Steph

There's a reason I try to stick with the names Akro gave the marbles.

But I don't know what name Akro gave the one like Lavincen showed above ... or the somewhat similar one Bill just posted with the blue and translucent green. (That's yummy, Bill!)

Interesting to hear that some classify them as snakes.

The cork ribbon really pops against those translucent bases.

http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/6300451-74/county-national-division#axzz351hIpfvj

Does it get any coverage in any of the news outlets you watch?

Does ESPN mention it?

Whoa!

From Alan's Cairo Novelty page

Nice conversation piece

That old one is pretty cool.

The others are nice but the old one is especially so.

I didn't see a name for the artist on that page, but perhaps it is Kohei Nawa.

More marble animals here: http://www.designswan.com/archives/stunning-glass-art-sculptures-made-of-glass-beads.html

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From Marblealan's old site:

In the light of day, it doesn't seem as unusual as I thought when I first saw it. I think Alan's name for it made me think it was exotic. By "name" I mean the file name, not a name I noticed him using anywhere else. The file name was "superaven".

Beautiful blue.

lol ... not worrying about the date anymore. I didn't realize we'd skipped so many days. *oops*

Yeah, I think a few years ago the going rate was around 600.

But less now.

you don't say ...

My favorite car in the 80's was a Mercury Cougar. I loved the window design.

I didn't realize it was a Zebra.

I was thinking Alley.

Even cooler.

20 years later

Sharp!

Moved to general to get more eyes on 'em.

Thanks.

The swirl is very aquatic.

Ric ... where are you?

My Salvador Dali sparklers:

Neat.

I'm gonna say that's a somewhat less common type. I don't know what to call it other than corkscrew.