Steph Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 Tim, how about Vitro on #2 and #3? #1, the wirepull ... the name which comes to mind is Hopf & Hopf. I don't know how many other people may have made them also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 Thanks Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 I thought I'd see how Kevin's spun honey mib photographed outside: not bad .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 and the new Jabo Joker cyclone is oxblood in clear ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akro gatherer Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 Not very rare or expensive but...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Marie Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 I have to say, I love the purple ones...................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 What a great pictures folks! and some more winnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Dog Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 Here's another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted August 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 Hey, Everybody! This continues to be terrific. Dani, I did manage to catch Mt. St. Helens before she disappeared. Just great! You can't even see the strings holding them up! Steph, the oxblood in clear is dazzling. You're waiting for the ice to be melted by the fire inside! Winnie, isn't there a term for that birdfeather effect in the upper-left marble in the group shot? Road Dog, your last marble looks good-sized, but I can't tell if that's a worn-out dime or custom made metal marble coaster. Cheers, Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 No idea,I call them all cat's eyes. winnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catfish Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 An alley flame, a CAC guinnea, and a Czech corkscrew. Its hard to pick just a couple with clear. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Lots of clear: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Whoeee! Winnie, the reason I asked is that seeing your marble gave me a vague memory of seeing something similar being offered, and that particular characteristic was given a name and implied to be very desirable. Of course this was from a seller, but it is great-looking! Catfish, you may have hit the nail on the head as far as why I've been finding the 'clear' examples so interesting. I have the opposite problem that you do. As far as I know I have only two marbles with clear in them, and I don't particularly like them. I've just always assumed that I don't like clear that much. But seeing so many great examples is opening my mind. Alan! The Busby Berkeley of marble photographers! (Geesh, guy, if you'd put a little effort into it that might have been an impressive photograph!) (You'd better know I'm kidding!) Any chance of getting the measurements of the largest and smallest marble in the shot to get a better physical perspective? Thanks! And now for my best "sign-off" ever. I'm going to shut up now, Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyzora Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Here are some cat eyes, the clearest of clear. I have many cat eyes or 'ordinaries' as we used to call them, from many different collections but these are part of about 25 found in one collection. They are clearer and more vivid than any others I have seen. Would love to know if anyone knows where and when they came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Alan! Any chance of getting the measurements of the largest and smallest marble in the shot to get a better physical perspective? Thanks! Bob: The white tri-level solid core at 12 o'clock in the photo measures 2.25": Here it is with the smallest - a 15/32" divided core: This is the divided core pee wee: The large green and yellow divided core pictured on Page 1 of this thread comes in at 2 3/8" dia.: Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 A few more "clears": Mike E. Shadows: Mike E. UV Galaxies: JD Anderson Pee Wee Jellyfish: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Marie Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 'OKAY' ALAN!.........WHAT A SHOW.......... :thewave: THEM ARE SOME BEAUT'S...................I LOVE THOSE LAST FIVE PICS......THOSE JELLYFISH ARE SWEEEEEEEEEEEET!, I NEED ONE TO SIT BESIDE MY FISH AND OCTOPUSS............. I'M WAITING TO SEE SOME MORE........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTAndrea Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Here are a few of mine: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted August 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Thanks, Alan, for the meticulous response to my 'size perspective' question, as well as the latest additions. The Mike E. Shadows are hitting me hard; they're somehow different from anything I've ever seen. And forgive me for saying that the red white and blue one would be the most exquisite 'Pepsi' ever made, if anyone dared to refer to it that way. Cheers, Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Marie Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Is this a Cateye? It's Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTAndrea Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Jill, yes it is. I won a contest over at Marble Mental with that one several years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMopar Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 This is one of my faves. I was told some folks call it a 'Tiffany Window' :-) Felicia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 A large Geoff Beetem air trap: A tiny Harry & Wendy Bessett Eisenglas (mica inclusion in clear): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMopar Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Wowsers Alan! You must have at least one of everything! All fantastic looking! :-) Felicia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted August 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 If Jill Marie is anything like me she won't be responding for a while. She's too busy dancing around singing "I have a prize-winning mar-ble!" Or at least admiring it for long periods of time. Sorry, J.M., if you're not as silly as I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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