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Thanks Chuck. Same hotel as in the past? County Inn if I rmember right. I am trying to make it over from KC.

Any information on date available? Thanks, Scott

If you already own your own beanie, is it necessary to rent one?

Lynn was one of the great folks that you looked forward to visiting with at the marble shows. He made everyone's life better for knowing him and his marbles. His suffering is over and he is showing marbles to angels in heaven. Scott McBride

The show is this weekend! Snow will be out of the area by Wednesday. Let the Room Trading begin. See you in KC!

My wife is from the pearl button capital, Muscatine Iowa: http://muscatinehistory.org/pearl_button_industry.html It is an interesting story. The button factories were a lot like the early marble factories, swapping machines and employees between each other.

10th Annual Kansas City Marble Collectors Club Show Sunday, March 3, 2013 - 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Holiday Inn Overland Park, 8787 Reeder Road, Overland Park, KS 913.888.8440 Featuring Antique, Vintage, and Contemporary Marbles! GAMES, ACTIVITIES, DOOR PRIZES and FREE marbles for KIDS! Marble Identification and Appraisals! FREE ADMISSION!! Only a month away and we made the local news Saturday night. We are expecting a great show!

I have it in hand and the seller must have one heck of a magnifying lens because it looks better in hand than the picture. I pulled out the big magnifying glass and can see any fractures around the figure. I had a couple of folks here look at it and they think it is old. It goes in the collection and when my kids have the marble garage sale after I have departed this earth, the new owner can decide what they want it to be.

Congratulations Griff! Please feel free to keep this weekend's snow fall in your yard. :-)

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We have four meetings a year, not counting our show. Scheduled for 2 hours; 15 minutes for club business, 15 minutes for a presentation (if someone vlolunteers). Presentations have ranged from identifying hand made marbles, the difference between machine mades, how to play marbles, the difference between steelies and ball bearings, collectable uses of marbles, etc. It does require a willing membership. The rest for looking at marbles, swapping stories and lies, and visiting with old and new friends. At our last meeting, we had a spirited discussion our Mega Marbles. The last two years, we have held our January meeting at the Toy and Miniature Museum. The Museum promotes a marble identification day to the local press and their membership rolls. We have looked at "Grandpa's marbles" to "I found these marbles in my garden". Since the museum promotes it, it goes out to more than just the marble collecting community. We are doing it again next Saturday/ We don't know what the turn out will be but it is another opportunity to promote our upcoming show. We also do one of the meeting at Moon Marble Company so we can watch Bruce make marbles. The other two meetings vary by location. We try to move them around the city to make them accessible to folks who may not want to make the "hour" drive to every meeting. We had had them in community centers, Libraries and park pavilions. Like marble collecting, if you are forming a club, have fun with it and develop a thick skinn because your can't please all the people all of the time.

Ok, The marble is in hand. I think it could be old but not 100% sure since I don;t have any other older colored sulphide to compare it to. Short of letting Rich heat it up and zap it with the torch, what suggestions do you have for determining age and authenticity?

10th ANNUAL KANSAS CITY MARBLE COLLECTORS CLUB SHOW Date: Sunday, March 3, 2012 Place: Holiday Inn Overland Park, 8787 Reeder Road, Overland Park, KS 913.888.8440 Show Times: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Room Trading on March 1st and 2rd Table Reservations: We have 35 tables reserved for the show. Only 15 left! For table information and reservations, contact Charles Williams at 816.532.3299 or [email protected]. The hotel reports 80+ room nights already booked! Hotel reservations at the club rate close two weeks before the show so HURRY to make your reservations. Remember last year, the hotel ran out of rooms. Make your reservations early to guarantee a room in the hotel. MARBLE CRAZY AT THE MOON Moon Marble Company and Bruce Breslow are hosting Marble Crazy at the Moon Marble Company in Bonner Springs, Kansas. Bruce has arranged for 24 Contemporary Glass Artists to be on hand displaying their marbles and demonstrating the talents that make them the leaders in orb origination. That weekend, Kansas City will be the center of the marble universe. March 1 & 2, 2012 - “Marble Crazy at the Moon!” More information is available at www.marblecrazy.com For other questions, contact Scott McBride at [email protected].

I got a similar message to lstmmrbles's message from from CallBob. I was not attacking his choice of marbles. If you like what you bought, don't be a fanny about it. Everyone has opionins and as my father used to say, optinions are like (_._) everyone has one and most of them stink.

Someone seems a little touchy about the purchase. If you are satified be happy.

How about an opion on ebay listing 281028289522 - colored figure. Surface is rough and the glass is clear but looks old. thoughts please? the same seller has a painted dog listed.

they place the marbles in a chute that goes into a barrel. there is a bell down the chute that rings to signify a vote cast and to prevent one person from dropping more than one marble. Each candidate has their own barrel and since many are illiterate the candidates picture in on their barrel.

We advertise to the public the hours of the show. I expect vendors to stay reasonably close to closing time as a courtesy to the public. I have refused to sign someone up when they have repeatedly left a show early.

Last year, the hotel ran out of rooms! Make your reservations so you can enjoy the cameraderie of your fellow marble collectors! Over half of the display tables are already reserved for the show! The Kansas City Marble Collectors Club Presents “MARBLE CRAZY” 2013 Our 10th Annual Marble Collectors Show Location: Holiday Inn Overland Park 8787 Reeder Road, Overland Park, KS 913.888.8440 Sunday March 3th, 2013 – 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Featuring Antique, Vintage, and Contemporary Marbles Marble Appraisals GAMES, ACTIVITIES and FREE marbles for KIDS! For hotel room reservations: 913.888.8440 (mention KC Marble Club) For Tables at the show: Contact Charles Williams [email protected] For other questions: Scott McBride [email protected] Don't miss the Marble Crazy Activities at Moon Marble company: Friday, March 1nd – Saturday, March 2nd – Marble Crazy at the Moon www.moonmarble.com for details

I feel the need for a new skylight. wonder how it holds up to hail storms?

I have a friend looking for a local apprasial of about 150 marbles he has had for over 50 years. He is not a collector and not proficient with a digital camera. Please email me at [email protected] so I can put you in touch with him. Thanks, Scott

tightasses, crabasses, old timers, newbies, handmade collectories, contemporary makers and collectors, vitage and new machine made collectors are all welcome at:Kansas City. Nice attendees are appreciated to. FREE ADMISSION! The Kansas City Marble Collectors Club Presents "MARBLE CRAZY" 2013 Our 10th Annual Marble Collectors Show Location: Holiday Inn Overland Park 8787 Reeder Road, Overland Park, KS 913.888.8440 Sunday March 3, 2013 – 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Featuring Antique, Vintage, and Contemporary Marbles Marble Appraisals GAMES, ACTIVITIES and FREE marbles for KIDS! For More information, call 816.436.3929 www.kcmarbleclub.com Warning to whiners and complainers! - there is a $5 charge for being listened to. You have to pay up front to be heard. lol "Sticks and Stones may break my bones but whips and chains hurt like heck"

A vacation to envy. That Joseph is a lucky boy!

Run away, fast! Looks like a fantasy bag to me.

Rich's book is a good reference for new collectors. He has used lots of resources as references. I am primarily a handmade collect and I learned a few things about machine mades when I read it. I will stay with the hand mades :-)