cat's eye jack

just found this 3/4" 8 vane cat's eye. it's hard to get a good photo but it's pretty cool. hard to find???...thanks, jack

voted again today, wishing you luck.......jack

I'm in for a third!!!

Jack, try this link

If it doesn't work, you may need to do something like unblock pop-ups...

thanks sue, that site is a lot better..i voted and will continue till the deadline. thanks, jack

i must be a little slow, i'm seeing six cars and none are yours and i can't see anyplace to give a vote..........jack

the formula for finding the volume of a sphere is V=(4/3)TTR to the 3rd power...V is volume,TT is PI or (3.14) and R stands for radius. this is from my son. heck, i still don't even know my times table lol. thanks, jack

a little better pic's i think. thanks jack

i really can't figure out what's going on inside of this 5/8" marble. these pics were shot under water, i dont see any obvious fractures inside so i am at a complete loss. thanks, jack

Hi Jack. :-)

Right or wrong, this is what I was remembering -- not so much a controversy over California sulphides. More a controversy about modern sulphides in general.

thanks very much steph, great information

here's wishing you a very happy birthday paula ....jack

could someone please explain the controversy over california sulphides. i checked the archives but couldn't find anything. thanks, jack

have a very happy birthday windy......jack

Thanks Gary! I think so too.

Note to newbies: They have a transparent base. Sometimes in pix and maybe in hand they look like they have a black stripe. But if you look closely, that black stripe is actually clear glass.

Gary's pic and Marblealan's bag have a couple of examples of that tricky effect.

here are 2 that are really different...jack

happy birthday gene, hope you are having a great day ............jack

Whoa, a compound contraction. Who woulda bleeved it was possible? Can I getcha oughtagraph?

i might go for it one time, only she would have to promise to gargle with scope first lol. thanks, jack

after going through my entire cat's eye collection i only came up with these four 5/8". any ideas on what they might be called and are they that hard to find? thanks, jack

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANTHONY. SORRY I FORGOT, BUT I STILL HAVE THAT PICTURE OF YOU AND YOUR MOTHER ON ONE OF YOUR BIRTHDAYS. YOU GETTIN OLD THERE PIZZA MAN. :)

Marie

have a very happy birthday and many many more.........jack

superior workmanship griff....i'm having second thoughts looking at my shoe box lids lol...jack

Was just looking back through Castle & Peterson's cat's-eye book last night after a Bogard discussion with David, so it's fresh in my mind - - - in there, it said only that the ones with transparent vanes (we're talking Japanese cross-thrus, not MKs) are scarcer than the regular ones, and it wasn't clear if the transparency was deliberate or not. Don't know if David can update that or not . . . David?

thanks ann for looking, i guess my vote is deliberate

well, at least it is for me lol. a while back i was talking to david c about transparent vanes in cat's eye marbles. told him i found a white cross thru that was transparent and i wanted to ask him or anyone, what could possibly go wrong to make the vanes transparent? but i forgot to ask. thanks, jack

sorry steph, i'll try 36

colts 23 saints 14

in the guide to cat's eye marbles it shows (high end) 5/8" 6 vane 3 color .25, 5/8" 6 vane 3 color white cross thru 6.00 and 5/8" 6 vane 3 color transparent 5.00 so one might assume that a 5/8" 6 vane transparent white cross thru would be 11.00. i am finding a few of the transparent cross thrus and was just curious. thanks, jack

While it is styled after a Jetson-like design - in my opinion it is rather crudely formed. Lacking any artist association - it looks like someone's early work.

The size doesn't really come into the valuation until the marble, its design and the artist's execution "is there". IMO - that is lacking in the piece. With no artist association - IME the size doesn't become much of a factor.

Of course you might find a person who falls in love with it and doesn't care about these things. In that case - its just a matter of agreeing on price.

thanks alan, i guess you are right when i start thinking about it. just for the heck of it do you have any idea what the maximum size for paperweights is? thanks, jack

i posted this 6" paperweight a while back for possible id. i think someone mentioned "jetson" style. i can't find any markings which doesn't help. the main thing i wanted to know is, being so large, wouldn't that be a premium even if unsigned? i've never seen another 6". thanks, jack

a couple of bags are up for auction. any chance of pulling some good cat's? thanks, jack