Steph

So that's nice. There seems to be no objection to calling the little red one a realer. Noticing that the base on the one I'm looking at wasn't absolutely crystal clear made me feel better about that possibility. I imagine it would photograph even less like clear glass and would look even more "right" then. The feathering inside is really cool. Cute mibs, Kevin. I'm curious about the brown and yellow one. I wouldn't have guessed Pelt but I don't know who made it.

Yes, that's the kind. The red I'm holding looks like a littermate to the red at the top left of your pix. The green base wouldn't be called a realer from what I understand.

Darla, the 17/32" one is yours. zig zaggy red patch. Did you happen to take a pic of it?

What are your smallest peerless patches and acme realers? Did they do anything weird in the smaller sizes? I'm looking at a couple of little mibs with very snaky patches. One is a little under 17/32". The other is a little less than 9/16". The bases look tantalizingly like realer bases, butttttt they have a lot of clear. (edit: not crystal clear -- ever so slightly cloudy) Where there is white it has a grain. The white in the smaller one only takes up about half of the base but it has a very feathery, pelty look. The white looks practically transparent when backlit, and has an orange glow. So, I want to call them realers, except that they have so much clear. Sorry for no pic. My camera is still out of commission.

Felicia hasn't had a lot of time to read the board. She may not have seen this one. Or maybe she wouldn't open a thread with "buttcracks" in the title. ;-)

An assortment of repro boxes.

Hey Brian, what happened to your buttcracks?! I'm getting the dreaded red X. Those were good examples. Here's one from Alan's old Marble King page:

A couple of jack o'lanterns Tom Thornburgh: Jabo:

What do you have by way of non-Jabo buttcracks? On marbles. ;-) Here are a couple of Alley buttcracks. my tater bug: a fluorescent pistachio:

So, it sounds like the $99.99 for this one was not a steal and not too high. I usually sort my ebay searches by highest price first in an attempt to see what the most interesting listings were. I stop looking when I get down to about $50 final sale price. Which means that in addition to missing all the bargains Al gets on original packaging, I also only see the golden rule marbles people spend a lot for. Like the person who bought 4 individual ones without cases for $61. But I did a search just now specifically for Golden Rule marbles and found that the price for individuals with cases is in the neighborhood of $9 to $11 after shipping. Now I know. Thanks for the feedback everyone.

This had a buy-it-now on it. My first impression was that it was a bargain. I wonder how long it lasted before it was sold. Any ideas on a good price for it? Box of 12 Golden Rule marbles, each in their own box. They are a little hard to come by even individually, right? They're not still being made?

Another "not even a draft yet" post, just an idea. Some marbles are too common or too plain to show up in most books, but people still like to learn about them. Essentially Single Color marbles: Dark Blue Swirl Game Marbles?? Steelies: What Can You Tell Me About A Steel Marble Steelies

Someone asked me what a Buttermilk looked like. First of all it is a tri-lite. And here's the description from Chuck B.'s article in the WVMCC newsletter, Issue #15, June 2006. Here are some photos which have been shown at various times. A classic design posted by Duffy: Two posted by Mary M. Guy and Randy both said the black ribbons were okay. A shooter sold by Alan: Dani's: Carole's:

Spotless? not quite! lol

I know simple patches like this aren't worth much ... and that makes them all the more annoying. Coz they're too trivial to argue about but I don't want to i.d. them wrong for someone else. Anyway, this thread is for mibs which might be taken for Vitro All Reds if you didn't know better. This isn't a response to the akro versus vitro discussion in the i.d. forum. I've been flagging "data" for this topic for while now. You can see how some Akros might be taken for All-Reds. Bob, wouldn't you think some of these were Pepsi mibs? (from post #7 here) And then there are some MKs which seem to be trying to confuse. Auction pix. Sorry, they're hard to see. If you have better and wouldn't mind sharing ... Here's one of Al's all-red bags. After seeing the some of the patch shapes on the MKs, I might have tried to get too clever and guessed MK for some of these. I bet there are modern ones which look like all-reds too. Anyone else have tricky examples? or hints? Like ... does chunky aventurine likely mean MK or can Vitros have chunky aventurine also?

Here is an example of the bag Berry Pink patented while he was jobbering Peltiers for Rosenthal. The goals of the double compartment design were rigidity and visibility, at relatively little expense. Earlier mesh bags were floppy, which meant that marbles would slosh around and end up in a bunch at the bottom. Boxes were expensive and you couldn't easily see the marbles inside. This was his solution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (click to enlarge patent) . . . . . . . The contents are incredible. The label is incredible. It's altogether amazing. Alan's description:

moonie.

Here's my Jabo Madyia with lutz.

I have a peewee moonie! I put it aside in such as "safe" place that I forgot about it but I found it again yesterday. 15/32", with fish eyes and fire inside.

p.s., yes, Darla's is slightly fluorescent. If you look at it next to a popeye you might miss the glow.

Darla, as you may have already seen by now, these are examples of Leopards: Posted by Ronnie here, Can Anyone Id This Akro Agate Marble. His were dug. In that thread, Dani explains that was actually her husband who named them ... 20 years ago. In post #3 there Derrick linked to an old thread of Lizzy's where she had posted another dug example. That thread is gone, but here are the thumbnails she posted. Her base looked pretty light in those pix. Yours is a medium to light greenish. Bottle green might be a good term for it.

Darla has a Leopard and some other "interesting" akros. Like a totally whacked out Indian Blanket. Is the Leopard a positive sign that she got her hands on at least one dug marble?

Thanks Al. I forgot about that bag. Dave (orbboy) posted one with sunbursts.

That was this thread. http://marbleconnection.invisionzone.com/i...?showtopic=9158 Since Brian's size info was given in one post, and updated in another, here's the summary. His red examples range from .574 inch to .98 inch. But if you allow non-red examples, he gets down to .555 inch.