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Got my EOS camera rig out this week and took some group pics of my better Pelts this weekend, so thoug I'd share them on the Connection. Will take a few posts to upload them all.........

Here are a few more..........

I have some pics, but I think they might be better referred to as CAC swirls that have similar "snottie" construction. Weren’t snotties named for the clear glass with brownish green opaque swirling within, like "snot"? I have included pics of a few other transparent base glass colors.........

Sounds like a good assessment if the base is translucent........

Agree with that......was referencing similarity of the blue-brown opaques swirls in the Groki bos with the original mib in question, which also appears to by opaque. No back lit pic to confirm.

I don't know..........kind of looks similar to a few of the CAC swirls in that killer Groki box.......... .

NFC all the way...........Eli's Com'nnnnnn!!!

Whoops, just now think'n........ strayed off the Euro Swirl landscape with that post. Sorry bout that.

Hi Winnie: I really like the purple-yellow combos. I have picked-up a few CACs over the years with similar combinations.

David, just sent you a PM to further discuss:-) Bill

Hey David: Any cases still left? Bill

Hi Winnie......Here are some pics of my favorite Euro flame, measuring a little over 1". I bought this mib form a Euro seller on eBay in 2006. Pretty sure I paid around $150 for it, +/-.

Not a glass guy but I could see the beige glass squeezing out with pressure, like when the glob hit the screws), IF the strata of beige glass had an appreciably lower apparent viscosity than the strata of glass above and below it. I think differential viscosity (flowability), might be a more significant variable than differential density. Like when you bite into a s’mores, when the marshmallow gets good and gooey.

Happy Thanksgiving, all you mibsters!!

I'm not afraid.................:-)

I do not have experience with shipping marbles but have been on the receiving end of numerous shipments of large 200+ marble lots. The method of packing that I have found to best preserve the condition of large marble shipments, was from sellers that spread/distributed the marbles on a large sheet of bubble wrap, and then rolled the bubble wrap and marbles into a cylinder, folded the cylinder in half, taped it securely and packaged it in an appropriately sized Priority Mail box. I was really impressed with marbles received this way and have since described this method as how I want to receive my large marble lot shipments in my PayPal note to the seller.

Only can confirm that they hit my computer in February of 2003.

The pic posted ealier is a sampling of the more exotic examples from the larger pic.

I found it on my old computer.........

So CAC sold through Gropper, a distribution company. They likely had a contract together, based on the manufacture and marketing of specific types and quantities of marbles, CAC on the hook to produce, Gropper on the hook to sell what was produced. So in between marble runs required to meet contractual obligations, and given the need to purge equipment between runs(probably hot purging by running glass), I can envision a small quantity of unique marbles being manufactured, none of which could be sold as advertised and marketed standard product. So what would become of these marbles......maybe since they are like the machine made equivalent of end-of day mibs, some may have wound up in the site glass dump and maybe some made neat give-aways to workers, friends and family. Maybe the workers were intentionally afforded some creative license during purge cycles for making special marbles. Just hypothesizi’n…….

I found this hand gathered electric yellow SO in the wild, I think 6-8 years ago. Not one of "the" dug mibs but I think it's exotic:-)

I voted old, but not having marbles in hand with at least a 20X loop.....really can not tell for sure if they are even machine made. I do see what look like bubble pops or maybe small refactory debris craters, which would favor old machine mades.

Hey: The book provides a basic summary of Arnold's work history with the glass and marble manufacturing companies he had worked for as well as some non-glass manufacturing employment: Fostoria Glass Consolidated Lamp and Glass Tiffin Glass Hotel proprietor and musician Akro Agate Peltier CAC Cambridge Glass Chicago Glass Novelty Corp The author also spends some time discussing Guineas and how they may have been made, also spending time discussing Henry Hellmers contributions to Akro, CAC and Cambridge Glass. The pics on the cover are all attributed to the individuals that provided them. There are also some sweet pics of Akro hand gathered and CAC SOs and STs mibs, but they are not attributed. That's it for my summary......hope is was helpful.

Mib Folks, The book was published (I think)on or about May 11th and is available on Amazon. I bought on Amazon about a week after it was available. It is a real quick read (maybe 20 minutes +/-), but I did enjoy reading about Arnold's trek through marbledom. He certainly has been around. I have done a bunch of Googling over the years and was aware of some of the history, but I definately learned more through reading this book.

Hey mib$, I bought that flame on the bay a few years ago from a Euro seller. Can never say for sure but I strongly suspect it's a German flame. It is a shooter at about 1" in diameter.