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Everything posted by Chad G.
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All look like Alley to me except the bottom R corner IMO
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"Welcome to Marble Connection Gerald"
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Nice shot Gladys
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Looks like maybe a gamer, I wanna say Champion ?? Do you have a size Jeremy ??
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"Welcome to Marble Connection Jaimee" x2, David Salazar, I have some of his work from the 90's also, this one is called "Angelfish" and from 96 I believe ?? LINK : https://salazarglass.com/
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"HAPPY MK MONDAY" BERRY PINK / MARBLE KING BACK: LAWRENCE ALLEY COMPANIES Marble King was started in 1949 by Berry Pink and Sellers Peltier in St. Mary’s, West Virginia. The machinery was purchased from the Alley Glass Company. It was moved to Paden City, West Virginia, in 1958 after a fire destroyed the original plant. Berry Pink had also been jobbing marbles since the 1920s under the trade name “Berry Pink, Inc.”. Marble King continues to produce marbles today. Marble King produced ribboned, patch & ribboned, cat’s-eye, and swirl marbles. Most are collectible today. Marble King appears to have had different machinery that produced at least three separate seam marks. One type of machine produced a seam on the other side of the equator that was straight and at a perpendicular angle to the poles. A second type of seam has a “U” shape on either side of the equator. However, unlike Master Marbles that have the two “U”s going in the same direction around the marble, Marble King “U”s point towards each other. This seam design appears to be from an earlier machine and only shows up on Marble King marbles. A third seam type produces a seam on either side of the equator. One seam is straight and the other is “U” shaped. This seam type shows up on Marble King and Vitro Agate marbles. Patch & ribbon marbles have a patch on one pole, a ribbon of a second color encircling the marble, a ribbon of the same color as the top patch encircling the marble, and finally a patch of the second color on the bottom pole. The marbles have two seams. They are made using a veneering method which puts a thin layer of the colored glass on a base of white glass. These marbles were produced until about 1975 and were marketed under the name “Rainbows”. The most common Rainbow is white alternating with another color. The second color is usually red, blue, brown or green. There are Rainbows that are white with a color ribbon and patch consisting of two or three different colors. These are not quite as common. The most collectible Rainbows are two different alternating colors (not white). Over the past fifteen years, a wide variety of color varieties have been found. These have descriptive names that have been given to them by collectors. A representative sample, in ascending order of rarity: Bumblebee (yellow & black), Wasp (red & black), Cub Scout (blue & yellow), Girl Scout (green & yellow), Tiger (orange & yellow), Spiderman (red & blue), Green Hornet (green & black), Watermelon (red & green), Dragonfly (green and blue). There are also hybrid examples that consist of three or more colors. Spidermen, Green Hornets, Watermelons, and Dragonflies have only been found in the 5/8” size. Girl Scouts and Tigers have only been found up to 3/4”. Larger examples (up to 1”) exist of Bumblebees, Wasps, Cub Scouts, and Bengal Tigers. Most of the more esoteric color combinations have only been found in the 5/8” size, indicating that many of these may have been short run. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A marble similar to the Rainbow is called the Blended Rainbow, because it is a patch and ribbon type and many of the color combinations are similar to Rainbows. In these marbles, the colors are blended together. These marbles are usually about 5/8” or smaller. There are also Rainbow patches, which are an opaque white base with two different colored patches covering the surface. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Another collectible Marble King marble is the Rainbow Red. This is a white base marble with an equatorial ribbon of red and a second equatorial ribbon of a different color, rather than a patch. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Since about 1975, there have been several types of new marbles produced that are very similar to vintage Rainbows in terms of color and pattern. These include two-patch Rainbows in opaque, translucent and transparent base, patch and ribbon Rainbows in translucent or transparent base, and marbles that are missing the patch but have the equatorial ribbon. Most of these are still in production. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Marble King has also produced a wide variety of clearies, opaques, and cat’s eyes. The most collectible are the four-vane multicolor cat’s eyes produced at St. Mary’s. Cat’s eyes produced at Paden City have little value, due to their abundance.
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Oop !! I spaced it for a second !! "Welcome to Marble Connection Kenneth"
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We need your help @Al Oregon just wanna make sure on this bag being fantasy before it gets' opened, a big thank you ahead of time Al.
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Hopefully someone will chime in a little more familiar w/ your bag, wish I could help ya out a bit more
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Never seen the label, is the bag pleated ln the middle of the back ??
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Always good to have some unique one of a kinds around, in fact I seek out and prefer them, nice mib Brother And yeah, really diggin the new Avatar (Great Colors)
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You know that ones Orig. nice save Warren
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Clear are the most common followed by blue (cobalt) and then the amber, like Ron said I've never seen a green or red base except fakes, not saying they don't exist but never seen one. The less white patches and bigger variety of colors the better, white being a most common color on Guineas. No such thing as an easy to find guinea IMO, unless ya want to pay out the &%%$% for it. I know where there's 5 for sale right now, both cobalt & clear but I highly doubt many want to pay what's being asked. One's a guinea cobra, unless you have a couple grand you want to throw @ it it'll be there a while, don't get me wrong, it is a nice mib, there's as much or more going on inside as outside. Maybe I'm just bias because I don't collect Christensen anymore
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The "Score!" thread. Post your exciting finds here...
Chad G. replied to bumblebee's topic in General Marble & Glass Chat
Nice VHTF mib Chris Thanks for postin the pic, most don't even know what one of these is or what it looks like, nice, clean example. -
A big onion for this "Sunday's Best" I modified one of those light up rotating crystal stands to hold marbles.
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Who made it? With hopefully better pics this time
Chad G. replied to schmoozer's topic in Marble I.D.'s
Definitely a first for me Brad, I looked at it first time you posted pix and thought for sure MFC until I seen the seam, nice mib -
Looks like maybe some variation of a Blue Panda ? Is the base glass a gun metal blue trans color when backlit ? LINK :: https://www.peltiermarbles.info/pandas-and-skunks LINK :: https://www.allaboutmarbles.com/viewtopic.php?t=34476
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A CAC Snotty for this "Slags & Swirls Saturday" I sent this one to a Brother overseas last year, traded & gave away all my CAC, mostly for Pelts.
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What’s the difference? Spiral, corkscrew or snake?
Chad G. replied to Newton's topic in Marble I.D.'s