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Trying to get the gentleman to take better pics, but he is new to it. The other images are blurry but the lines all curve and dip I am still on peltier. He seems to have pelts mostly

It's a kokomo I thought someone would bust me on calling it a peltier

Looks like Kokomo's to me.

Yah, Imperial hands down. AV in green and black ? Gotta be a hard one to find

I think I sold you one and then I had Dave Becker give you one

Have a red and a yellow Not familiar with these

I have only had white and blue Caligraphy marbles before. Most have those tell-tale hooks This one seems to have very few but the majority of the marble is flame...Flame on 1 side, flame on the other

I think it is modern. The detail is through the roof It is sharp

My statement was fact, everyone else is assuming. There are no true black glass marbles from the inception till AT LEAST as early as 1936 and that is still not even worth considering due to the processes used to make black glass. I know, I am the new guy, but I know my math and i know my science. Buy a cheap 20.00 spectrascope, smash some marbles from the era, cheapies ...or not It will not change my view either way. True black glass did not exist until the late 1800's. Duran was built around that discovery. That formula was shared with Corning. The formula was patented in 1931. You guys know how those old machines work, how many ran on pure oxygen with a nitros mix ? Thats what you would need to make black glass, actually black. It's not like agates and sugar, it takes a specific mix of silica,boron,etc and specific thermal reactions. Anyway I am going to leave the topic, it's a chase your tale thing now I edited the listing to make sure no one felt I was being misleading. I am going to get off my butt and get those images up. The macro lens doesn;t lie I hope everyone's thanks giving goes well. I am wiped out already from shopping and cleaning and tomorrow is hours upon hours of pie making and precooking a few items as well as soooo much nit pick scrubbing.....I do all the cooking, but the wife does all of the bitching Night all

I have one of these as well. It's in perfect shape. glass is so clear. I was closer to akro than pelt and I finally tossed it in a pile as the glass looked all wrong for Akro. It is not peltier for sure.

Yah, but again, we are talking marbles, not corning. Patents mattered then, unlike now. I understand you all wish to convince me there is real black glass in those marbles,but that is just not the fact of the matter. I altered my listing so as not to cause distress.

I will find it. I keep finding the ones with 6. I got too many marbles and too few places to put them. bags and jars all over, desk is full, drawers are full....I try to rely on photos and memory...and that works out well...

That's crazy Looks like an MK until you lit it up

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Peltier-Ruby-something-M-5-8-/331392790443?pt=Marbles&hash=item4d288cafab The images just will not take. I have not seen a sunset like this before. The ribbon is white, normal. The red fills the upper left and lower right quarters of the marble, from the ribbon up and the ribbon down. Is this unusual or some other type of animal ? Most of the collection I purchased for the Akros, had a LOT of pelts and I am dumping the pelts on the bay, ergo most of what is up is pelt and the reasons behind my questioning. I know there are so many higher end pelts that have small variances to common pelts...and i know marble people will hoard information to try and "snag" a valued item for pennies, which again is why I ask these questions on pelts. I want to make as much as I can so I have more to spend on what I DO collect

Did not know such a thing existed. That what this is ? A "devoid of beauty", NLR ? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Peltier-NLR-NM-5-8-/331392805753 I noticed 1 of my multi-colored was like this. It has 7 ribbons on 1 seam

The assertion is that black was not black but, as said, red,blue,green in combinations. I mean, it escapes me to be honest, but it is what it is. I would think bringing obsidian into the mix, taking it down to molten, would give that effect. Then again, I know it is more brittle than glass, so who knows. Would still like to see those formulas. That does sound pretty cool. I also bet the formulas utilize multiple colors of glass or silica to try and reach a black-like color

.......... Galen, you are confusing yourself now. We were speaking of marbles. Specifically made from the teens to the 30's I mentioned THE ONLY OPTION for black at that time...you went left field with a modern reference which has no bearing, at all, on what I said,implied or was conveying Danni, it is wispy, it is white and 2 colors. The difference is the colors are separated. I still see a popeye I will whip out the macro lens later and get you pics. Those were taken with my cell phone which is why they look like butt. I mean, look at the other marble, poor images as well. Now that my stuff is back to par, I will add new images

Galen, you are confusing "looks black" with black glass. The only way a marble could have borosilicate is if it were made after 1939 and the costly process to make it.....just not happening back then I see, what you are calling black and I see 1 marble that is purple, 1 is green, 2 are brown and the rest LOOK black, but I do not think they are at all.

hey Zaboo :0 I am pretty sure there is no true black glass except obsidian. Black seems to be sever shades of blue,green or deep reds that I have seen That's a pretty marble.

Both are clear base Other has 3 separate colors

William, nice looking stuff. However, per the videos, they seem really low resolution to me desktop. It may be because I am running high end setup for graphics and I am using a 4K monitor, but here is a screen shot I only mention this because your images are pristine, easily viewed at 3840x2160 with no issues. However the video, looks like it is 800x600 then stretched to me. It may be no big thing,but to me ,at least, the images set the mood and purchasing pace and your videos seem flat and from the 80's only because your recorder is evidently recording at a low resolution I hope this helps. Looking forward to seeing what goodies you list

I listed this lastnight has anyone had a black/Blue popeye before ? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hybrid-3-color-Akro-Agate-popeye-M-41-64-/331390752171 Surface is great...but it is peppered with brick material inside of it as well. I assumed it may have been dug then again, I could be way off there. Anyway, it was 1 of 2. I have seen red and yellow and sometimes a bit of orange, the oother one was a small sliver of red and a LOT of orange http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hybrid-Akro-Agate-popeye-M-11-16-17-3mm-/231399078558

You see what I see. It just screams pelt to me ! SCREAMS I TELL YOU !

Uhh A slag or some sort of transitional maybe ? I do not think I have seen an alley with amber glass before. I have a s;ag with a single white blob in it and another with 1 white squiggly line running from pole to pole, ergo my guess