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What is the provenance on the marble? Did someone find it mint in the "wild" or was it from a box?

It's so big it's almost a sulphide!

Strikes me as odd to offer a buy it now of $450 after your previous auction got offers above $600 from two different bidders.

It appears it previously sold for $635 in March.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/152054957002 I only own guinea halves but based on previous threads here, this one struck me as looking modern and/or torched. Am I wrong or? Note: I have no idea who the seller is or what their reputation is. This is simply me, an inexperienced CAC person, asking a sincere question.

Wow, stunning Akro eye candy. If Akro was the only marble company, I'd still collect marbles and love it...except the prices would be 10x higher if that were the case.

My understanding is in order to hold a trademark you have to actively do business under it.

I think the moment somebody finds an old marble they check prices on ebay and go hog wild when they see the fake inflated listings, and their imagination and greed gets the best of them.

Talk about marble mail! Not to mention, a 14-day money back guarantee. Not much to lose there.

Wealth does not equal taste, discrimination or good judgement. It is merely buying power.

Anything exotic, but I sent you a PM.

So sad I can't be there. Anybody going want me to PayPal them $60 to pick me out $50 in killer Vitros so I can get some marble mail? How's that for desperate!

Found this 3.5" rock in Death Valley. My guess is that texture is "ventifacts" caused by blowing winds.

Thanks...for some reason I've not encountered that size until recently but at least I was leaning in the right direction.

Aren't the black dyed ones associated with older agates? Otherwise I was thinking it was possible in later years they could have roughly hand-ground them then threw them into a grinding machine but I assume they'd have a very unique look then with no side-by-side facets but just facets that dip in and out.

Wanted to update this thread with an agate I had put in the "machine made" corner because I couldn't detect any facets with my naked eye. Recently I gave it another look with a 14x loupe and the facets were clearly visible over the entire surface. Whoever made this was a very skilled craftsman. Never again will I be without a loupe when purchasing agates!

This seller is selling these in beat-up "old" condition which is more compelling. Sold several lots already. If it weren't for the infamous furnace reflection photos from the primary seller of these, I'd be tempted to nibble at the hook.

Are these Jabo classics or newer Jabos or? Most are between 11/16" and 3/4". I don't collect Jabo but in the past the Jabo Classics I found were always 5/8" so the size of these threw me off.

You mean the lavender and mint? It's a stunner. Are you so in love you feel your cornflower blue ace/mossy cork slipping from your fingers into an envelope and addressed to me if I offer you this chorus of Fallen Angels in trade?

Nice. The tough ones are those with universal wear, with not a wink of original surface there to dazzle you at the right angle. But then again those are probably the most loved and played with, so it takes some imagination.

I regret selling several marbles. I even regret giving away a couple. Seems like I gave up more than just the marble.

In your prime you stole their breath away, a prize in battles won and lost. For that passion there was a price to pay. Bit by bit your beauty was the cost. Fresher faces replaced you in the ring, retiring you to a dusty past. Too broken to be the star again, yet too precious to become trash. Many decades in darkness you hid, losing your memories but keeping your scars, until a new lover opened the lid, and hoisted you back among the stars. What love and time took we have forgiven. Both have made you a rarer prize. Beauty lost to love is only hidden, taking our breath and giving a sigh.

In hindsight, VBOPS is easier to say and remember. Vitro Brushed Oxblood Popeye Sparkler. "Hey Joe, did you see those VeeBops somebody put up on eBay Sunday night?"

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Because of this listing and thread, I propose we adopt a new term in our community for listings of this type: VSBOP VSBOP listing : An eBay listing of marbles outrageously misidentified and overpriced by a seller who mixes marble knowledge with imagination to create a chimera and who, even when gently corrected by experienced collectors, continues to stand firm in his convictions and knowledge and fantasy.