Akro gatherer

It seems that the 3/4" one sell for about $1.00 each. these are the commons. the flames, adventurine, gold, or other rarities sell for more. there was a flame that was oxblood, eggyolk, and other stuff that went very high on abay. it was a one of a kind i was told by my favorite Notre Dame grad. I cant afford the high end ones but would pay more than 1.00 for some. These new 1" ones may go higher than 1.00 because it takes more glass and effort to make these. still not bad. of course the rarer/nicer ones will go for more. but in the end something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

My apologies. Sometimes I get excited and just type without thinking, reading, looking, or breathing. The last one is especially bad if it is a long post.

i never knew jabo made cateyes either. they did once order some japanese cateyes, cant remember why, but they can and have been dug at the plant and i was told there was some big-uns somewhere there.

But there are some (one) that says Galen's opinion is needed here and blah blah blah. The same people (person) sticks up for him from time to time. As Mermaid man says on SpongeBob "Evil is afoot".

post #2...the red swirl looks nice. they all look nice. thats just what stands out to me.

i have heard before 1. collect what you like 2. this hobby should not be undertaken for an investment 3. i have pretty eyes 4. they are only marbles 5. there was something else....... so.... 1. i agree. if you collect what you don't like then you will not enjoy your collection. 2. i understand this one until the show of the month and then i go hmmmmm. 3. If you say so. 4. Man this was a very deep and thought out thread to begin with but then the commoners got to it and dumbed it down. 5. Oh yeah............

I thought WV was the marble capital of the early 20th century. But these marble have me a little excited. I would like to see them and also get some.

What size hook do you use for those things?

Definition of marble venture: Standing on a hill of mud in the rain with your feet sunk in so deep you cant move finding 90% white peewees but still loving it. Then a buckskin rolls out only top see that is has a huge flat side. Marble venture. And then the bananas...

i would rather see the people responsible for making the marbles rather than the diggers. We are called grave robbers after all. The biggest one ever is on your list there.

wow those things are

Wow that really........nope didn't change a thing. And I never used HIS name in my post. Because HE is not the only one. And I am not taking away anyone's freedom of speech but I am speaking of their constant negativity. I could care less because when I type I mostly laugh as I do it. That is caused by the pettiness that some of you possess, the unbridled wish-washiness that some of you possess, and the banana that I possess... P.S. I feel that I was not nasty. Nasty would be throwing around curse words with symbols in place of a letter, direct personal attacks, or referring to SP and his board in any way (Now that's nasty).

i stink at pics. the are a few bubbles in each and in hand the red is like an inner swirl. the three all have different shades of the red. i would call the base a dark yellow/orange.

The problem is not maturity, it is always feeling that everything in the marble world must be approved by some of you. This nice, as far as I can tell, lady brought an old machine back to life and made a run of marbles. She named them what she did and that should have been good enough. But then some of the marble world was unhappy with that. Who cares. It's none of your business. I really think that is it. You few are just nosey and have that "I'm awesome" feeling about yourself. You are only on here to irritate. We all know that. You say things just right so no one can pin you down to what you said but we know you are nothing more than a little kid with a crayon and a blank sheet of paper. --Peace--

There was a thread started about the Marble Hall of Fame and discussion happened. Now there is a Marble hall of fame poll. A very special run of marbles came off of the Alox machine (rollers) and then the issue started about what they were. Will we ever be able just to accept something instead of feeling that we must have a say in it because "dangit we are the marble community and you must listen to us". Stuff like this drives me.............

no they are like an orange with a red thing happening. the red thing is clearly different from the base.

Can't we all just get along. Agree to disagree. I think I left my banana here somewhere.....OH HERE IT IS.....

I like my Alox.

I am not right. Just regurgitating what two masters told me. Wise young Jedi is he. :ph34r:

Well Sir, the story the seller was telling was that these were alleys packaged by ravenswood. he told me the story of speaking to the lady who put them in the bags herself. But my being of lesser marble smarts than most, I seen an old friend, who needs to stay out of my neck of the woods, Mr. Sheppard. I asked him about the story and he and Mr. Powell, I believe that is his name, told me that they were alley. When MK bought alley in St marys they had alley stock and MK bags. so poof! they had alley mibs in mk bags. I hope this is satisfying. When Ron and The president of the marble club, I think, told me what they were I took it as set in stone and good enough for me. P.S. I have no knowledge of the glass mix or adventurine issue. Plus If I say Jabo 3 times in a mirror with the lights out she will appear so i mustn't speak further.

alley in marble king packs (missing headers) 1 fiber optic- red one, 3 mk- one glows, 1 handmade- kinda crazy these are marbles off of the alox/jabo machine. the whites were the first then the wash. some nice jabos from the most recent run. black adventurine. akro mossy types 3 more akro that glow 8 nice lil' akro patches akro flinties and 1 moonie akro gumball anyone? all akro shooters. BTW i only paid 17.00 for all of the akro together!!!!!

akro silver oxblood. with an ox cork. the inner cork may have been a side effect of the process. but WOW!!!