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We're currently experiencing almost constant rolling thunder.... .........It matches my mood..... 'Bless you, my friend....

Wow!!!!!! (Jill, that fish is pretty cool, too!!)

Like the Everready Battery Bunny, these things are still runnin'!!!! Another cool lot of ten went up last night. Check 'em out!! Auctions for Alan And, for you vintage folks, Anne's is ending pretty soon!! Five Color Vitro

When "Wet Mint" was coined, if we weren't buying marbles "live," we were buying from the Antique Trader, or someone's mailing list. Rarely with pictures.... Descriptions had to be precise. It was very difficult to verbally transmit that picture. The term meant exactly what it sounded like. If that's not what you got, there was trouble!! Using "wet" didn't have to be combined with "Mint." It could be a "wet surface with 2 small chips and 3 moons." The "wet" part simply described that wonderful wet looking shine. The "mint" part was perfection. And yeah... Perfect is perfect!! "Mint +" kinda reminds me of the gold coins advertised on TV... They are .9999 solid gold!! That's FOUR 9's!!!

Marie, that mighta been the same guy... 'Can't remeber his name... The last I knew he was selling "Motivational Videos" on how to make money!!! DAMN!!! You really ARE a miser!!! ROFLMAO (NICE stuff!!! )

There used to be a guy that scammed marbles on ebay... All of them were "wet mint!!" He took his pictures with his fingers holding the marble and you could clearly see either water, or what really looked more like vegetable oil on his fingers!!! Buddy Bowles made up a "Joke photo" of it... I thought I had that saved. But, I can't find it in my files... Budster, if your out there... Please post it again!! Ya gotta love the auctions that say "Wet mint with minor scratches and a couple of pinpricks!!!"

Yep, wet mint means, "So shiney it looks wet" 'Sorry Rich, I do understand the meaning of vintage... But, I confess to being an abuser on eBay.... eBay seems to have changed the rules on a lot of things!! When you only have so many spaces to nail a good search title, one word needed to be created for things that aren't really "Antique" or new.... "Old" just doesn't seem to cut it!! (Though it takes up way less letters...) "Vintage" just seemed to fill the need... Alas... It seems it will always end up meaning, "Something that is classically aged." Crap... I'm off topic again....

It's very possible to find MANY 100 year old antique marbles in wet mint condition.... Not easy, but very possible.

A nice lot closing tonight and another opening!!! Marble_Alley

I know this is kind of a pathetic cheap plug... But, the goal is worth it!! LOL I occassionally get together with some friends at a pottery painting place, just for fun and a purpose to see each other... One of the projects I've been working on, are mobiles of marbles, painted on 3" ceramic ornaments... It seems, I either give them away or one gets broken, before i have enough to make the mobile!! ..... Someday, I'll put it all together!! LOL I figured I'd try putting one up for Alan... It's a copy of a Pen. Dutch marble (It's in one of the books...) The center band color came out a little too orange!! China Marble Check it out!!

Lot 4 started last night... Check 'em out!!

Eleven more auctions on tonight!! (I actually got one of my own on!!)

Ten new auctions on Marble_Alley!!

Last ones...

almost done....

still goin'!!

a few more....

And more...

More from Canton...

Posting Canton Show pictures for Smitty!!

"Show attendees donated over $500 for Alan and signed a card for him, the Buckeye club decided to use some funds from the treasury and make it an even $1000." Wow!! Steve, that is SO cool!!!

Whoa!! Only 20 bucks to lose the reserve!! That's gotta be able to happen pretty quick!!

Just tryin' to keep these in full view!! David's White Rabbit At this writing 136 sold!!! John Ward's Contemporary Collection First 10 ending tonight!! After Feb. 15 a lot of 10 auctions will end every Sunday and Wednesday evening (Just couldn't make it for the 15th...) Anne's Peltier Honey Amber Bananas Ending on Thursday Feb 16, 201217:45:46 PST (So tempting to say "Anna's Bananas" ) Whadjisay's MAGNIFICENT CAC Cobalt Blue Guinea Ending Sunday Feb 19, 201219:15:33 PST

There's a few of these artists comin' up in the auctions for Alan... The Coupal is on now... There's some Coleman, RAZ and a Beetem that'll be on soon!!

Terms and conditions have changed over the years... By "Old School" standards that is definitely an onionskin... A Joseph's Coat is supposed to have 6 or more distinctively different colors. I see three, there... Also, the construction is totally wrong for a Joseph's Coat... But again, it depends on who is selling it and what they try to call it.... Terms have changed....