Steph

Yes, great interviews! Not to mention visual feasts. Ironically the one with Alan goes to show how TERRIBLY DIFFICULT the subject of marbles can be. The marble which is listed as a 1930's comet looks like a modern Vacor clownfish to me. But I know that there are Master collectors and Akro collectors both who have claimed that their favorite company made it. tricky stuff , and oh so fun

I have some indication that marbles for codd bottles were made in Australia. Still working on confirming that. The problem with confirmation is that it might be that in fact such marbles weren't made in Australia. I've seen discussions out of Australia about how they weren't able to compete with glass balls from China. They were government level discussions. So maybe they hoped to make the glass balls but never did. dunno yet. Also, I've seen references to different places making glass balls for fiber glass. One in the U.S. which I've never heard anyone else mention but I think also some overseas. And I've seen several references to toy marbles being made elsewhere, maybe the Middle East. LOL. Sorry about the vague nature of this post, but as I said, this is just a spot for notes. I actually forgot I started it, or I would have made the notes when the information was still fresh. I'll have to remember this the next time I hit the info. Oh yes, don't forget the 1956 article about marble factories in Hong Kong. Making cat's eyes and clays. The first was opened in Sept. 1954, I believe. Here's where I said a little more about that: New Cat's Eye Historical Data, (new to me)

These were my four best 7-ups. I wanted to sell 3 and keep 1, but this was the best pic I got and it had all 4, so I went ahead and sold all 4 -- just 'coz I couldn't use my camera well! *doh* They were so sparkly green, no photo I took was going to do them justice, but I still like this one a lot. :-) This pic was taken with bright sunlight streaming through the window. The actual green of the glass was deeper yet brighter than this. In other words, it was flat out green. oh so nice.

For anyone who might be reading this and wondering ... Gary didn't call me a trrd. I called myself one, in PM, for questioning whether it was red. lol Gary, amber does seem like more of a possibility than red, and a strong possibility at that. The most purely green bases are relatively uncommon, at least in my experience. I've only had a few which made me go, "now that's what I'm talking about" -- and I sold most of them *snicka fricka fracka grumble* -- I miss them! A little amber mixed in or a lot, that's more common. I think. Red I still think would be very hard to find. And I can't recall ever seeing one with that ribbon combo. I imagine backlighting is the best way to be sure, but even then you have to be careful with pelts. Light reflecting off the ribbons or passing through can play tricks with the colors. And bases with more than one color are also a possibility with pelts. I think.

That's cool to see it's still considered practical! Whoever thought of it saved a lot of money. And I know that you were only doing practice work with the copper and "gems" but it might be neat if someone tried it again after they became more experienced. Copper and gem jewelry sounds sort of interesting in its own right. Very casual but interesting too. I've remembered one more "simulation" use. But I definitely definitely need the source info for that one. It's too interesting in its original context for me to even be tempted to paraphrase it. In the meantime ... tie dye - 1913 style! Dyes and Dyeing, by Charles E. Pellew A couple of marble mentions and some photographs. p. 204, p. 292, Figs. 11 & 12

lolololol and bahahaha even!

These are fun to watch. And maybe participate in! Last year they skyrocketed in the last minutes. It was a sight to behold. http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/marble_alley edit: oops I was premature in announcing. I guess I shoulda let Sue but I was so excited to see them! I didn't notice at first that only 30 of the 39 marbles were up. I've peeked over at Glass Addiction now and see there was a problem and they're going to be relisted. It really was a blast last year, and I know that in the stretch it will be again.

Very nice, Jessica, thank you. LOL Gary, we can't even keep up with all the scam issues/ids here, but we'll keep trying. That's one of the things links to sites like ours are for. Thanks again for the link. :-)

Here's another ad from George. I know this is one I'll be referring to a lot. Some of the new info for me is where it places Akro's original Tri-color agates in 1930 (i.e., the mibs we call "specials" today). And it calls 'em Rainbow! Plus it's got fun Pelt stuff and more, including a Calif. Agate reference, which is why George sent it. 🙂

Wisconsin side. Manitowoc. You familiar with the area?

It's drizzly dreary cold here on Lake Michigan (and I love it!) So here's one of my favorite riddles. :-) Why shouldn't you stand under a tree during a storm? Highlight for answer: Because birds don't fly in the rain. :icon_lmao: Your turn.

Looks good to me. Those'd be clays. :-) Here ya go!

that camera phone is turning out some decent pix these days, girlie. nice blues. :-)

auctions could be a dangerous habit to get into anyway. ;-) feel better soon. :-)

hello. :-) Well, with red bases, I don't suppose they have a name, but that sounds less common than with the green base. That would be cool to see. Not sure if I'm remembering this right on a sleepy saturday morning, but isn't a red base on the hard-to-find list? Hmmm, I guess you might call some of these bloodie-like .... Kokomo Examples. However, if it's hard to distinguish then tie goes to pelt. The man I trust most to identify Kokos is not inclined to call a loose marble a koko even when he holds it in hand. I can't answer about kokos from personal knowledge. I just have to go with his info and with the odds which are soooooooooooooo low for koko. Peltier made Bloodies, or Bloodie-like marbles for something like 25 years. Red was long known to be a winner with the boys. They made rainbos on multiple machines. Kokomo made rainbo-like marbles for a few years, on a single machine, and so the bloodie-like mibs would have been a small portion of already a small number of marbles. And most never left the area, it is thought. But if it weren't for those odds people wouldn't be so fascinated by them, huh? :-)

I'd forgotten about the euroflames! Sweet mibs everyone !

That's great. And part of a LONG tradition! I'm mildly worried about anyone admitting in writing that they do it. It's probably against some sort of law. But until someone finds the law and points it out to you, it's wonderful! lol And doesn't Joseph look grown up. p.s. gratuitous historical trivia: a lot of Vitros were secretly scattered in some of the poorest neighborhoods of New York during the summer of 1940. Henry Fisher donated them to a newspaper columnist who had written about his mother not being able to afford to keep him and his brothers supplied with mibs when they were boys.

*gasp*

Nice! this one is flame-ish. I think she's a Champ. (sliding her in before she's fully eclipsed ;-) (click to enlarge)

I thought maybe I'd found a snippet of the VFW marble tourney film buried in different VFW movie, but no, the dates are wrong. Still this seems a good place to put other obscure films. Just a tiny bit of marble play here. You might like 'em anyway. From 1955: At minute 13 of part one of "The Magic Bond" is a little bit of tournament action. Part 1. Part 2. From 1936: A few boys play marbles at the beginning of this short movie about the soap box derby, featuring the national tournament at Akron, O. The All-American Soap Box Derby.

New to me too. Love it.

Cool. Cool to see a nonglowing one with the ox .... ... coz I think that without the ox some folks break them down by glowing or not, sometimes giving 'em different names if they glow versus if they don't, right? But with the ox, I don't think I've ever heard anyone make a distinction. Have you? It's as if the ox validates it and the mib has nothing else to prove. Without the ox a nonglowing one might feel inadequate. With the ox no problem.

:icon_lmao: :rol: By the way, does it glow? not that it's required ........

Do you ever look at a picture of a marble player -- or any child :-) -- from years back and wonder what became of them? Here is Emma Miller, the national Marble Queen of 1949. In her Amish bonnet she was the big draw of the tournament that year. I read that she was a powerful shooter. From Life Magazine (oh boy, another photo source to explore) Look at this one too! Love it!

It is odd ... yet somehow unsurprising. I don't know what the science is, but isn't Cyan the color they call non-repro blue? Well, whatever the deal is, cyan is one of my happiest of happy colors and I totally can't photograph it. This mib is two of my happiest colors. Some people hate links to live auctions because they planned to bid and didn't want competition. I hate links to live auctions because I'd rather not see auctions until they're over and the tempation has passed. :icon_lmao: But I did hope to pick up a tankwash mib someday ....