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after rethinking, the best machine made marbles made in cambridge, west virginia is home to the largest number of marble makers/companies in the usa, and finally akro agates were made really close to canal fulton. may be a magical journey?

i first learned to make marbles in cambridge ohio, from richard anderson. richard was an old man when i met him, he had numerous jobs at different glass companies, cambridge glass co, degenhart, mosser glass,boyd glass. he had alot of stories about the christensen agate company. he even took me a tour of the old factory sites. i went home and practice, practice, practiced.i learned to make marbles from practice. after making the old machine made types, i wanted to venture into making cane marbles. i made an attempt, at my home to make cane marbles. a very few cane marbles were made and i realized that i wasnt equipted to make them at home. boyd miller asked me to come to tamarack studio in west virginia, as he was the lead glass producer at tamarack. i went, not knowing what to expect. i was soon off to a new race, glass marble cane making. over the years i produced many marble cane in west virginia from different types of glass. a series of medical complications stopped me from making any marbles until 2013. my mind was always on making glass marbles. in 2013 i visited canal fulton glassworks and talked with brian graham about renting studio time from him, he agreed at 200 dollars a day. i had found a place to rekindle my marble making. grueling travel, motel stays and crummy food, was still in the mix. 200 a day soon added up to 500 a day. times really have changed and so have the prices. as you can see from the pics, a youthful marble maker to an aging marblemaker

nice score, were they all together?

heres a strand

i once had aTrukey, then i wrecked the truck

i was looking hard for you greg ;0)

miser is mostly right. but 2 shows a year in the same place is lame

i just got back. lot of missing people. i met marbleboy.

the only bong im hittin , is one named greg that mightbe at the show ;/

i heard some heavy hitting going on!

completelyyyyyyy kickace

thanxs for dragging my name into the ring, i love the attention good or bad

this topic is very entertaining, thoughts and ideas and busting chops. BAD BOYS , what u gonna do, when they come for you?

wouldnt these hold some value as flames????

thats a good one randy. i say its almost impossible....................... ;0)

the row of sulphides look to good to be true

i think jeeperman is right on the money. although the jabo marbles and the sam and dave marbles are nice, they just dont have the age/history behind them. now galen, you know the extreme cost of going to a marble show, its hard to spend that kinda money on some pipedreamin look around for vintage marbles. i just went to the flea market, what i found on pipedreamin didnt add up to what i spent in gas. i did use the restroom and left a present, may have been worth the whole trip........

got any pics? i forgot what they look like

nice glasses, did anyone catch the price? did i miss something?

wheres roger when you need him

no problem clyde !

i know a particular salt mine in cambridge......some here might be able to comment further ;0)

nice set mike, thanxs for showing

one on the right looks like some kinda sulphide. one on the left looks lightning strikey. i didnt mean to avoid the question about the lightning strikes, but others here have more knowledge on those so i felt obligated to let them answer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OANHEl7Ww8o