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Very interesting. I did not realize they were trying to imitate agates via Meteors, but I see they were trying to put a sort of bullseye "cap" on them with that mossy semi-translucent base than many agates have. Interesting one of the colors was yellow but hardly anyone can find a real yellow agate now.

Great full-page article on marble playing and marble lore.

I do gamble once and a while on eBay. For example, have a $20 small lot coming simply because it appeared to have an egg yolk Akro shooter in it, which might be worth $20 if it's particularly mint and the pattern looks as cool as I think it is. Also sometimes I buy agates that I suspect aren't hand-faceted. About one out of four times they turn out to be the real deal. My rejects I put in my big jar which I sometimes let neighborhood children take marbles from. For me the anticipation thrill is almost worth about $20, so as long as I don't do this too often, it feels like part of the fun.

Bumping this topic because those agates are true killers!

Tempted to call it a headlamp bullseye.

Lovely!

Killer score, Hansel! Honestly if it weren't for those blood alleys, I would assume that's just another contemporary machine ground mineral sphere set. From now on I'm peering closer at listings like those. The only faceted non-agates I have are a rose quartz and this guy, which to my eye looks a lot like the one above your ivory(!) one:

Paid $20 each for two Navarre's (1" and .95") that were sold as slags. Left one is very mint range aside from one impact fracture. Right one has more as-mades and seems a little lopsided. Also another $10 for some nice little machinemades including a cobalt/black Akro cork and a pretty neat little Rainbo. Condition mint range on those.

Wow, great shots of many marbles I've never seen. I've only ever found on old Hercules. It was a gorgeous marble I regret selling.

That's a neat marble toy, but I imagine they didn't last long indoors after parents heard a few dozens rings.

WOW! Seeing this, I realize I don't really collect marbles. I just happen to have a few marbles. That's a collection! I'd pay to look at that collection.

Just pay attention to what DPI it wants to print at. I keep mine to 600 for print, so lots of detail, although that may be overkill depending on the source.

I believe it might be a featured installed by owning Microsoft Office 365 (Word, et al). If you don't have that, this might work: https://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php

Article describes the Leighton factory including the manufacturing process. This PDF version contains the entire page in high resolution.

Here's the PDF excerpt. My Windows 10 PC has a "Save to PDF" option so I just saved that page range. 1883-04-17 Harper's Young People pages 386-388.pdf

I changed the description of the forum. Let me know whether you want it different.

Here are the available PDF catalogs of past Morphy Auctions that featured marbles. Where no catalog exists, there will be a link to the online listing if one exists. Morphys offers a PDF of the final prices with their online listing, but you can also view the final prices online using this more interactive page. 2023 2023-08-02 Morphy Auctions (marbles at page 8) 2022 2022-08-09 Morphy Auctions (marbles at page 116) 2021 2021-11-30 Morphy Auctions (marbles at page 126) 2021-06-16 Morphy Auctions 2020 2020-09-23 Morphy Auctions (marbles at page 109) 2020-03-10 Morphy Auctions (marbles at page 301) 2019 2019-09-24 Morphy Auctions (marbles at page 208) 2018 2018-10-02 Morphy Auctions (marbles at page 21) 2017 2017-12-17 Morphy Auctions (marbles at page 120) 2017-04-14 Morphy Auctions (marbles at page 175) 2016 2016-12-09 Morphy Auctions (marbles at page 228) 2016-09-23 Morphy Auctions (marbles at page 101) 2016-06-24 Morphy Auctions (marbles at page 360) 2016-03-03 Morphy Auctions (marbles at page 14) 2015 2015-12-18 Morphy Auctions (marbles at page 146) 2015-09-10 Morphy Auctions (marbles at page 232) 2015-05-30 Morphy Auctions (marbles at 190) 2014 2014-12-13 Morphy Auctions (marbles at page 12) 2014-05-18 Morphy Auctions (marbles at page 15) 2014-05-03 Morphy Auctions (marbles at page 11) 2013 2013-12-13 (online link only) 2013-04-19 (online link only) 2012 2012-10-20 (online link only) 2012-05-05 (online link only) 2011 2011-12-02 (online link only) 2011-08-12 (online link only) 2011-05-20 (online link only) 2010 2010-11-05 (online link only)

This appears to be an excerpt from a 2020 catalog showing what Vacor marbles they sell. Download here: dde61f343_marca_es.pdf

Download here:HOM+2022+Catalog.pdf

2017 Glassfirma catalog featuring Vacor. Download here: catalogo-2017-glasfirma.pdf

Here's the PDF version of the 2013 FS-USA catalog featuring Mega Marbles. Download here: 2013-catalog-fabricas-selectas-usa-mega-marbles.pdf

Here is the 2015 PDF catalog from Glassfirma, direct from their website. Download here: catalogo-2015-glasfirma.pdf

Nice assortment and that bottom left one looks gray and maybe undyed too.

I spent $30 for this faceted bullseye agate shooter because it is not dyed or heat-treated. It's the first one I have found like this with strong bullseye rings (forgive my trademark low quality close-ups). So this is what your usual dyed agate would look like prior to treatment. Anybody else have any like this? "Flint" agates, I believe, were simply the lower quality Brazilian agate without any of the striations or color treatments. Most flints I have found are one shade of monochrome gray. Only one has a tiny little white patch on the top. Brazilian agate is gray and whitish when not heat-treated and/or dyed, for example:

Hi @spara50, I have uploaded the MP4 file here. It can be played on the site or saved. In FireFox browser, if I right-click on the video, I get a "Save Video As" option. Should be similar with other browsers. 1459873268_RedDonohueNationalChamp.mp4