bonniemarbles

Have you seen how things have change on the internet?   I may be wrong, but Alan's beautiful works now are a handful of collective pictures, another that I use to like has modified so that it just looks scary, another looks like a money pit, and so on. Also, I see there are many places where they aren't complete even though people have been using the marbles for a long time, or they use new names for old ones without telling us why. It's hard enough to learn about our marbles without having these changes to contend with. What do you say, am I right or just blowing smoke?.....Bonniemarbles

thank you all for your help......lol

1. I have these marbles that really don't look like Akro to me but they were too nice to pass up. Any suggestions, am I just not knowledge enough? They are really pretty.

 Heaton's sweet potato- there's also a green potato and a black potato- cool, all of them.

i have several marbles that could be from several co. The top one could be a sunset, or just a nice marble There are either Alleys or look a-likes.  And the center one should have a stronger green than the picture shows, but it still has a dragon look...... talk to me please....

You see right, the middle one has a streak of lavender and the one on the bott has a wide band of brown ...

 These marbles are very similar but the littlest one has a clear base, while the rest are cobalt blue, and one has brighter blue than the others.  I'll welcome any suggestions....thanks

I'm trying again----these are swirls that I hope are Heatons, but help me if I' m wrong....

I sent one set of marbles to be helped with, then typed up another, and somehow the first one doesn't show up and the second one hasn't got my pictures---help!!!!

Help please, I think these are Heaton but can't really tell, the one thing they have in common is a blue glass base

It's taken me awhile, my cat walked across my computer, and everything is scrambled, but I think I have you back lets see---I've put in two marble sets, one simple swirl, the other complicated, both could be all or mostly Heations

I purchased some from a dig and some from Ebay. I'm quite careful and don't buy those large bunches even if I might be giving up something nice cause I don't want a lot of low qualities. If I  knew some reliable people id go that route, but they are too far flung and covid even made it worse. So here  I am, recovering from a stroke, 79 years old, thinking the world is in bad shape right now, and having a ball with marbles.  so while I have you here, here are some more I'm stewing over---☺️

Here's tough ones for me, but I hope all are Heaton' 

I'm  hoping to get these these as all Heaton, but if the  brown based two are the only 

Heatons for sure all be O.K.

While I was blanked out, the Computer Imp scrambled so many things that I had to rewind, that it took me forever it get it back to here.  Glad to be back😄! !                     Next question now, any names you can give these will be much appreciated........Thanks

I hope this works- it's been a while, here goes:  yea, it still works

I had a stroke New Years Eve, nearly died, don't remember much, but came out of it. weak but raring to go. People call me 'A Miracle Girl" but I just call me Bonnie, work hard, and am now on my walker and practicing on my cane. there are few signs, except for my voice- I can't talk much above a loud whisper, much to Bills delight .Fortunately, that won't bother you folks at all.  I  hope some of you missed me and I'll see you soon- LOL- Bonnie

Is that a magazine one can get hold of? I just acquired  64 dug Heaton marbles, several are very much  like a couple I've posted in the ID section & are so distinct, maybe these are in a list  that isn't familiar to a lot of people  Anyone???

Are there pics. here of Heaton marbles that have names which haven't  been  in the video or pics of marbles from the recent dig.  At the end of the video it was suggested that there were other named marbles, but did'nt go further to describe & name them. Chad, all your pics. were lovely, but just made me want  Ids. on them, if they were know Heatons before digs, when they were dug, etc.-  They just teased me!

cute 😄

well, I don't think I'll add them to my collection, I don't want to dodge the question when one of my grandkid asks "What's this one called, Grandma?"

     We tried to keep our spirits up while not seeing anyone this Xmas, but I didn't know it would be this hard. We all either called or texted ea. other, opened our Fed X boxes while on the phone, gave congrats to the newly engaged grandson & girlfriend, . & thanked ea. other for the new fridge we got for ourselves....& it was 12:15 -no grandkids to play toys with, no dinner to gather around- this pandemic sucks !!! 👎.... Bill turned to basket ball & I got out marbles. I started putting together look-alike marbles & after a while I had eaten up 3 hours looking through marbles by every company & had forgotten to feel sorry for myself, another reason to be thankful for having discovered marbles. Here's what I came up with....I hope you all found ways to get through this season: be safe, & hope for a better year for all of us

     I got out my loupe ( a tenX)  & there are little blue stars everywhere, it's beautiful, like a galaxy in some spots, especially fanning out from the seams-  the ribbons have an orange peel look & in one spot there are larger AV spots that are almost a blue purple- I wish I could get pictures of it all,  Chad, thanks for alerting me to the possibilities of what the marble could be, because, to my shock, you were so right!   

     I took the one I called messed up into the sun & the "blobs" turned out to be cobalt blue with little fine twinkles all over.  Quite the surprise, so glad I asked, I never would have thought !!!  It has a new home now,

   I got 4 MK bumblebees in my 1st marble jar, put them in their little slot & forgot about them. As I was re-arranging marbles, I looked closer at my bees & found 3 had straight ribbon line ones & 1 had a blobby ones. The blobby-lined one 1 has the blackest lines, with blue tracer lines along the black lines.

The next one has a grayish/lavender half ribbon with white tracer lines under a complete blk.line, the third one had reddish brown lines & two orange tracer lines in the yellow top patch, & the last one looked like a normal bee. Are they all bees & is this an example of what you all mean by marble can vary & still be called the same thing- are my 4 all still bees? Do I have a messed up bee, a hybrid bee, a brown bee & a true bee, ,,,or am I overthinking the whole thing....   I think I have just enough knowledge about marbles to be dangerous.