Chad G.

I concur with Steph " I think" just kidding. It appears to be a Master to me also.

Some of my nicest coat's, some lobed, some aventurine, a yellow latt. jell core, a couple beach ball type's and a shrunken or two.

This old onion still read's 2.237 " at the widest point, even after someone took after it with a hammer or whatever Thought you might want to see what's going on inside so I took some pic's shinning my flashlight through it. I just keep it around for a conversation piece and inevitably everyone who sees it ask's what it is.

Nice slag's man, I will post the rest of my feather slag's next go round, think I'm down to 3 now😭that leaves 2, I think, have to start looking might be more ???

Nice mib's brother !!! I don't have any liberty cork's anymore, wish I did.

Great mib's, I can't get enough, the two coat's are most excellent. Sold all my onionskin( oop's forgot my yellow lutz I posted in "some of my favorite mib's" so I do have one ) lutz marble's last go round about 12 year's ago along w/ 95 % of my collection, during a bad divorce experience. Good to not put all my egg's in one basket, I try to keep a varied collection but I do have my favorite's. Unfortunately almost anything to do w/ marble's is my favorite. Guess I could be addicted to worse thing's.

I may have a pic of it Ron let me look a while, I know it was a antique German ribbon core, hard to forget a marble like that. Valued so high because it retained it's roundness even at just a hair over 3 inches. "Found it" I have the pic only, I believe it's changed hand's at least once since the Morphy auction, maybe more than once. Someone will recognize the pic. and fill us in w/ the literature I'm sure, ran into the same discussion on another platform a couple year's ago. I had the entire auction post saved at one time, got a new computer and lost allot of data in the exchange. A good sized glob of glass to be twirling at the end of a metal rod, let alone keeping it round then making it through the annealing process without cracking, a one in a million for sure.

I must have given away some brain cell's the day I gave away all those metallic rainbows I had, even a few that appeared to have some manner of oxblood, I couldn't see through it when back lit so as to the color it looked like ox, anyway long since gone. Chad G.

Well it has the internal structure of a feather slag. Keep on I'm listening and respect your enthusiasm to tell what you have learned. Thank you much wvrons, very, very informative,and for taking the time to explain your pic's, if you are like me marble knowledge stick's like glue, not soon if ever to be forgotten, maybe changed but always willing to learn something new, I love it. Regards, Chad G.

I have some more father son pic's taken, had to wait for the sun to be in the right place, I jumped the gun a little, some shadowing but still look OK. Took what turned out to be some great machine made pee-wee shot's to.

That make's 5 mib's that are on my hit list, never see them like your's anymore, it's been long enough now that most collectors are holding onto what they have like a barnacle stuck to a ship, if you don't you may never see it again, by the way Chuck "verrry nice mib's" thank's for sharing. Question !! The green one on the bottom row second from the (L) is that a lantern or a goblin or somewhere in between as a few other's are?? I had a line on a galaxy 19/32 which I believe 90 percent of them are, unfortunately they wanted between a little to much for it. Wet mint yes but I just can't swing over a couple grand for one. A couple more then I'll try the gang approach again !! Chad G.

I have a few of these angel fish around and some moon and star's I got from David S. at the Seattle show a few year's back, this particular mib was in a jar at a yard sale of " yes " cat eyes clear at the bottom, "somebody made a mistake". Won't say what i paid but it was about 1/6th of what's it's worth. I don't think David put's lutz in the stripe in these anymore unless you ask for it, anyway gonna hold onto this one. " another bad pic of a wet marble, sorry bout that"

Almost perfect rainbow, would make a nice pendant maybe or maybe not.

You're not the only one, I'll stick to pic's, what if you dropped it, like on concrete or something, "SHWOOP'S"

I'd be smillin all day long to Bill, most excellent mib, love it !!! Wow thought I lost ya there for a minute till I saw the page 2 icon.

I think I recognize that avatar , Ah ha I knew you would find me sooner or later, you almost gave me the slip w/ that short post. Good day Sami 👋

I lived at Lakeside Great lake's naval base in 78 and 79 when i was in the navy going to engineering school. 90 to 100 " below zero wind chill " just a smidge on the cool side " I moved "

Seasonably hot here, around 90 to 100, in other word's with the humidity, unbearable. I did't move to the Pacific Northwest for sun and fun, I enjoy 70 t 80 at the highest. Must take the good with the bad, pretty soon everyone will be complaining about the cold.

This last one is obviously a paper weight but because of the exceptionally high price it brought at auction I thought I'd list it anyway.

I think these all come in @ near 1 3/4th's, nice clean mib's no chipping or pocket ware, not the rarest or biggest but x tra clean, all but one, the lobed onionskin are faceted on one end and have a melted pigtail on the other. It only has 4 lobes but lobed none the less. I was told by David Salazar it's a first of cane marble, I'll show the weird looking end a little later. ( sorry about the wait )

Arghh!! ya got me, right in me pea sized brain pan, at least I'm in good company. ( I think ) Chad G.

Just wanted to thank you all, and tell you how grateful I am to be able to share my joy and love for marble's and marble collecting with a bunch of like minded people. We need not agree on everything, but one thing I'm sure we all can agree on is the love for and pursuit of this hobby.

The size differential is unreal, love the pic, thank's much Scott. Wish I had some nice veiligglas to show, only 2 lonesome, substandard specimens. I will post the best of the two sometime soon. Regards, Chad G.

My pic's as you can tell were taken in the sun this time, love veiligglas Steph but can't seem to get my hand's on anything except the simplest of wire pulls, they made some of the most beautiful flame and multi color design's I have ever seen on a marble, would love to see the your big veiligglas and mini me pic's to add to my veiligglas pic folder. Thank's for the comment's, most of these mib's took a while to obtain in the shape they are, when I first started collecting one of my mentor's said if your gonna collect, condition, condition, condition, and he was quite adamant about it.