nancy cooper

grandkids get kick out of them

I would get a kick out of them as well! They look great and they're where they can be seen. I love that. nancy

a few marbles

I love the way yo have these so people can enjoy them! Nancy

A group shot from Ken H.

What kind of marbles are these? I want that red one at the top!!

Thanks for all of the AWESOME pictures! They really are worth more than a thousand of words to get a feeling for something. I'd love to see some in person. I'll just have to start looking for them!...Nancy

OK Nancy, are you the one who can get a Marbles Madness Magazine off and running? (I just gave you the free title of it there)

I see a magazine for almost everything imaginable, I wonder why no Marbles collector mag yet.

Just for fun:

Can anyone think of a neat title for a Marbles mag?

I might be...cool name....thinking about others....With all the amazing photos, little known history, and personal stories ....I think it could be awesome. Almost everyone has owned or played with marbles but how many of us have paid any attention to them? I know I didn't, but have caught the bug.....

My goal in life is to buy every single cyan slag in the world.

Did you happen to notice the marbles posted under "Missing Link Slags"? I'm thinking that the blue looks like what I am picturing CYAN to be.....Nancy

A magazine would be an awesome idea though........hmmmmm.........Nancy

Alan's got a few towards the center of his picture, and there's one in the top row of Dan's. I think a lot of collectors call it light blue, sometimes aqua. I work a lot with colors, though, so I can say with absolute confidence that the glass is actually cyan. Yup.

I can never get a good picture of cyan slags. I have some excellent ones, but no matter how hard I try, they always end up as just a blue smudge. I have some cyan swirls of completely unknown origin that I'd like to have IDed too, but I just can't catch any.

I planned on grabbing some pics of my slags, what with them being the pride of my collection (I have low standards), but I had to leave home earlier than expected today, and won't be back in a week. Such is life. Just hang in there, though; when I get back, I will astound you all with my amazing collection of cyan smudges!

And Jeepers, that cup is amazing. I want it too. Maybe Nancy and I could play a game of marbles for it?

I don't normally collect other slag glass than marbles....but when I found this glass at the Seattle show I could not pass it up, the pattern was on fire and drew me in!

WOW! Okay, now I want that....Nancy

Oh yah, cyan slag prices are gonna go through the roof. My buying habits are really going to shrink the pool. *Pulls $12.63 out of his wallet* How many will this get me? Mint condition only.

Only looking for all Cyan Slag marbles from the world? I bet there are some pretty stellar inter-galactic stones to be had!! Do you have a picture of a cyan slag marble. I'm never sure what one means by cyan (aqua, teal, greenish blue, bluish green, sea green.........)Nancy

Close to this color?

I have a friend whose dad would like to sell his dad's marbles and they are bringing them to me to help them. (I talk too much so everyone knows I'm obsessing over marbles right now). I think I see one Hand made German ribbon marble near the topish left but haven't seen the marbles yet.... I expect you all will be hearing from me next week.. ) .Nancy

I put a few different kind together in a collage for ya, enjoy.

AWESOME!! Thank You!

I'm not sure if this is the right place to start this but,....I'd love to see any pictures of slag marbles for me to learn from. I keep finding information here that some how has escaped me to date. I hate when that happens...Thanks in advance for sharing any pictures....Nancy

(My damn U key sticks! I guess it's back to "Dragon Speak" for me)

PS...Could a slag marble look like this...with the white swirls inside the green glass? This is another marble just dug up at that dump. Nancy

I'm not sure if these are Rainbo's...Please let me know if I've got them wrong...Thanks...Nancy

First is 1"

Second is about 13/16

Third is 3/4

Fourth is only a little over a half inch but looks cool...

Wouuld this be considered a cat's eye?

I was wondering if you could tell me anything about these three cat's eyes. I think a lot of them look interesting. The first one is a tiny marble and looks brown from a distance but has a dark red stripe down the middle of the (one or two? vanes. The other two just look different to me.

Last couple!

They might be 'common' but coming from someone who just noticed marbles at all...I love them! Pretty great looking pieces of glass....I also appreciate Jackson Pollock,,,,Nancy

I found a cool 3D MAGIC EYE picture using marbles. I couldn't get it to copy here and didn't want to send people to a site I'm not sure of so I made a private page on my real estate search website one can only get to with this link. If you'd like to see picture feel free to check it out!

http://www.everyhomeinutah.com/fine/real/estate/3d/custom

Nancy

Now you really are going to think I am a nut! The middle picture of the black marble with colored spots. Just stare into the middle of the marble. I see two old men standing together with hats on and long black coats with white pants. There is scary things in there too! Man, I sure hope someone else see's something. I have to face Galen in Vegas.

But did you see the polar bear and also the panda? I think I'll go look at them a little longer!...nancy

I've been in compter 'hell' all day and just got back to doing what I really WANT to be doing....Marbles!!

All of these are at least 1" except the yellow one. I also have some cool 1/2 inch marbles...too bad size counts :-(

Here is my definite score of the year!….a 15/16” Red Vitro Wedding cake!…..caught you guys sleepin……hehehehe…..Here is the link to the auction picture that helped me decide it was a vitro wedding cake. The seller had them listed as Alleys (with one large one). There are still deals to be had on eBAy

Would the top left greenish marble here be considered 'wedding cake'?

or any of these?

How about translucent marble?

or this green and white?

Every time I've seen the first one of yours, Nancy, I've been a bit mystified by it. That springy green is something else. The 2nd to last doesn't give me a very Vitro feel but I dunno.

Paul, is that yellow one from Anacortes?

Here are some other views of that blue/yellow marble.

I don't have any as fancy as the last but I have a few I think are Vitro. We'll see if I've learned anything. First I think my avatar is Vitro and then there are these: Let me know how I did.

and then maybe this one

Here's a clump of marbles from the Chicago Fire of 1871.

source: Chicago History Museum at Flickr

And I WANT THIS too!!

Do you have any other good fire-damaged marble photos? Or water exposed marbles? I know someone has posted shipwreck marbles before. Also I think it would be good to have aquarium marble photos or beach marble photos on tap if anyone can dig some of those up. Or marbles which look different from having been buried.

Thanks.

p.s., yes, Nancy's melted marble from the gallery inspired this.

Here is Clydes' shipwreck conglomeration

Okay, I WANT this!