Steph

sweet thought, Felicia. Big DITTO

David's Bogard article: C.E. Bogard & Sons Cats Eye Marbles A couple of pix from there for quick ref: The base in David's black ones seems a little blue. Don't know if that's reflection or shadow or the glass. Here's a pic Galen posted with less tinted bases on the black. p.s., amber is also a possibility in Bogard bases.

For No Particular Reason I'm "announcing" coz I told someone I would! LOL. I'm happy just to doodle on my own. Fractals and flowers are likely to be planted soon. But if'n you wanna vent about something and want it seen by marble people but don't want it at a marble board, that's one option. p.s., I don't want no stinking minion. If I had a minion I'd go to the doctor double quick and get it removed. For No Particular Reason doesn't have a philosophy. If anyone wants to get on a soap box there that's okay. But if someone singes my delicate little feelings, well, I don't know what I'll do. I won't delete posts though. Worst case, I'll turn them invisible. So if for example anyone who's been on the internets longer than Al Gore wants to say something unkind, well, fine. It'll stay on the record. Their words. Their IPs. Their M.O. Happy 4th of July. A special thanks to our Founding Fathers for their courage and honor. And to our service men and women for keeping us free. May they never have cause to regret how we use the freedoms they make possible.

wow. handgathered? wow.

Those were in a shop connected with the KOG company? That's pretty darn funny. lolol

Gary, they wouldn't have been MK's or cat's eyes because of the timeline. 1919 was too early. January 1919 could make those the very last of MFC's old stock. MFC quit making marbles in 1917 but still had old inventory to sell through 1918. And of course Akro was making marbles at the time. Could American snowflakes have been white slags?

Yah, I wondered about ceramics. Something bigger and better than plain clays. John's mibs: (and his auctions are here in case you wanna make some of them yours in the next 2 days and 3 hours. :-)

I'm not quite seeing a 1919 era American snowflake candidate in the glossary. Do you think they were the snowflake obsidian marbles? I wondered if it could be a mistake and some German marbles got labeled American. But how likely was that going to be in January of 1919?

One new subscriber gets you a nice lot of marbles. Anyone know what an American Snowflake was? p.s., I know that Snow Flake was a name for Mica marbles, but those would be European, right?

yes, many generous people! Just wanted to take the opportunity to send a shout out to Felicia as she's having a bit of a hard time. And she does go above and beyond.

Nice thoughts Brian. If it wouldn't be considered a hijack, I'd like to add that Felicia is uniquely generous. Very special lady. Did you have a chance to see these old style marble bags she crocheted? She sent them to me as a gift.

Here's one I'm not certain everyone would agree has aventurine. Somedays I can't be sure I see it. Not clear which sparkle is aventurine and which is wear. But it's there. lol ... pretty sure ...

"sheen" is a good word for how some aventurine shows up. I wouldn't personally call it metallic. But as I said I have a hard time describing it. I'm thinking of a sheen across the color band. Not a sheen on an individual flake "used" is a tricky word. not sure aventurine was "used". I think it was a by-product.

Well, actually .... Sometimes it sparkles only a little. There are some pelts with enough aventurine to qualify as having it in an auction ID, but not enough to wow you. Sometimes even if there is a lot of aventurine it can be hard to describe what it does -- it can glisten more than sparkle. in my rookie opinion

yum yum yum yum yum and might I add, YUM! Great story! suhweet mibs. p.s. Does anyone else see the face in the cullet or is it just me?

Well, the image name is last_dig_015 ... Are they dug? :-) I love hearing about dug mibs. :-)

Hi Bill. Your 'just because' pix are great but this one has me curious ... would like to hear more about these. the pic has an interesting name. :-)

Nothing too private to say here. I just don't want to stir up any more confusion. We've been through enough.

Carole, ziggyzora was quoting something she'd been sent. She wasn't saying that she knew you or that you and she had spoken to each other. I think I've figured out what happened. I can email you about it if you'd like.

Hey M!b$, don't you wish the seller had shown more of that mib? Here's one more thing to ponder. Well, you were wondering about the colors so I guess this is more for people like me who might still be hung up on the structure. but check out the disappearing tricks the yellow plays on Craig's Blue Galaxy here. And Craig's was only 5/8". A large mib gives more room for goofy things to happen. Anyway, the seller does accept returns. Maybe in a coupla weeks the feedback will show what the buyer thinks.

29/32" would be a bit over 7/8". What about 7/8" give or take would make Vacor seem less likely? Anyway, if Pelt it could have come in a box like Greg's here: Some More Rainbos, No. 6 Pelt NLR Stock Box. For the record, and for sake of discussion, a coupla more pix from the auction:

barump!

Here's something else which could be fun to consider as the auction ticks down. Here's what I believe to be an unswirled Vacor. One ribbon of red and one of yellow(ish). (Susan's mib) Does anyone have reason to believe that the Vacor version were ever made with more than one red ribbon, plus the yellow? This one in the auction looks like a different, more pelty structure to me. Here's a pic of a seam from the auction. Wacky, but more pelty than vacor, imHo.

another point to consider for those who like background ... the rest of their auctions both current and recently completed look vintage. Mixture of quality. Here are the highest dollar auctions I saw in a quick look at their feedback for last month. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=360154759071 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=360148244194

Marble Shooters: just a start ... going to keep going until I recognize one like Pinx posted at Marble Mental ... or until I wander away ;-) Most of the information is copied from the main Google Patents page for each patent. I've caught a few typos, and a couple of places where the info on the main page was incomplete. For example, there might have been more inventors than were credited on the main page. I haven't checked all of those. Patent number: 146563 Filing date: Oct 18, 1873 Issue date: Jan 20, 1874 Inventor: JOHN ALEXANDER Patent number: 174780 Filing date: Jan 2, 1876 Issue date: Mar 14, 1876 Inventor: ROBERT W. CHURCHILL Assignee: Albert D. Laws Patent number: 184717 Filing date: Apr 25, 1876 Issue date: 1876 Inventor: ALBERT D. LAWS Patent number: 262644 Filing date: Mar 31, 1882 Issue date: Aug 1882 Inventor: JAMES F. CONNELLY Patent number: 379913 Filing date: Jan 19, 1888 Issue date: Mar 1888 Inventor: ROBERT N. STOCKTON Assignee: William F. Cramer Patent number: 464407 Filing date: Apr 22, 1891 Issue date: Dec 1, 1891 Inventor: Charles E. Wilkinson and Gustav O. Wendell Patent number: 472608 Filing date: Oct 29, 1891 Issue date: Apr 12, 1892 Inventor: WILLIAM W. RAND Patent number: 496539 Filing date: Jul 2, 1892 Issue date: May 2, 1893 Inventor: JOSEPH REINERT Patent number: 518295 Filing date: Mar 16, 1893 Issue date: Apr 17, 1894 Inventor: ELIZABETH M. VELSOR Patent number: 552634 Filing date: Oct 14, 1895 Issue date: Jan 7, 1896 Inventor: Walter E. Everitt Patent number: 582474 Filing date: Nov 10, 1896 Issue date: May 11, 1897 Inventor: GEORGE P. HOFMEISTER Gameboard, with a marble shooter in it. Patent number: 1302378 Filing date: Oct 23, 1916 Issue date: Apr 1919 Inventor: Kennedy Patent number: 1337934 Filing date: Jan 14, 1919 Issue date: Apr 1920 Inventor: Madison Patent number: 1543144 Filing date: Apr 9, 1925 Issue date: Jun 1925 Inventor: Wurm Patent number: 2129461 Filing date: Jan 19, 1933 Issue date: Sep 1938 Inventor: Earl A. Boerger Patent number: 1988191 Filing date: May 2, 1934 Issue date: Jan 1935 Inventor: Donato Patent number: 2279766 Filing date: Jun 6, 1940 Issue date: Apr 1942 Inventor: Truesdell Patent number: 2600883 Filing date: Dec 23, 1947 Issue date: Jun 1952 Inventor: Frederick H. King (plunger guide for marble shooters) Patent number: 2601070 Filing date: Oct 16, 1950 Issue date: Jun 1952 Inventor: Teschel et al. Patent number: 2791210 Filing date: Jan 4, 1955 Issue date: May 1957 Inventor: Vog et al. Patent number: 3183903 Filing date: May 16, 1963 Issue date: May 1965 Inventor: John O. Thompson Patent number: D201692 Filing date: Jan 11, 1965 Issue date: Jul 1965 Inventor: Edmund R. Braun Patent number: 4978124 Filing date: Oct 16, 1989 Issue date: Dec 18, 1990 Inventors: Robert L. Brown, Robert D. Shilen, Robert F. Rosnak Assignee: The Quaker Oats Company