Chad G.

Thanks Al, great Akro's, love all the multi twister's.

I don't use a flash, that's how I remember you talkin about it is your flash causing the dot's, oh well nobody else is worried about it and I can't do anything about it so I'll just accept it.

Nice mib's Alan !!

C'mon Bill there's gotta be an end somewhere ?? Nice "Jolly Roger " good orange peel close to or over 1" I take it ??

Now that's what I'm talkin about, great pic's, All nice, all good, most excellent and so on and so on ... That's Ace is a big un Bruce !! Very nice multi color's also.

Nice royal Bill !!!

Here are my favorites, about this many more prize name's and some odd's and end's layin around somewhere ? How did you get rid of all those light dot's when in macro Steph I only use 1 bulb ?? (2nd pic. )

Hey Bill ya snuck some in when I wasn't lookin,( I should say when I wasn't payin attention ) don't think I've ever seen em like the white one's w/ the wavy patche's before, I must be blind " obscure for sure "

I vote "Modern" CAC Guineas don't have any pontil's, they're machine made not hand made and show either a single seam or a double seam. 1 of 3 color's clear, cobalt or amber. If it truly has any real pontil it's not a CAC guinea. I can't really make out a clear seam anywhere in the pic's. CAC really not my forte though, just saying what I know about Guineas. Kelly Schmidt make's some contemporary Guineas that have seam's and no pontil's, very much authentic looking. Steph is the moderator, she'll give you a good opinion and a go to person.

There's the difference, I sold my house to my niece and moved into a 2 bedroom appt. what a difference. I had to say goodbye to @ least 1/2 of my stuff, I just left all my tool's, lawn care etc... w/ the house I sold my niece. guess I never needed that much anyway. That's thinkin ahead, Good build

I keep thinking space but it's not here, I'll post some pic's of my humble abode later, wish I had the room you do. "Uh" more Akro creepin into the wood work, it's kinda contagious isn't it. " very nice collection's " ( I'm also glad all that smoke is gone whew !! )

This about half Bruce, 99% went w/ my divorce in 09. Catchup is sure takin a long time, I only find 2 or 3 nice big coats a year now. The price of the 1" and over has gone beyond my mean's. I did get a small percentage of some nicer one's back in the year's since, probably about 1/4th of what I had as far as coat's go. The bigger hand mades I have more of. " Thanks for the compliment Bruce"

Way to go , not all marbles but all kool, love the shift knobs and the knives, especially the hand to hand in the first display case. I also have resorted to my wall which isn't a bad choice. That's where I should've gone in the first place. I forgot all about my shadow boxes, those houze lighter's and old shift knob's fit right in w/ those hand mades. " first rate schmoozer love it "

These are some of the best coats I ever owned, many w/ aventurine. Many @ near or over 1". Again these pic's taken by my friend Terry. It's long I know I had trouble restraining myself, these are my favorite type of hand made marbles bar none. Another nearly 2/3rds covered with AV. the most I have ever seen on a coat, size is .78" getting real hard to find the 1' not beat to smithereens.

Grey flaming dragon rainbow, not what I would consider a full fledged grey dragon due to the lack of a real ribbon structure but still a rare dark grey base w/ the fiery flaming colored ribbons.

This is my old Wiger ( so named by Marble Alan ) av. not being a requirement, this one display's none. I believe to be considered a Wiger the mib has to have equal amount's of red and orange. These pic's of my marble's where taken by a very close friend almost 10 years ago.

Not a cow ( brown base ), wasp ( red base ), wiger ( red and orange eq. mix ) or a tiger ( orange base ), very dark rust red base w/ av. ribbons ?? Just another Pelt obscurity.

Another obscurity, grey base, rust red ribboned so called juggernaut after the 70's comic book character. In hand the base look's like concrete.

Invite accepted, I will mail you Chuck. Regards, Chad G.

One of my old pic's. of a group w/ a little ox kicker in the green on white patch.

A few more from the old history box, the green having an actual rooster tail design, my favorite.

AHhh well worth the wait, most excellent pattern. Thanks for posting the pic's

Excellent Bruce, I believe allot of people who collect have the space problem you and I do. I like the repurposed mib box you made " great idea", the wall mount I'm going to make will most likely also be repurposed wood. "Alright" I see fishin lure's and reel's etc. in the first pic, my little brother had a very nice collection before he passed, a bunch of wooden plug's and still in the box lure's I would stumble across the occasional old reel and give it to him. "Nice post Bruce", I enjoyed it very much./, bring's back some very fond memories of my little Bro. Regards, Chad G.

Same here Bruce , look's like you sort your patche's the same way I do, the only ones I'm halfway sure of I.D.'s is Peltier, the one's I really like are also separated out from the rest " nice mib's "

Very nice array Al, the transparent green also appear to be one of the more elusive one's for you as well, I do see 4 or 5 in your boxes, way ahead of the big "0" I have, " good show "