Chad G.

Looks like an old Japanese fishing net float. We used to find them all the time beachcombing, from a little bigger than a golf ball clear up to and over the size of a basketball. Here's a larger size one w/ the netting still on it. The smaller ones can still be found for sale by the hundreds @ shops near the coast.

The Akro on the (R) appears to be a Superman double ingot marble, looks like 3/4' or better, agree w/ the one on the (L) being Master also.

"Welcome to Marble Connection Kimber" Can't wait for them pix, if ya need any help posting or w/ anything else just say so

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Most old German marbles that have been polished were polished for a reason (Damage) usually polished to the point they no longer exhibit any pontil. However a good buffing w/o polishing can go around the pontils w/o removing them. I'd say the presence of facets ( & or ground or unfinished pontils) and melted pigtails is a good sign as to being the original surface. No way of telling from your pix but from what I can see they have their original surface. Sorry no good pictures of facets !! pigtail Unfinished

Good Question, just over 11/16ths is my biggest but I've seen a whole lot bigger

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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.