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pretty cool, is it a paperweight?

I just read the other recent "camel box" thread, that's the same box (but not the same marbles) that I was thinking of.

I think yours are some colorful swirly examples, Winnie. Here's some from another post, also around the same size but with really notable "orange peel" surface. I've got a couple similar ones, but less colorful/swirly. Did these come in Camel boxes or was that a different type?

The purple white green combo's on some of those flames are awesome! Here's a couple more "Germans-types"

Some great marbles! Good way to get things rolling JVV

Nice 7-ups, they probably couldn't get far with a woman in a bathing suit on a bottle nowadays. I'll have to dig around but there may be a couple around here. Teal vs. Aqua might be hard to differentiate from pics

Nice sparkle, was it an odd shaped window ?

Nice marbles is where it's at, thanks!

That isn't a swirl? I'm sure the other side looks great too

Putting opinions aside, are we talking about rows left to right or columns up and down. I think it`s a good enough pic to make a point, could even be sheeps wool as a background. What`s all good and great is that people today can readily tell Jabo`s from (more vintage) marbles. But give it some time, and see where we are then.

10-12 solitaire boards w/ handmades sounds like it could be a good show. Heck that would be a tough choice though

Marbles with ground pontils, *edit*the pontils not visible in this pic.

I wasn't kidding about beat to shit, but some of these have pontils and most probably aren't German - here ya go

150-200 years old might explain why mine are all beat to crap.

Are we all looking at the same 18 and 19 pics? They really look like a different marble. That is some magic,

Good point about the boxes, I'd wager they don't "smell" old either. Old paper/cardboard products usually have a certain funk to them.

Here's a couple beaten eggyolks. ha

I'd like to see any other vintage cane-cut marble knock-offs. Those ones (although nice) still look pretty new.

cool, sounds like a bit more steps put into repair than I originally thought so maybe "cooking" wasn't the proper terminology to begin with, but the results speak for themselves. I think it turned out great, good job

I'd often wondered if "cooking" was limited to surface damage only or if "cracks" could be fixed with a torch. interesting

You got it! By NLR do you mean Millers?

Haven't seen a vintage marble with that pattern with those colors in that size, leaning towards non-vintage, but in reply to your question I'd say that's what's sometimes referred to as a ghost core on vintage marbles.

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