Steph

Bahahaha  ... butt who made it?

Welcome, Pete.  You have some beauties. 

Would be MF Christensen, not plain Christensen. 

I'm rooting for a yes here from people who know their bricks. 

8 hours ago, cheese said:

#1 in the OP I thought was the same marble as the big photos under it and I missed it. It does look a lot like a MK color tip. Except I don't think I've seen one with a yellow patch on one end and blue on the other. I've seen two yellow patches with transparent blue between them. I guess exact measurement might help. The CRs were made with a yellow patch on one end and blue on the other, so for me that's how I lean for now. 

Edit to add: I have not seen that many color tips to compare to, so take the above for what it's worth. 

Yeah, the Color Tip marble is not one I'm familiar with.  Obviously I saw the discussion last year.  But it didn't stick.  Don't think I've seen one in person. 

So then we have this thread and I'm quite confused ...

Cosmic Rainbows - Marble I.D.'s - Marble Connection

Cosmic Rainbow sounds good to me.  

I guess I could see it being claimed as an MK.  I would want to have that done by someone that I have confidence in though.  Until then, I would keep it with my other CRs. 

 

Today I decided I do not collect vaseline glass dishes.  I had only three before today.  Then this morning I had a chance to buy a large number of matching dishes, which forced me to admit I don't have the room for a dish collection.  

So I still have only three.  

I'll stick with the small items. 

5 hours ago, AvvaRae said:

These are our crazies ... and do your cats do this too 😂😂😂 that sound is like a dinner bell

 

the one on a leash is our only boy (he is mine ❤️) 

 

 

 

 

If I want to give the little cat a treat and not the dieting cat, I have to go to the opposite end of the house and open the package as quietly as I can.  

That will work half the time.  

13 hours ago, schmoozer said:

Our biggest dog is around 10lbs, thinking “his” is bigger? We had a 20lb tabby who got tired of the dogs and moved to a neighbors house. Everyone was happy.

we once had 4 cats, “gifted” to us from teenage daughters shortly after they moved out, after 6 months.

one, named Ozzie, was a hunter. You never walked thru the house in the dark for fear of stepping on rat parts. He left a rats head in the dog food bowl one morning. He got torn up on a regular basis, $400 per vet visit. Had to nurse him back locked in my office, with the cone of shame. He finally didn’t come home, figured he outlived his nine lives. We were in the yard maybe 6 months later when he jumped over the fence to say hello. He was wearing a new purple collar. Sat with us for a few minutes then went back over the fence.

All 4 found new homes on their own.

Sweet story about Ozzie. 

"His"  was 12 pounds when we got her at age 3 and then she suddenly ballooned to 19.  Now back down to 17 with a better diet and more activity.   And she is STRONG.   Definitely want her on my side in a fight.

OMG, those giant nutcrackers ... .
 

36 minutes ago, schmoozer said:

What about cats?🙃🙃

Only two ... at this time.      His and hers tabbies.     The little one is mine.  She is a little bigger now, but happily she's still lapsize instead of quarterback size.    



 

Is it possibly a Tootsie Roll?

Agree with Akros.  Not enough a feathery look for me to go to Pelt.  

About 150 years for the oldest ones I can think of.  Those would be math textbooks or something more literary.  It's possible though that I have German books which are older.  Would need to see.  I lost some of my best math books in a basement water incident.  That loss helped me become more prepared to part with more. 

What is your 200-year-old title?  

I also have amassed quite a lot of old wood, much in the form of advertising boxes.  I'm trying to find something creative and useful to do with it or else it will go out the door.  I covet less these days. 

Some collections which I let grow but then downsized significantly were Cracker Jack toys, sewing buttons, and textile bobbins.  

I have a few thousand more books than I know what to do with.  

1 hour ago, AvvaRae said:

How do you tell a Jabo? Like with the other older brands they have very obvious seems

This U-shaped fold here is common in Jabos.  It can occur with other makers.  However it is very common with Jabos.  (So common that it is known as the "Jabo buttcrack".)  

Hi.  Welcome.   

Let's see what folks are able to do with these.  For future reference though, things will be easier to identify if you just post a few marbles per thread.  

I'll start with this picture:  That's a circa 1960 Marble King Rainbow Red on the right.   On the left, I think probably two game marbles.  Can't see if anything interesting is happening in those two but in this view they look basically single-colored and they appear to be a typical size for game marbles.  

I think it's an Akro corkscrew.  

On 7/26/2023 at 1:41 PM, Digswithstick said:

Didn't know you needed 100 posts to see buy and sell section. Wondered why i couldn't find it lol.

Gonna post some ravens from old fashioned bags to get posts closer to 100. Need 22 i think 

Well played!  Just 2 more to go.

Yes, marbles are surprisingly complicated.  A simple little toy .... 

Welcome to our world.  

4 hours ago, akroorka said:

I am not into sweets but maybe we should start a recipe thread.

We all have our faves for sure. Maybe @Steph can set one up??

Hmmm I love to share recipes.

Marble--On!!

Abracadabra!  A recipe thread!

And it's pinned to the top.   

Agree.  Moss Agate and Royal.  

6 hours ago, Nate said:

@Steph Would there be any way to restore the text throughout this thread that has seemingly disappeared? For example, many of the replies on the first page only have 1 random word showing and it doesn't make sense / makes the discussion impossible to follow. If not, I understand, but thought I would ask Thanks!

There used to be photos there which made the single words make more sense.   I don't know why they disappeared.    

It is a beautiful booklet.   I hope others will take advantage of this offer. 

Hard to guess what the intention was all those years ago -- whether it was meant to be sold as opaque, or if it was meant to be something of a lighter color and came out darker than expected.