Chad G.

Akro silver ox, some Akro carnelians, corks, a few Handmades, and the Pelts "might" be pine needles ?? Look for av on the green ribbons. Might be somethin hiding as always ?? To be considered a "Pelt pine needle" it has to contain av in the green ribbons, If not just a Pelt Rainbo. here's a little closer look at the possible needles !! A HTF Pelt !! Possible "Champion hotwheels" (upper L side of second pic)

The first one's a great example Joep, exactly what collectors of the type are looking for, almost "0" % white showing.

"Happy Akro Friday" A few pix I forgot to post last week from the box of Akroware TGIF

Thank you for the easy find approach Steph I've looked for this pic several times !!

I could look at marbles like this all day long !! Woo Hooo !! I'm not a big Vitro fan but this one is outstanding in anybody's book, I can't say enough !!!

I forgot the "name" a "transparent base NLR" some call them "6 finger" not to be confused with Vitro (which many are including me) maybe that's why I don't personally use the term when talking about this Pelt. .... !!

I'm seeing Vitro as well, man Gladys you keep pulling these killers out of your hat, running the full gambit of manufactures too, A#1 !! Another rare bird for my photo folders, Yeah !!

100% Pelt Tommy !! Have fun at the show Brother, I really have to pace myself when I'm there being a fellow "marbaholic" ......... ...... The people are the best part.

Nice Bruce, I'll read a bit more of Elizabeth's book & see what it says about the other colors !! I'll look for Amber in particular.

2 Joseph Coats, one at 1.25" and the other just under, VHTF at this size.

Sorry for the delay !! Here are a few pix of what I believe to be a red base Pelt cat. Size is 9/16ths as described in Elizabeth Kempski's book "The World of Cat's Eye Marbles" It may be MK but the construction says to me Pelt, resembling a banana cat. If anyone has a different I.D. for this cat other than Pelt "please" post, I've had 1 of these many years, & acquired the other last week, I had no idea of the manufacture till I read Elizabeth's book, it only gives 2 possible manufactures, Pelt or MK, there are some unknown foreign made but they are all larger. I believe these to be Pelt. At least the basic construction says Pelt to me ??

"Happy Thüringen Thursday" 1.25" mica I posted on pg.2 w/ it's twin

Pix of the Red Pelt cat tomorrow, to tired to set up the tripod nd stuff to get some decent macro to look at. See ya !!

I knew you'd have at least 1 pink Pelt Bill .... .... those pink ones are Pelt correct ??

I have a couple Peltier cats in a red transparent base. I didn't even know who made then until Elizabeth Kempski mentioned them in her new book as being a HTF cat, I'll see what page and post a pic after I get back from Church (Promise) I have some blue based 1" also; Oh wait I have an old pic of one of the Pelt red cats and both blue bases. The pelt cats are all 19/32nds I believe ?? I was lead to think the red one was German but learned differnt after reading Elizabeths book. May be a while I have to find it in her book & on what page !! I found it, pg. 54 of Elisabeth's book. Peltier red based cats were confirmed as being found by Gino Biffany at the 2007 Amana marble show. Peltier & MK both made a red base version, Peltier being the rarer of the two, 9/16ths for a size which is exactly what mine are. At least I hope mines the pelt version, either way I'm happy to have found so rare a cat all the way over here !! In fact I found 3 of them, now to find my little "marble helpers" stash to get more pix of the older ones as shown in the pic. I just looked it has the exact same banana shape if not more so than Bills pink examples. An old pic for now, the blue may be common I'm not sure but believe them to be some manner of foreign cat ??

100% repro, Cotes MASTER LOAF was on an opaque white based PPP patch, there may be others on different base colors out there but I haven't seen them. The real comics and ad marbles are graphite stamped directly onto the glass w/ a thin coat of clear over it, you will be unable to scrape it off w/ your thumbnail unlike the repros which are cheap screen-prints that can be scraped off w/ a little effort. The repros are generally on the wrong sized mibs & the pic is always a little off (the SKEEZIX is exact though), many near or over 3/4" mark. I have yet to see a repro on a PPP but I can see the day coming especially since the Cotes & Tom Mix are so high dollar. I see the repros online all the time, they sell them in full sets as well with several that were never on Pelt mibs like "Mutt" &"Popeye" etc.... I think there's one Tom Mix on Ebay and Old nurse (Kathy Klatte) had a Cotes on consignment for a while, I believe it sold because I just looked & it's not there anymore. If it's not a PPP it's not a Pelt. comic or one of the 2 ad marbles. (Cotes & Tom Mix were ad marbles, the others were from popular Syndicate comic Characters of the day)Yes" I know some thief will be printing them on PPP's someday but I haven't seen one "yet" Just a side note, the set I have looks like it came off the rollers yesterday, I had to go through many comics to get the "wet mint" set I have now. Usually around couple grand $$ for a mint example of the Tom Mix or the Cotes !! A link from right here on MC showing a repro and a real one LINK : https://marbleconnection.com/topic/16624-what-is-the-rarest-peltier-comic-marble/ Peltier info site LINK : https://www.peltiermarbles.info/characters Real Cotes

Yes, many are uv. all in curios now, worked in pretty tight so not looking forward to digging them out but I guess I'm gonna have too probably sooner than later !!

Smore ........

I see Pelt. onyx (slag) the slight amount of feathering going on is making me lean that way.

Yessir a nice buffet of mibbage there Bill !! ..... I'm gettin hungry again .... .... Them ashtray's looks like the main course, Deeliciouse

I meant to straighten them "all" out, not just find one Eyahhhghh, Ha, Ha Ha !! Better hit the store Brother, save me place in line while yer at it

Just everybody has an opinion on what qualifies as one and what doesn't. Almost like walking on eggshells, as you can see by Steph's post, always some question one way or the other. Not just cats, Popeyes and many others fall into the "Hybrid" abyss. I generally stay out of it because it's always the same thing. Conversation is good, the only way disputes are ever settled. Always a question ?? I guess if all the questions were answered we'd have nothing to talk about. I'm not taking any sides here but just sayin I agree w/ & believe Steph's definition of a "Hybrid" to be completely true !! Unintentional for one manufacture, Intentional for the other, now you see what I mean. "I" see most "definitions" as based on a general consensus, which makes sense, I guess we can all agree to disagree until the day this subject and many others reach resolution !!

now I gotta take those pix, the arm has officially been twisted !!

Here's where the "All Perspective" part comes in, "Hybrids" is & always has been a highly disputed term As I'm sure I'll get a reply to this post, never the less engagement is what we're looking for !! Just how things are finally ironed out.

More like "weeks" I've seen his garage He's got the fever just like we all do !!! If I had a garage you probably wouldn't be able to get much past the door !!