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Alan

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  1. Those appear to be painted-on logos.
  2. Make sure you measure drawer clearance.
  3. It is a tri-level solid core. A nice one. Keeping the bands consistent when the cane has been worked down to 1/2" is a reflection of real skill. Cane cut marbles were made in Germany (and later, in England) from around 1860 - 1920.
  4. As noted - those aren't pontils. Pontils don't look like that.
  5. Its not a Clambroth. Maglite or other.
  6. Neither chocolate or oxblood.
  7. Alan

    MK

    Its a transparent Wasp. These showed up in the late 1980s. They are from that period.
  8. Its a very simple design to make. The technique is called "raking". Looks like they blew off annealing, but thats common when they are in a hurry. Its not really a pontil. Its a small diameter glass rod attachment.
  9. Looks like a flop-over ingot.
  10. Those are 1990s new-ish MK. They were available in fair quantity, not really HTF at all.
  11. They appear to be minimally buffed. "Buffed" is polished by hand with pontils remaining.
  12. The motor source states that they haven't sold that motor (or an equivalent) since 2017.
  13. The Popeye patches were factory discards. They are overwhelmingly in that color combination. I have seen an entire wood Army footlocker full of them for sale.
  14. It is a modern machine-made, most likely from a Mexican company known as Vacor.
  15. Alan

    Tricky

    That appears reflective, not reactive.
  16. Just noting that Memorial Day honors US military members who lost their lives in the military service of the nation.
  17. Put me down for Vacor
  18. Its way out of focus - but I think it may be a fried marble.
  19. "It depends". But it does affect desirability and value. Be wary of people who sell using the description "As-made". These days its popularly used as an excuse for a condition problem... trying to infer that it is somehow less impactful on the marble's value. It isn't. And the increasingly popular use of the term to describe nicks and other damage as if it makes that damage anything less than it is - is simply BS. How would they know when damage occurred? In the end - that damage is simply what it is. Avoid such sellers.
  20. Alan

    MK

    Its rather dark (glass) but appears to be a modern Bumblebee.
  21. That looks like oven brick. Machine-mades don't contain mica.
  22. Looks vintage to me (and I tend to be conservative).
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