Chad G.

"Welcome to Marble Connection Mary" Glad to have you !!!

Agree, no PPP, leaning Master

x2,no guinea, agree w/ Ric, Chinese torch made

Heaton IMO

My best "Guess" would be Jabo ?

x2, Alley, is this the same mib as the other pic ?? Ah ha, yes it is, has the exact same dirt stains ..... "Busted" .....

x2, Leaning Alley also

Agreed, I have a backlight tube that causes twice the fluorescence as LED, some don't even react to the LED as in the case of my sulphides. Under the tube they all fluoresce green only one or 2 fluoresce at all under the LED. I use my tube whenever possible. I'll have a look @ my tube as well as my LED flashlight and see what they say.

x2, Vitro

x2, classic master colors and not enough colors to be a sparkler .. .. man Steph, your avatar materialized the exact second I posted.

x2

Thinking "maybe" Jabo ??

Are you speaking of "chalkies" Dave?? if so the white residue on those is lie, used as a fire retardant on the floors of all the vintage marble manufacturers. There's a reason there were so many fires "or not" The chalkies were marbles that hit the floor hot off the roller's and landed in the lie, which stuck to them. I would never have known what was on the surface of a chalkie but Ron @wvrons told me a couple years ago, after of course he had me research it to no end. Many things he taught me I'll never forget, I am truly grateful.

Yes, Onion skins "onions" (shown in the 2 pix I posted) are Antique German cane cut marbles, as are all the "glass" Germans (Antique Cane cut) present in your photos. "If" you have any Lutz or aventurine present in any of your german handmades, yes it is desirable. From the pix I can't tell if you do or don't. Condition is always # 1 in marbles as far as value goes ( machine made, handmade or contemporary) I remember when I started collecting, my mentor telling me, condition, condition, condition. There are a few cases where you can have an extremely rare marble and it will still have value but the other 98% as far as value is all condition. I always collect what I like and get the best example possible, the only one you have to make happy is you .. Here is a picture of an onionskin I have loaded w/ lutz, they are a very beautiful marble IMO, the high mint condition makes a big difference in both appearance (clarity) and value.

THese 2 might be nice onions (hopefully no damage) maybe a divided core or a solid core in the mix might be ok too ??

All 3 Alley IMO, definitely a killer Alley flame, is the flame UV. ?? Ah yes, the weather, did you hear Friday is supposed to be near 90 ??

Vitro

Some very nice Alleys IMO, Vancouver !! Good to have someone else from the PNW here Tami, I'm in Longview "Howdy Neighbor"

The Animals :: House of the Rising Sun - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-43lLKaqBQ Led Zeppelin :: How Many More Times - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-5o2f9wzmw&list=PLVOYDgXAn1KJcPNrbjdBj0SDGHpb95aJ9&index=9 Bobbie Gentry :: Ode to Billy Joe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmFxvP9i2Fk Harry Chapin :: Cats in the Cradle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmhoOp2fUzg Neil Young :: Old Man - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAtDrFdomN4 Neil Young :: Southern Man - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gt5Qh_pLTw&list=PL_UQr4mEaiZZfkDMlWkumtDp2iDxPp9yN&index=7

Nice selections Art, some of my favorites, Led Zeppelin was a big influence and part of my teenage years. Way to many singers and songs for me to post, guess I'll just pick on you for a while @akroorka ... ... I can almost remember the name of the producer who helped Johnny but can't put my finger on his name right now ?? Ah, now I remember "RicK Rubin" same producer that helped him reproduce the original "Nine inch Nails" song "Hurt" A masterful job in both instances Exact same transfer of lyrics and in the same order in both cases. Funny how the interpretation & acceptance of music changes for people not by the lyrics but in the manner it's sung, I'm a big fan of getting all the lyrics right. Maybe not so much when I was younger .. .. understanding the lyrics didn't matter so much as the music sounding good, good to me anyway !! "Rusty Cage" sung by "Johnny Cash" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CrBqRb3VGM "Rusty Cage" as sung by "Soundgarden" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBZs_Py-1_0 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Johnny Cash :: Hurt :: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI original song by Nine Inch Nails :: Hurt:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oGqIfnIAEA

Leaning Viotro on all 3

x2, I agree

Akro slag IMO