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Alan

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  1. How did you identify it specifically as that?
  2. Alan

    Identify

    As others noted - a caliper. Use fractions please.
  3. Run away from that seller. I DO love how all photos are mysteriously out-of-focus. And NO returns. Whats not to like!
  4. Machine made with crud in the glass. No "Lutz". If you look for "Lutz" etc - you'll find it in places that it isn't.
  5. Alan

    Bead ID

    Looks like a normal bead shoved into an optic mold device. Anyone can make a clone of it tomorrow. My first torch experience was in a Kate Fowle bead class.
  6. I've seen plenty of people who think they do. Right here, no less. (Cue the $3,000 Vacor)
  7. I think they're more like a smoking candle wick....
  8. Steph is correct - no consumer had UV lights in the vintage days. It was about the glass having just a bit of a different look in sunlight. These were penny kids toys. It wasn't rocket science.
  9. Coreless swirl. All cane-cut marbles have an initial gather. Period. People have come to refer to the absence of color or construction as things like "ghost" - which doesn't make any sense. When an initial gather is marvered, it will have some texture or pick up some frit dust etc etc. But that doesn't make it a core deserving of a name, absent some intentional construction that merits it.
  10. Looks decidedly modern to me. Remember: Most fakes usually have a big story that comes with them in order to remove suspicion and hesitation. This one comes with a very big story. The bigger the story - the bigger the inflation. Cheesy fakes usually come with a big price too. Some people can't resist the bait.
  11. Think of doing the Florida show.
  12. Its a Master. It isn't jumping out at me as anything more exceptional than some other Masters that come along regularly, even if intact.
  13. On the bright side - you can display it without a marble stand!
  14. I "figure it out" before I buy. I also buy towards a collection theme or goal, not randomly. That way I avoid buying a lot of ballast. But that's just me.
  15. Thats new glass. Vacor.
  16. Current type and condition, cost and result = not worth it (for me).
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