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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...

Cane photos

Already making up bags for the next show... the source is buying a jar/can of marbles for one or two collectibles.

awesome pics!!

Being a “wino”, these are awesome! Do you know the maker? i also collect antique canes. My wife had a custom cane made with marbles imbedded in the staff. The maker used vintage mibs, including AKRO and German swirls. Will post a pic soon.

Our show was a success! Gave away 15 bags of marbles and cigar boxes. We had one lady elated that we were there. Gave her 2 kids bags last year, and she had promised to buy them more this year. I gave her 2 bags, and she paid for 2 cigar boxes. Her kids left the first 2 bags of mibs every where, and the cigar boxes answered her prayers for solving that issue. The looks on the kids faces when getting a bag was priceless...

I’ve got 4 tubs of akroware that need a new home...

Found this in a cookie tin just this morning at our local antique show.

Awesome score!!!