Steph

It looks busy yet smooth enough to be Alley.  

2000 ... that might help someone narrow it down.

Someone.  Not me.

Merry Christmas, D!

I cheated.  I opened the Christmas Eve compartment.  And I'm hyperventilating.

I know I don't really deserve all of this but I'm so very grateful for such good marble friends who are so sweet and generous.  

.... I'll post the marbles tomorrow  

And Merry Christmas!

Oooh ... gonna say yes to it being popeye! 

And also yes to this not being a color combo with which I am familiar.


schweet!

Day 23.  Tomorrow is going to be another long day for reasons that have nothing to do with Christmas -- so it's bonus hecticness!   

Today's selection is color-coordinated.  I could have rolled the Jabo around to make it look like an even better match to the other two marbles but this angle was more informative.   The boulder wowed me when I thought it only had two ribbons colors.  Then I saw the third.

Maybe start catching up on taking pictures of my Dave McCullough marbles?

But I don't even have today's picture taken.  Has been a hectic day so far.

That's a good topic to revisit.   

 

Five years?!!?  

Where does the time go?

Day 22 and Happy Hanukkah  

Another beautiful morning ... whether I'm ready or not 

Small, huh?  

That could possibly point to Champion.

Size?  

I'm not seeing Akro.  If not Jabo, then maybe Champion.  If 3/4" or larger, then I think Jabo.

good story, nicely done

 


Keeper!

I'm starting to think about what I could do with the case.  I'll want to sort the marbles.  But I could sort them back into the case and add more. 

Could put foam inserts with holes to secure five marbles in each compartment.   With one style of marble in each compartment.   And the glass top.  Could be nice/educational for non-marble friends to know what I'm into.

It's beginning to look at lot like Easter?

That's a good picture of an interesting marble.  It might take more views though to get a handle on what it could be.

And at heart I am an  academic .... 

I'm opening the rest.  Right now!

no I'm not 
but I want to

5/8"

I have no idea who made this. Came in the Advent gift box.   My first thought was Alley.  Then Ravenswood.  Then I wondered if Akro was a possibility.  

First two views sunlight.  Next with flash.  Then UV.  I guess the pictures are pretty close, except there is more distinct clarity in the base glass, with what I am seeing as tan filaments.  (But I couldn't tell  100% if it was tan filaments in clear or white filaments in a tinted base.)

I suspect Mexican or Asian and modern but I'm not sure:




This one is Asian.  Also modern.  It's sometimes called an "Imperial".  




This marble is probably a Jabo.   Made between 1991 and 2007.  





This marble is probably a Jabo made after 2007.  





Not seeing enough detail on this one ... seems some possibility it could be older.




Not seeing enough detail on this one but what I see is intriguing. 

Ooops ... that last one was Day 18.  Today is Day 19.  Head spinning.  

I thought the cork was going to have a Carnelian glow.  It doesn't.  That's okay.  It's still  a beauty.  The photo made it look more mossy inside than it does in hand -- but that's probably what it is -- a moss agate.  One of those "exquisite" ones from the Akro ads.

 But the swirl on Day 6 does have a Carnelian glow ... the one I thought was Alley or Ravenswood ... how swirly could Carnelians be? 

lol ... good one, Royal

Day 19 

I captured a little bit of the string of lutz in the blue.  




Santa Claus is comin to town ....

Royal, I'll need some help later with the red, white and blue ... it also has yellow ... and green flakes which make me think of a Jabo contract run.