richsantaclaus

If you wanted it fixed, i think it would make a good candidate!

My guess is top row and third row is American. Row 2 and 4 are not.

.... someone sent me 12 Jabo marbles and I repaired them BUT I lost the address on the envelop. If you sent me the marbles, PLEASE PM me. Thanks Rich

Bunch-O-Beauties Galen!!!!!

Hi everyone. I just uploaded more pictures at http://www.santasbling.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82:pictorial-jabo-factory-history&catid=39:jabo-machine-made-marbles&Itemid=53 for you to see. I am missing the following marble pictures: Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000169 EndHTML:0000003306 StartFragment:0000002692 EndFragment:0000003270 SourceURL:file://localhost/Users/laurielewis/Desktop/needs.doc Jabo Joker FINALE Run (3/4”) (November 17th, 2010). Jabo Hybrid Run (3/4”) (August 7th, 2011). Jabo Joker Salute Run (3/4”) (August 7th, 2011). If you have any of these marbles, please email me a big file picture of them so I can fill in the last 3 blanks - thanks Rich

Ya did good!!!!!!!!!!!!

SLAG(S): noun. A collectors’ term for a glass marble; but the original name used by the companies that manufactured these types of marbles, and always seen in the historic record, is Onyx. These marbles are almost always hand-gathered and can be either hand-made or machine-made. This was the first type of glass marble made for commercial purposes, in the 1850s, by Elias Greiner, in Lausha Germany; these were hand-made and can be easily identified by its ground pointil. Another hand-made version was the first glass marble made in the USA, in the late 1880s, by James Harvey Leighton and can be identified by its melted pontil. Slags, or Onyx marbles were among the first machine-made marbles, manufactured by The M.F. Christensen & Son Company in 1903, in the 1910s by The Akro Agate Company and the 1920s by The Christensen Agate Company, the Peltier Glass Company and in Lauscha, Germany. In the late 1929s a gob-feed, or totally automated, version of this common type of glass marble was produced by The Christensen Agate Company and the Peltier Glass Company, under license of a patent belonging to The Hartford Empire Company. A few examples can also be found that were made from glass canes and are easily identified by having two cut-off marks, one at each pole. The term “slag” is a toxic, industrial waste, as defined by the US Patent and Trademark Office

Ah shucks Mike, twas nuttin! This repair probably took 1 1/2 hours under the torch to repair to what you see. Mike and I talked about it a lot before he decided to allow me to take it with me on the rest of my journey toward Maine. The surface was difficult, especially where the huge chunk of glass was missing let alone getting the pontils not to mess up. Actually, with the soft rock music going in the background - it was a pleasure to work on...lol. Rich

I got a brick cullet from the Akro museum and I am going to make a marble out of it. My guess is that it's size will be 1 1/2" in diameter.

OMG - what potential marbles I see there!!!!!

What Edna said?

Lee says the show is November 12th. In-room starts November 9th. He be sending info within 2 weeks. Rich

It starts on the surface but goes into the clear base like a Bogardish type does or Vitro Champion does kinda...lol

Woozers - what eye candy!!!!!

Mike - are those wonderful mibs 1"? Also, I have to change my mind - I now hope to have solved my dilemma with the name of these mibs I got. Alox shooters. It's a learning process for me so I hope I got it correct finally...lol. I'll post pix later since Ron Shepherd assisted me in getting it correct this time - thanks Ron!

Also, these might be Alox. I am too new and get confused with some of the books with the pictures and haven't been around vintage marbles that long. The clear base definitely rules out Master (slight yellowish tint) I believe but I have just discovered that Alox made very similar ones like I have and mine might just be Alox. It's all SO confusing! Whatever they are, I am eager to learn more.

Suggestion: send them to me to photograph - I'd LOVE to do that for you!

There are about 10 that I didn't shoot as they have cracks in them. The others have normal damages but nothing truly bad. These marbles were not easy to see, as a matter of fact, my wife called my attention to them (quietly) as she was rummaging around in a box just in front of the one with the marbles. They were in a big clear glass jar that has one of those lids that close using a wire - I lost the glass lid in my travels so I bagged them in a gallon plastic bag and stored them next to the spare tire...lol. I did ask the owner if he had anymore marbles but he said no that they were the only ones. He was with another customer so he just turned his back on me and helped them. Later, he still was not a warm individual - cranky because it was so hot and sticky in the building with NO air flow whatsoever.

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would too BUT Master has yellowish base glass and Akro doesn't - how do "those up these" explain that fact? I saw Master/Akro side-by-side and the ONLY difference was the base glass transparency color.

lol@ann!

Skill Ball is a killer!!!!!!!!!!!!

Those are wonderful mibs - great pix!

I wish I were with ya playin' in the dirt!

Joined: Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:52 pm Posts: 2208 Here's the result of taking a piece of Akro cullet I got from the Museum's store and TWICE tried to make marbles out of it. The one marble hasn't shattered like the other two did BUT it has cracks in it. Sometimes when I try to reheat Akro cullet, this happens. Live and learn. Rich