Chad G.

I'm gettin hungry for some mAKROni.....

Yep !! Still a win, still a wiger I'm a keepin it.

Maybe a Japanese transitional ?? I know the pinch looks way to small & more of a crease on Japanese ?? More like a shear but I can't place it anywhere else ?? Canadian ?? Definitely not a cold roll. My brain hurts !!

Left is either a slag or Vacor & right appears to be a Ravenswood Blue Raven, definitely a Ravenswood

Been a while since I've seen any crows worth looking at, nice clean mib Ron !!

Yeah, takes a bit to get through the tough, tasteless candy shell but after you do it tastes just like yummy , delicious clay 🤣

Yes love the broken cork patter, checkerboard is my favorite but as you know VVHTF. 23/32nds wet superboy, the cork actually almost makes it on this one, starting points at the top & bottom are visible & the break is visible in the center of this pic. I need to take a few more pix with better views. I noticed your wiger right away when it came up, I have a pic of mine as well, not as nice but still a wiger.

...... Livin the dream my Friend, livin the dream !!

Could be Bruce ?? There are several Vacor with the black base & blue, can't tell if the base is transparent green or opaque black from the one pic ?? Here's a maybe that Vacor makes, called a "Thunderbolt" ??

You're more than welcome Clive.

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I might make it till midnight tonight. holding out for 2 mibs, sad but true. "Happy" (almost) Akro Friday. I do believe I skipped last week & maybe the week after that Oop !! Well we'll fix that.... Ah !! made it. One from an old post & one new one. The first I had to take bit better pix of the second is only the third one I have with actual black in it. " HAPPY AKRO FRIDAY" An Akro cork with a transparent orange base A Special w/ a Creamy tannish base & yellow and black streams Good Night

I have some that were custom made out of very heavy Brazilian hardwoods, I'll contact him & see if he will send overseas. Here are a few boxes the person I know made for me. He is well known here & his work is impeccable. All boxes were made to my specifications and from the wood of my choice. I have a few more being made right now & will post them probably within the month. From $35.00 to over $100.00 depends on size & material. Here are a few pics of the boxes I have. All of these have magnetic locks but he can put the regular hasp on them if you like. I will Email him tonight Joep & see what he says about overseas.

WOW !! some big ones indeed Joep, I believe the ones I see in the Ebay sale I posted are smaller but I have no way of knowing Because you know as well as I they made some big cats also, but the stone does look very similar, I think your jasper guess is probably spot on. Some big, heavy chunky ones for sure. I'd hate to be on the receiving end of one of those.

Just in the last couple months I got some much sought after, (at least by me ) Pelts . All unexpectedly from some great Marble friends. I said I like & they appear !! What a Blessing, not so much the marbles but the people who sent them. I have made and continue making friends that I'm sure most will last a lifetime A few pix of the mibs I have recently been gifted in more ways than one. Pelt Pee Wee X-mas tree & a par of wolverines all three at .49" or just under A huge Pelt Cherry Bomb that came as a complete surprise, All marbles from Friends that will never leave my collection or be sold. Memories of good times & good people

I have fallen victim to the smaller & thumbsize + "Royal Doulton" mugs as well. Oh brother, animals as well, it seems my illness has spread to other areas !! I just put this display up a month ago, slowly working my way up the wall. Went from 0 to 90 in a matter of weeks, already mounting another. Help me Spock Help me!!

Hi my name is Chad !! as for my appearance I will remain anonymous..... And yes I too am addicted to marble collecting. Guess I don't have to post any pix, looks like Jason has most of the same paraphernalia I do. I can't seem to be able to even walk by any of my displays without at least looking at or touching them, or at it's worst "reorganizing" a Pain staking long process of torture & back pain I put myself through routinely for no good reason except to "Work" in a few more marbles "Antique & thrift stores" pretty bad when you walk in any of them in a 50 mile radius on a first name basis. I wish I knew what that 'Bug" looked like 🐛 I have a pretty good idea as we probably do !! At what point does it become "Hoarding" ?? When you begin hiding mibs not on display because there is no more room ?? I guess maybe I have more than one problem to go along with this addiction, the addiction probably being the healthier of the two ( or more) Maybe not hoarding because unlike other addictions I give away & share what I have, an excuse to keep doing what I'm doing but it sounds good to me. One is to many & a thousand is never enough. I thought I would feel better but maybe a few more meetings under my belt and I'll be better ??

Hope ya score too, getting pretty far and few between.

Not positive on the Imperial but I've never seen another company than Akro that made the Lily vases.

I lucked out and found a Tiddley Winks game from Pressman with an unbroken Alley cup in it this last winter. A dual game box, I believe 90% of it is there, maybe a few Tiddley & Winks missing & the outside of the box is a little worse for wear ??

There's the hand I really like, thanks for posting all the pix Ron

The flower vase on the left is Akro, I believe it's called a lily vase, if you look real hard in the center of the bottom there should be a crow in the middle and made in MADE IN USA of the underside of the bottom and the # 658 on the opposite side. Some may be unmarked but that piece (Lily vase) is Akro. On the made in USA on all 5 of them I have the "S" is backwards. The purple & white on the right in this pic looks like an Imperial toothpick holder ?? The glass is usually very thick on them, maybe a closeup pic of the bottom if you can ?? Sometimes the stamp is very faint and may not be visible ??

"Thanks" for the pix Bill, good to see ya ........ Them lids (once they made it out of the factory) are what usually got skippered across the water or sent into orbit first thing, nice haul man.

"Welcome to Marble Connection Clive" A great place to learn and grow, much knowledge & knowledgeable people here more than willing to help ya out on your marble journey. Well as far as you marbles I don't see any handmades unless their really hiding. The first board looks to contain all "Vacor" ( Mega) marbles, made in Mexico. The second set looks to be almost all Asian Imperials except I see at least one, what I believe from just the one view to be a "Peltier Rainbo", maybe one or two others of different make in the mix there. & the third all cats eyes except the center marble, looks like it may be either a gaming marble ?? Handmades all have pontil marks where they were cut from a cane. "Verry Nice Boards" by the way Clive some really nice work !! I have several that I display marbles on myself, a great way to show your collection. All 3 different styles too "Excellent" I took a really good look again & all machine made from what I can see, anxious to see pix of your other marbles & projects !! Again "Welcome" Chad G. Possible Peltier Rainbo, 1st board lower left hand corner Possible game marble or another Vacor in the center of 3rd board ??

Found a match for the mibs on Ebay, no description or size listed, although it is from the UK ?? A cats eye in the pic but who knows how big that is ?? LINK : https://www.ebay.com/itm/294161574642