William

Pretty tough to shoot a pic of but I went through all my cats and found only 2 that are even close to black. Turn them one way it seems brownish, another way a hint of purple. Base glass makes it a little tougher too tell. I tried 😊

Thinking I am going to pick through mine for the heck of it 😊

Also looking forward to picking up more teacups, pitchers, etc. Where I'm going Friday. Only a few bucks apiece 😊

Checking this piece out Friday, not buying it but curious too the maker. I looked around some more and couldn't find anything close too it's design.

Picking these up Friday, and hoping to discover more treasure on the 3rd floor we didn't get to!

Nice....thank you both 😊

Darn it, I knew it...second guessed myself again. Thanks 😊

Had to go with a Bee....need a hand pollinating the watermelon 😊

Thought differently at first?

Maybe thinking Vitro too...

Good morning...0.60

Interesting indeed. Thanks for the input everyone!

Well said...I can imagine some of those above being someone's "go to" mib!

I think it's all on the outside, and there's that one area you can see where the transparency, if called that, is different when wet. Kind of difficult to tell if it's on the inside.

Almost has the same feeling in hand like a wooden bead would? Hmmm...

Is going on here? I think it's either a Pelt or a cat's eye but I would like to know what's going on with the glass. Won't clean off at all and as you can see there's some transparency when wet. Any ideas?

Yeah, and when it first hit arcades and movie theater lobbies, you had too wait to play...did that a few times!

Would have been a nice, clear based cork that definitely got screwed 🙄

Or these guys either...

Wish these guys would not have been on the front line...

Just had a memory I wanted to share regarding Ebay...I had a knack for spotting items that I thought would sell and I recall on an outing I spotted this planter. It was various tones of brown and beige with a few other colors sprinkled in. It was of good size, about as big as a soccer ball. It was in the likeness of an owl, double sided. I picked it up pretty cheap, around 10 bucks. After some research, I discovered that it was a VHTF unmarked McCoy. I listed it for a 3 day selling period and picked up the typical watchers, bids, etc. During the last hour, the bid suddenly jumped almost 20 bucks. As I watched, refreshing occasionally, this same bidder would jump ahead every time over another bidder. Turns out this was a lady who lived in Texas, who was ecstatic to win her prize, spending around $150. Turns out that, even though I had researched it, knowing I had a McCoy, there had been another one made too match it! The particular one I had, she had searched for the longest time trying to find. I recieved an email with pictures some time later of her standing on her front porch with her owls hanging behind her full of beautiful flowers. Now that was a good feeling. Probably the only thing about Ebay I miss are the rewards like that. 😊

Ebay. I remember when things started getting a little crazy with the fees. Seemed like they were starting to charge a fee for everything back when I got out. Postage wasn't as bad as it is now but was starting to show signs of a slow but steady increase. I remember when I began keeping my listings pretty basic because of a new fee of some sort suddenly being added. And going small because of shipping prices beginning to climb. Between those issues and the time consumption, I just hung it up. Still have my power seller certificate around here somewhere, for earning so much per month. For some time, it was fun and profitable. Nice extra money. Too bad to hear it's gotten so out of control with cost. I shipped a very small box too California from Minnesota this past Christmas that also was under 6 pounds, cost me around 40 bucks. The Christmas prior to that same thing, about the same weight but easily almost 5 bucks cheaper. Same destination. It's nuts.

I remember Dragons Lair...wasn't that the one with the knight, princess and dragon, kinda like playing a cartoon? Been so long but that seems like what I remember. Also remember getting charred like burger on the grill too long also 🐲

Welcome to MarbleConnection, Chris! You'll enjoy it here...great atmosphere, great knowledge, great people. Your in the right place 😊