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Forgot to mention Rich that, monetary value aside, I would take your MK over that CAC any day. It's prettier!

Rich - I'm going to take a stab at this and maybe Galen can tell me if I'm right..... The colors on yours are blended - on the Morphy's one, the colors are very distinct and do not show much, if any blending. On yours the seam is more "soft", almost as if someone folded the glass under on each side of the seam - on the other the seam looks more like it was cut with a knife. The glass colors themselves on yours are tints and shades as opposed to CAC colors which are closer to pure hues. The stripes on yours waver, but they are continuous across each side of the marble, while on the CAC, the sections of striped glass overlap in placeslike overlapping paint strokes at slightly different angles. well, how'd I do CACmeisters?

Wow - pretty kitties!

Mark, I realized that it didn't have a transparent base after I posted. And your Exotic Tiger Eye collection is great . They are one of my favorites. Are you the one who got the sweet ones that sold on EBay a few days back? If $ wasn't tight right now, I would have had those!

eeeeewwwww! Now, tell us Steph, just exactly HOW did you come across this? You weren't Google searching "Kangaroo private parts" were you?

Mark - maybe I'm totally wrong, but aren't the ones you are showing "Fancy Tiger Eyes"?

Really pretty marble! I think it might be one of the Vitro Fancy Conquerer types that were discussed in this thread: http://marbleconnect...vitro-question/ A few of them seem to be showing up lately. I sure wouldn't mind finding a couple more. Forgot to ask....is it opaque or translucent?

Rich, I hope you used a mortar and pestle on that adventurine.. unless of course you threw it up in the air and blew it to bits with your "pistol" and then caught it.

Love the train window one Rich!

Oh Rich - Planeria????Yuch! Now that image is going to haunt my dreams!

For what my very inexperienced opinion is worth,I'll vote Vitro too.

Can you tell if it's veneered or solid color?

Anybody remember "Arnold Horshack" on "Welcome Back Kotter" - oooh! oooh oooh!, ooh ooh ooooh!

Really nice examples Al. Thanks for sharing. I'd eat any kind of cereal if it came with those Vitro tricolors today.

Sorry, no, I never followed Big 10 much. My alma mater is Skidmore so there is not much to get behind in the sports department unless you are into Polo - LOL.

What's a Wolverine???

Once again, the newbie chimes in with her, probably naive, opinion... If the definition of "cullet" is scrap glass from any other previous form of glasswork, isn't it true that "cullet" was commonly used by most marble manufacturers? Would it not make sense to describe a glass marble in terms of it's form of manufacture rather than it's source of glass? For example: machine-made, torch or lampworked( as Santa's mibs above), hand-gathered (such as contemporary artists who may use old cullet) and ground ( such as Leroy makes). Of course one would expect any maker who is using cullet from an old marble factory to specify that in their description. Just an idea, Stacy

Here we go again Steph! I fear that Galen may have confused me with you (and if so I should be flattered). Stacy aka "not Stephanie"

Can a newbie jump in here without upsetting anyone? Maybe because I don't have the experience of most of you here, I saw Leroy's question as something a little simpler. I thought what he meant was - what is the difference, if any, between a "furnace scraping" marble and a "tank wash"marble. I didn't think he was asking about "furnace" marbles, meaning the kind that are hand-gathered from a mass of glass heated in a container ( with the definition and description of said container being discussed) And this would have been my answer if I was asked to give one: "Furnace scraping" is a description, albeit an inaccurate one, of a certain style of Champion marble. Although the real source of this style marble - Wissmach glass used by Champion for a limited time - has been discovered, the marbles themselves are still often called by the bogus name "furnace scraping"or "champion furnace marble" with the name being descriptive of a color and style rather than a definition of the marble's manufacture. The name has no real relationship to the marble's origin. "Tank wash" as I understand it, is a name given to certain Jabo marbles which WERE made by the addition of certain glass to the glass tank in order to remove residual glass from one run in preparation for another. Do I have this right... or am I just another DA? Stacy

Nope, no pain Steph - but thanks for asking. The worst part was that the first dentist broke off a tool inside the tooth and yesterday a specialist had to dig it out. That Vitro would be an Aquamarine right?

Just like Jill Marie, I got some goodies in the mail today. This was the best one.... A nice reward after a root canal earlier in the day.

WOW! You did really well. Congratulations!

LOL Steph! When I was growing up, Stacy was an uncommon name so I was, and am still, often called Stephanie! and Alan, thanks very much for the photos. It is really a big help to see them. I appreciate the time you took to post them. I had been thinking that the final torch work on a marble would smooth out those ridges but now I can see that the degree of craftsmanship is the determining factor. Stacy

Well, shows how much I know.....sorry Rylee, guess I should sit on my hands when it comes to typing. To further my education. - how do the ridges get on a contemporary? Is it ground somehow? I was thinking of a contemporary as being very glassy.

Well Rylee, my inexperienced opinion is that it's a polished handmade. The pontil appears to be "opened up" ,the stripes are fuzzy on the edges and there are telltale marks on the surface that lead to that conclusion. Since, I can't see why someone would need to polish a contemporary marble, I vote for handmade. I know there are those who shy away from polished examples but personally, I would rather have a beautiful polished antique marble than a beat-up, ugly unrestored one. I can see why you want, it, it's gorgeous! And I promise to sit on my hands during the auction.lol Stacy