Steph

Cool. I like how the part which looks black is really clear.

so . . . much . . . color

That's Grumpy's new year's tinsel. Festive, eh?

I got this message from David Chamberlain this morning: Jack was a wonderful guy. As a cat's eye fan myself it was always great to see someone whose love for cat's eyes never dimmed. He was just plain fun. And all that came through the screen. He must have been something special in real life. Prayers and the best of wishes to Linda.

Peyton Manning is something like my 10th cousin. Maybe he could fix me up with Super Bowl tickets. I've never asked him for anything before.

Congratulations, Seattle. Thanks for taking out SF. Signed, Packers Fan

Jan. 20 Some Acme Realers ... Al's pic

Welcome, Alyce. Nice to meet you.

Jan. 19

Andy, I just saw your pictures in the gallery. Sweeeet candy!

The beads are fascinating.

Thanks for sharing the article.

That's what I was thinking.

kewl

beautiful

I like little things, like cracker jack toys and buttons. My husband knew I'd been thinking about getting some marbles just for fun, so he got me some from Wal-Mart. That got me more interested and I started looking at marbles on ebay. There I found some Jabos in bulk and I liked them bunches. I thought maybe I'd sell them in my antique booth. I didn't think about them not being antique and I wasn't being dishonest. I just didn't know. But the antique store owner did know. And she told me those weren't the ones people liked to buy. So there was the challenge. I had to learn what the "right" marbles were. And that's when I got sucked in ..... (This is not an anti-Jabo story. Just the way things were communicated to me 10 years ago before Jabos came into their own.)

Interesting assortment.

Mornin!

Are you familiar with the comic marbles on peerless patches? Here's the Hoover marble, on the right, and a World's Fair marble:

I paid $20 for a lot full of beautiful Akros -- with slippery wet mint ades and oxbloods. I don't remember what I got for them in all. But one of the marbles sold for $80. It was a lot no one bid on because of the fuzzy pictures.

I have bought large and medium-sized groups on ebay and sold them back on ebay in smaller groups or as individuals to make a profit. And of course I've bought marbles just for myself on ebay.

Love it. I see two of the connections. Are there more?

I doubt that Akro's Aces bring more than regular white-based corks. I could be mistaken but most people don't know about them so I don't think there's a particular market for them. I try to talk them up but I'm not sure they've caught on. When collectors mention Aces they're usually talking about marbles with a moss agate base such as these: http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2008/07/akro-aces-circa-1930s-or-40s.html I haven't been shopping on ebay for awhile so I don't know how the prices are trending. My only strategy suggestion is to watch auctions long enough to register the trends. Other people may be more helpful. For some reason the rule of thumb I think of between mint and non-mint is expect about 1/6 of the price with non-mint. Not sure why, but that's the figure which is stuck in my head.

That thought had occurred to me at some point in the past few months. I considered starting a new thread to ask.

Here's some info on Akro's version of Aces: http://marbleconnection.com/topic/17380-akro-aces-early-1930s/ Most people don't think to check their white based corkscrews to see if there is any glow inside. And sometimes the Ace is so dense that you won't see the glow even with a strong light, so often Aces are missed. If you can't detect the glow maybe it shouldn't count as special, but it still does to me if I think it's from an actual Ace run.