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Apparently a little birdie whispered into the seller's ear that he'd likely get more buyers if he offered smaller lots. I couldn't resist so I'm buying more and hoping I score some nicer ones: http://www.ebay.com/itm/122506985563

I agree. That's why I was saying I'd easily pay $5 each for the nicer nines. They are sort of my way of having the old transitionals I cannot afford. Even if new, the nicer Bulgarians are right up there with the nicest Vacor Atmospheres and will hold that position for future collectors in my opinion.

Maybe they have some sort of bulk shipping options like China does (you can get stuff shipped for almost nothing from China) ? But that many marbles one would imagine costing at least $150 to ship by boat.

Looks like they decide to go big lot under $1 each with free shipping. Wonder who'll bite?: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-1500-piece-Handmade-glass-marbles-1-inch-Ground-pontil-Wholesale-Clearing-/122502916144?hash=item1c85be2830:g:UJQAAOSw-K9ZHaqi

Got mine today. From left to right: Orange Creamsicle, The "As-Made Special", Azure #9, Japanese Pinch Pontil Tribute, Clear-based Guinea, Beer-based Guinea. If I were allowed to cherry-pick their giant bag I might pay $5 each for the best ones I found, but otherwise I'm happy with the price and quantity.

You're welcome. Looks like you got a "Guinea" and a "tornado core". Mine should be coming any day now!

Nice. A white slag. I like me some pure white slags.

I can safely say I don't have a 90lb marble, nor do I have a car to trade for one. https://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/bar/6074478994.html

That's a nice lot. I recall seeing a couple of Bulgarian lots that also had clearies and ones with a lot of real looking playwear. Bulgarian Mystery Marbles indeed.

Me too. Origins aside, some of the ones with strong "nines" look very nice. I believe most of those were sold at higher prices early on, but who knows...

FYI, apparently the market for Bulgarians has collapsed. This seller in Bulgaria is selling six for $7.99 with free shipping. I'm guessing you won't get the exact ones pictured but hard to complain at those prices: http://stores.ebay.com/HAPPY-DEALS-MARKET/Sporting-Goods-/_i.html?_nkw=marbles&submit=Search&_sasi=1&_sacat=888&_sid=1187667380

Thanks these are some keepers but not my "brag box" ones since these are in reach of kids' hands. Among them, a genuine marble "blood alley", a lutz belonging to a former mayor of a MT town, 7/8" pelt bought from Al from Oregon years ago, and dozens of other stories. Sometimes I forget just how much my personal history memory of each marble adds to its value in my eyes.

under the circlestances I thought it was marbelous, at least for an amateur shooter like myself.

My solitaire board taken with a Samsung Gear 360 video camera. It does 360-degree videos as well but that would be better suited to a larger collection contained in a couple of tall cases where you could carry the camera between

At this point I'm just happy to have found an NLR that isn't cratered, so I'll let the namers figure out the rest!

Word on the street (via another forum) is these aren't common but they aren't unusually rare, and 11/16" seems to be the common size found. Why it wasn't in the book remains a mystery. Me personally, when I read "green zebra" I see a green zebra with dark green stripes so it doesn't quite fit for me.

They are rarer and more desirable than the later Rainbos, but not everyone has as much trouble as I do finding them.

Few mentions on this forum but here's one referred to as a green zebra:

Got marble mail today and was excited to find an NLR, since I never find them. I immediately opened my new copy of Peltier Glass Toy Marbles and turned to the two-color NLR section. I couldn't find my marble. For a brief moment I got very excited thinking I had something so rare they couldn't find a photo of one. Then I Googled and figured out it's not uber rare. Still, at almost 11/16" and NM+, it's among the 15 or so NLRs I've found in eight years of collecting. I don't see any aventurine.

Got mine today and really enjoying the pictures and looking forward to learning more about Pelts. I only flipped through it and wondered whether it covers the "tweeners" like from this post:

I know, right? That stone cutting is hypnotic.

Nice! Here's a fascinating show on the Oulde Country:

Corned beef and cabbage and soda bread and Guinness all on the menu today, with a heaping piles of spuds of course. I may nip at a half pint of Irish whiskey later. For leftovers, it's hard to beat corned beef on dill rye bread with mustard.

We don't use the fireplace much. I even cut down my own trees and wood this year. It is very cozy, though. I think I would prefer a wood stove more centrally located. I actually prefer going to the fire pit down by the river and doing a big blaze there. Then you really appreciate it with the cold on your back, the bats silently skimming the water, fish jumping, and the occasional dark shape stepping through the woods or swimming on the water.

Gray, gray, wet, icy, gray, GRAY, dirty snow. Mud. Still, temps are puncturing 45 highs so spring is somewhere nearby. And to think we're considering moving to TX for a complete opposite experience!