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$30 on OfferUp, said repro but it looked interesting. Haven’t seen it in hand. Still laid up from hip surgery, so no field trips😢

I never got any feedback on this marble…

I’ve got a smaller one.

Been looking 25 years for one in the wild🤯. Same for the granddaddy and miracle pots.

Not sure who made this one… 3-color 4-vane.

When is a bubble not a bubble? this has many “string-bubbles”, extending the full length of the marble ribbons. Hard to photo.

What is the going price for an old board with 3/4” lats?

We missed Friday🤯

Staying warm…

there should be a TV show on marble sales, The Price is Right.

Probably for the same… it is over-the-top regardless of condition.

Glad to hear he is home!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 works. they are both rescues from Homeward Pets in Woodenville, Wa. The wife volunteered as a dog walker, she called me both times in tears. Piled the other dogs in the car for a test meeting, all went well. She had to quit after adopting DeeDee, the county has a 5-dog limit. all 5 love us equally, but Rusty is my boy.

AvvaRae, any updates on your husband? Is there any correlation between collecting marbles and owning a chihuahua? this is Rusty, and below with his partner-in-crime DeeDee the deer chihuahua.

Get some glue!

Recent Bob Block auction😱😱😱 https://bid.marbleauctions.com/lots/view/4-B9H8PF/end-of-day-ribbon-onionskin-with-mica-2-14-near-mint-87-very-rare

Great family history, Chad. I get a little sad when I find an old cane, especially when it is named. How it left the family is a mystery. Our kids have no emotions to anything we have that came down thru the family, unless it has $ attached. my wife’s girls got a Tom of stuff when the paternal grandmother passed, they brought in a dumpster to haul stuff out of the house. I was not allowed on-site by their father to help go thru things, so God only knows what got tossed. The wife got in at the end and rescued some great art pieces they were going to toss. just this week the wife came home with her ex-FILs violin from his childhood. The daughter just wanted to get rid of it. I did some research, going for an official appraisal soon. The violin is maybe $1,000, but the 2 bows are apparently in the 4 or 5 figures range. And yes, we will let her know🥴

My best willow, dedicated to a name I can’t make out, the ink bled. 1882-1931.

Modern local carver, no idea who. It’s to tall for me to use but I can’t bring myself to cut it down.

The top came my wife had made for me by a maker selling on eBay. Not my marbles thankfully, had her ask if he wanted to sell/trade some of his marbles. nope…. the smaller one is dated 1841 to a I Allen. Primative but lots of personality.

100% AKRO👍👍👍👍

The shaft is sheathed in tortoise shell as well. Not great shape but given the age still a great cane.

Let’s see what you have. A late 1700 sword cane, Meissen handle.look

We went to a Halloween party last night, used my “peace” cane, just to the right of center in the pic. I’m scheduled for left-hip replacement this coming Friday, so my canes are getting some use. We may need a thread in “the lounge”?