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Ron Shepherd left here to go to Georgia to pick up a purchase and then was headed home. They expect 4 to 5 feet of snow in West Virginia. Pray for Ron and Nola to arrive home safely.

Al, you are so right! I knew when Gerry asked me if I knew what it was - only because i had seen one before. I would never have known if not for a friend who has and uses one.

Now, this does not fit my title, but I'm putting it all in one post. I did buy some machine mades. I bought Akro corks, Peltier one inch shooters, Champion Agate furnace marbles, some beautiful Vitro Agates and some Kokomo. I'm only going to show some Kokomos because in Texas we don't find those very often and I've been looking for some a long time. These are Kokomo marbles. The ones separated by the poster board strip are marbles I've had since 1992. They were Weldon's childhoodl marbles. I finally found some marbles to go with them. Anybody figure out what that first things I posted is?

More Hoglin

Small marble by Greg Hoglin, also from New Mexico. Greg lives in Belen. Greg Hoglin marble

Gerry Colman marble

Anyone kniow what this device is? It's made by Gerry Colman, Albuquerque, NM. The stone is a slice of the canes he makes to make marbles like the one below. Anybody know what it's used for? Colman marble in a stand. I love the hand for holding a marble. This is the marble that will be kept in the hand. I used the hand to take pics of all the Colman marbles I bought.

This was taken in November 2011, the day I had my long hair cut off. I am interested in Contemporary art glass marbles, vintage machine mades, and new machine mades.

This is the first investment run of Sammy's Mountain Marbles and the run is Marble Buddies, First Edition

Machine made marbles from the newest U.S. Marble Company, Sammy's Mountain Marbles in Ellenboro, West Virginia owned by Sammy Hogue.

And two more:

More Mike Barton's

Bocci, I'll help you with Mike Barton's.

Marlene, I am 73 years old and still collecting. I started in 1992. I'll bet you have a lot of years left. Edna

Got a Sammy Hogue marble painted by julia Powell in Sistersville this year. Then had a chance to buy another special Julia Powell marble from Smitty. It's the West Virginia show marble that they auction off at their show.

An Eddie Seese solid core marble that is different colors when viewed from two different poles. Seese marble seen from the side The other pole.

Both marbles are by Kris Parke.

I didn't buy all hand made contemps at Sistersville. Beri Fox at Marble King recently made oxblood catseyes. the ox bein looks like lips. Beri has named it the "Mick Jagger".

Sammy Hogue gave everybody in the Marble Buddies run at Sammy's Mountain marbles their choice of a marble. I picked this one with matching stand.

Another Hot House Glass marble. The purple in hand is actually a lot brighter than the pic shows. It drew my eyes.

How about a Dan Grumbling flower marble? Bet BJ will like my Hot House Glass patchwork marble too. A lot of math is needed to accomplish the fit of the pieces of this marble. Brett tells me they used scraps to do it.

Are they one run for a mixture of different runs? Some look like Tributes, others don't.

What are they?