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What puzzles me... and I will never know the answer probably... is... DID my grandfather add any marbles late (newer modern marbles). I just can't imagine he did because my father (OMG he was so in love with his son, my dad) went off to college, to war, and then got married... etc. My grandfather was a county clerk, and involved in politics and, as I mentioned died (of a heart attack I think) in the early 1950s. There are many collections that I think could possibly overlap with my great grandfather... cigarette cards (from birds to costumes to.. yes, baseball)... arrowheads... and "buttons" (from the same kind of product buttons to political to .. one... shirley temple). It "seems" as if these collections range from late 1800s to about 1920s. And THAT also includes the photographic works of my great grandfather. I wish I knew more ... it is a lovely puzzle... and once I can sit down with other letters and written things maybe I can discover even more...

Besides you all... I don't know too many folks who really LOVE marbles. Except one friend in our sporting dog club... and his friend. We will be moving out of state soon so I asked him.... What is your favorite color marble? He said red. I plan to gift him a few of my reds... But what are YOUR favorite reds. If you could gift someone nice... maybe four?

Thanks.

That link didn't give the the actual photo... ? Weird... anyway... I might think, if it IS slag... keep in mind St Marys was in the middle of glass and slag... who know... there may haven been just a lot of stuff "in the market' and on the streets that never got recorded. On a side note... I remember as a kid going to "outlet" stores for glass in and around St Marys and "over the river." There were always "seconds." And I think that is how I acquired a large set of cobalt dinner plates, water goblets, and small wine glasses from Viking glass.

THANK YOU!! I love what I do. I will need to re-establish myself up north... but luckily I have a few contacts. The dog sport world is actually quite small. I LOVE YOUR PUPPIES!!!!!! I had a black cat named bear that looked like the one on your left but smaller. So sorry for your loss....

Steph, not sure this is the blue glow you refer to... as there is pink as well... but this poor, sad, beat up little marble has an inner glow. http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-kV7pjbm http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-cCVbv5X

Interesting discovery just now... a couple of the orange and blackies have a thin ribbon that glows green... Seems there is always more than meets the eye... http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-vJcRSJk

More views: http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-4ZFDt4c http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-3n9tssf http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-Nxr4fHt

I still think they are lovely ...

A couple others... I guess I like the burgundy and ochre colors... The rest? Ho hum. http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-FKdPdrk http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-n82QNZg

But for now they just remind me of the cheap marbles from when I was a kid (which still makes them antiques... LOL).

Here you go... First of all, there are actually TWO stripes. I pulled out the ones that are potentially as dark or similar. I took the liberty of "over exposing" the others just to see how dark they are... the ones on the left are more purple with more stripes (tho you don't always see them). The ones on the right (just one swath of white) ARE truly dark dark. And the original is as dark as possible... even overexposing doesn't bring out the purple except right next to the white... maybe it is black? http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-cHcC26K Too purple (but the naked eye looks super dark). Overexposed to bring out the color: http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-Lk3D3L3 Naked eye: http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-df2bpbf These are as dark, but NOT the same type... I know THAT much... LOL. http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-cRszqZM

Well, anything is possible. Somewhere I have a very modern large marble that I think my folks got in Europe on their travels.

More views: http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-SxbNJ5Q http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-P2SWppc http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-2KWrBwr http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-RfCM7D7

A similar assortment... most of them are similar to the one on the left. And I say "blue" but it is more like a blue-grey.

Thanks for the bump...

I keep them together just because they are probably the best "red-white-and-blue" I have. Got a gazillion blue... half gazillion of reds... and some pretty whites but...

Or... "OMG... none of these exist anymore!! I will give you one million dollars for them.... " (NOT that I want to sell my babies... but for a million I would... hahahahaha.)

I keep this in my purples only because you can kinda see some of it on the edge of the white... but barely. As dark a purple as I can imagine.

More views: http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-MJzwSZb http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-9bNKhhn http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-hnFF8Pv http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-hnFF8Pv

This one has a couple big bubbles inside... and a "seam" of sorts. I don't think it is a crack as it is rather smooth... It is like a cateye but the interior piece is not well defined.

One more view of these two.. http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-wc5StSj

Posting here for more exposure. I stumped the experts last time. Here are just two separated out for identification or commentary. Again, all of my marbles came from my grandparents' estate.... so the latest acquisition would've been EARLY 1950s... but probably unlikely. Most would date back to early 1900s... maybe a few late 1800s IF my great grandfather was a collector or player. They all lived in St Marys, West Virginia....

Yes. One of the Sisters. This is in an area where Trout Creek runs thru. It used to have trees until one of the huge fires that came thru many years ago. Now the manazanita is heavy and you can get nice glimpses of the Sisters. We've been to the rodeo a couple times and I have tickets for this year. I even got tickets for the bull riding evening this year!! FUN. I am a pro photographer (mostly dogs) so I usually take my big lens and shoot away just for fun. On the website where I have my marble pics I have an album for the rodeo a couple years ago. I also always attend the folk festival in September. This year I hope we will be up there full time and I can go to the quilt show too. It is a fun little town. One of those places where "the newly wed and nearly dead" like to live...

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