Nantucketdink

Joanne Argabrite and Jack Bogard, the JA and BO in JABO are still there producing marbles.

I use the term "cullet marble" to describe a marble that is going to be remelted into another marble. The piece of glass is already in the shape of a marble, but it is going to be remelted and used to make a hopefully better marble.

I believe the word "tankwash" is also being used by some people specifically in reference to Jabo marbles to define a specific amount of how much glass was put through the machine during a session of marble making. For example, a "run" of Jabo marbles would define a ton or more of glass used in a session of making marbles, a "tankwash" would define 201-1999 pounds of glass put through the machine during a session of making marbles, and a "test" would define 200 or less pounds of glass put through the machine during a specific marble making session. This terminology is not widespread yet, but quantifiable definitions of marble terms specific to Jabo marble making would be benefitial to future Jabo collectors. Quantifiable definitions of all applicable marble terms would be helpful to all collectors and sellers. People jump all over sellers for misusing terms like "rare," "vintage," and "antique" and yet the same people won't put a number to go with a definition.

Turn it a little bit more...I think I see the Riddler.

Thanks for the Bennett timelines (70s through at least 1992).

Thanks for sharing. That is a fantastic looking marble.

I don't know anything about the Harold Bennet marbles and would like to learn about them. Do you or anybody else have a timeline for when these comic marbles were made?

I think you have to decide for yourself if you have a problem collecting damaged marbles. Don't worry about what others think. Most people typically only display one side of a marble anyways and that marble may spend the the rest of your lifetime with the good side displayed. Buying damaged marbles is a great way to add beautiful marbles to a collection for cheap. It is your collection. Collect what you like and pay what it is worth to you. I hope you won the marble and nobody sniped it away from you because of your post here.

Happy Valentine's Day - marbles are so much more enjoyable when shared with a loved one. I hope you all have a marble lover in your life.

Oh well

I neither kept this nor took a photo, but we found an Easter Egg (hardboiled egg) that had remained hidden for 20 years in my parents house. Inside the intact shell was an about 3/4" marble. I swear to god it looked exactly like a marble and was as hard as glass. There was no odor to the petrified egg at all. I didn't keep it because i wasn't collecting marbles at that point in my life, but this would have been the perfect place to post the photo. It was brown, slightly translucent, wet mint, and round.

Merry Christmas