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Christmas!

The Vacor is a Liberty 🔥 RAR

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.

One is contemporary.

I drove my wife crazy this afternoon looking for our old camcorder, lol

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

Wow!! What a nice set of Handmades!!

Thank you Akroorka. These are great big marbles! One is about as big as a golf ball. I thinks it's a early CAC, maybe. The 2nd biggest looks like a Greiner but I don't know. I'm pretty sure the other 2 are Germans of some sort with the colorful one having a stran of UV. Magnificent!!! They are little beautiful time machines. Merry Christmas and a happy new year!!!!

I got them right ✅️

I'm on the land line, LOL. Does anyone remember the party-line? You'd pick up the phone and someone was already talking and of course it was your responsibility as a good citizen to hang up. Whoa that was another world☺️

@shiroaiko The one I have similar to this is 17mm with a short straight line cut off instead of the messy spider leg crease.

Hi, @aussie😃 The last picture shows a diminishing hand gathered tail. I'd say it is a transitional, possibly Japanese, but the rough surface makes the pontil hard to read. My largest transitionals are just over 1 inch, around 27-8 mm.

Yessir ! Fun Fun Fun.

What great marbles!!!

Oh boy disco005 !!! You are so kind. I'll be the first here to report that a cool package was delivered today. I looked like Ralphie tearing into that box like it was an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle! Put your sunglasses on so you don't hurt your eyes with these greenish wispy 21/32" marbles loaded with sparkling aventurine. I don't know what they are yet but they are . . . Awesome I am informed that these are Marble King Aventurine. Then there is this cool cullet. It is turquoise and orange stripes and of pretty good size. I am told this is an Akro Agate Cullet and it is so groovy. But I was super surprised to find a set of Akro Agate Snakes. Yellow, Blue, White, Green, Orange and . . . RED! What? A red Akro Agate Snake! Of course all of them are great examples but I am a lucky dawg to have disco005 as my trading partner. Thank you so much and Merry Christmas to you and all the fine people on Marble Connection Forum. I never even thought I'd see a red snake in my hand let alone HAVE ONE. Wowee!

Vitro Whitie - here are a couple pics of others.

They're in the West Virginia Swirls book as St. Marys Alleys. Not rare, but not as plentiful as the similar Alleys with red swirls on a blue base.

Here's some pix of one of my favorites, I know it looks brown inn the pix but the flames are an off purple. Took a long time to find one W this many tips on both sides.

Cerebral 😀 1,5

The OP top left one is an amazing example🔥 RAR

Check these out! You scored! Those are Top Shelf Keepers🔥 RAR👍

SNAP !!!! Absolutely HTF/VHTF Buttermilks🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 RAR

I have one the same glass in with my Japanese transitionals (not necessarily Yasuda) Japanese transitionals can range from 5/8 to 1 inch. @shiroaiko What do you think Aiko?

They're Alleys in my opinion.

Mk but I’m not sure how old

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🔥 RAR

@Melissa is the biggest collector that I know of of MK--this yellow just blows me away. Marble=--On!!

2X 🔥 RAR

Yes and it’s vintage not modern 🔥 RAR

These are fun! Still looking for the Golden Reb

Rocky Mountain High🔥 RAR

Pelt Blue Surfer, i have closeups if you want those, i have already posted that marble a thousand times though. Here's a closeup so you can see fine silver av. not pinpricks or hits, all av. real heavy in the blue ribbons. A few dimples but all as mades.

Some on the Pelt Shelf

My first German Handmade I purchased and still my favorite! Core is just so cool.

Sony handycam (camcorder) but it takes great still pictures to. i use it for all my pictures, has a killer macro on it. here's a closeup of some av on a pelt zebra, 5/8th's marble, this one has green, blue and silver av.

That is what im see also Master

Not quite. That's an older Vitro🔥 RAR

I'm getting the Mushroom vibe. It's definitely not a Pelt.🔥 RAR

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!

How can you not ! Lucky you🔥 RAR

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Thanks

sure looks like a german slag to me

Another Great one from Stephen ::