Steph

Were you tempted to start hiking in and never turn around? I would be.

I wouldn't use the word "transitionals". Appreciate the extra shots. In my opinion, the reason you won't find them in the books is not because they're rare but because they aren't the kind that people find very collectible. It's pretty neat what you can see in marbles sometimes when you backlight them. However, keep in mind that if it takes a special light to see whatever was in the marble, then probably the maker of the marble didn't plan for it to be seen. There are some Mexican marbles which have dark surfaces and are covered with speckles. It's the speckles on the outside that are supposed to be seen. But sometimes, if you look really really hard, you can see cat's eye vanes inside. Weird things can happen inside the marbles. But if you have to work to see 'em, then they're curiosities, but probably not intentional. That's the best answer I have for you.

With all those colors, one of the Jabo or McCullough specials runs seem like a decent guess. In that last shot, looks like some ox.

Totally know what you mean

May you one day be so tested ....

That's what I'm sure I was hoping, but I can't remember if that idea was encouraged when I saw the marble posted. So you think so?

Old favorite ... auction pic, I'm pretty sure

lavender and yellow with the wedding cake white?

Hi again. We really need to see some photos in more natural light. By natural light I mean daylight or a flash. The light coming from behind makes it nearly impossible to identify the marbles. Sorry about that!

The glass distribution is slag-like. However, the texture of the white looks non-American, so unless other views reveal a certain kind of pontil, it's not in the group I would usually call a "slag". I'm gonna say not Akro. Am trying to decide between Europe and Japan because of the texture of the white.

They came together? Wonder if the Vaseline glass ones should be a clue. Who would have made those? [Edit: You say "yellow slags"? ... I'd guess they'd be in the "swirl" category ... though other views in other light might make me see differently.]

Nice solid ribbon. I don't have a good feel for who the options would be for a meaty ribbon like that. Would like to someday. Don't now. p.s., agree that it's a swirl rather than a slag.

Thank you.

So now it's three adults none of whom eat the same kind of food as each other. I thought Bob and I might have more food tastes in common. But that's okay. We'll still share an Asian meal some day, I'm sure.

These were mine once. Very early on in my collecting, before I learned which ones I shoulda kept. Set is thoroughly dispersed now.

Has this one been asked about? I just ran across it in my photobucket and I can't remember if it was asked about. Can't even quite remember where I saw it. I guess someone posted it on Facebook and I was curious? But did I follow up?

a little cracker jack

Are these considered oddballs with the white / uncolored stripe?

Hunh .... this is cool. Not one I would have felt good ID-ing. In fact I wouldn't have gotten it at all through the computer. This is the kind of range of variation I like to see. We see the "classics" (which I love) often. So it's also nice to see some not so classic.

Oh, Dale's is American? Hmmmm ... wonder if that could be them .... hey, someone want to write 'em and see when they were founded?

Well that's pretty darn cool.

So .... no one save those triple pix? How could we have let those get away?!

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