Roberto

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Tri-lites

I have seen many old bottle caps here in Italy as well, and some had this flat part

In addition, the presence of many nicks, rather deep marks, etc., leads me to this thought

 I could also err.,..of course

11 hours ago, SequoiaBET said:

P.S. Love the Video!

Thank you for the invitation to the team on the issue

Great link! 👍 It's also nice to remember...

Thank you! Yes, lately I've been having fun 'creating' these videos 😁

More..

Jabo

Here is Heaton's sweet potato..

My photos are a bit brighter compared to the op

It could be a 'sweet potato' from Heaton

I'll show some photos later..

Turn up the volume! 🎧

Yesss

For me, it's German

13 hours ago, SequoiaBET said:

Thanks folks! It seem off to me too. I agree the colors aren't typical German and also the way they sit on the base glass seemed atypical too. Adding the pontils- interesting! Never heard of that!

When you say "Bulgarian", Roberto- what do you mean? If I remember correctly, I have read about someone making marbles a while back and claiming they were vintage Bulgarian from the 60's or something like that. Are you referring to that?  If so, any more details on the story would be welcome. 

It came as part of a much larger purchase, so it only cost me a few bucks. And it came with no claims about what it was or anything.

By Bulgarian, I mean marbles produced in Bulgaria, handmade by artisans, very cheap, mostly made of shabby glass and sometimes passed off as authentic German models.

Many of these are probably also vintage, so made in the 60/70s/80s, though they could also have just been made.

Some of them can even be cute, in my opinion, you just have to buy them at the right price, though..

20 hours ago, SequoiaBET said:

Wow- that's really cool! The one from the Block auction basically looks just like mine. They must have come from the same maker. 

I have no doubt, too similar, including the size

What leaves me a bit, no, very perplexed and surprised is that it was listed as Murano

As far as I know, they have never made marbles in Murano, unless, perhaps, someone had some request of this kind.

I will ask the Murano artist if he knows anything about it, but it will be very difficult to get any positive information, since there are so many artists, there..

Anyway, I'm glad I got a little closer to this particular marble that I had seen listed in the Block auction, thank you, SequoiaBET!

12 hours ago, stephenb said:

Roberto I’ve been meaning to get to them, at some point I certainly will. You’ve got some nice ones!

Fantastic, Stephen, great! 👍

It looks like an old bottle cap

Yeah, even the colors don't add up for me....hmm

To me, he is a Bulgarian...

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Here's the type of Master I was mentioning, helmet-style (as I consider it)

21 hours ago, Alta said:

Ciao Roberto, quali sono le caratteristiche distintive che differenziano il Master dal Whispler? È semplicemente il bicchiere di base spumeggiante o ci sono altri aspetti come la palette di colori o qualcosa che possiamo considerare? Alcuni di quelli che hai pubblicato qui li avrei sicuramente abbinati al mio Masters, e poiché so che l'Euro Whispler è arrivato fino in Canada, mi piacerebbe avere qualche suggerimento per provare a differenziarli. 

Ad esempio, queste due sono arrivate in un lotto che conteneva molte più biglie straniere che americane. C'è un modo per sapere se potrebbero essere Whisplers piuttosto che Masters (dove le ho attualmente ordinate)? 

Hi,Alta 

Wow, I'd love to see these two in hand. In my opinion these are two Masters

The second one is nice, type a helmet, I would like to have it😊 I will show some pictures of the second kind, Master

Whisplers, considered relatives of Master, precisely because of their similar characteristics.

Sometimes it can be difficult to tell them apart, precisely because of their similarity.

However, in my opinion, the joints of Master are more pronounced, deep, and clear, so clean,  as well as having glass that is much less bubbly and sparkling, in summary.

As I mentioned, whisplers in general show (as you can see in the images above) an exaggerated amount of bubbles that the Masters do not have.

Then, there might be the exception where in some cases they could be indistinguishable from each other, especially when viewed on a monitor, but generally they can be distinguished.

I repeat, the key point for the distinction is the bubbles, in transparent whispers, although it is not an absolute rule. Less sharp and clean seams in the matte ones, compared to Master

As for the color palette, I wouldn’t pay much attention to this, as both types of marbles have the same earthy colors.

Now, I am not an expert on the matter, I just wanted to give my personal impression on it to be helpful, and I hope it is appreciated.

Thanks again to everyone for your attention!

Something strange, here..

Here's an unusual one..

Thanks to both of you! I really appreciate it

Maybe in the future Stephen will decide to make a video about these too? 😜

52 minutes ago, SequoiaBET said:

Did you have yours made, Roberto?

Yes, some time ago, by a Murano artist

I wanted one similar to the one I had seen at the auction, but bigger, and he made me two

3 minutes ago, Chad G. said:

Mi ricordo quando li hai fatti, erano davvero eccellenti!!

Yes, these explode in the sun😄

Here's how it was listed;

"Lot 59. CONTEMPORARY HANDMADE, Murano. Goldsand Marble. Gold and purple Lutz swirled together. Italian, circa 2000-present. 11/16. Mint (9.9)."

Curious,..more or less the measurements are similar to the op