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I am trying to get some perspective on the "cane". How big is the marble? What it the diameter of the shaft? Might it be a pre-laser pointer?

Nice little auger:

Nice photo, Winnie. I like the rodent!

Nice pic, Bob. The bird does look like it's posing for you - rewarding patience, perhaps?

The cane is nice. Keep us posted on your listings!

That is a super box and it appears to be in great condition too - very nice.

This is nice, Edna - thanks. You have some great examples. Are those AV Cat's Eyes the ones they called Pixie Dusts or something? I got a couple of outstanding ones from Beri at the Sistersville show a few years back. All this MK talk reminded me of the piece Beri did on the Colbert Report a few years ago. It was a pretty entertaining little segment: http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/h0bv7g/america-s-job-loss---beri-fox.

I agree that control of size during production was not that precise but I think your 41/64" mib would sort with the #1s and not the #0s, if they were sorting for size. At least that is how I understand it.

It seems that the way they sized marbles, #000 would have to fit through a 1/2" hole, so would not be any larger than that, while #00 would be any that would not go through a 1/2" hole but would fit through a 9/16" hole. I thought that was why someone decided peewees had to be 1/2" or less, because it was the smallest sizing hole vintage manufacturers used for toy marbles. There may have been smaller sizes for special commercial applications, but I don't think I have ever seen reference to a #0000 toy marble.

Very peculiar, I have not seen anything quite like it and I have no idea what it is. I wonder if it was a game piece or part of a toy or something.

Sweet, Thanks for the great pic - just what I was hoping for. I can see how outliers of either type might be a tough call. The colors on the Primas are really close to some Alleys but the Primas are all HG aren't they - no real swirls or seams?

They are all crazy cool. And I am with Steph on the broken cane - it makes me think of a bird cage.

Thanks again Galen, How about a side-by-side shot . . . or is that one? jk lol

I like Mike too . . . and I know him! lol

Thanks, Galen. To which are you referring when you say, "But now having half a dozen of the later 2 seam types", AAs or Primas?

It was all good until your, "Buy them for a quarter and sell them for a $20. You got to love it!", statement. Heck, I like JABOs and DAS too. But I thought that statement was in reference to the ones that look like vintage, which you mentioned in your previous sentence. Do you advocate buying JABOs for a quarter and selling them as vintage for $20? If not, why did you say that? And if so, why would you say that? That's why I thought you were just trying to be goofy or offensive, and that is why I responded the way I did. Seriously, what does "Buy them for a quarter and sell them for a $20. You got to love it!" have to do with wanting to see more JABO and DAS marbles? You know that pot has already been stirred plenty.

I like the ones that bounce like super balls best - still haven't found one though, but I'll probably keep trying. This thread is just for saying goofy stuff, right? Or are we supposed to offend people? Just let me know, I can go either way.

I thought you might say that, and I don't disagree. So what are the tell-tale differences?

And quite a bit more rare, aren't they?

Cool pic, Bob - definitely "fallish". And I really like that Master presentation box. I'll bet lots of kids were begging for one of those. Also, I think Bing (1) and Google (2) designate bots from those companies, which are ingesting the content here. Or maybe that's what shows when a searcher accesses a page from search results on one of their engines.

I agree with Lloyd that the gray one appears to be stone. And the first does look Akro/Master-ish Steph, Your thoughts seem reasonable. I have seen many translucent agates that children could easily have referred to as moonies - some whiter and even more moon-like than this one. If, as you say, people were referring to moonie marbles before glass marbles were produced, such agates would seem to be top contenders for the monicker.

I think Steph is right.

This should be fun. I like oddball stuff. Unfortunately, I don't have any unusual handmades, not even pics.

These sure look like they could be Vitros, a few more than others, but . . . ?

Great group, the blue and orange combinations are nice.