Steph

I think it would be cool if we could talk about some of the marbles which bring high dollars in auctions because they're confused for older marbles. With examples and as much as we are able to know about when they were made. And with as little negativity as possible. We can complain about them being made, or we can try to learn about them. The choice might not be as cut and dried as that, but if there is too much negativity, then it seems that fewer people will participate in sharing information. These auctions are the ones which bring this to mind for me now. Marble blue with Cross 1,38 - 1,4 inch from Lauscha Ger EAGLE MARBLE GREEN SIZE 1,39 INCH Some pix from the auctions: (click to enlarge) Those are new. However, they are not made by the same person whom Hansel commissioned to make the coin sulphies in 2004. Norbert Geitner made those. If I'm not mistaken, this is one of Mr. Geitner's: I'm going to see if I can get pix of the coin sulphides made in 2004, and maybe of some of the other coin sulphides which were made before 2004. Someone named Didi was making those. Would love to hear from others. I've asked Lee (Marble Wife) to add whatever she can. She has access to a lot of different reproductions. Okay, let's have some fun now! LOL

*groan* I really feel for you Gene. aaargh

hehe, I did move it Sue. lol. It was in the restoration forum so I moved it but I left a link so I could move it back when it ran its course. Me too. I've heard people asking, and kept waiting with great interest for an answer. But never got a clear idea.

Wow, what a difference! That's amazing.

Juicy. Would the last one be deemed an auger? Do you know how many you have? lol

LOL. I was watching it and was all impressed by someone devoting that much space in their garage to something like this. Took me quite a while to figure out this was a professional group who musta had lots of help with that and that they were in a warehouse or somethin'. DOH!

Oh sheesh! who's still voting? I almost forgot today. bump bump bump. BJ might not make it. But he might. Not too late if we get more friends playing. Let's all of us at least hang on.

LOL Jim. Thanks for the grin.

Yes, very nice Jim! So mine is a fancy. If I say it a few times, I'll get used to the thought. With one side almost solid black, I didn't really notice the splatter colors until just recently. But it's a fancy. fancy. fancy. fancy. lol. Okay, I got it now. :-)

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David, check out p. 92 of American Machine-Made Marbles. That's about Libbey Owens Ford of Vienna, WV making rough marbles, not for play but for later use in making fiber glass. Being spherical, they move easily through the different things they have to go through - rolling along conveyor belts and such. I've seen short references here and there about marbles being made for fiber glass - being made on different continents. We marble collectors just don't hear about it because it's boring industrial stuff.

That gallery bar at the top of the homepage has been fun to watch this afternoon. Someone's been posting some nice mibs in the gallery.

er, I mean Good Deal! That really is a great name for a marble line. Even if the marbles weren't fun to look at, you'd almost want to get 'em for the name. lol

Last night I learned how to make a fan page on Facebook. We might not get as many fans as the Nickelback pickle but we might be able to make something happen. Become a Rolling Art fan! . . . If that link still doesn't work try a search for Rolling Art Marbles Car. Made a group page too. LOL. I think this link works. Join the group!

That's a nice little trick. I've been frustrated lately looking for the right boxes to fit. Thanks for the do-it-yourself reminder.

Not sure what you're thinking of as a fiberglass marble, David. Doesn't sound like what marblemiser is talking about though. Lots of companies have made glass ingots for the making of fiberglass.

Sounds like a nice line-up. Ya'll are gonna have a great time.

Not counterfeit. Craig is known for his fantasy boxes. They're a nice way to display mibs. I think he signs them. Well, I think he signed and/or numbered some. I don't know about these. Just wanted to back off from the harsh sound of "counterfeit" with its connotations of something presented as real when it's not.

Some dug Champs of mine, gift from Ron. The scan distorts some things, but I needed it for another thread, and so here it is for this one too. [Edit: Only the three closest to the left may be Champion. The others were found at or near the Champ site, but the Alley site is near the Champ site. Turns out they're likely Alley. So the remaining Champs are the two on the left in the middle row and the one on the left on the bottom row.]

Okay, I'm honestly surprised. It now appears that Yellow Jackets were introduced after All-Reds. 1964 for Yellow Jackets. I hope I put "if I understand correctly" in all the posts where I may have said that Yellow Jackets were made in the 1950's.

The bottom left one here is brown and black and has some orange peel texture. It's the one I most suspect to be salt-glazed. I figure the black one on the right is probably a Bennie but it's unusual so I haven't been sure. The other side is mostly white. There is some splatter of other colors but the black dominates. The brown one in the top middle is glassy smooth. Much smoother than it looks in the scan. I guess it might be a bennie but it looks different from my obvious bennies. Much smoother and a different shade. Has a few rough spots but nothing I'd call eye. The dark green one on the left is a stray oddball. I can't tell whether it's glass, ceramic, stone or bubble gum. Smoother than it looks in the pic but it has a rough spot which you can see. Also has a few red specks which look a little like oxblood. The AMT at the top right is there just to reward you for your patience with the others.

Tell us more. I don't know the story behind the new old fashioned run(s)?

Thanks Bo. Ooh, some nice contrast in the new group. Here's one which was tagged as a Bogard. 3 different kinds of glass in the vanes. Some transparent. Fascinating in hand.

I'm going to disagree with that. Vitro's mibs with two colors in one vane are so common that it has been concluded they were intentional and thus perhaps not deserving of the name hybrid. I've heard that said anyway. I'm not saying not to call the Vitros hybrids but how can an intentional "hybrid" rob the name from, say, a marble which is truly a blend of more than one type, such as a changeover between runs. Maybe a marble such as mine in post #3 could more accurately be called "error". But as of this morning I'm standing by hybrid as a great name for them. Maybe I'm wrong but I don't remember anyone else ever saying that the name only applied to Vitros. Elizabeth? Paula? Am I full of it? . . . uh, on this subject? rofl Okay, we need more pix. LOL. Words bad. Marbles good.

LOL. I'm excited to have them. I just didn't remember it! How could I forget them? I need to visit my marbles more often !!1!