Chad G.

I guess ordering direct from her is a couple bucks cheaper ?? I Emailed her & got an immediate response !! Here's her name & the Ebay link, contact info should be on the Ebay site, I had her Phone # but can't find it ?? I'll find it by the end of the day & post it here Elizabeth A. Kempski Ebay : https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-World-of-Cats-Eye-Marbles/233730858682?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3Da6862c067d884a0384fa727dbbde8dfb%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26mehot%3Dnone%26sd%3D233730858682%26itm%3D233730858682%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3Ab4d14171-68a4-11eb-886f-8e345d908693|parentrq%3A787d5eae1770a9e5384a73ccffeb401c|iid%3A1

Thanks eggie for all the great info, wow they must have had a tremendous amount of stock. By the way "Great Mibs" Love em !!

Looks like a foreign cats eye to me ??

15/16 is big for a christensen, not that I haven't seen them, did you mean to write "tiny" "super small" & "15/16ths" ?? Strange seams for a CAC, it kinda looks like a Pelt to me ??

"Maybe" a shot of the top end of the pic shown will resolve this dilemma ?? I am at an impasse ?? I've been wrong plenty of times before one more time won't hurt only help ( I Hope) I MAY HAVE DONE IT THIS TIME ?? HELP ME PLEASE !! I'M HURTING MYSELF !!

They look "Berry Delicious" thanks for the break Steph, nothing like laughter to get you through the day 🤣

Good point Bruce ?? I may be wrong but I'll still say machine made

Thanks, almost 7/8ths, a big one.

Looks machine made, just curious, do you happen to remember the size ??

Excellent, love Veiligglas, some of the best stacked flame patters I have ever seen, I wish they were more prevalent over here. I gave mine to a friend who collects them in Italy. Yes the tags would be a plus but still in the bag, a great find I was wondering, do you know which one of these bags is harder to come by ?? older, newer ??

Mmm... Mmm... Master....................Yeah Buddy !!! Them Vitro's aint bad either. Nice mibs & boxes Bill The Roses are smelling especially sweeet today !!!

Good job Ric, every one a killer, & the box as well

Proper "Joseph coat" no such thing as a Jacob coat. Yours all appear to be onionskins from here, onionskins have an underlying opaque coat of usually white with colors either stretched or speckles on top of this, with no visible window into the interior except maybe at the poles, may contain lutz or mica. "Josephs coats" are transparent based glass with opaque colored colored canes added to on the outside with a clear visible window to the interior. I will give some pictures of each, joseph coats may contain aventurine also. Both are covered in or (cased) by a coat of usually transparent or (clear) glass on the outside. As in all marbles there are variants (marbles that appear to be both) these are just some examples of each for you to look at. Ric also posted an excellent link, hopefully this gives you a better understanding of a few handmades & helps you on your marble journey. Lots more here just enter "Joseph coat" or "Onion skin" into the search bar, have fun !!! JOSEPH COAT JOSEPH COATS ALL JOSEPH COATS ONIONSKIN w/ LUTZ ONIONSKINS ONIONSKINS with the one on the far left being a shrunken onionskin ONIONSKIN W/ MICA JOSEPHS COAT W/ AVENTURINE

'You're welcome" yes 5/8ths (16mm) most common. The big shooters are 63/64ths (25mm) nearly one inch. Sizes are directly under the pictures, here's the link to a conversion table showing "fractions" to "decimals" to "mm" I use all the time & have it tabbed to my favorites, so many use the metric system now I had to. LINK : https://www.reade.com/reade-resources/reference-educational/reade-reference-chart-chemical-conversion/40-fractions-to-decimals-to-inches-to-mm-millimeters-conversion-chart

Definitely not a pistachio then, just a swirl. Pistachios also are uv reactive. Looked black on my monitor plus early & I'm not wearing my glasses, sorry bout that one.

Understood !! as for the dark green I'm pretty sure it's just a regular clay, lots of damage, beningtons are low value also unless you get a rare color like pink etc......

If my monitor is correct your base glass is black ?? If yes I think you have a "Vacor Samurai" . "Werewolf" has a brown base instead of black

Yes, they all appear to be Master to me !!

Not glow in the dark, the paint is just uv. reactive. Glow in the dark is after the light is extinguished the object continues to glow. Common clays though probably old hardly any value except maybe sentimental. I always use a blacklight or tube instead of a uv. bulb or flashlight it seems to work a bit better ??

Bruce is right "no oxblood " and all west Virginia swirls. maybe 6 or 7 alleys, second group second from the left( green & black) looks to be an Alley pistachio, not sure from just one view., The first & largest one resembles an Alley metalic I have but impossible to tell from your pics. The yellow base w/ red are also Alley and are desirable but not high dollar. The second group is by far the best of the two. Some closer clear shots & multiple views of each marble would help immensely.

Already there, thanks for the info though !! I often don't go to my YouTube, to busy with other stuff, so thanx again for taking the time to post here !!

A couple 3 very nice J coats in your first row, Ah what am I saying I like em all !! Handmades are great, I love em, even if the market is slowly going the other way. I have had a definite affinity for them since the early 90's Here are a few pix of a few of mine. Some of the agates may be machine made, I believe they're about half & half in this pic. Glad to see someone else taking an interest in one of my first Mojo. I still collect & love em. Joseph Coats are my favorites.(pic # 14) By the way a "Great" idea on the cats

Good again, I see Jabo as well.

I'm good with that Bruce !!

Great race guys "Again" thanks for posting. I watch it on YouTube so I can click on the like, but need to be made aware of new races, I have so many subscriptions on my YouTube I often miss things