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I have met Roger and his wife years ago in a Seattle show. My condolences to his wife, family and friends. Sami

Thank you again for all the kind words. FYI, I will be placing some of the more inspiring reactions on my website in the testimonial page. If you want to be there fire on. all the best sami

Thank you all! Joe, I would love to have one of the banana cats eyes and I'm sure MJ would love too. Best Sami

Thank you guys!!

Thank you Mike. It means a lot to me the compliment coming from you. Best Sami

Me and MJ picking the books tomorrow. The eBay listing will be up tomorrow evening. All preorders will be shipped Saturday. Thank you for all the interest and patience.All the best,Sami Arim

Sorry there is no media mail option to canada. It will have to be regular mail. I'll check and let you know how much it would be. Best, Sami

Hello, I am told by my customs agent that customs flagged additional intensive exam to the container with my books which means additional 6-7 days delay. Thank you for your patience, Best, Sami

Dave, lolol, I am trying my best but nothing is in my hands at the moment. Steph, you can pay directly through PayPal to this email id. The book is $40 and shipping is $5. best, sami

Hello all, It was great to see so many of you and meet to some of you in person at Canton show. That was great fun. Also, thank you very much for the pre-orders of my book. A lot of copies are sold already. As promised all copies that were sold in Canton will be signed by me and Mike Johnson. The books have arrived at Oakland Port last Monday and going through bunch of burocratic processes. I am told that I will be able to pick them up by Tuesday 14th. First Canton orders will be mailed by mid to end of next week. I will list the books on Ebay as soon as I have my hands on them. if you want a signed copy please send me a message through Ebay at purchase or send me an email at [email protected]. I am struggling with the website and it may not be ready by next week. I simply did not have time to get it done. I'll post an update on that as soon as I have one. All the best, Sami

Those are must have marbles.

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That's great Lou. I'll do my best to contribute posting and paying. Sami

I don't think it is polished. It does look like a MK swirl with only two colors. sami

Hey Dave, The marble on the back has bronze and green aventurine ribbons on green base glass. sami

Lou, sorry to hear the direction the board is going. It has been a good old time wonderful board with many memories. I wish I could help but have no time. I hope it will survive this period and come back as strong as it was once upon a time. best, sami

There are only 1000 copies printed. I doubt there will be a second round.

Hello all, I finally got an ETA from the shipping company. They will sail on Monday the 16th of January and will arrive to Port of Oakland on the 6th of February. I tried my best to get the books here on time to take some to Canton show for debut, but it didn't work. Me and Mike are planning to pick up the books on Friday 10th of February. This is if everything goes as planned. I will have the advanced copy of the book with me in Canton to show it around. Attached are few pictures of the advanced copy. The books will be sold through my website peltierglasstoymarbles.com or through my Ebay account "machinemades". I will update everyone as soon as the website is published and listing is up on Ebay. Thank you for all the interest. All the best, Sami Arim

Hi Ron, Thank you for the feedback. Gino was involved as soon as he heard about the project and offered all the advice and input he could give. Mike was completely ok with Gino being part of the book. So, it was only appropriate to sign him up as a co-author. Too bad he wasn't able to see it materialized. Sami

Yes, the books are on their way. I still don't have ETA yet hoping to have this week. I'm guessing mid to late January. I'll announce here as soon as I have any more info. Thanks for asking. Happy new year all, Sami

Hi RAR, its about time you showed up. Been a long time. Good to hear from you. Sami

Thank you for the positive comments. Couple additional information on the book... it will be 9"x6" and the price will be $40. Thank you Sami

Hello all, A project, that took close to 4 years from the birth of the idea to making a reality, finally realized. The book files were sent to printers couple days ago. It will take approximately 2 months to print if everything goes as planned. The book will be hard cover, glossy paper and 224 pages total. I will develop a website for detailed info and orders while we are at the press. The domain name is peltierglasstoymarbles.com. I will announce when the website will be available. The book will also be sold through Facebook and Ebay. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you, Sami Arim

Our bi-annual meeting date is fast approaching. We are expecting 10-12 people this time. Hope to see you there.Thank you,Sami Arim

I'll be there Thursday morning. See you guys soon.