dartfrogger

Thanks all for your suggestions. The Vegas show sounds amazing, but it's out of reach for me now (time and $). Likewise Seattle. Guess I'll do my shopping online for a while.

Steph: I checked out the Orange County show’s Instagram posts and it seems to be almost exclusively contemporary marbles. Beautiful work, but not my focus. Are there enough vintage marble dealers there to warrant a drive up there? Where did all the “vintage” marbles go?

Yes, that’s less than two hours away. Guess I should start saving my spare change. Thanks.

I've been away from marbles for about 10 years, but now I'm feeling the pull back into these beautiful creations. I have a modest collection and am mostly interested in Peltiers, Christensen, Ravenswood, and Akro. But I see that some of the forums I used to visit are defunct, some of my favorite people are gone (how I miss Alan Basinet), and ebay is full of misidentified marbles and sellers unknown to me. Can anyone steer me toward some reliable sellers and sources for marbles? I'm way out in Southern California, so marble shows are out of the question. Please pm me if appropriate, and thanks. Dennis