Chad G.

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@ 29/32nds a little beat but still one of my favorite solid cores for this "Thüringen Thursday"

........ I think it's Alley ?? This "West Virginia Wednesdays" post.

No ID here, but here are a few reference points to look @ on grey dragons LINK :: https://www.allaboutmarbles.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=52582&p=378392&hilit=grey+dragon#p378392 LINK :: https://www.allaboutmarbles.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7754&p=325109&hilit=grey+dragon#p325109 LINK :: https://www.peltiermarbles.info/rare

"Happy Peltier Tuesday" A Bee in natural sunlight VS. artificial light. Sometimes artificial is better, especially when you're the shakiest gun in the West

Yes those are fractures, fractures are a common trait in the Akro superman & Indian Blanket marbles. The fracturing usually occurs in the red transparent part of the cork, the transparent red glass was incompatible with the other glass, reason being most if not all of them where dug factory rejects. I have a few out of hundreds w/o fractures and that haven't been polished, some IMO (11/16ths size) made the grade but not many. Ron called the glass incompatibility the coefficient I believe ?? The smallest is 11/16ths & in exceptional mint condition w/ no defects, the big one next to it is polished, none of these have fractures, I only kept the polished one because of the size, .83 I believe ? The first has all the hallmarks of a dug marble, except for fracs. Here's a closeup of the big polished example next to the 11/16ths THis is the one that exhibits the most dug qualities, the glass appears aged, like it was buried or wet and is starting to undergo a chemical transformation. You can see the similarities in the glass surface on Fires example. I agree, the one that sold on Feebay was a terrible example, full of fractures, I think they were going for the size which many of the dug examples were, large.

Not slags, they look like opaque based gaming marbles IMO. Slags are transparent based (i.e. blue, green, amber, red, etc) w/ white opaque swirls running through them, here are a few links for you to ponder JJ, have fun MARBLE CONNECTION LINK :: https://marbleconnection.com/search/?&q=slags &type=forums_topic&quick=1&nodes=20&search_and_or=or&sortby=relevancy AAM LINK :: https://www.allaboutmarbles.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=43796&p=322493&hilit=slags+definition#p322493 AAM LINK :: https://www.allaboutmarbles.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=21536&p=170931&hilit=slags+definition#p170931 AAM MULTIPLE LINKS :: https://www.allaboutmarbles.com/search.php?keywords=slags+definition

Akro, wonky cork

Leaning more to your side of the pond on these Brother

Vacor IMO

My favorite and only UV Pelt feather slag for this "Sunday's Best"

Akro IMO

Akro IMO

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x2, NLR Christmas tree

Is it this one ?? The bidders are "nutz" nothin special to me !! LINK :: https://www.ebay.com/itm/115716596974?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050

Do you have a link ??

Standard Joseph coat IMO, lots of mine have an assortment of both jell and ribbon cores, along w/ about half the onions when I have a window to see into them @ the poles.

Another Avatar "The master of disguise" nice mibs & pix BTW Joe !!

Man, I hope they have more @ the same prices for you, a very nice bunch indeed !!

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Killer mib, perfect new avatar

Some prizenames from an auction I had in 09 auction for this "Akro Friday"

Some of my favorite onions one left for a good home w/ my marble Brother overseas