MrsMopar

Hey DownIsland, that's something to check on, for sure. I'm pretty sure rookie will investigate it further seeing as he removed the auction. Maybe we can help him get information? If he's like me and doesn't have books but relies on what the internet has available, sometimes it's a long searching process and your eyes go buggy after an hour or so. His marbles are beautiful and he's asked about several just to be sure and that's kewl. For many of us, it's a learning process...I'm learning stuff all the time. Have a great day! :-) Felicia

Thanx Clyde for helping. And Rookie, hey, I wanted to learn more, so it helped me out too. Have a great day! :-) Felicia

Raining and bored...again...so I went prowling the internet and found these. They are beautiful! Collections: http://wingsway.home.insightbb.com/ http://community-2.webtv.net/cat4300/HighlightsofChuck/ Collector's club: http://www.akroagateclub.com :-) Felicia

Really kewl Duffy...thanx for the link! Have a great day! :-) Felicia

That's really kewl Duffy. May I ask..what museum? Thanx for sharing. :-) Felicia

I'm curious...Here's where to look: http://marbleconnection.invisionzone.com/i...showtopic=11015 Thanx bunches, have a great day! :-) Felicia

Ok, I thought I was missing a step or something somewhere. (Feels like a DOH! moment). Thanx and have a great day! :-) Felicia

Thanx guys. It definitely helps to know you guys are around to help us out with these real and fake things. Have a great day! :-) Felicia

Just love the visuals!

Now I'm confused. It's a rainbo and not a rainbow?

Happy Birthday, hope you had a blessed day! :-) Felicia

Is it lady-like to drool? Just love seeing the 'candy' marbles. (Someday I will have one) Thanx for sharing :-) Felicia

Happy St Patty's day to ya too! Have some corned beef for me would ya. Thanx :-) Felicia

I dunno wvrons. As I had said, these are not mine. I just went net-surfing, came across them and curious about them being real or fake. The first one can be found here: http://www.timewarptoys.com/toys.htm :-) Felicia

It looks like what was supposed to be a cub scout and I see the blending Splattman had mentioned. I have seen it worded as 'anemic', where when you have that much white as opposed to having the yellow and blue colors covering the surface. Here's an example I found online at marblequeen's site (item #17M) of a transition between two different marble types, bumblebee and cub scout. Hope I am correct about your marble and If not, that someone will come along and give us both more knowledge. :-) Felicia

These aren't mine...found them online. But thank you for the information. I was just curious and bored, so I was looking around the internet and came across these. :-) Felicia

Or are any of them real? Thanx :-) Felicia

Is this where the 'cutter' accumulated what I had read as 'burrs'? Where the cutter needed cleaned? :-) Felicia

I'm so glad you found out more about it Lisa! It's very kewl. :-) Felicia

Here's one of the pictures from your auction...is that purple or black in the patch area (right side)? I see white, yellow, blue, white again, yellow and ? Thanx :-) Felicia

Thanx Lisa..they are pretty nifty. :-) Felicia

Those are sooooo cute! I saw some pics online of some that were made by a lady, Jane Walker, I think is the name...are those hers? :-) Felicia

I love the colors and design in this one (Joe makes some kewl marbles) http://cgi.ebay.com/MMM-Marbles-99-Cent-ma...%3A1%7C294%3A50 :-) Felicia

Hey Okie, Try thinking of your eyes...closed...top lid is one color, bottom is another color, your lids meet together and on either side are your lashes...kinda like =)= ( I think that might be helpful)

From Akron Marbles: Glossary of Marble Terminology FRESSE, PRE-: The term "Pre-Fresse" is used by collectors to identify a design feature appearing on Akro Agate Company "Prize Name" marble (called Popeye by collectors) that resemble tiny feather -like features on the demarcation-line between two colors of glass. Collectors perceive this as a diagnostic feature revealing the marble's date of manufacture as previous to Ira Fresse's invention of The Akro Agate Company's gob feeder, or pre 1922 and that Popeye marbles manufactured with the Fresse gob feeder do not carry these same feather-like features. The problem with the term (besides the fact the Fresse gob feeder didn't work, never produced marbles and its patent was voided in federal courts) as presently used by collectors, a marble with a Pre-Fresse design feature is a gob fed marble made almost 5 years before the first successful use of a gob feeder and almost a decade before The Akro Agate Company obtained a working gob feeder.