Steph

Yum!

Great article. You threw me in where you mentioned clay in your open. You mention stone later. Are you seeing both?

That's a sweet array!

How would we do it?

M!b$, I think that one is kinda like the bottom left one here. Yours might have had thicker colors but mine look a little more substantial in hand than my foggy picture shows.

At BJ's suggestion, I moved this section of posts to their own thread. Mike, since you didn't get to make a title, if you PM me to let me know how you would like it to read, I can change that. Best wishes to Art's family.

Looks like an Akro from that one view. Other views could change my mind.

Fun! you sent me on a chase for more marble pix. here are some - http://www.designswan.com/archives/life-through-a-marbleamazing-photography-by-caleb.html

Also cool. Can't remember if I've seen that one yet. A couple of new things in it to me - like the reference to Buckminster Fuller.

super cool. thanks for posting!

Yup, if you have Baumann's book there is a CAC Blue Devil in the chapter on Christensen and Peltier. In the 4th edition, the photo is on p. 130.

Link to the Christensen Agate version? I'm trying to find my copy of Baumann's Collecting Antique Marbles. I think there's a CAC Blue Devil in that. Do you have that book?

What Duffy said. Wonder who came up with that name. I looked it up and saw that one-incher listed on ebay ... is that the one you're interested in?

Check these out: http://www.landofmarbles.com/berr997.html

Painted ceramic and I believe they can be had for less than that starting bid. http://www.ebay.com/itm/140721484721 Some odd markings on it ... almost like hit marks or are those reflections? ??? Guess they're hit marks. Seller mentions flea bites. I don't know if I've ever seen one of those with damage before.

What smitty said ....

Thanks! I looked through that one and somehow missed that box.

I'm intrigued. But I don't know what to ask. Which auction was that?

Why European over Alley?

Marie, I think you may just have to wait until someone else comes across some. Maybe the next set will come with more clues about who made them. They're a mystery right now. No one is holding out on you. We'd help if we could. Promise! ( :

Yes. Pretty sure we've seen them up to something like 3 inches. For use as pump valve balls? Won't swear to it ... but I'm pretty sure. This is from an MFC advertisement. How big is size 10? That's probably not more than 1 3/4" is it? Hmmmmm. But I still think I've seen it. Click for larger view: http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o151/modularforms/mfc/MFCBooklet8pp10_11.jpg Edit: Never mind! Bill was posting while I was off looking ....

Marie ... Do you mean the package Galen posted here? http://marbleconnect...what-these-are/ The green ones look more wadded up than a basic Jabo "buttcrack".

That's a great video!

If the marbles are protected well enough there's nothing to take the shine away. Glass is much harder than air! I had a set of Akro ades and oxbloods from the 1930's that a very tidy little boy had stored in a 1933 World's Fair cigar box for decades. They were so pristine I didn't even know how to describe them when I put them up for sale. I got ... and sold ... them in my first few months of collecting. If there were any I wanted back from what I first sold, it would be the ones in that box. *sigh* When I expressed my surprise to the now old man's wife about how well preserved the marbles were, she said "You should see how nice his train set looks". Apparently even as an 8-year-old he took great care of his belongings.