Steph

Thank you, William. You are special, too! 💕 Art, it's definitely Brian's. Still in the mailer. I just wanted to be able to point to it in Brian's original thread announcing that particular run. 🙂

I will be slowly downsizing my collection. I hope to end with a very select group of treasures. Some marbles I will give away. My backyard neighbor girl has recently shown an interest, for example. It would be awesome to get her started with a few classics. Some I will send over to the wilds of eBay. Some I might send over to the even wilder wilds of Facebook. Some I would only want to part with to trustworthy buyers. For example, a Brian Graham oxblood made on a Miller machine. I would want that to go to someone who I know would appreciate it for what it is and not try to turn it into anything it isn't, if you know what I mean. That's what I was looking for today. I'm here on the forum to find a thread of his where my marble may have been pictured, because I wanted to find the actual marble today and I couldn't. Grrrr. I should be able to lay my hands on it just like that. I know I had it in my hands recently. And then I put it somewhere "safe". I am pretty sure that knowing myself I realized the "safe" place should also be readily visible. Yet, I can't see it. Grrrrrrrrr. P.s., I am pretty sure I found the thread but alas the images are gone. I'll find the marble "soon".

Here's a looker Ann posted. https://marbleconnection.com/topic/22250-variations-on-oxblood/?do=findComment&comment=198655

Sweet card. Ella Owen must have believed Miss Bertha to be fond of marbles. The top postmark could be from New Albany, but that doesn't match up with handwritten return address. ?

That's what Special Assortment boxes were advertised as containing:

A lot of Special boxes. Contents are in line with my understanding of the Akro's intention for the label, not with the current collector use of the name.

A beauty

The right middle would be one to look more closely at the cutlines on to see if it leans Master instead of Akro.

Perfect post for explaining helmets to new collectors!

So ... vintage possibilities ... I wasn't thinking that direction. A puzzle. I guess I'm still considering MK but also considering Akro now rather than foreign. If you find out somewhere else, please share.

@Pinx ?

Not familiar with that. Very uneducated palate as far as peppers are concerned. Will be on the lookout for an opportunity to try.

We will give the beautiful lamps their own topic.

^^ what they said. I'm leaning MK. Experimental cat? But with foreign tuggings. Where did you get it?

Last week I made my first chili mix from scratch. Homemade Chili Seasoning - Budget Bytes I used fresh garden tomatoes, onion, bell peppers, my last two cans of beans from the pantry (can't remember what they were), and this seasoning which I had finally gotten the last ingredient for. Was interesting. A little strong but maybe I just used too much of it. Will be fun to play with it. No meat, but not because I'm a vegetarian. I just didn't have any meat and didn't want to shop, yet I needed something to do with my final tomato harvest.

My last marble game was in 6th grade. My backyard neighbor expressed interest in playing but we didn't follow up. Yet. I'm gathering up marbles that look nice but I wouldn't mind busting up. A challenge!

Yes.

I am considering Peltier Christmas Tree on left, Alley (or other WV swirl) on top, Akro on bottom.

Way to go! Bet you'll get there earlier next year! But looks like you made your time count.

Thinking Jabo

Once in a lifetime marble.