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Jabos, Vacors, Rainbos, maybe a couple of bricks, but the 2 I keep lookin' at are the big yellow one 2nd row, and the big mushroom lookin' one one row up from the bottom 4th mib from left. But I prob'ly don't see what you see. Thanks Bruce

They are pistachio, they glow, they may even be Alleys but the dark is not dark or defined enough for them to be "Alley Pistachios". But I like em anyway. Thanks Bruce

You better do it Gina. The only thing I could come up with was "Thirsty Thursday" where you pose all your marbles with beer. So that's a reject even before it starts. Thanks Bruce

Wind in the Willows? Thanks Bruce

a couple of green ones. still can't figure out why they load upside down, or how to fix it. thanks Bruce

It's gonna be tough to look at your other swirls if you can't take your eyes off that one. Thanks Bruce

Gladys; nice Akros, First rate photo. Thanks Bruce

Gonna get the jump on Akro Friday. I have a yellow base with blue and grey twist, I think it's kinda rare, I also posted a pic of some of my more common predominantly blue/grey with a yellow twist. Have I ever mentioned that I'm a sucker for corkscrews? Thanks Bruce

On sulphides try to focus on the critter inside and not the surface of the glass. Thanks Bruce

Don't get discouraged. It is a huge job, but worthwhile. Thanks Bruce

Dunno how odd, but I only have one. Thanks Bruce

Al is the real expert, but my gut says they are all fantasy pieces. Thanks Bruce

Dr. Robert Adams began creating golf balls out of Gutta Percha "Gutty". The Gutty golf ball was created from the dried sap of the Sapodilla tree. It had a rubber-like feel and was formed into ball shapes by heating it up and shaping it while hot. Just found the above on the 'net. Thanks again Bruce

Gutta percha is an old type of rubber. They made golf balls from it for awhile. That didn't last long, probably because the golf balls didn't. Papier Mache is paper and glue. Thanks Bruce

I found some that may or may not already be posted. Thanks Bruce

Sounds like a great idea. I doubt that I'd be much help, but I'll do what I can. Thanks Bruce

It's a cork. they don't always make a complete circuit. Thanks Bruce

I guess I was trying to make more out of it than it really is. But yes there are Japanese transitionals. Long cut lines, pucker marks and generally lower quality glass. my photos are not the best. Thanks Bruce

A couple more. I can't fix the upside down photos

Looks kinda like a Japanese transitional. The cut line is pretty long and it has pucker marks around it. Thanks Bruce

The patch kinda looks like a PPP to me. The white on white is not so common. It's nice whatever it turns out to be. Thanks Bruce

Yours too Tommy. I especially like the pale yellow one by the 2 white ones. I think slags may be the perfect marble: beautiful, but still common enough that it is possible to acquire a nice collection. Thanks Bruce

here are a few of mine. Thanks Bruce

The reason I ask is; When I think of Jabo I think of a smallish company that made lots of small runs of marbles that went for the most part to collectors. That is obviously not true- at least not completely. There are Jabos everywhere. So they must have made marbles on a large scale and had a fairly sophisticated method of distribution. Anyway I got to thinking about it when Marbles were ID'd on this site as Jabo yet again. I began to think that my preconceived ideas about Jabo were wrong. I would not hazard a guess as to the percentage of Jabos up for ID on this (and others) site, but I suspect it is significant. So anyway that's why I'm asking. Sorry about being so long winded. Thanks Bruce