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  1. bumblebee
    His "near mint minus" is a small pile of glass shards.
  2. bumblebee
    Well at least he offers returns for any unwise bidder (or of poor eyesight) who actually wins it.
  3. bumblebee
    I'm not shocked. Recently I contacted a seller who had about 10 small handmades that ranged from cracked and split to foggy. He was insulted by my offer and claimed eight of them were "mint". The older I get, the more I realize many humans do not partake of common reality.
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    I'm thinking there are clearies in there that are reflecting the black marbles which makes them look like they have inner swirls, sort of a black #3 inside them on its side.
  5. bumblebee
    Interesting...that bottom one with the blue feels more like an Akro patch now. One would think though that if these (or the original from Steph) were foreign then they'd be newer, more common, and therefore more likely to show up in a box or bag for confirmation. Or not...?
  6. bumblebee
    It reminds me of this 5/8" one that was previously ID'd on this forum and another as most likely Pelt.
  7. bumblebee
    Wow, digging those Pelt peewees! Never saw that machine before.
  8. bumblebee
    Wish I had more of these sub-1/2" Pelt rainbos...amazing how much they are like the big ones.
  9. bumblebee
    Not to mention all the potential fleabites and moons as they bang about, but I'm too lazy to examine each one after so I just put them away in denial about potential damage.
  10. bumblebee
    Many of you have had this happen, I'm sure. I had too many marble trays on my desk and I pushed my chair and knocked two off, including a cigar box packed with some of my favorite Vitros. Inevitably when this happens I end up not being able to fully refill the trays, so there are escaped marbles in my room somewhere.
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    Boulders

    bumblebee replied to Steph's topic in Archives

    My favs so far in this thread are the Vitros, the Masters and the Pelt Rainbos (when they look like Rainbos) at that size. Would like to see mint 1" slags. Here is Grandpa Bennington (almost 1 3/8") next to his peewee grandson.
  12. bumblebee
    Nice one! I don't hunt (yet) and still am not used to hearing rifle fire every morning here in Montana. Back in Southern California gunfire meant lock your doors and expect helicopters to buzz your neighborhood for two hours.
  13. bumblebee
    That's what I was trying to suggest...definitely had a husky voice and wore ragged gooseberry pinstripes.
  14. bumblebee
    I was wondering about the one on the left as well as being painted rather than mixed clay, but the colors are spot-on matches...same factory, perhaps, different method?
  15. bumblebee
    Goosecornhuskberry
  16. bumblebee
    Would this be one? Found this in Google images, apparently from an antiquetrader article but can't find the article showing the image.
  17. bumblebee
    It was my assumption orange peel happened due to surfaces on the marble machine, because I've only seen it on very large mibs. I figured the heavier big marbles while still malleable would gather these dimples by virtue of their weight. Just a theory, though.
  18. bumblebee
    Curious to know that as well, and also in what sizes? The biggest vaseline slag I've found is 7/8".
  19. bumblebee
    Rough rollers?
  20. bumblebee
    Per this old article, I assume these are "Jaspers" or "Croton alleys". The 3/4" one has a Bennington look to it as if it were painted, but the 5/8"ish ones I have definitely appear to be streaked by actual green and blue clay. I do not have enough of them to dare break one open to confirm that.
  21. bumblebee
    Wow, perfect for a museum of marbles.
  22. bumblebee
    I would assume they made them on purpose. If not it was a very happy coincidence. Still, of all my Tiger Eyes that's the only one with solid "V" on it, so it doesn't seem they were trying too hard to get "V"s on those.
  23. bumblebee
    Wish all my Vitro Tiger Eyes were signed thus with a perfect V backlit through clear base glass by the blue veneer opposite.
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    New Akro

    bumblebee replied to Hack's topic in Archives

    Seems an odd business decision to renew the Akro trademark and then market handmade marbles. Who in the world thinks of "handmade" when they think Akro? I guess it's better than them making machine mades and confusing the collecting world further.
  25. bumblebee
    Wow. Reminds me of some colors in Mary Poppins.
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