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I completely agree, Mike, I think carbon dating is about the only way we'd get his real age. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILL! You know I love ya'! ROAD TRIP! :happy-857:

Wasn't Christensen famous for having different colored glasses that were formulated to not mix or bleed together? I could imagine a striping pot that would have a variety of such colors spattered onto the surface of a more dense clear. The gatherer would take a gob of base and dip/twirl it in the striping pot, sorta like making colored Easter eggs. Of course, I'm a near imbecile when it comes to this sort of thing, so it all seems very simple to me. Oh yeah, Guineas aren't hand-gathered are they . . .

Happy Birthday, Lou, and thanks for providing the playground too! :happy-857:

Happy Birthday, Catfish. I hope you have a great one!

Jumpin' Jimminy! Those are awesome!

Now come on Galen . . . what are you trying to do . . . get us back on topic! LOL. Thanks a lot, buddy. I appreciate it! I myself have handled at least thousands of MK P&Rs and I've never seen one like this before, which is why I asked about it in the first place. And based on the responses, or lack of them, I'm thinking MK "broken corks" are either uncommon, rare, or, perhaps, just typically so mundane that nobody's ever actually paid enough attention to them to notice any others. LOL.

Very cool, Winnie! They are all nice. That bright green one is sweet. But my favorite, hands down, is the first one in the second row . . . WOW.

That's a good thought, Steve. Although, the marble doesn't much resemble a Pelt. It's just that the two ribbons and the patch, which looks more like a wide ribbon on this marble, come together at the seams in a way that makes a broken corkscrew pattern. The seams are offset close to 90 degrees, like you see on quite a few Vitros. It really is unusual. I'm looking forward to seeing you and hearing your thoughts about it in a couple of weeks, when I put it in your hand. Thanks again for your help, Steve.

David, I've had rough times, and you're still in the noise on my "rough time meter". Heck man, you haven't even produced a signal yet!

Thanks for responding Duffy. It's 5/8" and perfectly round - no sign of it being a double ingot. You ever seen anything like it? I'm about ready to do the old Running Rabbit video rotation trick just so people don't think I'm nuts! LOL.

Maybe a description will help with visualization: The upper left pic shows the start of the first ribbon in the continuous corkscrew. If you follow that ribbon to the left you get to the seam where the first and second ribbons connect, in the top right pic. If you continue to follow the ribbon left, you get to the opposite seam where the second ribbon connects with the third, in the lower left pic. The lower right pic shows the end of the third ribbon (the end of the continuous cork composed of three segments).

BINGO! The two ribbons and what I imagine should have been a patch form a corkscrew pattern around the marble. It is a continuous ribbon in three segments . . . just like a broken cork Pelt, but with only three segments instead of four. Ya' think??? LOL

Certainly true, David. But it's the broken-cork pattern I'm wondering about. Maybe I'll restate my question for clarity: Are MK P&Rs with a broken cork pattern common or commonly dug? Has anyone seen any, regardless of their source? Thanks,

9/16" auger in vaseline glass . . .

Hmmmm . . . it came in a pretty big lot with a bunch of other "normal" MK P&Rs, none of which looked dug, but it's always possible, I suppose.

Thanks for the comments guys. And I'm sure Al was just joking around . . . it's clearly a MK Rainbo . . . and besides the color, it's only got three "ribbons" (one of which, I guess, should have been a patch). But it's pretty cool the way they come together to form a near perfect corkscrew. I've never seen another, so was wondering how common they are. I'll bet this isn't the only one on the planet.

Sorry about the lousy pic . . . it's an MK P&R in a broken cork pattern. How common are they?

Lots of nice marbles in this thread . . .

Great marbles. Here's some nice color . . .

Another from the show . . .

That is a very cool Pelt, Ryan. And nice pics, Terry. I especially like the last one. You think Ron had any fun? I sure did. Great folks and great marbles, for sure. Here's one I got on trade . . . from a remote location. And I probably wouldn't have had to work as hard to make the thing myself as I did to get it . . . I darn near had to grovel. lol

Hey Craig, About the only thing that comes to my mind is the Mylee tank wash . . .

I've always been keen on those multicolor striated patches.

I'm glad you're enjoying them, guys. And it was good to meet you in Decatur, Dan. I've been collecting these for quite a while. Here are a few more.