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Yeow, that yellow-blue-orange thingy is killin' me . . .

I want a horizontal swirl I want a horizontal swirl I want a horizontal swirl I want a horizontal swirl I want a horizontal swirl I want a horizontal swirl I want a horizontal swirl I want a horizontal swirl I want a horizontal swirl I want a horizontal swirl I want a horizontal swirl I want a horizontal swirl -- oh, sorry . . .

My remark was kind of a knee-jerk reaction to what seemed like the beginning of yet another bash-Jabo-devaluing-collections-ruining-the-hobby-type thread. That's what it sounded like. And we've had quite a bit of that lately. No, I don't remember cullet / booboos being discussed before. I think the topic of "wastage" in the special runs is a valid one for those who buy marbles primarily for an investment, or those who are more business-oriented than others. I personally am one of the Others. My only concern is do I want a particular marble, or not? I have my own standards (pretty high) for beauty, rarity, condition, interesting-ness, and whatnot, and I spend what little money I have carefully. If you can call buying marbles "spending carefully!" And I cull my own herd, constantly. So "the overall quality of marbles being sold to collectors" is not a concern of mine, because as a collector I don't have to buy any of them. And I have never ever been accused of being business oriented. Which is why I'm going to be spending my declining years in a cardboard box. Surrounded by marbles. And toy horses made before 1960. And cat food. Hopefully, in the Florida Keys. Although I hear Trinidad and Tobago is cheap, and south of the hurricane zone . . .

There's a bit in Paul Baumann's Collecting Antique Marbles, and in Block's book on collecting early machine-made marbles -- mostly MF Christensen and Christensen Agate, but has a section in the beginning devoted to the early "transitional" types, including Navarre. Some good photos of "pontil" types (melted, ground, etc.).

Looks good to me too, FWIW.

Didn't we already do this thread? A buncha times?

Whew! Thanks. Was driving me crazy (jeez, seems like it was something with a J, what the heck was it, etc.).

A guy named Hooper -- I forget his first name. Crazy small swirls.

Yup. Sounds like a wake to me.

RELEASE THE HOUNDS!

I could do a wake.

Add sobbing and weeping. And whining. Sorry, Galen. Jig's up.

I'm having that envy trouble again.

Maybe if each of the six topics had its own thread . . . On the other hand, a couple of the topics have proven to be extremely contentious ones in the past, and I have a feeling that many are saying "not goin' there."

Unless you want to send them to us for being so nice . . .

Jeez, and I was hoping I was the only one who saw them. I know. I'll post on all the boards that they're really Jabos . . .

Sorry you feel that way too. But not too sorry. I'd like to take a few mibs off your hands . . .

Don't know about Ravenswood, but the pistachios that people used to call CAC are now generally agreed to be Alley. Does the green light up under UV?

OK, I'm havig trouble with that envy thing again . . .

Deal.

Still mulling.

I actually saw the marble that Bonnie produced. I liked it! Transparent colorless glass with small, scattered "discs" of transparent colors floating around in it . . .

I'd rather live with the sin and be absolved of guilt. Is that extra?