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We all love marbles ,that's not at question here.The fact is marbles have value,unless you have so much money that money does't matter.Would you give your mint CAC and PELTS or a 2" sulfide away to children? or leave them in school yards? No,I don't think so,thats the difference between Jabo and collectable vintage marbles. For me the real excitment of collecting marbles is the hunt which is totally not like ordering new mint marbles,that takes all the fun out of it for me.That's probably why I bought some and then quit.Everyone should feel free to express there veiws without fear of discrimination.Bo

Gotta love those fuzzy ebay lots,I've picked up some that way too.

This is how I see it.Until Jabo started these special runs ,collectable marbles had no competition (other than contemporary handmades,individual artists,etc.).Jabo saw an oppurtunity and for what it cost to produce Jabo marbles they went for it.If you can't find or buy vintage collectable marbles then jabo marbles are an alternative,but they will always be the alternative to the real antique/vintage collectable marbles.I think they have made way too many ,I lost interest after the second Joker run.

More green stuff

Wow this thread is moving along fast.Here are some of my Irish Rainbo's.Lots of chunky aventurine

I don't have any Last Dance marbles ,so I'm in.

I have consistently done better buying groups as opposed to one at a time.

There it is ,in the middle of all those aventurine marbles.Dumb luck

I liked it when I got that powder blue aventurine zebra and forty-one other aventurine marbles for less than $30.00 including shipment.I didn't even notice the color at auction,just bid and thought it was a good gamble.It's my new fav marble.I call it baby-blue....

Found some nice ones yesterday at an antique store.I've gotten some good stuff off ebay recently but not anything too expensive.It's a good time to go thru the old stuff and find somthin'.Like that yellow hand gathered slag I found the other day.It's been there for years and I hadn't discovered it.Got too see everything with a fresh eye.Bo

There must be more orange marbles out there

I think your lavender slag is very rare,I have one similar to yours ,it's in my top box.Great mib.Bo

Hey!,did you find any fingers in there?Great marbles,and pics.Bo

Wow!! great stuff! It is amazing what can be found when we look.Thanks for the pics.I like the blue and cream/orange pelt.Bo

Thanks Andrea for those pics,those are Beautiful! Sue yes,very cool marbles yellow, green ,blue and warm it up a little with some oxblood.I would like to see your trannies if you have time.Bo

One more pic,having fun with my camera while the sun is shining,suppoesed to rain today.

Doe's George collect marbles?Show us what ya got.Bo

Bob,I had to count so got a pic while I was at it.Funny story,I thought I had three but what happened was!?! I bid on the bay at the last minute and put in $2222.00 as my bid,WOW!!YIKES!!.I figuered I had it covered but what if some other marble psyhco acciddently put in $2220.00? so I went back and rebid,and too late someone else got a steal!!Was that you?? Bo

A few more simple beauties

Hey Bob ,I totally agree with you on this."Art is simple"a friend once told me and I must agree.The other trait your marble has that makes it great is a large amount of pure white to set off the green aventurine.I like it.Bo

Great pics Steph.The only way I can get good pics of aventurine is in full sunlight which has been in short supply till just this weekend.Imperials from China,interesting.They sure are pretty ,aventurine 360 degrees ,cool colors and the price was right.Looking at your pics I think I need to go thru my stuff again,I have passed alot of those types by.Thanks again for the info.Bo

Thanks, I see the difference now,mine is an egg.Still my enthusiasm is irreversable because the Steelers won! That was a really great game.Bo

Alan,when I started this thread I imagined you would have a gallon bag full of footballs,guess they are rare.Really great lookin football!!,Thanks Bo