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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

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?