Marblesteve

It looks like some of my older Jabos. Marblesteve

Also, a new old fashion

http://www.ebay.com/...7#ht_500wt_1156

I think it's odd that people feel bad for the "new collector" when the majority of this board's members think Galen has a jabo, in hand and thinks it could be a cac.

There's an e-bay seller that has an old dime pictured with every marble that has this title "MARBLES OLD VINTAGE HANDMADE? GERMAN? TORNADO? JABO".

The crappy pic sometimes grabs my eye as a decent marble.......but I think most are Jabo's.

And, as I recall, the antique handmades he sells he starts at $9.99, while the Jabos are at $.99. I don't look at them any more. But the "Akros" surprise me because he is spot on with some of the more difficult ones to recognize. Marblesteve

The information has came fast,moved forward and spread wide. So many people searching questions now and getting more accurate answers. We have to be willing to change,stay up with it or get left behind. Where will it all be in another ten years?

I can answer that rhetorical question. I've been away from the hobby for the last ten years, and I am amazed at the amount of new information that is now available. I see litle reason for it to change. Of course, at some point it may begin to diminish simply because of the age of many of us old-timers.

That is one beautiful Vacor. I may have to change my avatar! What's special about it? It could not look more like a handgathered marble, and we don't have any of them in the colors of a Michaelangelo. Very special.