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Yea, I kept trying to put it with my very few blended MKs . . . but the cherry base was weird even to me, a person not noted for MK knowledge . . .

Those are the only shots I have that show any part of what you want to see -- but both sides show the S or arabesque shape like you usually see on CACs, as opposed to the straighter version usually found on the Euros.

Boy do I need help with this one. Forgive the pics lifted off of ebay. But they'll do to illustrate my confusion, I think. Beh. Maybe not. Anyway. This was listed as a Euro. I didn't think so, from what I could tell, so I took a flyer on it. What the heck. Nobody else seemed interested. Now I have this weird THING in hand and I'm baffled. Not that that's unheard of, or anything . . . but still. It looks like an amber CAC slag, really, but . . . the actual base glass (which seems to be only about half the marble) is a nice transparent cherry red. Huh? I put it with my CACs and it almost looks right. I roll it over towards my transparent / translucent based blended things, and it almost looks right. But not quite as much. Nudge it into my Euros and it looks out of place. Any ideas?

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Maybe if Bob drops by he could post a couple tornados if he still has photos . . . Bob? Yoohoo . . .

Yes! That fat tornado is the type I was referring to. A couple are listed in Bob's "Collecting Early Machine-made Marbles," pp. 22 & 36, if you have that book..

I have a few of these types; some don't have the "latticinio" cage, some do. The ones with 2 ribbons can get complicated. But I've never heard them referred to as "tornado." The only ones I know of that are associated with that term are a few (scarce, if not rare) old Germans -- faceted pontil, I think, I'll check at home tonight -- that are generally classified as slags, with all of the white in the interior, quite literally in the shape of a tornado. I don't have one, or a pic of one, but I'll see what I can find . . .

Did the lady know where it came from?

Nice summary. I especially like the stronger colors and consistent combinations as compared to the later very variable (sometimes crazy & beautiful!) colors . . . and maybe Rainbo ribbons are usually thinner, more thready?

How cool -- I'm a cullet fan too!

I liked the Fiat takeoff of Viagra . . .

Nice! Nice ones with translucent bases (of any color) have been hard to find, for me - - -

I ain't arguing! I don't know enough about angels and tracers to make a peep. Bacon, though, I got an opinion on! And although I think I can usually tell the difference between an NLR and a Rainbo, I wouldn't dare try to put it in words. I wish I could!

I don't want to talk about it.

Me too -- but it being in a bag took it out of Kokomoish for me. Now I got to worry about my two (supposed) Kokomos . . .

I am so much in agreement with Steph about the above ^^ that it's ridiculous . . .

Works for me.

Nice one! Yep, the green is a bit on the strange side . . . I keep my single example in the vicinity of my few "bacon" types, for lack of any better idea . . .

I was going to guess Alley because I have one (just one) Alley swirl with the same color scheme, but minus the turkey head. Turk-ish head. Don't think I'd have recognized it as an Alley in the listing, though --

Maybe it'll last 'til St. Patrick's Day. That would be OK.

Yep -- from the Peltier Mansion run --

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Wow -- never seen one of those! Niiiice.

Nice ground pontil! I only have a few, but most of them I got from Alan B. too. Wish he was still around.