Chad G.

Agreed !! Value, a big fat "0"

Nice mixed bag of goodies Tommy, that Pelt is a monster. Yes !! a so named Akro "lily vase" just one more addiction in a long line of them I myself have.

Not talking about sellers on this board, I was referring to sellers on Ebay, Etsy etc... Questionable sellers (Ebay, Etsy, etc ...) is for sellers who "Obviously" know exactly what they're doing (Scamming). Placing a flag on them is a good thing and makes others (especially newer collectors) aware of their devious activities. If they're not questionable they'll usually state it in their description "not a marble expert" or "look at pictures for description". I can post an inumerable amount right now that are blatant scammers & thieves, "No question about them knowing exactly what their doing" Questionable sellers is "Research" from an educated collectors point of view, Yes check it out, of course !! But if you already know their rip offs you won't waste time looking at their posts. Ebay will reimburse anything, all you have to do is check the box "Not as Described" and Ebay will refund you, even if the seller doesn't. The scammer knows this so will continue !! business as usual to them, I've seen a few of them banned, as should happen to any proven thief. Ebay usually won't go after anyone unless a certain amount of complaints or refunds has been issued or it's over $9000.00 yes I said $9000.00. they haven't the "time" either. I wish this had been around when I started collecting, would have saved me hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Just my take on the whole thing but I get multiple requests asking if the seller is legit or the marble even exists. Looking at Ebay daily as I do & you also, I know you've seen blatant funny business & sellers knowing exactly what their doing, waiting for the unwary newbie to get scammed out of their hard earned cash & being none the wiser thinking they have a killer marble until they post here or ask another collector. Informing potential buyers is exactly what I'm talking about, not someone from this board being a questionable seller, you wouldn't be very bright to try and pedal your false wares here, you'd be flagged as soon as you posted. I've seen many here that came to this board broken and ready to give up marble collecting because an unsavory character took them for $$$. Here to help & inform, I already inform people of questionable sellers almost every day, just saying a thread dedicated to I.D.ing them as the other board has works pretty well, the newbies check it right away as I would also & still do.

Agreed, purple Pelt Onyx (slag)

Oh boy, I don't see any correct I.D.'s, best bet, I'd post em here before I buy em for a possible I.D. or price estimate. None of them appear to be at all what the seller is implying. Yeah I wish there was a filter for scammers "but". Clue # 2 is those outrageous prices, even if they were as described there's no way I'm giving over a grand for one Persian turquoise, for that you can almost get a mint original box full. They're probably already flagged as "Questionable Sellers" on AAM. Guess a "Questionable Sellers" thread could be started here ?? What does everyone think ?? Opinions are welcome !!

# 1 I'm seeing glass, I can see the popped gas bubbles that came to the surface, no clue on the manufacturer. # 2 I'm seeing glass, either Vacor or Imperial, leaning on Vacor because of the orange peel surface, either way foreign made. # 3 I'm seeing a stone sphere, not seeing agate or glass

Agree w/ Steph, # 1 looks Vacor & # 2 either a whacked out Akro cork or Vitro !! Great pics Kandi !!

Excellent !!

Man wada giant killer !!

Hmm, looks a bit foreign to me also, not really master ?? or Akro, Uh !! "Makro" I know, but it's late & I couldn't help myself !!

Here's a link for ya on the "Vitro Du - lite" I had no idea either until this thread was posted, a rare salesman sample box and a few other surprises as well. LINK : https://marbleconnection.com/topic/27645-vitro-du-lites/?tab=comments#comment-239064

How true, they didn't have Black light's in the 1800's, let alone a lightbulb until 1879. I dug up a little history on the Black light I wasn't aware of, so they did have one for at least part of the early marble production in the early 1900's but as you said I highly doubt the mibs being uv reactive was figured in during production. Most people probably didn't even know what a Black light was ?? A little on the Light Bulb as well, it's been a while since high school , did you know the dates ?? I didn't !! Back to school time for me, I had completely forgotten all this information, but looking it up "sparked" some memories !!! Entire History of the development of the incandescent light bulb : LINK : https://www.delmarfans.com/educate/basics/who-invented-light-bulbs/

Nice mib Bruce, a beauty !!

Hello Kandi, Could you please take a couple more shots of these 3 showing a little closer view of the top, bottom and then rotate the marble capturing a view of all four sides ??

That's 3 of us, better bust out the jumbo size popcorn .......... .. ....... Oh Brrroother ..... !!!

Mornin Bill .... Nice mibs Brother !!

"Happy Peltier Tuesday" " Yellow Base Glass" Peltier Comics on Peltier Peerless Patch marbles Yellow Based Peltier NLR marbles

I finally scored some mibs today but have to wait till Wednesday to pick them up, I know kind of a cruel teaser. One thing I will say, there is a goodly amount of diversity, some very low value and some so so. Now the "Tension builds" (yeah right) tension headache maybe, regardless I'll be back in 2 days with my booty, sad though it may be still a score around a dry county like this one. ..........

We have red horse here in the Columbia mainstem. They spawn in the creeks and streams feeding on other fishes eggs afterwards, they are native to this area, I never ate them but have tried just about everything else. Brown river carp are OK, I had some smoked and then canned and it actually tasted a bit like fall run Salmon, fall run being the less tasty of the years runs. Yeah they turn red during and then completely back at the end of spawn, probably where they got their name ??

I bet those "suckers" taste good too, people just assume they don't because their bottom dwelling scavengers, "like sturgeon " ?? Sturgeon has to be one of the tastiest white fish next to Halibut or Sole I've ever tasted, fish n chips here I come !! Man, sucker or no wish I was there !! The Deschutes Steelhead trip is still up in the air for next week, a "last stab" at fishing before Winter sets in.

I agree w/ Akro, I'm not that great on names for this type though !!

"Welcome to Marble Connection Kandi" Way to jump right in there, glad to have you. lots of great people and loads of knowledge accumulated here, if you're having trouble just post or if you're querying something don't be afraid to use the search bar in the upper R hand side. I agree w/ all the above statements, one US marble, 8 German handmades & what appears to be 3 newer stone spheres. Again "Welcome"

You're very welcome !! Looking foreword to whatever you have to share !! Remember, any trouble navigating or locating something there's usually always someone available to help you out.