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Totally mind boggling. Nice ones! carole

Thanks so much Sue. I really appreciate it. carole

Thanks catfish. carole

I have to admit that the baseballs aren't my favorites. I have another weird Pelt I'll try to get some decent pics of and post. Came from Dani. I hadn't seen one exactly like it before. carole

Thanks Felicia. carole

I think the green is a little anemic but the size is awesome and you are right on about the pattern. I can't wait to see it in hand. Going in the mail tomorrow. I'm hanging in Carl. carole

You like, Steph? LOL carole

Thanks Carl. Thanks for asking about Dad. Nothing really new. Waiting for the latest CAT scan results but Mom says he's pretty much given up. I appreciate your prayers and concerns. carole

The Christmas tree is just under 3/4 and the cub is 3/4. Not absolutely mint but close enough for their size. carole

That Star Gazer is awesome. I had it in my top three to choose. Tough choice. Difficult but nice to have a tough choice. What's really cool is it seems the ones that individuals really wanted were still available for them. As Steph says, it has to be good "carma" carole

I believe that Steve's wife rolled a die starting with car 1 and moving down the line. The track has marked spaces. The first car across the finish line won. Steve took the race pics. Other questions? And if I'm off track, so to speak, someone please correct me. carole

I'll try but I stayed confused the whole time, lol. We had 12 marble makers donate marbles. We started with 6 cars with 6 riders per car. I think we did three laps. The top 2 cars from that race were divided into six cars and the 12 winners got prizes awarded in the order they finished. Top two in the winning car got first choices and so on. Steph can explain it alot better than I. carole

Here's the Ripcurl I won by Gateson Recko. These are his pictures. I don't know the size. carole

Sue, I haven't ever seen your bags I don't think. Do you have a pic of one of yours? I would like to see one. I bet Kevin would be thrilled to have one. I was amazed too that the Ripcurl was still available but I'm sure glad it was. carole

The ripcurl just drew me in. I'm no surfer but it's really cool. Just like the big wave. I can't wait to see it in person. I hope Gateson let's me use his pics so everyone can see. You are right about yours. All the prizes were awesome. I had narrowed it down to about 5 for my choice but would have been happy with any of them. carole

Super Steph. Congrats on getting that one. I got a Gateson Recko Ripcurl. When I hear back from him I'll ask him for permission to post his pics. carole

This one is also 1 1/8. Which is your favorite of the three. carole

This Barton measures in at 1 1/8. carole

The wonderful and generous Mike sent me three sunset marbles. We'll have to ask him the technique he used with these. I think he used powders of some sort. Here is the first one. This one measures 14/16. carole

I'm the wrong person to ask but I would guess a solid core. carole

Thanks Galen for saying these marbles are virtually worthless. I don't plan to resell any. carole

Even #4 Dani? Thanks for the input. I'm listening. carole

Thanks for the opinion Felicia. You have mentioned that purple one twice. I get the feeling you really like that one? I'm going to send you a pm. carole

Thanks Sue. I hadn't really considered the bubble effect. Excellent point. It's a gorgeous color combo. 2&8 have some small dings and I'm thinking I'll leave them alone. I love the colors in 5. carole

which would you "fix" and which would you leave as is? I always have a terrible time deciding. I'm not a handmade collector as a rule so I know little. carole