Chad G.

Hello Sami, that's the marble I called you about last year for a quote, I think I did OK, 1 small as made dimple that's it, the rest is clean, no pitting. Make a post while I'm here. Yellow onionskin lutz, as made's only.

"What a collection", I know you do it because you love the hobby, sound's like for you has become a way of life, congratulation's you are a lucky man to be doing what you love, not to mention bringing a smile to my face and educating me at the same time. Guess I'll limp in with a few more things, made some of my display's using some akro dishes for stand's and backdrop. Have allot more akro stuff just haven't taken pic's yet, but nothing like what you have acquired. No pressman or alley goodies, wait I have two of those small glass electric fence conjoiner's somewhere, one clear and one amethyst, when I find them I will post the pic's. Not all Akro toothpick's, I slid in a few end of day's imperial because of the extra busy design in the slag.

Here are the pancakes to go with the egg's, these marble's are flat instead of egg shaped. Sorry about the photo clarity !!

This game reminded me of trying to roll baseball's into the hole to score point's for a prize at the fair when I was a kid.

I found the bag full of the original marbles 5 year's after I bought the board, it came with the box but sometime during a move the box took a walk.

Those ashtray's are killer, bet when you seen the second one you about had a heart attack.

"Very nice metallic's " I had some real nice metallic rainbows, at the time thought they where common and trade them off, boy what was I thinkin ??

" Very nice mib's Stephen" and the pictures, I'm getting some new daylight bulbs this month ( maybe ) and will be happy if mine turn out half as good as your's. I've made a bunch of post's and plastered my substandard photos in quite a few places, enjoy I guess. Here are a few.

"Very nice" Stephen love the pic's, I'm getting some new bulbs this month which I hope will get me as good as your's

Some marble related stuff I started out with. Some old PEP pin's out of Kellogg's cereal boxes, Please show some of your's.

A monochrome alley flame the only one I've ever seen.

One of my newest so of course a favorite for a while, a blue surfer or blue lagoon whatever your preference. w/ more than a moderate amount of av. ( Sorry about all the dust on the marble, it's not damage,the only damage is a melted dimple shown in the 2nd pic on the left side.

My Mother's little namesake.

my favorite one I got from Sami.

Double dippin !!! Both marbles are 3/4, the tree is a little over, both very wet +++

The bees knees, also traded this one from Sami, I cant seem to show even half the av. this one is also loaded.

Heaviest loading of av. I have, blue, bronze and bright silver, picture doesn't do it justice. ( I'm working on it, some pic's are better than other's.

traded for this one, a couple tiny as made melted dimple's on an otherwise wet surfaced mib. av. in the black, yellow and lightly in the red.

An old standby I love.

I finally downloaded the pic's I took, here are some of my better egg's.

Ok, the pictures have been downloaded ( bout time ), the first post went to " what was your first marble "

Finally my friend showed I had 360 photos to put into my new folder. I probably took over 1000 with all the retake's, bad lighting, etc anyway here's the first marble I ever had that I got from my Mom when I was 10. I've had it for 46 year's. Think it's peltier, of what i can see of it the other side is feathered a little better, could be akro, not real sure.

Thank you Steph, I wish I enjoyed your patience also. Make's me look awful dumb not knowing how to do this but after all the work of taking those picture's I'd rather be safe than sorry. Is it still nap time ?? Oh well at least you have these exiting picture's of me sleeping at the old fishin hole to keep you busy while you wait.