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Hahaha!!!

"I got (2) 5/8 and (1) 41/64" Two 5/8" marbles equals 10/64", plus the 41/64" marble equals 51/64". So the one marble that you received equals 51/64", which is over 3/4". I don't see what you're complaining about.

I think the buyer could be gatorchow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0E9k70Tpz8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpAqDLWstWE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZgBhyU4IvQ

For all who missed it, you can drool over it anytime here: http://marbleconnection.com/gallery/sizes/4630-onionskin-mica-1-38-7778/large/

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-END-OF-THE-DAY-Onion-Skin-Swirl-Mica-Large-Marble-W-CORE-SUPER-/360755348490?pt=Marbles&hash=item53feb1c40a The seller says he doesn't know marbles and started the auction out at $39.99, so that must be about what he thought was the minimum it was worth. How high will it go? Is it polished?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZlEKTzq2Ss&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PX_uWksEFM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jitKHjFR7ZI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7naUZ8BHdM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqE40gydJFM

You are still my favorite contemporary marble maker. I bought one of yours a few months ago on Ebay, but they are rarely listed anymore. I didn't see any handmades by you.

I hear that they don't guard those great paintings at the Met all that well. Don't even search people before they enter, unless they're carrying a bag or backpack. And they let you get really close to the paintings, like right up to them. Some psycho could just pull out a knife and slash the paintings. You know, something like that woman did who painted the Lincoln Memorial green.

Are those bubbles at the top of each loop, or is it clear glass inside of clear glass? How is it possible to get bubbles exactly where they should be? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Marbles-Hand-Made-Art-Glass-James-Alloway-Dichroic-Vortex-Marble-1505-2-6inch-/121149538474?pt=Marbles&hash=item1c351340aa&nma=true&si=uYm3KNcTJprJNqHWvtJEwzbmydU%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Gorgeous! I don't recall seeing that one on Ebay. I have an Alley flame/swirl on a greenish/bluish base that has mostly gold aventurine, or lutz in it, but also a few flakes of green aventurine.

Removing the highlight completely makes the marble look dull and takes away from its 3-D look, in my opinion.

That looks much better.

The Jabos in post #35 do look alot like Alley Flames from the one view that is shown, but I bet other views of those same marbles would give them away.

I thought only cats would do something like that.

So rare that I never even heard of it.

Stacy, that's interesting that the hawks will eat meat you put out for them. I read somewhere online that hawks will reject any meat unless they actually killed it themselves. But I don't remember if the article was about one specific kind of hawk, or in general.

OMG...

Hahaha!! I wish you would try doing that. I'd love to see the kind of response you get. Here is the sequence of messages I had with the seller when I asked about possible lower shipping on this marble: http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-MAGNIFICIENT-MARBLE-1-1-4-Size-New-LOWER-Price-/281140907446?ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123 Dear scooter0305, Would you consider shipping by first class, and how much would shipping be? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This item will be sent Priority Mail with insurance and signature to the winning bidder. This item will NOT be sent first class mail. I estimated the shipping costs at $25. The insurance is the most costly of this transaction. Regardless, maybe the actual shipping will be $17 at the minimum. The $25 will be charged, the winning bidder will pay it, then I will adjust the actual shipping cost as a credit to the winning bidder. Anyway, this auction is not over and there are 18 over people that are watching this auction who probably will bid. At this moment, you are not the winning bidder plus the reserve has not been met. The insurance is to cover you and myself against loss. You're not going to win this auction with your $22 bid. If you're worried about the $8 difference in postage than I would suggest you NOT bid. Thanks, - scooter0305 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear scooter0305, My $22 bid was just for openers. However, due to your haughty, inflexible attitude, I am no longer interested in your marble or your auctions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Really? If you were such a seasoned marble collector than you would know that Insurance would be required for a beauty such as this. You can't afford it anyway. Ha Ha.... I see what you have bought in the past $20 to $45 marbles. You weren't a player anyway.... Oh yea... you are no longer permitted to bid on my PREMIUM marbles anymore. I get the LAST laugh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - scooter0305 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have to admit, though, that they're probably right that I wasn't a player anyway. I most likely would have forgotten to bid on that marble too...(what's with the bold type...I don't know.)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Marble-Single-Core-with-4-Multi-Color-Bands-15-16-Wet-/281142380590?pt=Marbles&hash=item417564482e

I think you are probably right about it being a Red-tailed Hawk. It was the lack of rufous-colored legs that had me wondering. Here is what the Cornell Ornithology site says about it: "Look for it along fields and perched on telephones poles, fenceposts, or trees standing alone or along edges of fields." The hawk was perched on a lone, mostly-dead tree in an open space. I watched for over an hour to see it take off, but it just sat there and sat there and sat there...If I could have seen its spread wings, I probably could have ID'd it better. After the hawk finally left (which I missed), I found a young, very-recently-killed rabbit in the area. It had not been eaten at all, and still had a blade of grass in its mouth, as though it had been taken by surprise. There was a tuft of fur near it, but I couldn't see what caused it to die. Would the hawk have done that? I would think it would have stripped the rabbit down to the skeleton. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-tailed_Hawk/id

This hawk didn't look like the one in that link. It looked more like this, but not exactly, so I'm still not sure. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ferruginous_Hawk/id