Steph

Cool! I have one of my mother's tops. I also have some other tops to practice with since I don't want to practice with hers.

Rubbing alcohol comes with an expiration date.

Thanks. I'll go take some ibuprofen.

My arm might be better now. Two-and-a-half months later. I suspect I broke it in more than one spot. The elbow and a couple of inches lower. I really shoulda gone to see the doctor. But nothing was protruding so I kept saying it was okay. But it wasn't. But I think it is now. I don't dare lift anything heavy with that arm alone but I have most of my range of motion back.

For the record, we have learned that Ray Laubs made it. Some elaboration about the monkeys.

Neat stuff. Cool to see such an oddball in with ordinary cats.

Hi Gail. This site is about toy glass marbles. Need to find one about things made out of real marble. Good luck in your pursuits.

It really is in good shape. Maybe someone else might know the marbles and be able to show us without the bag being opened? Oooops ... I'm not doing that right! Open! Open! Open! (But it really is in nice shape.) (There I go again.)

It is not too late for a Gary Seven spin-off.

Agree. Jabo classics. I wouldn't buy them. Unless you really wanted them for yourself. They'd likely be difficult to sell again at any price.

Actually, the very first thing I saw was "Marble and Tops: The Reputation of Walter de la Mare" -- someone's doctoral thesis.

I always have an eye out for search terms which might bring up good stuff. Occurred to me to search for "Marbles and Tops" in quotes. Didn't go far ... yet. Up first was a postcard: http://www.oldpostcards.com/s/spo015032.html A little plain but if you like that stuff and haven't seen that one yet, there ya go.

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This feels like deja vu. Have I posted this thread before? I'm holding a Pelt which is probably a Rainbo and it looks gray to me, but then I look more at the base glass at it's a little translucent, so maybe it's not gray ... maybe it's just a light trick. I'll try to get a pic. But in the meantime ... do you have gray marbles?

Thanks for sharing. Good luck with the show! You'll do great.

Yep, Ravenswood had a blue and purple also and that would fit better with the base. http://marbleconnection.com/topic/7584-ravenswood-novelty-marbles-a-review-of-varieties/

Condolences to your family.

I have a Champion with blue and purple ribbons on a white base, but the white on my Champ is more watery than yours appears.

that's a wild 'un

I moved the quotation marks away -- on the left to give you a capital and on the right to give you symmetry. And yippee for finding the cats! Looking forward to seeing 'em. Master cross-throughs? ????

Funny how much that tickles us!

The second image didn't load. Maybe it was too big. I'm gonna guess it's vintage and thus will guess Alley based on size and general swirliness. I'll stick with that.

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