SNYD

Looks newer but it could have been altered to look older, some folks do weird things to make fake sulphides seem to look like they are old. The glass looks way to new though. SNYD

Thank You Steph and may you be blessed during the Thanksgiving Holiday. Peace, health and Marbles to you. John Snyder

I see two super duper Alleys in there looking sexy as chocolate and roses.......................................Thanks for sharing! SNYD

If it was mine I would consider it calligraphy. SNYD

I would have it with Alleys. SNYD

Ron, I ran out of popcorn a long time ago.........very nice in depth outline. I will confirm that all the dug Sistersville mibs that I have had always had (by percentages) more Akro patches than Alleys. As expected they are similar to what you have shown, with most being the orange and green base with AV. Just as a note, I liked your comment about not being found at any other Alley site. One would think that since the swirls followed Alley (even at St Mary's when colors were not as eye popping and the swirl action seemed to be much less) that if patches were being made they too would follow the company to different locations. I sure hope you keep good notes that someday future collectors can refer to....................................time will make discussions like this harder to convey...........Good job! Snyd

Any of these Alleys for sale..........paying top prices................PM me [email protected]

Found you You can run but you can not hide. :ph34r: Got dirt? SNYD

I have heard that Clyde had instructions and that a very well known, honest and knowledgeable collector is to oversee the handling of his collection. SNYD

We stayed in St Marys and the hotel was not bad, not five star but clean, hot shower, not bad bed. Not bad price either. Overall enjoyable. Will do it again. SNYD

Howdy, Northwestern, PA. 6 hrs away. If you got good Alleys, I'm your man. I have most other makers for sale or trade for Alleys. Call 814-730-0759 SNYD

Hey Randy, it was good to see you at the show. Thanks for the Alley Flame, it is a nice little mib. I will enjoy it. You sure have great mibs, it is so cool to see so many marbles in such great condition. I hope to meet up withyou again sometime SNYD

What do the marble senses look like?

First and foremost.........all of my comments or suggestions are my opinion and I try to post this in all my posts. Okay that out of the way. I have been trying to study and learn WV swirls for many years now, to the point I sometimes think I should have never started. My problem, I listened to people who maybe really did not have true facts of what type of marble was being discussed. I believed so many people back then. I then met some great folks in Sistersville, W. Many years of knowledge and some contacts to help get artifacts ( if you know what I mean), this helped out greatly. Then I got to do another history dig later, then different companies. It started to make sense. Then a few years ago I met Ron, Nola and of course who could forget "Wild BiIl". SInce becoming friends with them I have had the chance to again get my hands on some artifacts that in hand register in my brain. So you all know, I have never thrown any artifacts away unless they were doubles, no matter the shape. I have a collect most people would laugh at. It is full of broken mibs, half mibs, quarters of mibs, but I know where they came from and who made them sure as rain. Then it happened....I have many mibs that are so damn similar that are in the three collects, ALLEY, CAIRO, CHAMPION. Now I can tell you that the Champions, for some reason like Ron stated, I can pick them out instantly because of the shine and almost irredescent look of the glass. Anyhow, I remeber when I first went to Ron's house, it is a museum for marbles. I am not sure he minds me saying this, but....he has the largest pile of artifacts I have ever seen. He knows where they are from, what exact location at the site, old pictures to reseach and set his dig, houyrs and hours of talking with the old people, even people who worked at the marble plants. His hands have been on so many mibs that it is not funny. Okay the point...........anytime, everytime, I have talked with him, his comments have been supported by "facts" and sometimes actual samples and the history of the when, where and how deep. Is Ron the smartest guy in the world, no, who is????? Is he the best fact based person to have knowledge from the facts as they lie in the earth and in the history of talking to people who were there, NONE MORE QUALIFIED! Now you may think I am saying this because I am friends with Ron, well that too, but he has proven himself in so many ways. His love for the art of collecting and the true history is what drives him, not the money of the hobby. Hell, if that was the case I would owe him thousands of dollars and so would many others. You have to understand, he is different in the way that it is not the money at all, it's having the facts and having the history to support what is the truth. He would rather throw a million dollars away than to mislead anyone. He respects the marbles and their history, so many others worry they will miss out on a couple of bucks because of the mib not being what they think it is. This past year at Canton I found a mib that the seller said was a CAC. I thought it was Alley. I asked ron to look at it, he agreed it was Alley. The guy picked up the mib and said well you liked it and it $75, since it is Alley would you give me $30. Why if it is worth a certain amount as CAC it is not worth it as ALLEY? Yes, I took it.......So sad the facts cost him money, but if I wanted it would I have paid $75........even as an Alley......you bet. Books, I will not even go there, Ron covered how that all happens and how they are never they way the should be, and it is not the author that is the ass........... SNYD

Mibcapper........no way in the world, he posted the Hillbilly comment above. SNYD

I have heard the RARS group use the names, not this name. Just to many different family types in one name. SNYD

Change of plans for me, calling for 12 -14 inches tonight in the hills here. I will not get there till Thursday instead of Wed. Want to wait for the white angel poop to stop. Boy them angels must have had way to much to eat this year............Sorry, a little friend calls snow angel poop, guess it's all in what you believe. SNYD

I have a bunch of real nice ones coming to the sell or trade, Cranberry Lutz - mint, sulphides, micas, large ribbon cores,Large caged ribbon core, and more! Look me up I sign the room log "SNYD" Snyd

The ones in the box are nice,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but I have my eye on six out of the box One is really HTF colors.............I'll be there Wednesday.......... I am bringing some high end pelts ( Golden Rebel, Burnt X-Mas tree, great old rich colored K&M) just in case anyone wants to trade, oh and one really nice "large" CAC multi Color and all mibs are MINT. SNYD

You got my cell! ready for some good Alley's !

Be there Wednesday morning. RARS ! Yea, Ron Thursday is really good, you should really try for Thursday, I'll check out all the Alleys on Wednesday and let you know what's there..ha ha ha. It will be nice to see you, I'm sure miss Nola will join you....... :) Snyd

For some reason I lean toward Cairo....my opinion.

Okay, I am trying to get a good picture, with the dark colors the pictures come out looking like a black marble. You can not see the white, red, blue and tan very well.Oh, and I want to let everyone know that it is not for sale. I decided to give it to a really good friend in exchange for something ................. Okay Ron, look to see what you have that my eyes like. Snyd

I am going to try and post a picture of a Ravenswood marble I got. Ron says it is one of the rarest and hardest to find Ravenswoods. Figures, I do not collect them. Before I do all the work to get a picture and post (try to post) I thought I see if anyone is a Ravenswood collector.

sissydear You are so darn great! You Rock ! Thank You, Thank You............. If you go to Sistersville, look me up, that deserve a Dairy Queen ! ! ! ! ! SNYD