Steph

I presumed it was about manufacturer. The qualification to be a Sparkler is Akro made it and called it a Sparkler. The qualification for being a Sunburst is Master made it ... and called at least some of them Sunbursts ... though I think the Sunburst name has been generalized to a larger variety of Master marbles than Master may have intended it for. Edit to add: And to me Hansel's marbles look like they were made by Akro. Except for the stone agates of course.

You often hear about ghost cores. I don't know about dark cores.

I immediately thought Sparklers. So I'll put in one vote for them.

What an ahdorable trick.

Fun group there. I might have guessed Japanese on that last one. Well actually, I probably would have guessed American. But then for my second guess maybe Japanese. But now I want to know more about marbles from South America, don't you?

LOL ... I posted here and it didn't show up. Maybe I shouldn't have said what I said! I mentioned eggyolk.

beautiful shot

I only have one and mine's one of the fakes or otherwise newer bottles. I had a nice exchange about it with someone at a bottle collecting page. I think this might be the page I was looking at: http://www.codds-n-odds.co.uk/index.html

I saw that commercial yesterday and was jealous. I wish we had floors where kitties can play. We had a floor like that before we moved here. When things rolled off they went to an accessible corner that the cats loved. Here things roll to spots with carpet or under the piano and aren't fun anymore.

Hi Diane. Is this the link? https://www.facebook.com/events/753919601322687/ There is also a Marble Weekend group page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/700379193317745

Oh wow ... my jaw just puckered.

*waves at Darla*

Good luck! My bid didn't last the night. But I got to dream for a few hours.

kewl

Oh, I see what you mean. I didn't notice they were actually the same. The computer only accepts it one way and I didn't notice they were exact matches in shape.

What are some rare marbles? And what do you think are the rarest? Scenic chinas Bird cages Can you think of anything more rare than those? How rare are lightning strikes?

Such an appealing style. But they didn't catch on back when? I want to hijack my thread now and talk about marble rarity. I'll start a new thread ....

what a neat project

clear is good

Do you have puzzles with unconventional shapes?