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👍👍👍 love the corkscrews!! great find🔦

I dream about finding an old marble collection at an estate sale. I also have nightmares about my kids selling my collection at an estate sale...😱

It would have never occurred to me if I hadn’t seen it myself. Logical when doing your own marble jars for display, which is what was intended by the dealer. It wasn’t about the collectible mibs, it was about a cool lighting piece. now, if I bought a large jar of collectible marbles and found a coffee can inside, that would generate a different discussion...🤔

Bought this as there were a number of AKRO corks visible. It had been converted to a floor lamp by the dealer I bought it from. Was surprised to find the coffee can hidden inside, resulting in there being less marbles. There were also a lot of plastic beads, polished rocks, and other stuff. the marbles turned out to be much better than expected. There are 2 peach corks on a wispy base, I have not seen before. Plus 3 black/yellow corks, with 1 being left-handed. also a nice CAC and a Peltier wasp. overall very pleased, will refill with common mibs. I really need to meet the dealer to see what other marbles he has🤔

I gave up on goodwill a while back, most of the good stuff never makes the shelves. a local antique/thrift store reopened recently, found a great Puuko knife and 1930’s blenko vase for pennies on the dollar.

Wow👍

Nice! All our local antique and 2nd hand stores are closed, but goodwill gets to stay open...🤬

Haha, I also have those in my pelt pile🤔

We finally got out to the local nursery for plants, Tomatoes, blueberries and raspberry bushes, plus a lot of annuals. Home Depot is restricting customers based on some density number. Guy counts people leaving, then another let’s the same number in. Less than 1 person per aisle based on walking thru🤯

Sitting on my deck smoking cigars and drinking wine, hoping to get back to work. My wife is binge-watching British soaps, and the 5 dogs are as lazy as always.

They belonged to my great grandfather...🤔 I was told they are civil war war era, found in an outhouse in Atlanta.😱 The larger ones are worth more than the smaller ones...🤣 And the list goes on...

Nice work. My go-to guy for contemps is Joe Schlemmer, aka Madman Marbles.

And hard as a rock, I got my #%*^ together🤣🤣🤣. it is my lucky totem.

Here my quick version😜

You could add a copralite to make it “perfect”🤣🤣🤣

“Spaghetti bear” For me

My condolences to the family, and marble community. brad

Yes, he has a Blenko.com email.

I reread this post, and realized it was not well-written. I have never met Dean, but I have both his books. My 🤣🤣🤣 is due to the small-world syndrome between glass collectors/makers.

I got a response from Blenko, from some old guy named Dean Six...🤣🤣🤣 he is now at Blenko!! he stated they have sold cullet to both Marble King and Jabo, but is not sure about sales to the older marble makers.

Maybe 15 years ago I lost an eBay auction on a painted grand daddy pot at $600. I was crushed, but my wife at the time was so mad I had bid that much that she changed my eBay password.

Love the hand- painted examples. I have a couple...

I also collect BLENKO glass from Milton, WV. does anyone have any documentation connecting BLENKO to marble makers?

Ron, you really know how to stir up my urge to keep looking...

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