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Affect and effect are commonly done rong.

For some reason the ones with this color combo (red core with blue bands) are often seen with the red latticino divided into three groups. Don't know why

Cool, so that makes it ~5/8" then?

What's the size? Is it as white as it looks or is that baby blue washed out from the flash

Nice mibs

niiiiice

The bass (if you're a bass guitar fan, not the fish). Kossoff is incredible as well.

Doesn't look like a beginner marble to me, pretty cool actually. Maybe someone here recognizes the maker. Is there any signature or initials

Sure, onionskin-type pattern I should have said. There is no core (wide open on the inside)..

Those are nice ones, are the first two pics the same marble? Haven't seen a lutz like that before, cool. Here's another oddball, even if it made it to be an onionskin the colors would have been weird.

Huge onionskin-type, really rough pontil

Some of the very few contemporary marbles I have, but the aventurine is great

Hmm...

Those are bigger than I would have thought were made. Do you think they were intended to be marbles or something else

Some of the ones currently posted look new (using an older technique). The one I posted actually looks old. Hard to say. I'm sure someone from Bulgaria knows something unless it's only one guy in a basement churning them out. Which it could very well be. Steph, your gut says they could be older?

This one looks pretty good until I saw where it was from and that made me think twice... http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=131102113743

Cool, you'll probably get some requests to see more shots of the Alley. The bricks sure live up to their namesake in that condition. I kind of like them that way

You got a ways to go buddy (j/k) - on the cube I mean. Pics and subject matter = spot on

2nd marble from the OP looks like a 'snotty' except purple hues. Wouldn't want to call it a purple-hued-snotty but the thought very much crossed my mind

These might not fall into the 'rare' category, but I don't see these too often and sure would like to see more And a couple other types/colors you don't see everyday

Is there a Macro setting on your camera? (the symbol looks like a flower). Might help with the focus. Nice oxblood on that marble

^^lol

Interesting experiment. I think any kid at some point probably tried the to achieve the same goal, except back then it made the most sense to try and bash the outside layers off to expose the cool design (or animals) inside. Someday maybe one of the high end marble glass makers will find a medium to carry the inner pattern, that can later be dissolved (chemically or whatever) to leave just the inner pattern intact. Fragile and beautiful. And then somebody might come up the idea of encasing that fragile and beautiful pattern in a durable layer of clear glass and here we are again.. (and the marbles keep on rolling)

Good way to put it Chuck. It almost looks like it wanted to be a multicolor swirl with a transparent green base (but without the twist and way more opaque white than transparent green). Neat marble

I'd say both those marbles could be described as 'rare' as far as handmades go. Would like to see some more pics of black latts or some of the other harder to get colors (blue, green, etc)