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Thanks. I just kept one and took his business card. The other bags had fewer colors in them. They were the only marbles I found today at 50+ vintage booths.

Found a few sealed bags of 5 shooter bananas with green header for $9 per bag. Is it worth buying all of them? I'm not a bag man but this sale ends in a few hours so please let me know. Thanks

Bought these NIB at an estate sale today. The Rock Flowers are from early 70s and come with a 45 rpm record. Tuesday Taylor is around 1977. Not pictured: a large, somewhat disturbing box of naked 12" male dolls.

Wowsers....please post more in even larger photo size. Need to get myself another drool cup.

Yes, it's a "mush pot" made by my 8-yo. She was happy to see me using it.

Here is my carte de visite of circus lady Ida Williams next to my Fisher Price Bert toy figure who has somehow miraculously stayed with me since 1975, surviving many moves and pets. Sadly, Ernie was disfigured by a corgi puppy in the 80s.

There is no person who, under scrutiny, would not be vilified by some segment of society. Had Ali gone to Vietnam, he's be in trouble with some group or another. Even Mother Teresa had haters. "The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function." - F Scott Fitzgerald

I really like that yellow/purple one. Reminds me of CAC.

I noticed the marble for sale has orange peel. Any new insights on the causes for this since using the Miller machine? There was that epic recent thread about it: http://marbleconnection.com/topic/21460-what-causes-orange-peel/

Lilac water drops.

Trannies have a certain exotic appeal. Their appearance can be both bold and blunt, with often a surprising stylistic flair.

I agree. She exhibits saintly patience every day as people continue to post marble I.D. requests in the general forum.

Thanks. Here's a variety group of more Vitro favs of mine I may have posted before.

Vitro is my favorite company right now. Here are some of my tri-lites. My favorites are the ones with lots of clear base glass and are almost veneered, but they don't photograph well.

I'll be a first run investor!

I met a Vietnamese refugee who was an antiques dealer in California and he said during the Vietnam war they would pick through the dump for used spray paint cans. Inside was a precious marble they would extract and play with.

Here are my priceless marbles. You could offer me $500 each and I'd shake my head No, but I am wiling to take offers about US$3000 each. Why? Let me explain from left to right: 1) A battle scarred bumble bee I won playing marbles as a boy in the early 1970s (hence my name!)., 2) An Akro shooter from my late grandfather's childhood. 3) A pee-wee Bennington from my great-grandfather's Bigelow-Foster store which he managed in Kansas. Imagine how priceless so many marbles in your collection would be if you could see and remember them through the eyes of their original owners!

This could be my chance to see a truly wet mint Peltier marble that isn't a Rainbo!

This seller is listing a few lots like this with very imaginative descriptions such as faceted and hand made, but the marbles were dug so my first guess is they came from an old dump and got deformed by the trash dump fires they used to light to burn the trash. Other theories could be rock tumbled or factory rejects. Any other ideas?

Neat, I like the width on that box better but can't help feel that you've lined it with putting green.

Speaking of cigar boxes, this brand I found came with its own flocked tray originally. Width of compartments is deal because you can fit 5/8" up to 7/8" and they spaced far apart enough to stand out and not clutter, but the depth is too deep for my taste although technically perfect for 7/8" mibs. Would make a very nice holder for shooters but ultimately I prefer larger trays.

I just got these (2) Black Flocked 1x10 Compartment Jewelry Display Tray Inserts today for $7.50 with shipping and am happy. You can also get (12) of them for $26.99 OBO. I don't know the seller. This is my first purchase from them. For those of you who can bear to let your marbles touch, the ten, 1 1/8" wide flocked compartments allow you to stagger two columns of 5/8" marbles nicely. Much larger and they don't fit side by side but if you mix that size range you can manage to snug them together well. The black background provides excellent contrast. 1" marbles also fit well but 15/16" ones wiggle with the extra space, but if you have Toe Breakers they may be very happy in these shoes. I used to use the clear grid "show off trays" which are great for keeping and protecting marbles, but I dislike my marbles secreted away in grids. These trays break up the dull grid lines and offset each marble to accentuate them, so I'd rather risk a scratch or worse by having them at hand in trays like this to daily see and touch any time I want. When full these trays are a bit flimsy so you have to use two hands to lift and carry but they could be fitted into sturdier boxes or sliding trays. Stay tuned for an update when I get these Cigar Box Foam Cigar Trays

Dotty, anemic, seamless guineas.

That's a good point, JerryG, as the box photo in the more recent thread appears to have stretching in all the marbles shown.

Great idea and the Morphy box immediately strikes me with wide variety, which to my eye includes: Base color (appears to be either amber or blue) Speck variety (pattern, size, density, stretched or not) - it seems on all these Morphy ones a majority of the specks are vivid, with sharp edges and solid consistently bright colors, though a few are softer with more blending. Seams. Where visible, the seams appear very distinct because there is so much variety going on with the specks where the seams meet. I would say without better photos of the marble in question it's tough to talk much more about it because certainly there is a ton of variety potential. I am curious where the seam is on it because that appears to be an unmistakable trait common to most--but then what do I know with my guinea halves?