Steph Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Maybe I should call this thread "Master Glass vs. anything else". My mindset right now is something along the lines of if it looks vintage and I can't place it, maybe it's an Akro. possibly dug. That's why I was inclined to see Akro for the vintage marbles in Jane's shooter sorting thread. Since Master Glass patches don't get the same airtime as their older MM relatives, I think that's making me more likely to confuse them with Akros and not see their relation to the older MM's. Hearing about the differences is one thing. Having visuals would help a lot. Does anyone have any Master Glass examples they'd be willing/able to share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Hearing about the differences is one thing. Having visuals would help a lot. Does anyone have any Master Glass examples they'd be willing/able to share? I meant "share pictures of", of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Here's some packaging pics from my collection. You can see some of the Master 'bananas' in some plus a variety in the mesh bags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlmoriarty Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 I have some Steph but I'm really slow on the photography so be patient. My first ever digital pics are in the "Contemps" thread. They took hours. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlmoriarty Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Al ~~ if you ever have any extra MM/MG bags that you'd like to sell I'd be interested in talking. Thanks for the photos. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Thanks fellas. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrjane Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 My Master Glass yellow banana cats glow bright orange under UV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 WOW John!!! Those were your first digital pictures??? Great Job!!! Once you get it down, it will move faster... But, you've got a great start!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 My Master Glass yellow banana cats glow bright orange under UV. I'd like that. Is that a way to tell Master bananas apart from Peltier bananas? WOW John!!! Those were your first digital pictures??? Great Job!!! Once you get it down, it will move faster... But, you've got a great start!! Growl at John for being better on his first shots than I ever hope to get. You made those creatures look as if they might crawl off the page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrjane Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Here are the cat's from one of my MG bags. The reds and "blacks" are semi-transparent (and the blacks sort of filimented). The white, green and yellow are opaque. The yellow glows bright orange in UV. Most of the opaques were a more Pringles potato chip shaped then banana shaped. I have two bags (one has a marble sized gap in the seal, so I could take them out for a picture) and all the yellows in both bags glowed. These are late MG. Early MM and MG may be more banana like and may not glow. * Al - could you check your bags? I'll try to remember to try to get a picture of the glow. My Pelt bananas don't glow. After I came across the 4 glowing base glass 4 vane cats I hit all my other cats with the UV to check them too. Other contents of the bag: Other bag: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrjane Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 PS The yellow patches do not glow, just the yellow cats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 I can't see Jane's pictures. Am I the only one? Is my Vista computer being overprotective again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrjane Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 My picture host site died late last night and is not working yet. They should be back soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 ah. thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlmoriarty Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Sue and Steph ~~ thanks for the compliments on the pics. What you are seeing is the burden of being an unrepentant perfectionist. LOL John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 LOL.... I have moments like that... And, at times, it's a good thing!!! It used to be much more frequent, then I had children.....!!!! I've had to learn to let a lot of things S - l - i - d - e .................... LOL They look great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Those patches, Jane, that's what I'm confusing with maybe-dug Akros ... and Marble King on the little brownish one? and maybe wales on the blue and white ... maybe not ... but I wouldn't have been sure ... I'm a little glad that one bag had a hole in it ... even though I'm sure you'd druther it hadn't. :-) You just don't see that kind of MG close-up, not next to its original packaging. :-) I see what you mean by the potato chippy look in the bananas. That I can recognize as master-y, from when the LOM-ers showed me a parade of tiger eyes ... a really long parade ... coz I couldn't figure out what was meant when people talked about a single ribbon of colors inside. Until I finally saw the pringles chip in one! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlmoriarty Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Steph ~~ Could you post a link to the LOM 'tiger eye' thread that you reference. Thanks, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 Sorry, I can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo217 Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 Sue and Steph ~~ thanks for the compliments on the pics. What you are seeing is the burden of being an unrepentant perfectionist. LOLJohn And I thought you just had a super kick a$$ camera and an even superer kick a$$ assistant!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrjane Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 My picture server seems to finally be feeling better. Here's my attempt to catch the orange UV glow on the yellow cat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinx Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 Here's a group of Master cats that I purchased in the NO. 5 box. I believe them to be original to the box. Here's a link to a discussion on Master Glass/Master Marble on Marble Mental that fits in with this discussion: MMM vs. MG On this thread, you can see that Don (Poplarhead) posted a pic of a box and marbles very similar to mine. Just goes to show you that Master made colorful, eye pleasing cats at some point in their history Elizabeth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 Jane, that's pretty neat effect and tough to capture. I'll be looking for it in my bananas from now on. Elizabeth, ....... (I don't know what to say. I've loved that picture for a long time. Thanks for sharing it here!) That red and yellow striped one looks .... different .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinx Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 Here's one I purchased from David Chamberlain prior to obtaining the box. He identified it as a Master Cat, but those found in the box solidified the identification for me. Elizabeth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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