have a great exchange and thank you! Wishing you the same 🎅 🌲😌

The Nickel Guy wow! I was blown away when I received this box of treasures ! Of course the first thing I saw was that massive Rectangular Planter 😍 And then getting to unwrap all the other packages was like early Christmas, but I suppose that's the whole point haha. An Andy Davis Spinning Top and Base, three Peltier Transparent Rainbos, a WHOPPER 1 Inch Vacor Spaghetti, a Vitro Conqueror (which I've always admired, but now I own one!), four WV Swirls for which I now own the book and can study them to find out what I have . . . but WAIT! There's more! An absolutely gorgeous set of Vacor SuperNovas which were handpicked for me for their unusual darker color 🤩 AND some Alley Cullet dug by Ron Shepherd ❤️ with handpicked Alley marbles. . . . WHAT?? @The Nickel Guy This was an amazing way to start the Christmas season, all this Orange just lifts my spirit. I mean I know you have BOATLOADS of Vacor but to handpick a full game set, that is really something. I can't pick a favorite here, I look at the Spaghetti shooter and that's my favorite, but then there is something so satisfying about cullet with matching marbles, the dramatic colors of the spinning top and base, I feel like a squirrel trying to cross the road lol, which one do I look at? I suppose for collecting strictly Akro Agate for 20 years, these new additions are especially exciting for me. Thank you The Nickel Guy, Merry Christmas to you and to all here. This was fun and I'm glad I had the opportunity to participate in this Christmas Exchange.

Also, I've learned the ways of these Christmas exchanges . . . label them! 😅

Actually I should have been the first to report back here because @The Nickel Guy was way more organized than I have been this last week. I received my treasures from him on the same day that I sent his out, and I should have already posted my prizes, work is in the way and that stinks. I promise I will take and share photos very soon. @The Nickel Guy if you want to do your own research on those marbles, don't read further - I stalked you on Marble Connection to try and find out what you liked 🤣 The set of five that are Green with AV, those are modern Marble King. The cullet is Akro, you posted once that that is your favorite color combo. I told you, I'm a 🤓. Hahahah!

Hi Wolf, your photos are certainly not inadequate, they have definitely improved since you first joined the page, and I appreciate you asking. I think the first thing I would mention is the area around the marble. When you are photographing a marble, you want the marble to be the focus, so any crazy background color or texture will take away from the focus of the photo. In this screenshot below I would remove (crop out) the area outside the red rectangle, especially if it's a screenshot and there is black area above and below your screenshot. All that extra space around the marble makes for a lot of scrolling for just a few photos here. I hope that helps.

I got mine too, earlier this year! Amazing photo reference, highly recommend this book.

Happy Akro Friday ! 1. Red and Yellow on a translucent base 5/8" 2. Limeade 19/32" 3. Yellow on a transparent Orange base 19/32" 4. Orange Spiral 19/32" 5. Green and Yellow on a UV base 21/32"

Changed, thank you akroorka !

No one got my joke? Dang it, I'm a 🤓. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979): this is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything: 42.

42. 😂

What? No such thing. 😅

@The Nickel Guy I've always loved your lego stand idea very cool, and sorting through marbles sounds like an awesome way to spend a Sunday. I'm pretty sure I've shared all these before, some probably multiple times 🙃 but here they are all together for my Sunday Best.

Let's go y'all ! This kind of connection seems like it's the whole purpose of 'The Marble Connection' Let's do it!