Steph

Sooooo ... am I the only one with boxes full of 11-year-old papers which need to be shredded? I'm overwhelmed at the prospect, yet there are some fun things in there. Like some ebay records from when I was just learning about marble ID's and selling without knowing what I had. Sold 16 UV-reactive commons for $23. Woohoo! And then there were these marbles which I've often thought about over the years ... didn't know what they were then and wondered if I would be able to ID them if I ever saw them again. I'm thinking Akro. LOL. I called them "Electric Parrots" because they had four or more colors and ... well ... I liked how "Electric Parrot" sounded ... which I said in the auction description. My pictures never could do them justice ... the color contrast was ... well ...electric in hand. Under magnification they had a faint sheen over them which seemed like a metallic haze to me at the time -- but not the iridescent luster of modern marbles. So, I'll never know, but I'm guessing "later Akro Tri-Color Agate patches" because of the patch shape and the base glass. 5/8" It was nice to see you guys again!

<3 ((((Jess))))

Great story. But oh no! I guess you came out of it okay. Did you park the car high to stay out of the flooding? (good planning) Well, you have the answer to "which marbles would you save in an emergency"? I don't ask anymore, "which marbles would you save in a fire?," because the answer for a fire is "don't try to save anything but you and your loved ones." But Matthew gave you time to think.

For the "before and after" file 31 Super-cute Cats Who Recreated Their Kittenhood Photos

Score!

Moved to the archives for posterity.

Appreciated. That is a concern sometimes. There are some for sure safe ones. Joemarbles for instance. Santa's Bling, too. Jaboland. Wonder if Biblefreak has a marbles menu other than this one: http://biblefreak.org/marbles/web/MibID/ That menu has no bells and whistles but I'll be adding it to my bookmarks.

Nice bump. Thank you.

I worked really hard recently to be able to draw something well enough that a five-year-old would like it. Or at least recognize it. Didn't want to let down my little penpal. I'll watch from the sidelines for now.

a treasure

We had two cool collections recently from grandparents. I thought yours was one of them. They don't happen that often. Only 15 marbles? Blasphemy!

This? http://biblefreak.org/marbles/web/MibID/JABO_2008_Joker_I_Cranberry_Types/

Classic.

A Dolly Parton 45 of Jolene, slowed down to 33 rpm

lol

That's a lot of big guns!

Ha! I didn't think to use them to stand other marbles on!

I'm starting to feel okay about my picture taking. Still need a dedicated picture taking place and would like to be able to take photos after dark. Maybe in the new house. For now ... this was taken out on the porch with the sun behind the rainclouds. And it worked for me.

Classic!

@ the i-phone promise. The pictures aren't so bad!

If I remember correctly, a lot of your marbles came together as an inheritance. Is that right? ... some nice ones which deserve to stay together.

Go Pack! Borrowing Ed's picture for the green and gold

You're right it does look nice. I'm impressed that you could get that close and that neat on your first try without the dedicated equipment.