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Potentially all of them but if Peltier did I have no idea how you'd identify it, the rest are really obvious. All the slag colors I know of can be found handgathered.

Peltier and Christensen Agate have it in two flavors, Akro has it in one. Edit: I've also got a Vaseline with identical construction to the Canadian 2 color opaques...take from that what you will.

I guess the only issue I'd have with it is that giving up ground on qualities that tightly define the feathered pelts would produce more than there probably should be. Feathered pelts relative to other slags are rare in the absolute sense and have a pretty tight size range at about 9/16 - 3/4. If that had been clear instead of blue I wonder if the ID would have gone the same way

Interesting, did anyone happen to tell you why they felt that way?

I can't dispute that CA story since I wasn't there but I would hazard a guess that morphy slag was MFC. Long relatively straight shear but the photos conveniently omit the end opposite the viewer. That's where I'd be looking for a CA "ear". It's also a known production size for MF...my $.02

https://my.mixtape.moe/xpkiqr.jpg Super nice all, thanks!!

Put in your max bid with a buffer and then you won't have to worry about a snipe because you've already offered what you expect to spend. Unless things have changed it costs money to use a third party service and while not against any rules it's somewhat against the spirit of an auction not leaving the other parties enough time to counter. It's also the nature of the system like ebay and something you'll have to get used to.

Ill go with ground cullet that was hit with a torch to get some orange peeling. Edit: looks like fine air bubbles in the white in photo 1, stand by the torch theory...

Ah the Canadians...here's one I remember Roger Browse saying he didn't think the color combo existed on (opaque orange/opaque white). Shame about the pops...

Over at Land of Marbles there used to be a pine display case for sale, this would be going back many years now. I contacted the gentleman who runs tech support there and he didn't seem to know the make or where I could find another as they no longer carry it. They measure about 25"x13"x2-1/2" made of pine with a clear acrylic insert on the lid instead of glass. Anyone here familiar with this case and knows where I might be able to find another? I'm pretty fond of this style, it's light and holds a ton of marbles.

The site needed updating but that's probably not going to happen now. That orange MFC he has a photo of sure is killer (but not MFC).

Id have given him a strike as a non compliant seller. You can lose out or win big on eBay but by setting a BIN you get your price. If it's too low that's a shame but as the buyer, not your problem

It's a color that is UV sensitive and turns bright green under a blacklight the same as Vaseline glass. I have a theory it's some kind of manufacturing defect in the batch and is probably supposed to be yellow but was a happy accident

Get yourself some Christensen Exotics from...somewhere...and slowly bleed those out at super high prices. Since you'd have the market cornered on new supply you can let demand handle the rest.

Usually, but not always, the feathered ones have a few defining characteristics... 1. They do have seam(s) where the pattern terminates, somewhere. 2. There is an optical effect similar to oversaturating water with sugar that will trace the white below the surface shadowing the feathering.

Wrong hobby... And while there were 1100 alphas printed with an unknown number destroyed/damaged there isn't a good way to assign absolute rarity to a certain type of marble. There also isn't an independent grading authority to settle disputes on condition relating to price like bgs/psa.

Orange is pretty rare feathered...fluorescent green (which i think is a variant of vaseline) is now safely known to be made by Christensen and Peltier is the newest. Rarest probably gray, not sure what else to call it...it's gray to the eye and backlights a very pale aqua. Given the range found elsewhere I suspect teal does exist but would also be quite rare. Others I'm not so sure, but Pelts have a wider range than thought.

...colors that is.

Nice pattern and color, these are underappreciated in my opinion.

He has his own forum elsewhere and doesn't tend to post terribly much on other sites. That said given the nature of his collection I would hope if he did pass that it wound up in a museum somewhere and not picked over.

You'll know it when you see it, just like oxblood. Bill Tow has a knack for outstanding photography but that color is very hard to capture. It tends to drift towards amber but is definitely a soft pink to the eye.

I'll second that, long shear and a chevron pattern is what I'd be looking for especially if its a larger example.

I have this one set off to the side. Handgathered...maybe, not much to go off except some trailing. Old...not convinced. The pattern and the white on it have bothered me for as long as its been in the collection. Something just says "not MFC" about it to me. I'm used to seeing a chevron pattern or at least a long shear as a cutoff.