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Pretty cool! Can't say I've seen the 2nd or 3rd down in that size. Not to bring up the topic of flaming dragon vs regular dragon but the non-white based 2-color shooters aren't something seen too often (by me anyway)

Thanks for the reply. Since oils (snake oil, mineral oil etc.) can leach into cracks for a short term "restoration" would this affect keep a marble from being cooked? I've wondered about this for awhile since seeing it suggested, and knowing oils can penetrate and having a hard time getting it back out. I suppose they could burn off if the glass gets that hot, but do these restored marbles get cooked that hot?

Thanks for posting those Kokoken, another fan of the blue/white, I see.

Does "cooking" get rid of chips or subsurface moons without removing glass? Or is "cooking" just for helping fix internal fractures? I never understood exactly what happens to a marble when it's "cooked" other than it's a way of restoration...which makes a bit of sense if I picture somebody polishing an ice sculpture with a blow torch. Am I way off?

From the top, some of those almost look similar to Akro corkscrews. Here's a couple red & whites that tried shining up good. "Mystery" marble companies sound like a scooby doo adventure, let's hear more!

It must be something about the symmetry of caged marbles that make them appealing. Looks like you've got a good start on a nice group. I'm a fan of the blue/white cores. I can't explain why, but I think white cage (are we defining cage as more than a dozen?) is more common, followed by yellow, then orange, maybe red, green, blue, purple, etc. Alternating colors must fit in there somewhere so I'm not sure of the specifics. I suppose a latt surrounding a solid core (or other) could still be considered a cage. Nice one Road Dog Mica or Lutz on latt/solid/ribbon swirls would definitely stand out in a crowd. Can't say I've seen one but sure they're out there. Roger, yikes! That stands out in a crowd as well

Did Akro Agate ever make anything out of Agate? SOme of their slag-types were also referred to as Onyx, weren't they?

Reverse gathered handmades are out there, and it could either be from the left hand... or just the right hand looking for a break from twisting clockwise all the time? Heck, I don't know It makes sense that some machine mades could be running backwards by mistake. Cool article btw

Looks good, haven't seen that 9 pattern so well defined on vaseline glass. Other marbles shown are pretty nice too. What's to stop someone from taking a picture, reversing the image, and ..? I've been thinking about so many 6's and 9's that I grabbed a piece of paper and had to scribble a couple in reverse to compare how they're really supposed to look. No, wait... that's backwards (or is it?)

An amazing find and that yellow/red/green lightning really stands out. Can't say I've even seen a plain one in hand, or a ribbon onionskin. Cool marbles, I really dig seeing some odd handmades. Haven't used the search feature yet, but any input on how the Lightning's came to be? Early/Late in terms of other handmades? Limited market (ie. Europe, like some of those other not-just-your-everyday handmades)? 2-pontil (why just color on the sides rather than pole to pole)? Ground pontil? Just curious, I could search but you seem like a fellow enthusiast that wouldn't mind a few questions. While on topic of seeing a couple really rare types, are "chevrons" plentiful over there too?

Couldn't find a red one, it's gotta be around some where (or just my imagination). To ID by manufacturer when it comes to this type, the best I can do is sort by ones that look alike. Don't be upset if there are a couple others that snuck in, I wouldn't bet my lunch when it comes to ID'ing machine mades but I like to learn.

Cool, I haven't seen too much info on these types, but seeing them beside each other in everybody's group shot, fills in some blanks. I might have a red one, have to take a closer look around in my "don't know what they are" pile. Which IS getting more organized with some of the info/help I've got on this board.

Got around to taking a picture, I'm not sure on a couple of these, but they look nice together

Seeing those kind of non-mainstream pelts is refreshing.

I don't know a whole lot about bird cages and even less about authenticating old notes. I am suprised to see the quotation marks for emphasis in that era (I can be ignorant but curious). Heck, just speaking out loud

Wow. I think there's a certain point where the descriptive part of a "name" doesn't help. Sometimes you actually need to see it to understand. Thanks for sharing those, most of which I think almost fit into their own category.

Not much bigger than 1 1/4" but some of my fav patterns.

If the sunshine (and warm weather) come around soon I hope to get some pretty good pics of (what I think is) a vitro that's had some action. Looks like green aventurine nail polish. Machine mades can be fun.

Good question, maybe because some of their most "beautiful marbles" weren't run consistantly and just a coincidence of combo's and patterns between batches compared to the more mass produced ones that they did name? I suppose this could be said for most manufacturers since the patterns and combo's can vary so much (think 3-D). I especially like that 5th one down, but they're all sharp.

I don't know much about machine mades, but the zigzag pattern of the "inserts" look more like a continuous folded strip of cardboard that an insert. Sorting the same patterned marbles by size would help, and would certainly be a lot more convincing. Looks good to me

hard to say if the core was intentional or not but still a looker. That shade of pink outer bands is pretty unusual

aventurine looks best outside in the sunshine. Cool marble

I sure like the results, no complaints here. Makes a lot of sense to me.

Speaks for itself.

This is the one thbar's reminded me of when I first saw his pictures. I tried posting my pics a while back and couldn't get it to work till recently. Mine's a bit worn out but I think there are similarities in construction: the "corking" effect that isn't as defined on these (as it is on some of the more mainstream corkscrews) but still traceable. I could be way off, but just my opinion.