Steph

I think you might be referring to photos which are hosted at another site, such as Photobucket. Or sometimes hosted in our gallery here and imported into the post. It's not as easy as it used to be to figure out the gallery image addresses but it's still possible.

I don't collect handmades but something doesn't look right about that to me. Maybe it's just the wear .... ? It looks kinda scratched up. I wouldn't commit to buying it without more feedback.

Awww ... that is so sweet. I have someone who patiently tolerates my marbles. Gotta make do with that! ( :

http://www.ebay.com/itm/160732211639

Sweet!

Looks more like a moss agate to me at the moment. Can you see any fire inside when you hold it to a light?

Multicolor swirls were made in the NLR era.

Hiya. I'll tackle #1. Can't be sure from a description but sounds like they might be ballot marbles. Did they look anything like this? Not sure how rare they are but my guess is that they wouldn't be especially valuable monetarily. Even uncommon ceramics usually don't have values to match their rarity - coz they don't have the eye appeal.

that really is a cool bird! Pelt Goose, you say!

Lovely. That crystal clear one is interesting.

Could it be an odd Paul Bunyan?

Nifty. Interesting observation about the magnification. I wonder if Ray's way is the same as how it was done in the olden days.

Here's that case, John. (click link below thumbnail to enlarge) http://i119.photobuc...eCase_142kb.jpg

Gotta root for the Giants! Just found out that Eli's like my 8th cousin. Gotta root for family. ROFL

Totally. Little one went adventuring!

Nicely put. Wonderful view.

Well, I thought it was pretty cool. Thanks again, Bumblebee. Looked like the Buckeye Glass Co. factoid might be new information. At least I don't recall seeing it anywhere.

1903, 1917 dates:

Thanks to Bumblebee for these links! They place Fiedler at the Buckeye Glass Company of Malta, Ohio in 1903, and at Akro in 1917. The April 1917 reference speaks of Fiedler's prowess as a color maker but says he had been out of the glass business for a decade or more at that time. http://books.google....J&pg=PA26-IA139 http://books.google....AAYAAJ&pg=PT701 http://books.google....AAJ&pg=RA5-PA43

Wow ... the Vacor bringing the high price in the list I see at this time. Very interesting! (and great Vacor)

Birchfield is the last name of most of the players who have been identified, both in Maine and in Washington State. At least one of the accounts was set up under a different last name but in the case I know about the address on the account still belonged to one of the Birchfields. I do not have a confirmed name yet on the youhave2bid2win account. Maybe someone else here does?

"etc" is right. Fake fancies, fake browns, fake blues, fake greens, and fake lined chinas. The lined marbles are their latest enterprise that I'm aware of. Who knows what they'll come up with next.

I find something about the dark green one especially appealing.

I clicked on them too and noticed the bad links. Then I check the date. Old thread bumped for a new question. By the way, the Washington State ID's I know of who have a connection to Pavcraz are: youhave2bid2win conny3706

Person operating out of Maine (last I heard) who sold boxes on ebay with Akro logos and other company's marks, including Christensen Agate. Often used cagey language but was caught on occasion outright lying. The company marks are not that very well done, especially not when you see them side by side with real, but they have still on occasion confused some collectors with years of experience. One example of a time when he was caught dead to rights for being involved in the creation of the packaging and not just someone who himself was duped was after he bought some dug Akros and they ended up in a counterfeit Akro bag. He has a connection with someone in Washington state who sells recently made ceramic marbles as antique handmades.