Steph

I learned today of a marble run at a glass factory in Switzerland (thanks, Ron). http://www.glasi.ch/en/ The run itself if mostly made of glass. And there's a people slide also. Looked for a video of it. Found this glimpse.

Does the shade of the base of the pair of blues stand out in hand like it does in their close-up?

The variety in the brown ribbons is neat and I like seeing it attached to a Ravenswood box.

So, um ... I see they're missing now from the thread ... you gonna post 'em with the Ravenswoods? (hint hint )

So, here's the question. Was it found with old marbles? Or is there any other kind of provenance?

I'm wondering if they could be super old. Like millennia rather than mere centuries. I've sent out an SOS.

Well, I'm glad they're Ravenswood. Those browns were very interesting since that's a shade I associate with Alley, so I wanted them to be Ravenswood yet wouldn't have been surprised for them to be Alley.

In case anyone doesn't know this trick -- if a certain type such as "jabo" or "vacor" is appearing too often for your taste -- then you can put a minus sign in front of the name to exclude listings with that word. -jabo -vacor Combining that with the pre-1970 category might help.

It would be possible. There were some with white and a color, on the "moonstone" base. If the color ran out then voila! A quest!

Some nice textures and variations among a simple color set. With that box, I sure wanted them to be Ravenswood. You sure we can't nudge them that way? You think backfilled on the box? Or that the boxes weren't exclusively Ravenswood's?

I remember someone with an impressive collection of modern logo marbles. I think maybe it was Duffy? Your shop was selling Pokemon marbles? ... I think we have one Pokemon marble ... but we can't remember whether I should be able to find it in my marble stuff, or whether it would be in hubby's Pokemon stuff.

charming

Technically, it looks like you have a mix of true Aces and Moss Agates. And I suppose there could be some other type in there -- maybe something Akro might have put in an Imperial box. Pretty sure I see the Ace glow coming through on the black one. And they're very pretty and very snaky.

Dug Pelts <3 ... the black and white one is a translucent Zebra. A miller-esque Zebra on a realer-esque base.

That's good news.

When you're saving a photo of a rainbow and you have to force yourself to remember to add a "w" to your label

omg omg omg so hot Are you glistening? I'm glistening.

I don't care about Alec Baldwin! ..... I just yelled that as I stomped out of the livingroom when PBS NewsHour started a story about him .... As I was finishing my sentence, I rounded the corner to the bedroom, and on the bed kitty cat Joe is urgently blinking at me ... which I realize is him trying to calm me down ... so I blink back at him for awhile ... and we both seem calmer.

Without knowing details, I'm sure part of the discussion will break down as commons versus uncommons.

You mean the moss agate corks? For a second I thought maybe you meant one like Bill's green based with blue cork. And I thought "moonsnake" And fell in love.