Steph

Alley Carnival (Jeeperman)

For a brief shining moment I thought I had one of these in my box of previously unidentified swirls, which I went through a coupla days ago. I did find some nice Alleys I hadn't recognized before. But the one I thought might be this is not. Darn.

All the way!

But will we be allowed to bid?

LOL ... give me a link.

Good morning!!!

A cage of lutz inside, around the white?

Edit: nevermind! I just looked at the pictures and didn't read what you said!

(Jeeperman)

Would love to hear what you learn about it if you'd be willing to check back in.

Great!

They're cool.

Well that wasn't an awful price for the selection.

Looks like you have yourself a bona fide mystery, Matt.

lol .... I thought you must be selling Vacor Galaxies with a subject line like that ....

I love the fall.

Steph, can you help me with my profile info? I don't want my full name displayed, but I see no way to change it. Thanks!

I just checked your profile with a test account. Moderators are able to see your name but I don't think other forum members can. I wasn't able to on the test account. Hope that reassures you!

Hi there.

Rich should be around before long.

Interesting.

I still have no idea. Two things which occurred to me are

(1) the kind of resin ball which some occasionally confuse with gutta percha, and

(2) a hardened rubber ball.

But I really, really don't know, so I'm going to button my mouth now and wait to hear from others.

Do I catch a glimpse of a line around the equator?

We interrupt romantic movie tunes for this ...

Glen Campbell releases powerful final song and video

That's better.

Hmmm ... I just don't recognize it. Not as an antique handmade I'm familiar with, not as a machine-made type I know of, not as a modern handmade type I'm familiar with.

Mystery to me.

Is it for sure glass?

Hi Matt. Welcome. Frankly I do not recognize that marble. Hopefully someone else will.

The view with three copies above isn't opening for me. It opened though in the thread in the Buy Sell Trade forum, so here's the link to that one for anyone else who wants to check it out.

http://marbleconnection.com/topic/19929-marble-help-required/

in my dresser drawer? ... buttons, jewelry, girl scout memorabilia, wooden spools, aluminum fishing net floats, a bit of decoupage, some lace, and and a few forgotten marbles ... but I just moved the marbles to the part of the house where I've recently been sorting my collections.

I love your drawers!

The broken cane one is strangely appealing.

Welcome Cebby!

I'm not sure which marble type you refer to. As far as I know Champion Furnace marbles were not connected with Jabo. I think they were from the 1990's.

Here is a post from 2002 by Ron Shepherd's ex, who was also very involved with marbles and the boards back then:

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Posted by Paula Shepherd on Alan's Board - June 23, 2003 (from WVMCC website):

On November 22, 2002, I had a phone conversation with Dave McCullough (former manager at Champion Agate and currently Vice-President of JABO-Vitro) According to McCullough, Champion furnace marbles were made in the mid-1990's. He said that Roger Jones, who was a very knowledgeable glassman used Wizmach glass to wash out the tanks when changing runs. Located in Paden City, West Virginia, Wizmack makes plate and cathedral glass. This plate glass was not compatible with the glass in the tanks at Champion and that is why it was used to wash out the tanks - this incompatibility is also why nearly all of the furnace marbles have internal fractures. McCullough told me that, according to Jones, Wizmack glass was run once or twice a month in the mid-1990's and that there would have been 5 or 6 buckets full of marbles each time - making the total number of furnace marbles well over 6,000. He also said that Jones told him that the yellow glass cleaned out the tanks best. This most likely explains why we see more yellow furnace marbles than other colors. (Note; According to Dave McCullough, Mr. Jones passed away in 1996 or 1997)

Paula

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http://marbleconnection.com/topic/18932-champion-furnace-swirls-whats-the-story

If you're sure about the 2009 date, then you might be talking about a marble type which is new to me.

I like the ones which look like super balls best.