Fire1981

It’s my understanding that ribbon construction can determine is a handmade is German or English. Here are my examples and am wondering if I understand this is correctly. Any ideas🔥 RAR

Whoever you inherited these from had a very good critical eye for Contemporary marbles made by very well established Artists. Sometimes less is more. My favorite is the Clamsbroth. Could post a pic of that showing the other pontil? I’m curious to see how symmetrical it is to the other one. The 3rd one is off the charts. That pattern can get sloppy in a nanosecond 🔥 RAR

Ah…..l thought moldy was a trait. Kind of like chalky or molted🔥 RAR

These could be Wisplers. The seams don’t that as an aggressive V cut as per Master and Akro. 🔥 RAR

It’s all good. If you had just posted the last pic I would have gone with Kokomo🔥 RAR

WOW !!! Those are spectacular. 21 States witnessed this show🔥 RAR

You didn’t need to start a new thread. I was hoping anyone that saw them posted and shared there pics here🔥 RAR

Tricky. I’m getting Foreign Pat h vibes. Let’s see if that stick. The crystal clear base glass is a very nice bonus IMHO🔥 RAR

Yep. I appreciate the fact that you trust my ability to ID Pelts. But there are numerous Members that are just as well versed as I am. I would feel better if you don’t just call on me in the title of your threads. I have sent PM’s to Members sometimes to take a look at one of my marbles. But I only do this if I haven’t gotten any responses in a day or 2🔥 RAR

I’m not sure anneal fractures keep a marble in the mint range. I myself wouldn’t sell a marble with anneal fractures and rate it as mint. I have a Superman that has an anneal fracture but only visible under 30X loupe. It was listed as mint 9.8 The Seller didn’t know it was there when she listed it. I kept the marble. She sent me a nice mint MCS and we called it even. I think that was fair considering I spent $225. As far as I know there is no official “chart” that breaks down the defects and categorizes them in away that you can determine the grade. All in all I still think it’s a gray area. If anyone can shed some light on this it would be appreciated🔥 RAR

What’s weird is the don’t look like that unless you looking through your camera🔥 RAR

Too many pics for me 🔥 RAR

This one is kill’n me🔥 RAR

I’ve been referring to this one. I’m going back to MK. The seams don’t merry up with CAC’s🔥 RAR

That’s the wrong marble🔥 RAR

I can’t nail it down🔥 RAR

I think that one MIGHT be an opaque striped CAC. Pic one takes MK out of the picture for me🔥 RAR

I think the 6 on the bottom row from the left are Pelts. I’d like to see some group pics of those🔥 RAR

So true🔥 RAR

Wow ! Killer marble and messed up big time.I see a wadded up CAC swirl. I’m kind of hung up on the Whip Tail. This is going to be an interesting thread. That’s a Top Shelf Keeper for sure. 🔥 RAR

I’m all about the blood trail. 🔥 RAR

Tiger MK is what I see🔥 RAR

Chickadees are very mysterious. They eat their own dead. Who knew. 🔥 RAR

Yep🔥 RAR

We’ll see what others think about the first one 🔥 RAR