Steph

Happy Birthday Bill!

Did I forget to say that's neat? . . . coz that's neat!

This was posted by Ron Tramontano and shared by Pete at Land of Marbles: "Nadine MacDonald passed away last week after a long illness. She remained upbeat throughout her ordeal and continued to produce her handmade ceramic marbles when she was able to. Some of her work is available here at The Land Of Marbles. She was talented beyond words and will be missed by all who knew and loved her." Best wishes and prayers for Nadine's family and many friends at this time.

There is a grading system here: http://marblealan.com/FAQ.htm It's one which has M- at 9.0, NM+ at 8.9. . . It talks in some detail about how much damage is allowed at which level. Not everyone follows that system. I've seen more than one person use numbers in middle to high 9 range for NM. They've actually said NM, and 9.5 or something like that. Making me wonder if it was a typo. But then I read all their auctions, and it has become clear that's how their system is. Gotta make mental adjustments, and look closely at the pix. :-)

I did! Should I look up something specific? Found stones and a vase. Deep but still somewhat bright red. For example: http://www.starruby.in/store/info/pigeon-blood-red-rubies

That's amazing, Roger.

you fixed the buttcracks?

Pop Quiz: What color would you call the dark pink band here? I want it to be Chicken Blood! (I believe the marble is Carole's.)

Gorgeous! . . wooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww A little google is a dangerous thing but what I just read was that the peachblow glass came after the peachblow ceramics. http://www.theglassmuseum.com/peachblow.htm Found some pix of chicken blood (literally and in mineral form). Led me to think that chicken blood as a color might be somewhere around the darker pink shade on the pieces pictured here: Chicken-Blood Stone and A Jixue (chicken blood) stone seal. And this is billed as a pigeon blood vase: Japanese Ginbari Cloisonne Vases akasuke or pigeon blood. And here are some stones: Pigeon Blood Red Rubies.

Here's a quotation with the names of some shades of copper-based glazes. Anyone here just happen to have any examples of these other coppery colors lying around? The sang-de-boeuf is oxblood but what does chicken blood (sang de poulet) or pigeon blood look like, for example? lol

niiice one!

that first one is pretty. Great colors. I like the striping.

(and the Easter eggs at the front of post #6 :-)

This just in! They're Champions! I just got a couple with a Champ box! lol (thanks for the samples D :-)

I suspect that your idea of sending them off to Alan might be the best. Individually wrapped to keep them safe and sound to protect them in their journey of course. Having his reputation behind the sale could help you come closest to getting the price you hope. I don't mean to rain on your parade. Maybe someone will swoop in and take them off your hand before I'm done even typing this! Wishing you the best of luck no matter what!

Coolness! And then the Type 4's can look like Type 3's but have a white base. Those are sometimes overlooked as something like "all-reds with no red".

Neat!

Awesomation! Thanks guys!

That's a fabulous image.

I'm brain dead this morning. Couldn't answer what shoulda been a simple Vitro question in the ID forum. So how about just a carefree Tiger Eye thread. Show 'em if you got 'em! p.s., one of Chuck B.'s Tiger Eye article from the WVMCC newsletter, now at Joemarbles.com, the one which describes the Tiger Eye types. p.p.s., And another, 57 VARIETIES

Mustn't leave out Bill. Bill, please will those to me.

just a couple, huh?

And we have winners! source(s): Marbles winners share a special tradition . & . Mibster’s Delight The new National Marbles Champs are Penelope Bauer of Bloomfield, PA and Corey Goolsby from Standing Stone, Tennessee. Or maybe that's Hanging Limb, TN. FWIW, in keeping with the title of the thread, it appears that Penelope is the sister of the 2007 champ Alexandra. Also, both boys in the final were from the same town as each other, next door neighbors even. Charlie Mott, the winner from 1942, was at the tournament. Very cool. More articles, in no particular order, as I run across them while I search for details: Bloomfield girl wins U.S. marbles tourney Bloomfield girl goes for all the marbles Tenn. boy, Pa. girl crowned king and queen of marbles National Marbles Championship Finals (lots of pix) [maybe more to come, but I might be done now lol]

I've set up several traps for his mail carrier. Hopefully can intercept. Edit: I posted this in the wrong thread! lol - hope I didn't confuse anyone!