I LOVE MARBLES

Also agree remelt.

Bill always love your marbles & photo's man!!! WOW!!! See at least one "Greiner" marble in those pics tho, great little egg yolk oxblood!!! not Akron!

Thought of starting threads on the history of marbles in chronological order here on this board. Unless you like to put those threads back so i can add posts, (almost hope you don't/saves me a ton of time being a one finger typer) there is no future here for me. You decide now.

Who the hell decides just when a thread gets archived? Added a post to stone Bennington china, not only did it not go to the top, does not even acknowledge that i posted! Wanted to add a post to a thread i posted "show me your first glass marbles mass produced......gone..... was on the 2nd page now archived.......Steph???? These threads are all complete for you, if i wanted to add does not matter? You are of course the only one that counts around here, right? WTF?????

Who the hell decides just when a thread gets archived? Added a post to stone Bennington china, not only did it not go to the top, does not even acknowledge that i posted! Wanted to add a post to a thread i posted "show me your first glass marbles mass produced......gone..... was on the 2nd page now archived.......Steph???? These threads are all complete for you, if i wanted to add does not matter? You are of course the only one that counts around here, right? WTF?????

i am a marble person, as such you damn right i check all my marbles with a black light and none of my Parrots glow.

Nice Big John! Way better than any old marbles!

Hope you had a great day and got a lot of marbles!

In chronological order clay marbles probably came from the caves with us. Most likely limestone was next, followed by agates, not sure where stoneware fits in the time line (carpet bowls and Penn-Dutch China's) then glass. Have a few more to add to this thread. Second case agates.

Dad died April 1, 1996 how appropriate for him. Don't like being tricked, lied to, or played a fool. Really do not like April Fools Day!

Very sorry to hear of this loss to the marble collecting community. My sincere condolences.

Hi Kushtaka, welcome to the board! Love your name, kinda lean that way myself! Unlike my counterparts (sorry Sue, you beat me to the post) I actually collect these marbles, so will hopefully give better information! Yours is a Late Period (circa 1890 to 1910) glazed lined China. Handmade in Germany and made of the same material as your Grandma's plates, that's why they're named China's. Your China is way above average for these Late Period marbles! Usually the lines are never that even (check out Mark's link) and you never see them this BIG! Here's a pic of a 4 quadrant 4 color glazed Late Period, over an inch. And a case of Early Period (1840's to 1860's) and Middle Period (1870's to 1880's) marbles. The biggest marble in the case is 1 7/32" the pinwheel is 1 3/16"

Am very sad to hear this. He was a great guy and will be missed!

Hi Winnie, that's a sweet looking crease pontil transitional! Get to those later. Hey Charles, saved that mib to my pics, blew it up and think it is a first off cane banded translucent, real nice Rare marble!!! Hey Bill, glad you noticed! What an incredible bunch of these marbles you have!!! You already know i think that teal blue eggyolk oxblood is if not the best, one of the top ten ever made!!!!!! "Greiners"??? That's the guy that started it all, as far as glass marbles go, right? I love that name for these marbles "Greiner Marbles" Did you come up with that name for these mibs Bill? It's a perfect name for these marbles!!! If ever write a marble book will credit you for naming them!!!! Hi I'llhavethat1, great group of Greiner marbles!!! Love the egg yolk oxblood & the blue base oxblood!!! OK Bill T. with the ow as in how now brown cow! Want to see that small oxblood & egg yolk!!!!! Any other Greiner marbles ya got, also you are the picture taking Guru of us all!!! Clyde T. please post the info on Mr. Greiner here, and any of these mibs you have!!! Hi Cees, bet you have some of these!!!!! Hey Lloyd, know you've had a plenty of these "Greiners" over the years!!!!! Did you save any pics??? Come on now any who have them post them, or any comment or info please post it! Thanks Brian G. did you find any of these "Greiners"? Hey Dan, bet that brick is not the only one you have, post those scans of your "Greiners"!!! Here's pic of my case marked mica's -N- first's don't have enough of these "Greiners" to fill a case! Will post pics of each of my "Greiners" later. Thanks Everybody!!!

Quote moremarbles4me "I had just taken pictures of this marble a couple of days ago. Is this the same type that you guys are talking about? The base is semi translucent and it measures over 1"." Yup NICE ONE Charles!!! Looking again; if it does indeed have 2 pontils, (you have it in hand so only you know for sure) then think it's one of these banded translucents, they are 2 pontil marbles unless first off cane, very rare marbles!!!!!

Hey VTAndrea, SUPER-NICE!!! Really like the egg yolk & ox on a blue base! Thanks for showing, can't wait to see the middle one in hand!!!!!

Quote I'llhavethat1 "I wasn't kidding about beat to shit, but some of these have pontils and most probably aren't German - here ya go." Sweet group no matter! Please post seperate pics of top row left marble and 4th row 2nd marble, and any others with a faceted or ground pontil Thanks!

Sorry for my mistake meant to type 150 to 170 years old know for fact they were made in 1850 and suspect, because of known privey digs maybe 1840's! Old toys!!!

Holy SNAKESH__ ORBBOY!!!! That egg yolk ox is INCREDIBLING AWESOME! Come on Andrea let's see bigger pics of the egg yolk ox & blue! Sue put bigger pics of those two too & any others you got! Bill T. & the other Bill T. let's see em!!! Each of you own one of the best examples of these seen, oh that's two!!!! Dale (marblehaven) you own or did own the big one with the most twist, let's see it!!!! Come on all, let's see em!!!!!!!

Thanks & SWEET Marbles Galen!!! Great pics too!!! Here's a 3/4"+ green with an internal oxblood lightning strike!

Come on now, seen that egg yolk ox you posted below! Looks pretty awesome to me! Please post pics here of any you have! Do not have many of these myself! & want to see yours no matter the condition!

Almost all hand-gathered marbles, both handmade and hand-gathered-machine-rounded, have a nine or six pattern and tail. Here's a link to a true transitional, with 9 & tail! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270547187435

Here's a couple egg yolk oxes! 3/4"+ size, anealing fractures on the first one are as made, damn!

Before this board started and before B. Alan's board ended, was my all time favorite marble board thread! Think it was titled; "Show us your marbles formerly known as Leightons!" The thread ended up being six or more pages, with more than a hundred replies and great pics! Will start the new one on this board, don't mean to take your thunder Jim, a lot more to these than just egg yolk & oxblood, though those are my favs too! With the exception of the Egyptian's, Italian's and maybe a few others these were the first glass marbles made. Doubt if any will argue that these German marbles were indeed the first glass marbles mass-produced! That means there is no transition from handmade to machine-made. These marbles pre-date cane cut glass marbles None of these marbles were made by James Leighton, though the ones he made are not transitional either! These marbles pre-date Leighton's by 50 to 60 years. These marbles are single gathers, (made one at a time) with a single ground pontil. Most have a nine pattern opposite the ground pontil. Have personally not seen any smaller than 17/32" nor bigger than 1 3/4" with most in the 5/8" to 7/8" sizes. Simplicity of design, a crude innocent antique look, along with thick colors that pop, make these marbles my favorite! Sue like to see bigger pictures of that egg yolk oxblood! Please show us all you have of these mibs, no matter the condition, they are 150 to 170 years old! Please make the pics big enough for me to see, not huge, but not so small that can't see the bubbles! Also please add any info you may have on these exquisite marbles! This one is very odd, never seen the likes of this! Mellon ball green with a white spiral! This one has a reverse six or nine on the ground pontil side (2nd pic) & a six or nine (1st pic) on the opposite side! Need to add these single ground pontil, single gather marbles, were all handmade in Germany! Oh this is a big one, just won it from B. Alan! The link; http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170445215745

Who the hell cares about the make of the car? Voted because love Big John, love marbles too! Hell, I even like NASCAR! What else is there? Am up to 10!