Box #1, the marbles have been done for a week or so it was the box that took some time to make and hereafter I will think of it as the Budweiser box. The next sets will not have the Bud thing going on.
The box contains 12 7/8" guinea marbles, the box it is signed, dated and numbered on the label and the bottom of the box. The marbles are not signed. I may incorporate a glass signature chip in future boxes.
When a set is sold I will also send three views of the marbles in the box and I will also note the set that the pictures belong too.
The four marbles pictured on the label are included in the first set.
I was asked why I did not sign these marbles...
One, I wanted a consistent look no matter how the marbles are arranged in the box.
Two, quicker to make keeping the cost for me and you down.
Three, placing a signature cane in a marble is not as easy a I would like, particularly in soft glass and with a set a minor screw up would mess the entire set up, in my opinion.
Four, marbles that I make that have the general feel of old marbles are made in sizes that are not common in old machine-made marbles. These guineas are 7/8". They are also hand cased in clear and after 15 years, in my case, there is enough knowledge about contemporary marbles out there so that I would like to think one would not break up a set to try to con someone.
Thanks Sue for your input, and your marble is in the mail!
set #1 is now on ebay, username glass-and-fire
Mike's Lot on eBay
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