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A couple of my favorite Sistersville Alleys . . .

Probably my best find of 2024: Peltier “Yellow Lantern” 🟡 Looking forward to ‘25!

I am very fond of my spotted dicks. From the Advent Calendar my marble friends surprised me with in 2019.

Solid ‘candle’ core swirl

Just pick out your favorite marble/marble related item and post it. I will!😁--a really tuff assignment, I know--just pick your favorite today--still tuff but here goes--- I never met Nadine MacDonald in person. She was the pinnacle of”just being a nice person” that collected marbles. She shared all of her knowledge freely and never with any contempt for those who challenged her. She was a “Marble Jedi” for sure. (She did know her Pelts very well) She also made some hand painted and glazed marbles that should be cherished by all. This one is one inch and I feel blessed just to have it. Marble—On Nadine!!

@William so much fun. Thank you for visiting and thank you for this beauty!

One of my best finds from 2024 . . .

Unique find in 2024!

Here is a box I bought empty This year .Filled it with some mibs and a cool bag I had. Not to spec...but i can always change it up lol

Simple but rare 3-ribbon cork.

1” Slag that is our favorite for two reasons, we love slag’s and how we came upon it. Was at our first major auction with many local collectors. Didn’t have a clue about marbles since we had just started collecting (spring 2023). All the seasoned collector’s bought every lot except the last one, I think they felt sorry for us. Was in the bottom of the dish all covered up. After that moment we were hooked.

Nice clean ones @davesnothere. Another recent find . . . 11/16" Tri-stage Solid Core.

Ill play ..

I got three very similar marbles here. Must have been made on the same day many decades ago. Please excuse the original dust and crumbs. This is just how they looked as I took them out of a very old envelope. They are going to get a little cleaning before they join their new friends in my glass covered trays. Please tell me what we are? Thank you so much ! These images were tweaked a bit to show details. Contrast, sharpness and lighting etc. The Trio

Another recent 11/16" acquisition . . . Tricolor Latticino Core Swirl

My best Onionskin . . . 1 15/16" . . . okay, so it's my only Onionskin. Turns out I'm starting to fancy hand-mades. Heaven help me . . .

I was happy to find some of Tom Thornburgh's chinas at the Indy show . . .

Had my best Score in some time at the Antique Mall in Stewartville, MN. On Friday...waited until today to search through all these baggies plus 2 jars. Also grabbed 3 original packaged bags...the best part of today? Going through them with our very own Melissa! Had a blast, neighbor! It was great hooking up and sharing this score with you! We separated roughly 25 or so marbles I believe. We identified a few but most will be posted at some point for our fellow collectors here to help pin down ID's...

A very cool blue mica 3/4 in killer mib ,thanks VaMarbles

A favorite Champion poly bag . . . The reason should be obvious . . . 🙂

My favorite Champion . . .

This is one of my cooler looking ones, found this year and love it!!

I was honored to have witnessed this find. ☺️

Marbles from Schmoozer Christmas in January!

To be a double ingot that crease (or evidence of it) should go all the way around the marble. And this one looks more like a game marble to me. Flinties will have an opalescent glow when backlit and many will display "fish eyes" at the poles. I think Akro may have packaged them as Fire Opals too.

Here are a few other bags that Uncle Jack did.

Like all marble types, there is a range in this type too. I am sure that that good Crows are a lot harder to than find than the same type of marble that doesn't show a good crow pattern. The later were probably dug by the thousands. Maybe the definition of a Crow has expanded to include any marble of the same type, it wouldn't be the first definition that has been expanded for marketing purposes. Having said that, buy what you like and call them what you will. I'll do the same. 🙂

Pretty cool swirl size ⅝"

I haven't heard of a 'Gooden'.

My favorite white-based Alley . . .

My favorite box

My runner-up:

Best score of 2024. All in one lot!

Good place for these pics. How the marble world 🌎. Grows so does the knowledge from great marble minds . Here are the P.B. I have

Another score to hope for more...

Simply one of my favorites... 👍😎

A little bit of everything 👍😎

This one really looks awesome. For some reason I keep seeing a similar marble in my mind from an old post on here about alley agate marbles.

Santa was good to me this year. 2" Jackson Ocheltree

This one is .67.

Moonies and flinties. I can’t get enough of them!

Akro Boxes rule the day.

This is a recent rerun from the "Score" thread but it is one of my smallest but favorite marbles. A smidge over 1/2 inch. Just a skosh. Akro Agate 5 color Corkscrew.

Have a great Christmas, Art!

Parrot needs 4 colors.

Love me a green slag with action in the middle...

Here are some tins I had made by Jerad Trout.