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Yes Ann. Ribbons on Clear Rainbos are not as strong or opaque as earlier Fruit Cocktails and thin out to different shades. They are also more on the surface while Fruit Cocktail ribbons go deep into the marble. I have to take back 6 ribbon statement Ric brought up though. Fruit Cocktails have only 4 ribbons just like a bumble bee or tiger would have, but all ribbons have different colors. 3 color Cocktails have one same color in two ribbons. 

Absolutely. Also depth and thickness of the ribbons are different. Fruit cocktails that are shown here are 4 colors versus clear Rainbos are 3 colors, but there are 3 color fruit cocktails also.

Ann,

all the marbles Winnie posted are Clear Rainbos. Fruit Cocktails are shown in few of Bill's picture, four in the group picture and one as a single shot. My avatar is also a Fruit Cocktail. Let me know if you need more info.

Sami

Hi Winnie,

Very nice Peltier! These are called clear Rainbos which are a generation later than Fruit Cocktails. Fruit Cocktails were clear based National Line Rainbos circa sometime late 1920'ties to late 30'ties. Clear Rainbos were most likely made after that period.

Sami

Hi Andrea, the book is at the final stages. I am communicating with few printers and editors to wrap it up.

Sami

It is a contemporary carpet bowl.

It wants to be a Green Hornet but am not sure it's green enough. Darker the green more desirable and rare.

I am selling to international buyers regularly. Buyers mostly are concerned of prompt delivery rather than cost even on a $10 to $50 dollar marble. It will effect things but not dramatically.

You have to look at the Pontils closely. They can fake everything but the Pontils will give it away most of the time.

Looks like speckled onionskin from here.

Hi Steve, until recently I was believing Christensen guineas, striped opaques and transparents have to have a cutline. Only swirls would not have any. Couple months ago I was visiting an old friend and was looking his exceptional collection and found a high end Guinea that is a perfect match to two I have in my collection. This marble had no cut lines. I looked carefully with a loupe to see if it was polished and it wasn't. It had only some minor wrinkles at a small area. The examples in my collection both have a single cutline. My conclusion is, which may be totally wrong, some early Christensen agates might not show any cutline whatsoever. Very rarely seen and might mean hand gathered some sort. FWIW

Sami

A terrible loss to all of us. Collecting Peltier marbles will never be the same. My condolences to his family and friends.

Both the room trading and the show itself was as good as I have been to any Vegas show if not better. Lee, Ernie and Dani were exceptional hosts as always. There were great marbles to be found throughout the show, including great last minute deals. A gorgeous couple of early Akro Agate boxes showed up at the show. Many walk ins brought many marbles to be appraised during the show. It was great to spend good times with friends, meeting new collectors and finding marbles. We missed you and and few other regulars, but few old timers that were missing a while showed up. The whole time went so fast we couldn't believe it was over. Looking forward to next year already.

Thanks to the trio to organize this great event.

Sami

Tornado

Galen,

Your percentage for '9' and tail is way off. Please expand how you came up with such a high number. There are many MFC marbles that do not have a '9'. Also the color is exact match to MFC slags. Another creative supposition is a cut line on a cut line. I do not see a connection to the original marble to the last Akro folded reject cork.

Sami

Well said Ron. A lot of wisdom to the ongoing struggle of collecting antiques hobby.

What is the charasteristics of the glass that do not match MFC?

It looks like a MFC slag.

Contemporary agate artists do cut by hand, not by a machine. Still they get rid of all imperfections to make the agate look perfect rather than with facets. Again, imitating antique faceting might prove way too much effort for not much gain. Anything is possible though.

High end contemporary agate makers see facets as imperfections. They cut agates with precision and without flaws. Someone might try to imitate antique faceting, but my opinion is that would be way too much effort for not much gain. It is time consuming and requires high level craftsmanship. Your marble looks to be a genuine antique agate. I need to hear from contemporary agate artisans differently to change my opinion.

I agree it is closer to a coreless swirl or banded transparent swirl description than an onionskin, but buyers do not care what it's called it looks like. Bids are flying.

Ric,

I have only seen blue and green based submarines. It is a perfect example why it matters to differentiate an early NLR and a later Rainbo. There are many transparent blue or green based Rainbos that are not submarines. It has to be a NLR to be a submarine. This applies to many other color combos too, like a blue and black Rainbo does not make it a Blue Panther etc.

Marbles are deceiving and look too good to be true. Pontils however are dead giveaway as they look terrible. But one needs to have an idea what they might be looking at. Otherwise buyer would think they found something good. Happened to me at a show. Love my magnifier....My best friend. Can imagine online auction, newbee and people will be taken for their hard earned cash.

Sami

Check if the brown has aventurine. If yes it is a brown bee. Those are hard to find.

Sami

Can't wait to spend some quality time with you guys. It's about time.😉