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Randy, It's the kind of marble that you can see down into from several locations and when backlight you can see the entire makeup of the core. Ronnie PS I studied the photos real good and I do not think it has been messed with.

I stipulate your technical sumation. I know once I started with a black Ox-Blood and then sat beside it a Ox-Blood with a little more red hue to it and kept doing that process until I ended up with a red slag and about 30 marbles setting on little rubber washers. How do you like my avatar. It's one of your masterpieces. Ronnie

Real nice marble. Ronnie

Gnome, that's one sweet marble. Look at that pattern, and the white to oxblood ratio is superb. This same marble as time progressed went on to be a cherry red slag. The way it is now, if it had been 10 years earlier it would have been the classic school house brick in color. That's a killer marble and please don't make that awful mistake of having it buffed or polished as that little bit of haze and patina on it just attests to it's character. Ronnie

Yeah Galen it's sad but true. I too would imagine a lot have been glued and passed without that fact being known. That's wrong, pure and simple. I know it would really tick me off if it happened to me. Personally I have never sold a glued marble on any auction nor will I repair one for contract. The one here in this thread is the second one I have done in 10 or 12 years. I guess there's no answer to this potential dilemma except that collectors could be made known the fact that a black light could be of benefit to them if they wanted to scan their mibs for repairs. Ronnie

William Marbles, It does not show up very well in my photo without using a filter, but to answer your question, yes the repair will show when exposed to a black light. In actuality it looks like gatorade and is quite vivid, very easy to detect. Will show on long and short wave length lights. Ronnie

step 1 Alternative Marble Repair photo1 1-3/4" marble was scrap. Had an area near the top pontil that a dime would not cover. The marble was Ground-Polished-Buffed and still had an area of damage. Leave it alone or take it to the next level in order to make it as presentable as possible? Well let's do the next level. step 2 Alternative Marble Repair photo2 Good size drop of optical ahhesive applied in the middle of damaged area. step 3 Alternative Marble Repair photo3 With a toothpick pull the adhesive to the outeredges. Do not touch or go over the edge. Place the marble under the UV black light to start the hardening, curing process. step 4 Alternative Marble Repair photo4 The depth of the fill will determine how long it will take to start the hardening. When it has hardened go back to step 2 and apply a smaller amount of ahhesive. This time pull the adhesive to the edge and using the point of the toothpick you can spot it in and maintain a good curve. Put it back under the light. step 5 Alternative Marble Repair photo5 Let it set about 10 hours under the light. Then 1 week in the ambient air, then with a q-tip lightly dampened with acetone go around the perimeter to remove edge line traces. Then enjoy your marble! Ronnie

I read something about a torch somewhere in the description. Ronnie

William Marbles, Think your right on, I thought it may have been a Popeye but after seeing the Reno Jabo I thing one of these was used for the torch job. Ronnie

Galen, My reply to your question was somewhat brutish and off point so I'll attempt to be more direct. To me that marble at one time was a common red, white and blue Popeye that was sprinkled with some pulverized lutz particles attached to a couple of thin clear glass rods and torched and twisted to it's present form. In all probability it started out as a 5/8ths. mib and the addition of the clear glass rod (rods) pumped it up to it's present size. The addition of the clear glass thinned out the original colors and gave it a washed out effect. Probably done by one of those strip mall glass blowers that make blown glass figurines. In his description a flat spot (spots) is mentioned and that could have been caused when the rods were detached and snapped off. The lutz particles could also have come from a decorative glass stir stick containing lutz. Just my assumption, only thing for sure is it's a torched sphere. Ronnie

In the description the seller states that it is a torched marble, new or old really makes no difference, it's a piece of crap being passed by another piece of crap. Ronnie

Torched and a add on pontil. Ronnie

Jeff, Hello, Checked out your mibs on facebook and they are quite impressive. I've met you but it's been so long you may remember but I don't remember the event. Well anyhow welcome, you will enjoy this site. Ronnie Cox

Nice well rounded display of contemps. Ronnie

It was Gary and Sally Dolly. Ronnie

Dan, Yes for sure, A long time ago I put together a chronology of red slags starting with a hand made single pontil black brick and ending with the last of the Akro slags. The later was weak in it's red coloring. In between the black brick and the weak colored slag was a progression of about 40 or so marbles and I had them sequenced in 1 foam waffled layer of a large gun case. The primarily black brick started to take on a red cast and about the 10th or 12th marble was now the classic schoolhouse brick and about the 20th marble was a cherry red Akro Agate with no brick and a sweet number 9 or 6 and from about the 30th on they started getting weaker and weaker in other words cheaper and cheaper as marbles were losing their popularity and companies were cheapening up on their product to survive. Another case in point: About 28 years ago at the first or second Columbus show at the Lennox Inn (pretty sure the second) Earl Hogue a good friend of mine walked up to me and said Ronnie do you have any idea what this is and handed me a marble. That marble was a inch and a half single pontil Akro Agate Golden Onyx with Ox-Blood or AKA: Eggyolk Oxblood. I said yes I know what it is Earl and it is very rare. I asked Earl, is it for sale and he said yes and I said well Earl I can only give you a thousand dollars for it but it's worth a whole lot more than that. To make a long story short Earl sold it to Danny Turner from the Running Rabbit auction house for either $3 thousand or $3500 cant remember. Scott Patrick knows the picker that found the marble and sold it to Earl. What I'm trying to say is I think a lot of the older larger marble factories employed immigrant master glass craftsmen from overseas and they hand made marbles while the companies they worked for were setting up their new modern machines to mass produce marbles. Ronnie

Dan, looks to me like you have a hand gathered hand made marble from one of the early American marble making companies. It could be a Navarre or a Leighton but more likely a M.F. Christensen, Akro Agate, Chrisrensen Agate, and maybe Peltier. Personally I think it is a Akro Agate as the purple looks like Akro glass. I think if it was a Navarre it would have more revolutions and a lot less bleed out once it got past the half way point. No matter what it is it is a super marble in pristine condition and a real prize. Ronnie

It's a very nice modern marble. Ronnie

All the marbles are very nice.

Nice work, you did a real nice job. Ronnie

Danny, Those are really nice beads. Hansel, here on this board has some of those. I'm sure there are other's on the board who have some as well. Ronnie

Fantastic work Rich, Very impressive to say the least. Ronnie

Gnome, thanks for the advice. It's hard to take it though when someone is digging in your personal matters. O'h well have a good one. Ronnie

Clyde, Tired of you throwing my name around when you have no cause to do so. It's not my fault that life dealt you a bad hand but quit trying to take it out on me. Ronnie