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Ric

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  1. Wow, Dave, I am really digging that second one!
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    ID

    Most likely a Rainbo IMO.
  3. @Jzoook6 I am not very familiar with other types of Master cat's eyes but yours look newer to me. Apparently, @akroorka has some Master Glass cat's eye bags though so maybe he'll have a better idea.
  4. It's all in good fun, Rick. I hope you know I'm just goofing around too.
  5. Oh yeah, that's a keeper!
  6. I'd like to see a pic of the bottom pole of this marble - the bottom of the marble as it sits in the caliper pic.
  7. Ric

    4 color cat

    It's a pretty one, no doubt, I'm thinking foreign too.
  8. FWIW, I am not sure what kind of marble this is but I am not thinking it's JABO. I'd like to see a nice straight-on photo of the seam (or the end of the patch) that is showing at the bottom of the marble in your first pic.
  9. I believe you are thinking about Marble King St. Mary's Cat's - that's where they did their original 4-colors and cross-thoughs.
  10. A lot of these small ones showed up in games.
  11. That's a great Vitro Aquamilk, Melissa! Just FYI, there is a wide range of variation in this type of Vitro. In the most sought after examples of Aquamarines that yellow turns to brown and will cover most or all of the white. Then if it gets a good Vitro "V" or a twist in it and some added Vitro oxblood you've got yourself one heck-of-a marble! Here's a big Aquamarine variant with lots of brown/amber transparent - a bit weak on the aqua though. Here are some more Aquamarine variants . . . with an Aquamilk like yours in the middle row, left of center. And finally, here are a couple of more Aquamilks like yours. They're all great Vitros and I'll grab every one I can get!
  12. Thanks for the info Art, I sorta figured it was MG and not MM. Do you have any loose "potato chip cat's eyes" to trade? I sure would like to have a color palette full.
  13. I just want to say how happy I am you've joined us here, Jeff. Your experience is obvious and adds much to the discussion. So thanks for that!
  14. Ric

    Akro?

    It sure looks orange to me too - not a common color as far as I know. And it's great how the ribbon dips below the surface of the colored transparent base on one edge - gives the illusion of being a two color snake. It's a great marble, no doubt.
  15. Would being CAC make this a HG Red Devil then?
  16. @akroorka Do you think there is any chance someone polished a Vacor Serpent hoping to make it look more like a Superman - even a polished Superman? I am not used to seeing those dark-colored striations in the yellow (pic 2) on a Superman and I am thinking the polish may have burned that pinker red you see on some Serpents to this color, which certainly would make the marble look more like a burnt Superman than an obvious Serpent. I also don't recall seeing a Superman where any view of the marble would not show some yellow (pic 1). People could get pretty devious trying to turn a 25 cent marble into one they can sell for $50. Just some thoughts.
  17. @akroorka I just bought myself a small digital caliper that actually reads out in fractions of an inch - I'm totally stoked!
  18. Thanks, Dave - great addition! I don't have any in MK bags - at least that I can find at the moment. lol
  19. Gotta remember those drafting templates include an allowance for the width of a pencil point - the holes are actually a bit bigger than they are marked.
  20. Since the genes that produce black pigmentation became regulated in a pattern-specific manner.
  21. Akro did not make any cat's eye type marbles, Master Glass did, but Master Marble, which came first, did not. I am not sure which of the Master companies made these crazy potato chip looking ones that may or may not be considered cat's eyes but I wish I had a handful of them.
  22. Yours also has a bit of oven brick, which is way more common in Master than Akro and, to me, the bubbles don't look right for Akro either. But Art is right, Akro probably made a lot more 1" marbles than Master did so . . .?
  23. There is one example in this group of dug MKs that Steph posted in the Study Hall in 2017. And there are a few in this bag of Gladding era Vitros I have . . . You decide. 🙂
  24. Hmmm, kind of a tough call, but I am leaning slightly Master over Akro.
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