Steph

That's a neat idea.

... trying to think of something clever to say about Jimmy being surprised by the inscription in his copy .... but he never saw it. ;-)

Can hardly wait to read it all. Mikey's in it?

Steve, I think the black might be a spray on the surface. Not sure how it would be applied.

I can't specifically remember what all colors have been seen inside. Been awhile. However, I definitely remember dark transparent colors. What comes to mind is dark amber and dark red. And I do for sure remember cateye-like structures being found inside.

My best guess is that they took dark based marbles, at least sometimes transparent, applied black to them in a manner similar to how iridescence is applied, and then applied the splatter layer over the black layer.

I love the stripes and blends.

And also don't remember seeing them before.

I think different colors of base glass were used for the Galaxies. Cat's eyes have even been detected inside some of them.

I am also curious.

What are your most colorful marbles - or your most colorful within any category? Most colorful Chrissie, most colorful Akro, Vitro, Alley, handmade, etc.

!!!!!

as an afterthought I looked through more of their listings ... voilà a flat pencil!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290475291573

Couple more pix from the listing. Looks a little worn but looks fairly whole to me. Seller said it's functional.

Yeah... carpenter's pencil, that's probably what I was trying to picture. I knew I had seen a flat pencil before but didn't remember where.

Here's a new one on me. Supposedly holds a flat European style pencil (whatever that looks like). Eneeeway, I thought it was interesting. Not mine - it's on a buy-it-now so maybe it'll be yours!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360302223905

That's ghastly. Ghoulish even.

... and the scammer at the center of this thread is STILL selling, under his other ID. aaargh.

interesting. I had wondered what would prompt men to use the term. So that was in the 80's?

Neat drizzle.

A cute pair too. I can imagine the aventurine. I'm drooling over the thought of it.

by opaques, do you mean solid colored marbles?

I figure it's him. Here's a facebook page. (Did someone here already post it?)

http://www.facebook.com/mike.rearic

31 negatives this month and he is still a registered user. I don't get it.

Must be easier to sell on ebay than I thought. Maybe I'll jump back in.

IS there a comprehensive list of shows somewhere?

This looks like a running record of where they've been held in the recent past: http://marblemental.yuku.com/topic/371

Don't know how complete it is. I was kinda of hoping to see a Florida show and didn't. Maybe it doesn't exist anymore?

A marble friend in the UK sent this link. So far the video hasn't loaded up for me. Hopefully someone here can enjoy it. Meanwhile, I shall keep trying. It's nice to know it's there even if I can't watch it.

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=17729

Description from the site:

MARBLE CHAMPIONSHIP IN USA video newsreel film

Franklin, Tennessee, United States of America. Various shots of a school headmaster (unnamed) competing in a marble competition with one of his students. A crowd of children / teenagers watches. The pupil, Gilliam Traughber, loses to the teacher. They shake hands after the match.

It looks like it sold for 97K in Sept.

The house? Or all of the properties?

If you are in doubt, it would generally be best to assume Peltier.

These days I often write "looks like a Pelt Rainbo" instead of just saying "Pelt Rainbo". Coz of course I can't swear that the marbles are Pelt and not Kokomo. Still, I know that unless they're one of the types well-known to be Kokos, the odds of them being Koko are very very very .... very low.

That said, here's a batch at Joe's.

And here's a thread which was started to showcase some Kokos which came from an original bag, and then it grew: Kokomo Examples

The Peltier Glass Company is no more?

Bump.

(thought about bumping the 'creep' thread with an update. decided I'd rather bump this 'un if I really had to do any bumpin' )

Sweet batch o' mibs Gary!