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Good method since there's "No replacement for displacement", when measuring volume as long as the densities are the same. Figure something like 1 Kg per L, or ~8.34 Lbs per USG for water or something like that if comparing by mass. Glass is pretty consistent but don't forget to account for the difference in mass if comparing a "hollow steelie" to a "solid steelie (ball bearing)... That could throw a wrench in the works. (Math can be dangerous. Handle with care) Laughing is healthy. lol

Yeah at first I thought we were talking about how many x" diameter marbles would fit into a y" diameter hollow sphere, where they are all only touching each other at one point. Calculating the volume might be easier by relating it to mass, so if a 1" marble weighs "X" and a 0.5" marble weighs "Y" than "Z" amount of 0.5" marbles are equivalent to an "X" marble. Assuming similar densities of course. I think

Looks good, I hear those Toyota's really accelerate

I'm curious what a 3/4" + ravenswood would look like if they existed? It might seem like a rhetorical question, but like a smaller ravenswood pattern/construction/color, only larger? Or is there another differentiating feature like not found in original packaging that indicates they weren't made, such as range of available adjustment on the rollers? Interesting,

...that wasn't a trick question, was it?

Without the boxes or groups (or provenence) of acutually being one, based on those pictures, I'm not sure what they'd be ID'd as or sell for at a show.

I've seen these on piano stools, but not much else furniture like chairs/ etc.

going through some of my "Vitro" marbles earlier, I considered how mass produced marbles can pretty much look close to vintage marbles and the possibility of getting them confused. Marble buyer responsibilty makes sense to me. you can't save them all lol

Nice pics/explanation Don, here's a couple more Vitro conqueres I think

Here's a couple more, with an opal-ly base

Penny (Canada). Same size as a normal penny

20 x magnification?

Intentional or unintentional, it looks like it has three stages from the pics. It doesn't fit the traditional ID though. polished? Plenty of the larger handmades have colors that go all the way to the pontils, and others do not. $700 for a marble is a lot of mony

A day late, but here's a few handmade and Pelt peewee's (with a 1/2" and 5/8). You'd think they'd get lost all the time.

That's pretty cool. Totally tubular

More pics of the "clasp" part (opposite of the mark) might help narrow it down a bit more

Thanks Al, that thread was good for a laugh. The Mozilla troubles I've had have been more recent than that though, probably one of the settings got changed in an update. Cool postcard pic

Used to be able to with Mozilla, but eBay pages looks different now and pics aren't right-clickable. It might have something to do with browser settings?

How many different colors were made? or maybe the better question is: are the non-orange ones still considered "flinties" or something else?

I've seen a couple like that but they are more half and half construction of the green/red (less white). Nice clarity to those pics

A lot of dinky toys got initialed with nail polish or model paint. Somebody must have liked that marble to initial it, although it could be a contemporary artist doing the right thing and signing their work?

I'd heard about some brass ones, which makes sense if you look at Christmas-type jingle bells, formed similarly and more malleable than steel. Nowadays they make ball bearings in ceramic which look pretty much just like glass marbles - (although obviously a lot less out of round)

Lol, interesting stats and Sami makes a good point - objective vs. subjective. I didn't see a category for 3 seams but expect it's a possibility if the glass folds back on itself.

Could be, are there only 9 holes on that game board? If from a game itwould make sense if the game board had more holes (same with your pic),but thanks for posting that ziggy.

Interesting marbles, glad I found this thread. Posted these earlier and they're similar to some of the other blue and white marbles shown later in this post. Haven't heard of a blue panther but would think that name is better suited for the blue/black types pictured earlier in the post.