Chad G.

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You're right, I seen some sparkling, it does look like av. Dave, I'm stumped, I still think foreign made but by who I haven't the slightest !!

Agree Art, black glass is a highly disputed subject, confusing many, including me. Black is never expected, I don't think ?? All perspective I guess ?? A combination ?? overlapping ?? Who knows !! Except the actual people who produced the glass in the first place, sometimes I know as we all do, wish we could've been there.

All the pix are of different marbles, I held that black one in hand and tried to see what color it was w/ the brightest LED I have, nothing, no brown. red, green, nothing would come through except a light reflection of what looked like a clear coat around the outside. Wish I still had access to it but sold, down the river and long gone. I'll keep looking for those other pix though. A Joseph Coat with several ribbons of brown in it & Av. I think if you can imagine it they made it at some point, even if it was a mistake. With so many so called one offs, who's to say I guess ?? I have some banded & ribbon cores both w/ brown & black ribbons but haven't taken any pix I know of ?? I need to look or get off my duff and take some new pix ??

Another Joseph's Coat, at 15/16ths a great example, for some reason I'm drawn to these brighter colored late Victorian Era coats. Pictures were taken by the one I acquired the mib from, my friend Terry.

I'll call again later. Hopefully I get a reply, sooner or later I will as I'm getting a few Handmade Pepper mint swirls and an av Joseph coat from him, so not if but when, soon I hope ??

Well I found a couple old pix in my folders, not very good ones but maybe give a little idea until I get the others ?? I know that normally they were all cased in the original base color, just wondering if they went to the extra effort to case black in clear ?? The first pic was taken w/ a 200 watt bulb and a flash, I know a lot of reflection but that's how the individual takes his pix. Might be a really dark olive green or another color similar ?? A rarer colored cerise for comparison, also taken w/ the 200 w and a flash to show the condition of the marble.

Yes I have Bauman's book and no it's not mentioned as a color for mica but there is true black in other old German handmades that light will dimly penetrate and show that it's not amethyst, dark purple or blue. I've seen what people are claiming as black and I could do nothing to prove it otherwise. Completely opaque no matter how strong the light. I'll do my best to hunt down a few pix for ya and see what you think David ?? There was no visible mica on the inside at all, as said they must have been cased ?? I just called someone who has sold a few of them over the years, hopefully he can drum up the pix for me !!

Never seen an Imperial w/ av. , "if" they do have av maybe something else other than Imperial, unknown to me ??

Nice !! I was wondering if you had any Black micas ?? I' haven't ever seen a quantity of them just like Red. I don't really understand why, maybe a problem w/ fracturing in the annealing process ?? Just saying if I had a choice back when they were being made it would have been Red, am I alone in this choice ??

Another "Beachball type Joseph Coat" slightly shrunken.

"Thüringen Thursday" Another Josephs coat, slightly shrunken w, av in the dark green veins. Please excuse the blur, I took this one a long time ago !!

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"Peltier Flaming Dragon Submarine" LINK : https://oldraremarbles.com/product/peltier-submarine-dragon/ "Peltier Golden Dragon" LINK : https://marbleconnection.com/topic/25949-still-on-the-quest-of-golden-dragons/ Here's the "Peltier Marbles info site" link Gina. I hope this helps ya out a bit, there is another type of Pelt Dragon that just got named last month but I'll wait till it's official. AS far as seeing things inside marbles I've seen just about everything from oven brick to dust, dirt. and metal along w/ a few other as yet undermined things. Cyclone is exclusive to CAC as far as I know, the term Tornado has been used loosely by just about every manufacture including old German handmades. Oop !! I almost forgot, yes several marbles carry the term "Submarine" attached to them. "But" it has been stretched to the limits (lost it's meaning) people are calling almost anything a submarine for the $$. The first time I heard the term it was used to describe either a CAC or one of many German Handmades, I can't really remember which it was ?? LINK : https://www.peltiermarbles.info/peltierdragons

I wish they all had jumped around on the rollers like that one !!

Looks foreign to me as well, maybe Imperial as said by mibber ??

This Superboy is exhibiting the checkerboard pattern. the ends of the reddish ribbons don't meet but instead alternate creating a pattern similar to the layout of a checkerboard.

"Happy West Virginia Wednesday" Heaton Robin Eggs

Not a "Checkerboard" pattern, "I wish" The pattern is just as the name describes but must carry further than one set of interlocking ribbons, a (Checkerboard) the ribbons will appear to be able to interlock not swirl. Maybe I'll look for a better description later ?? Still your Zebra is a nice marble Art !!

"Happy Peltier Tuesday" I just got this in the mail today from a great Marble Brother & Friend. A wet mint 45/64ths Peltier NLR Tiger w/ av. I have several Tigers already but really like them as I'm sure they were favorites of many a youngster years ago. Good to find these shooter size of any type in beautiful mint shape. I know you can only see a minimum of silvery av but believe me it's there w/ a touch of blue also. I was in hurry to get this pic and didn't concentrate on the av. If I remember I'll take some better pix at a later date !! What appears to be damage are only subsurface air (gas) bubbles, I couldn't even find a micro flea, a very clean marble, I'm a very, very happy camper. I'll try and remember to get all my tigers and wasps together for a group shot. Tigers are some of my favorite Pelts for sure. Still chasing a checkerboard pattern, I've only seen a few with it and regret passing on them as they're nearly impossible to find now. 🐯 This isn't my marble but an excellent example of a Peltier NLR Burnt Superboy with the checkerboard pattern that I'm looking for. Not just Tigers but any NLR with this pattern. PM me if you have an NLR with this pattern you wouldn't mind parting with, excuse but I had to throw that in !! It's getting to be like hunting Dodo birds or looking for a passenger pigeon.

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Feast or Famine !! Hey !! wait a minute, is that Noah's ark ?? ....

"Happy Mable King Monday"

I lean Alley on the first as well.

Stephen Bahr has another great new vid out on YouTube with Ron covering some more Alley history. LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-L3bqIThYc&t=500s