I'llhavethat1

Nice pics, awesome selection and a few "unfinished/end of cane/beginning of cane" marbles that (even at a small percentage) stand out. Very cool

I picked up some old books for 50 cents ea, and some old bottles for 5 cents each. Couldn't pass them up for that price. One of the old medical books had an invitation in it from 1866 to other local doctors to discuss a new medical act. Need to do some more research on that.

You're right it would probably expand (rust/oxidize) and crack the glass if it were much more than just on the surface under most conditions it it were a mild steel

Sounds gross, but that's a lot of white for a snotty isn't it?

Hadn't thought about it sooner until the thread got bumped, but could it be a finial of some type? Maybe a backlit pic?

Nice purple, had to do a double take

Good question? It certainly looks similar in terms of colors and cutoffs, maybe your second marble can shed some light from the recent posters? nice marble by the way

My thoughts (with marbles or anything, for that matter) is to spend within budget. If your mind is set on owning a _____ and set aside X-amount every day for the sole purpose of acquiring a ______ then go for it.

Don't know where it was made to be honest. Might be? I'd wager it was made outside of North America and before marbles in the top pic

Wait, found some more that sort of fit the 'pastel' category

Nice bump, good job capturing aventurine in the pics.

lol, ditto

cool, you'd just think that limestone or clay (or glass, lol) would be a lot easier to make spheres out of. Nice marbles. Hope you're feeling better

Wow, not a big Akro fan but the middle marble speaks loudly

looks like at least a few nice ones there (Pelt spiderman, Akro popeye, couple Alleys), looking forward to the new pics

whispy base glass looks similar to some foreign 'sparklers', maybe even some Masters? What's the size?

In my first response I wasn't sure if it was the marble return or the negative feedback that was the issue but either way not worth dealing with the BS.

little too whispey for a pelt from what I can tell

pic posting is getting better, can see some nicer marbles in these groups, congrats

That stinks. Considering the vast eBay audience nowadays, it's likely to happen (as unfortunate as it is).

Hard to categorize due to unusual traits but there are a couple things that looked Foreign to me in the first set of pics.

Steph, have you tried one of those USB camera's? The lens might be small enough to poke through the mesh, should give you some depth between the marble and the mesh so it's not on the same plane of focus. I'm the same way with a couple mesh bags I have, can barely see the marbles clear let alone take a pic. Side-note: I was going through marbles a couple days ago, this thread came to mind and I decided I'm perfectly OK with not being to ID swirl marbles. It's a challenge

Can't believe I forgot the bottom two from the group pic, here's an older one http://

Sunny out and a hint of green grass!

It was around this time of year the snow started to melt and your fingers wouldn't freeze if you took your mitts off to play marbles on the schoolyard. I remember the nip of the fresh air well...the smell of Victory!