schmoozer

Will, It can be difficult to ID some pieces from pre-1953. There a reference book but not cheap by itself. a number of companies tried to duplicate the designs, plus the designers/lead blowers would leave and work for other companies. Carl Erickson did this and formed Erickson Glass. the orange/yellow is a mutated form of the original Tangerine. Most people call it Amberina nowadays.

Here is the best site to start with. http://blenkocollectors.com/blenkocolors.htm the main page has a lot of info on identifying Blenko. or you can take pics and send them to me. FB also has several Blenko groups. ebay has a lot of misidentified Blenko, so be careful there. Also shill bidding to inflate prices.

Wish I had known where you were, we visited the factory last November. Only the visitors center was open to the public at the time. there is the same fervor for any rare piece (Blenko or marble) that comes up. my collection is small compared to some with 2,000+ pieces. I have around 500, but they are all on display. I have some good mibs in the storage room that I would like to get displayed, just haven’t found the right wall space.

Thank you!

Blenko is the manufacturer, located in Milton, WV. https://blenko.com Look it up in eBay as well.

We designed the house to display Blenko.

Found these in Spokane Friday, didn’t have time to post.

Been collecting Blenko as long as marbles, 25+ years. contractor had to make some repairs on 2 large display cases, so we had to unload. Good time to do some dusting🤯

Yep

Had AKRO on the brain🥴

Just found this while walking the dog on Hood Canal, 2-1/2” diameter. No marks🤔 it had epoxy on the back, so somebody had it displayed. Maybe yard art?

Look up joe schlemmer, aka madman marbles. He was doing cullet remelts back in 2008.

I was hoping for an alien ID...🤣🤣🤣

I have a lot of “things” in my safe(s), but no marbles...

You could just mail it to me...🤔

Alien embryo???

Someone has the mib-fever!!! keep it going, great to see posts from other countries.👍👍

Haha, my brain read “free college app”🥴

👍👍❤️👍👍

One of my favorites

Been looking at these games for 25 years, only plastic cups so far😤😤

We work within the bounds of the system, makes sense. maybe a precheck to accessing the specific forum is a pledge to abide by the rules? 3rd party payment platform required for protection, unless buyer/seller have a long term relationship. (Trading is OK.) failure to deliver items results in a permanent ban from the site. (How does that occur?) have a post on people who failed to act ethically so others know who to look out for. every online sale I have ever made was shipped USPS priority with insurance. This protects both parties. I am sure others can come up with added points...

Chad, my thought was 100 posts AND 6 months as a member. (Some newbies racked up 100 posts in a week)

Had to check my post count...337 in 14 years🤣🤣🤣

Me too🧐