Steph

Hippo -- the other other white meat

I love the bump. This last one you just posted? Is that the one you think Master on? Because I'd probably agree. Especially if it's normal size.

Those are fancy!

Here is the "reticello" which Edna posted. By Will Menzies. If anyone else would like to post illustrations of glass terms, that would be cool. "glass with a small network" http://www.cmog.org/video/reticello

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_glass_art_terms Learned the word "reticello" today. Thanks to Edna. Realize I need to expand my glass vocabulary. Seems like we might already have a thread with useful words like this in it, but not finding it right now.

In the first photo, #1 and #2 show cutlines. For me, those are the most important things to see in an ID of a patch type of marble. #2 is an interesting-looking marble. I think it's a Vitro. You could try it at $10 and see if it sold. #3 might be interesting but I'm not getting a good feel for it. As well as I can tell, the other four are very simple and $2 might be high for them. I just noticed #2 has a yellow stripe in the first picture and an orange stripe in the second. Is it the same marble in both photos? Does the single stripe change from yellow to orange? That's different. Might make it worth more. ??

#2 and #3 are the Akros. They're corkscrews. #1 is a Vitro Blackie. #4 is an Alley. #5 ... need to see the seams head on so that I can get a feel for how many ribbons there are and how they join up, but gonna say likely not Akro. #6 is a WV Swirl, not Akro.

Lou! You hear that? We need to meet to discuss my raise.

bump, just in case

West Virginia swirls Odds say Alley or Ravenswood. Small chance of other company for, say, #1. Such as Heaton or Cairo Novelty. I'd put them in a West Virginia Swirls group on ebay and whatever you get for them is gravy. (They're commons, but vintage, so they could be worth something, but don't be surprised if you get less than a quarter each.) (edit: Unless some are bigger than average, in which case you might be able to work that feature into your description and get a little more for them.)

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Other people might see your name on my friends list now.

I looked for you on facebook. If I found you, you have a friend request waiting. If it was someone else ... they're gonna wonder why they have a friend request waiting!

Row 1: WV swirl, ???, Akro corkscrew Row 2: Kinda interesting (think it's a WV swirl but the glass doesn't seem common for those), not sure if this is a slag or a transparent swirl, WV swirl Row 3: Peltier Rainbo, WV Swirl (maybe Alley), Peltier Rainbo (Looked kinda like an Alley because I didn't see seams at first, but now I think I see seams)

Thanks, sclsu. I've seen some good pix with smart phones. Almost makes me want to get a phone. Almost.

Bottom middle and top right are not flames. I mention those first because are the easiest to knock out. The top middle is iffy. In the last view it looks a little flamy but to me it doesn't quite come together. The bottom left is positively a flame. And the middle row all look like flames to me. And I wouldn't call the marble police if you called the bottom right a flame. Different makers though. The top left doesn't look like a flame to me, but it might be one of the better marbles in the group. [Galen? @lstmmrbls Is that a Christensen Bloody?] Jay, what happens when you look at that one under blacklight? Jay, I see why you would want it to be a flame, because it has two "flame tips", but to be a flame more are generally required. I have seen long discussions about how many. Personally I'd say at least 4 tips in a single view or it doesn't count. As white as the bottom middle is, I wonder if it is also a Christensen. The bottom left is making me wonder if it is Christensen. Because of the colors and the shape of the flame tips. The second choice is Alley., because I'm not sure if the colors are crisp enough to be CAC. On the middle left, I'm leaning Ravenswood, but could be Alley. For the other two on the middle row and the top right, I'm leaning Alley. The right one is making me a little hopefully that it might be Christensen, but the white isn't very bright so I'm not banking on it. For the greens, I'd just say West Virginia Swirls and not try to guess a company -- I can't get to my swirl boxes at the moment for a reminder -- but someone else might recognize them. Ha! That's a lot of words. So, in closing: If that top left is an honest-to-gosh CAC Bloody it's not easy to come by. Lots of people claim to have Bloodies when they don't. But I think you might have one. The bottom left is a nice flame, whoever made it. The bottom middle is so white it look Chrissy, but definitely not a flame. And for a flame, I think you need at least four tips close enough together to get a good photo.

I'm seeing oxblood in the middle row. And on the top right and middle right. I don't think the bottom left has oxblood. In the second picture the bottom right looks like plain red. The top and middle left look like they might be Carnelians, but without oxblood, which would still be good. So, if these four have ox, the light isn't catching it right for me. I'll have to let someone else talk value. I think over $20 apiece for the oxes, but I'm not sure how much more than $20.

They can. You could possibly get a coupla dollars apiece even for commons, because of the large size.

Paaschfeest? *click* ... I just learned something new. Our most famous egg dye is Paas brand. And apparently it was named for your word for Easter.

sweet card. It's a lovely day here -- but I'm scared. I've learned to love cool weather so much that our 68 degrees Fahrenheit feels warm. I wish we could stop right here and not get warmer.

Oh how fun. Looks like it was a beautiful day, too.

Those are Easter bunny droppings.

I don't see publication dates, but the story on the left starts out in 1907.

Thanks for updating us. Especially thanks for sharing Mr. Taufic's story. That newspaper clipping is a treasure.