Divingbod

Hi Pete & Felicia & folks. Thanks for the PM's - replies are on their way! Sorry I haven't been around much. Got a new job which is filling most of my time and the mibs have had to take a back seat. To be honest, I managed to stock up on some great finds, including my most wanted blue latticino core!! so I've been sitting here staring at a few boards full of new stuff... I'll try to get some pics posted over the holiday Hope everyone is well & best wishes for Christmas & the New Year Chris

I hope no one minds me posting some of my favourite German handmades? Thanks!

Hi all. Long time since I posted, but I just came back to say I can vouch for Leroy's superb work...I sent mine all the way from England to have them rehab'd by him & I loved all of them all over again! All the best And PS, nice marble MyMarbleBuddy!

Thanks ziggyzora. That was getting me too! Fixed now...

Thanks a million Lou. A new trick for an old(ish) dog! Cheers Chris

Hi. I've noticed that posters can put a shortened URL into a topic & call it what they like (eg, an eBay page URL will be shortened to something like "Click Here"). Can anyone please explain how you do this? Thanks in advance! Cheers Chris

Wow. Nice set of candies there Joe! I also like it when handmades get some of the limelight...as if I don't already spend far too much time staring at these little glass balls And Felicia, I agree that "Tiffany Windows" sounds best. These ones make me think of candy..., although they're maybe more like a 'Willy Wonka' kind! and they make me realise how much I love this hobby too!

Nice looker isn't it. What do you call that kind of core - is it some kind of translucent ribbon?

Hi Tim. I think they're great photos too. I find it especially difficult with the latticinos because you want to get the detail of the outer bands & get all the crisp detail of the inner core strands. Getting the lighting just right is the hardest for me...still practising :doh: but I find an all white or all grey background helps Nice marbles too!

What a great thread! I'm just going to sit here & watch all the pics come in

Yes, tried HOM and lots of others, including all kinds of searches on Google etc etc. All lead back to the USA... Not a problem - I was born in Buchanan, West Virginia (and still have a US passport) so will just have to come over for the shows over in the States! LOL.

Yeah, I read that & looked around the Museum site too - thanks Felicia This all started for me only a few months ago when I wanted to track down some of these swirls for a present to give my brother... When we were both at school (too many years ago now!) we played a variation of marbles & these swirls were sooooooo valuable to us & the other kids. If you had some swirls (or Spirals as we called them then), it transcended you from a snotty-nosed kid to a superhero. Funny how life does a full circle sometimes, eh!

Thanks for the replies everyone. I guess I can count them as a bit of a bonus... I've posted pics of the swirls in a separate thread, just to show them off a bit! Nothing too special in there but I still spend too much time staring at them! Chris

Thanks for this link Felicia! Very kind of you to think of me. I may well take a trip down to this competition...you never know, there could be some collectors lurking in a dark corner somewhere!? I'll keep hunting for a club/show/collector's association over here & will update the forum on my findings. There may be other Brits on here who feel the same? Thanks again Chris

Hi. I wonder if you guys can help me with these clays? I bought a load of vintage german swirls from a guy here in England and these clays turned up in the lot. Personally I'm not into clays much, swirls are more my thing! I don't think he was a collector - he didn't tell me they'd turned up at a site in Atlanta so that's a start!! I will probably want to sell them too, since they don't really feature in my collection so if anyone has an idea of 'guesstimate' value, that would be really great. I know all the stuff that's been happening with clays, so if they aren't worth much, so be it. The swirls were lovely! Here are the photos - I hope they're OK? The Helix on the left is between 1" to 1 & 1/8th", the coil with leaves is 1", the Pinwheel is 3/4" and the Jasper on the right is just over 5/8" Thanks in advance, and I just wanted to say again how great this site is, especially coming from the UK where collectors are in short supply! All the best Chris

As a bit of an enthusiast for handmades (german swirls always catch my eye), I think they're gorgeous! Thanks for the pics...

Hi to everyone. I've just come across this site & have spent most of the day here already! First of many I'll spend here I expect... I'm a fairly new collector from Oxford in England & got back into old marbles (German swirls mainly) while trying to hunt some down for a present to give to my brother.... then I found out just how many people collect them! I had no idea but it's great to find sites like this. Everyone seems so nice! I do have some chinas I bought as part of a 'job lot' that I may ask some of the other members to id, but I wanted to say hello first & check out some of the threads & topics too. Cheers Chris Williams