Steph

Oh, and I thought of one more thing. When a name has been accepted, people stray from it. So then who judges what range of marbles fits into that name? I'm trying to remember an example where that became troublesome for me once. I think Vitro Opal was an example. I'm not sure but I _think_ that may be an example of where what one large group of collectors defined as opals ended up being different from what the people who came up with the name defined as opals. If I'm wrong about that particular case, you can still see how that could happen. Definition shift.

Hot topic! I know some are passionately against naming marbles. I think I'm mostly neutral. I like a lot of the marble names. I want to learn a lot of the marble names. But even with the names which already exist, I have some issues. "Ace" and "Special" for Akro marbles -- those are tough for me. I'm trying to learn the collector's usage -- but it's hard for me because it contradicts Akro's usage of the words. And with all the other marbles out there ... who gets to name them? What group of namers is going to be so acceptable that the oldtimers across the nation (and world) will get on board with the names as they're generated and not get peeved about at least some of it? It's the logistics of it which makes me not so neutral. With a little bit of emotion added in -- if it's someone I unhappy with doing the naming then I'm likely to resist.

Cool. And neato. And stuff.

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Oh my! oh my oh my oh my oh

Sales of JABOS made between 2008 and 2012 are being run by wassdogmarbles. Now available are some from the Jim King test run in 2008. They'll be listing a weekly run in the order they were made. This will give new collectors a chance to get some marbles from each run Dave has. Some runs will be skipped because he's out of a few of the runs. These first listings will end in five days.

Hi Nancy. I would guess foreign. Mexican. Vacor Rooster for the big red one. Can't remember what the blue-based counterpart was called.

Puts the fun in funky.

You figured right.

paxwax

Treats!

Let me think ..... I'll go with nice!

I guess so!

Almost 100%. Getting a little bit trickier since I see a few not quite the same types stuck in there on the bottom. I think you're pretty safe. The one I'd like to see another photo of is the yellow with the red loop on the bottom. . The red loop probably means newer, but I'd still like to see more views of it. But all the speckles. And the irridescent ones ... yeah modern. ..... if they're irridescent with a banana inside, that _might_ be worth a little more.

What a fun idea.

So beautiful. It brings things home when it's confused with modern.

Yes!

Can you lock a revolving door?

I'm trying to think of one but my brain doesn't feel twisty today.

Well, now I have to.

This just got serious!

That was immense. Seemed like a lot more than 400 ft. What a fascinating business you have turned this into.

lol Sorry, that one has an answer -- Coz the best clairvoyants will have lots of clients trying to see them, so clients need to know when it's their turn.

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