Chad G.

I don't know why any nobody collects old German mibs any more, I love em, Thank you for the pics again !!

Nice "bug's" Chuck, thanks for steppin up w/ the info, great pics, appreciate it every bit !! Ah I see the little fold look's like the tail end of a tater bug when it's rolled up, gotcha

I knew it was comin, no cuts, sorry for the mislead I tried, and I thought I was good @ alley I.D. !!! , I must need glasses reeeel bad !! pls. excuse the mislead !!

Thanks Steph. the smaller the better and they do make them 1 size smaller, I don't have any " yet " vhtf

MMMMM I love them hand mades, not sure where the affinity has gone but it sure hasn't left me. Nice pics, thank you !! The 2 lutze's and the baby onion skin got me

Finally I made it through an I.D. without a mistake, what a relief. Need to go w/ my first intuition and quit second guessing myself.

Good job !!! if you want a smiley face look just above your text before you submit your reply, there's a pic of a smiley face, left click on the face, the emoji menu will pop up in a sec. or two, scroll up and down until you find the one you want, a couple 100 or so of them so be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom, it will stop you when you reach the bottom, when you find the one you like (L) click once on it ,the emoji menu will disappear and the emoji will appear where you left off w/ your text, submit your reply and you're done A couple try's and will become old hat, Have fun !!

Made by Alley and a little on the rare side, @ least as far as me getting ahold of any. Adopted collectors name's "lady taters " ,"tater bug's " Steph has a good selection as well as Ron S. He posted a pic of one of his good one's somewhere in here I forget where, a bit confusing I.D. ing them @ first as w/ alot of W.Va. mibs. and I'm an Alley freak. I'm an in hand man pictures can be misleading for me. Ron could probably tell ya in a flat second where the name came from and all the other detail's as well. I'm having enough trouble as is, I'll put out my best guess, if I have no idea I'll just wait for someone who does, I've been wrong before and more than likely will be again, nothing ventured nothing gained !! great deal putting it out there Bruce

The one on the right look's to be Christensen, the left not positive, actually not 100% on either but pretty sure about the one on the right, get a good second on this one. They're most likely both Christensen the only reason I hesitate is the colors on the (L) don't pop like the ones on the right, Christensen color's popped more than almost any marble in the time, they had their own glass recipe and more than one divulgement over it. The color's will stand out ( pop ) more than almost any marble of the same time period. These most definitely are not Akro of that I am sure. If any one has something to add I'm here to learn, just part of the never ending curve. Thanks for the pics !! Chad G.

And here I sit w/o even 1, don't figure !! Nice one's, thanks for the pics !!

Purple, blue, white are Akro slag's, the white base w/ orange type flame tip's Alley maybe W. Va. swirl, red and yellow maybe vacor (not sure )

Some nice glassware, love the duck !!

Yes an Alley flame, Good one very nice !! Alley's are probably one of the most diversified marble type's you'll run into. As far as that goes W, Va. in general.

Wait Bill or we'll both miss the bus !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't even have a cell, wouldn't even know how to turn it on, space monster's the word.

Think maybe that's why Roberto has it for his avatar, I've only seen like 2 and not near the pink his has on it, a very nice benny for sure.

Agreed , I've seen some German mibs before polishing that you couldn't tell what was inside. After polishing quite the surprise awaits, the people in Olympia I know purchased all kind's of old German mibs for a mere pittance and came out with some of the rarest one's I've ever seen, and made a pretty penny @ the same time, I messaged another digger and polisher from Clarksburg W. Va., same no longer polishing for other's, Very seldom you come upon one you wat polished, either for sentimental or monetary reason's but the good polisher's seem to have all passed or quit. Kolieclify has always had a huge amount of Akro, with several one of a kind dug examples, never bought from him but enjoyed looking @ his mibs. I've seen 3 or 4 machines for sale over the past few years, getting one is one thing, getting good @ polishing it is another !!

Your avatar is great Roberto not that common to find pink on a fancy b., aggies are one of my fave's, little destroyer's, you can tell if a steelie has ever hit one or if an aggie has hit a glass mib. Thank you for sharing Roberto, nice mibs !!

Well, that end's that, he's been polishing for almost v20 yrs.' no longer for anyone else, here's the mess I received back from Ebay. I no longer know of any good polishers, maybe one couple in Olympia Wash. but have to call, in their 80's now, also mostly old German hand mades but their polisher would do any size, they had many rare old hand mades well worth polishing @ the Seattle show where I met them, some extremely rare sulphide marbles that fetched between $500.00 & $1000.00 even polished, some angel figures, a few fish, inc. a double and love bird's w/ a doughnut hole between the two head's are among some I seen that they had, I purchased my largest onion skin mica marble from them, not polished !! A pic. of it in digital's

Nice steelies, the aggie's arch enemy, hate to have been on the receiving end of those w/ my mibs, probably time to call it a day or go home w/ a bunch of chipped up gladiator's.

"Nice one Ron" been huntin them little devils for a while now.

I see fractures as well, x 2

I'll have the his name later, escapes me right now, as you can see from his sale post he does an excellent job on some otherwise worthless mibs. You can't even see the inside of some of these before polishing, some damage goes to deep and will still reman. They even have people who fix fractures. I've messaged him on Ebay, should be a return in my Email shortly, I hope ??

classa67 sell's on Ebay all the time, 99% of his are polished. He has some for sale right now, I will try and get some pics. He's been doing it for year's, gonna see if I can find some of his work. Found one of His, link, https://www.ebay.com/itm/124377617751 He only has 1 on there right now, but generally around 10https://www.ebay.com/sch/classa67/m.html?item=124377617751&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

I just stated the brick's, most of the other marbles don't have color that carries clear through like a brick, also polishing greatly reduces the worth of the marble, anyone w/ a good loupe or a little experience will be able to tell a polished marble in a second, a polishing machine leaves tiny micro semi circular abrasions on the glass, some people hand polish or buff after getting it out of the machine trying to fool you, a seasoned collector as I said can tell a polished mib a mile off. Most people don't have their own machine. There are other's who have link's to people who will polish them for a fee. Generally $25.00 and up, One need's to outweigh the other, and the price after polishing will be cut in half or less in most cases. If you could even sell it. Just stating from a collectors point of view, (Class a 67) does polishing @ $25.00 and up, generally old German mibs, When you see him sell on Ebay 99% of his mibs are polished by him, some rare one's fetch a good price. I personally don't have any polished marble's, and wouldn't have one polished unless rare and an increase of value or a beat up favorite like a sulphide for example. Polishing a $10.00 cork screw for $20.00 w/ an end result of - $10.00 make's no sense. Just some alternatives for those beat on brick's if you desired to keep them !!

Pls. excuse, I don't know where my head was @. You know what they say about assumption's !! ............... and me.