Steph

18 minutes ago, The DumpsteR BandiT said:

Thank you, Sir! I'm very grateful for your expertise! I am about to post another one that you may know about! (In the coin forums you have to post for each individual coin, so I assume the same goes here.)! ❤️

 

It's okay to do more than one.  Up to four is generally considered manageable.  But posting one at a time does get more individual attention, so to speak. 

Welcome!  
 

Nice assortment.

6 hours ago, dophiecamp said:

Is edna still around, i hope?  Who is Josh?  

Edna isn't online anymore.  I miss her.  

Nantucketdink is Josh.  👍

30 minutes ago, dophiecamp said:

New here...i was one of the investors on the last dance dec 2008 run.  Due to life circumstances i am just now revisiting my hoard.

I unfortunately could not be ar the actual marble making event, dang it, so i am attempting to sort all these beauties...a bit if a challenge.

Im hoping i might get some assistance here?

Hello. Welcome. 

I'm relieved to see that the photos are still in this thread.  They're hosted at Edna's old picture site so I wasn't sure they would still be available.   I will put this thread on my list for importing the photos to our own hosting. 

Josh is still around and he's my go to with Jabos. Good luck!  @Nantucketdink

 

On 1/9/2026 at 7:10 PM, Flicker said:

WoW Steph, that's a lot of books, have you read most of them? I see you have some old ones, here is an old book I purchased from an Op-Shop here in Melbourne Australia many years ago, a students book on forensic medicine with many hand written notes that I can hardly understand due to not being able to decipher their hand writing, I also have a few book collections, but not too many.

Beautiful.  

Sadly I have not read most of my books. 

One of my projects is to try to distill the thousands down into a mere five bookshelves of favorites.   The attic is full of boxes.  Every now and then I pull a box out, choose a couple of books to save, and take the rest to a secondhand store. 

I  adore old textbooks. And old do-it-yourself books.  And cookbooks.  And mid-1900's fiction with colorful covers.    Mostly I like the looks of them.  But I have a few classics that I actually like to read and re-read.      

Sweet memory to treasure 

It is possible that I've seen them in catalogs or other advertisements but it has been a long time.  I wonder if I could put my hands on any of the ads. 

4 hours ago, Tankgirl said:

Hi,

Did you happend to find out more on the colorful earthenware and the mesh bag that are in your first post at this topic?
I own a mesh bag and marbles that look to be exactly the same. I've been searching for info about them for a while now but I'm getting nowhere.. I'll try to attach a photo of mine.
Until now the only similair ones I've seen are on this Dutch website https://www.knikkerwereld.nl/fotoaardewerk.php

 

Hi.  Welcome.   Maybe I did learn more about them at one point or another.   I can't be sure when or where I learned it.  I just have the general impression that they are German marbles from the early 1900s.   

Beautiful.  Congratulations.  And thank you.

You are a most worthy ambassador of marbles.

The hit marks do appear to have a Jabo quality to them.

Hello.  Welcome.  Because of the pattern on the larger marbles in the photo, and a general consistency among the rest, I'm estimating the 1960s for your group.  

Mmmmm .... pieeeee.

Happy Thanksgiving!

6 minutes ago, Christie Morgan said:

Do you still have this?  Marie Lawley was my Grandma and I never saw this in her home.

Hi, Christie.  Welcome.  Super cool heritage you have.   Not sure if Bob will see this question.  I don't know how often he checks in or what kind of notifications he gets.  Would be neat if you could track down the statue.  Good luck.

Way to stick it out and come through the other side.

Not all were made at Jabo.  That's where it started but there were other investor runs.  After Dave left Jabo, he continued making marbles.  Dave's Appalachian Swirls or DAS is one name you'll find when you research these.

The investors couldn't necessarily be sure how any given run would turn out, but they picked their own colors and hoped for the best.  One run I have many marbles from turned out very dark because the plan was to only put in one portion of blue, but there was confusion and the blue was put in repeatedly.   So some people got luckier than others. 

But Dave McCullough and the investors learned by 2007 what kind of glass to add to the mix to get oxblood.  That's when the experiments were started which led to the contract runs which would continue for many years after that, basically up to the time of Dave's death one year ago. 

I don't know the current answer to that question.

The marbles are considered "commons".  Most if not all were made by Vitro Agate in the 1960s.

But there are quite a few in the jar.  Would the value add up to $55 in today's market?  I wince a little at the cost, but it's possible I would pay it if I didn't already have quite a lot of that style of marble. 

Condition is vital.  If the marbles are dinged up, I would for sure pass.  

Hi.  Welcome.  I think it would be a nice idea.  I don't think hot glue would damage this particular version of ceramic marbles.  And they're not particularly valuable so you don't need to worry about that.  Capturing the sentiment and charm in shadow boxes would be lovely. 

Classic patch and ribbons for sure!  My favorite from childhood.

Another sign of your great imagination 

Fun

One larger introductory group could give us an idea of the general age, condition and rarity of the group.  

Then could move to small group shots and multiple angles for specific IDs. 

All hail the king of the mountain