bumblebee
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Awesome Parrot that I am guessing will hit $80+.
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Wow incredible find and what a great eye to spot it!
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Can we see a shot of the pontil?
I am asking more to learn since I am not an expert on these. The auction photo really does fool the eye on size!
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What size? Where did you find it?
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Fast enough to Buy it Now for $200. Anybody here win it?
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Rainbow taffy mctwist.
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On 9/14/2016 at 1:40 PM, JerryG said:
There's a guy (0 feedback) attempting to sell two Vacor marbles (he thinks they are some kind of antique German Peltier) for a truly horrendous price and wants $24 for shipping
Ah yes, here it is:
I messaged this guy explaining what he had and he replied: "I have no comment."
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Now that's an unpicked lot!
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Wow, 270! It must have gotten exhausting and frustrating, but at least you are free from them now.
You make a good point that some of those may indeed contain Michelangelos. I never bothered to pay attention to what is in them.
I think you owe it to the marble collecting community to make a limited run of Al fantasy bags and then sell them at the next show. It could be your business card.
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Was browsing marbles and saw this seller has a ton of fantasy bags.
Al, do you try to get one of every one you see?
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Very cool! I want a complete pee wee NLR set. Now.
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I can't recall ever seeing peewee NLRs? I know they have peewee Rainbos but this looks neat.
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Sounds like it will be a useful book to the community. I will have to be patient.
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2 hours ago, jeeperman said:
This is the total I have found in say 25+years. I have heard in the past that they are not a super common find. I have found more Vitro Easter eggs than these guys.
Wow, I had no idea. I feel luckier now. Perked up my marble joy.
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Nice! Still hard to believe how few of these I've seen when I have a couple hundred blackies/all reds/tiger eyes.
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Is there a complete list with photos of the Marble King Rainbows that were sold in stores in the late 50s to early 60s? I was picking through a few yesterday and among the usual suspects (cub scouts, bumble bees), I saw things like brown on white, etc. Searched online a bit but seems like most lists favor the blended ones.
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That's great to hear. I am interested in getting more Whities if there is a lot of variety. Thanks!
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That's interesting. I rarely have seen these in my hunts. Blackies and All Reds everywhere, but not these fellas.
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Picked through a lot of mostly 60s MK and Vitro and grabbed these three 5/8" for their unusual colors. The top right one felt like a Pelt Rainbo but was just one ribbon. Other two seem to be same maker but with fatter single ribbon.
Any ideas?
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Wow, great stuff, especially the paperweight.
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Well it was too good to be true. They appear to be two-seam game marbles. You can see the lashes on the yellow in particular. Also colors are more saturated in hand than the pastel appearance in the photo. Still, I learned a lot!
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Here's a peach one but not ground pontil: http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-htf-germany-glass-peach-1798735471
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I asked Bob Block and he said ballot box ones tend to be more opaque and of harder glass.
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Here's a poor shot of the ground pontil reflecting.
Found in a wall in West Branch Michigan
in General Marble & Glass Chat
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I remember something like that and I coined the phrase "wall marbles" for any rare and exotic marbles you find in a wall but which mysteriously cannot be photographed.