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Alan

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  1. Not Akro, not oxblood.
  2. Alan

    Akro?

    That very thin black veneer striping is more common to MK. Also, look for a tiny flake somewhere....anywhere. See what the glass is beneath the veneering.
  3. Alan

    Akro?

    I'm leaning MK.
  4. As Ron was so clear and repetitive in saying, glass colors don't mix. They may overlay.
  5. Are you hoping for it to be one?
  6. Color variation is a norm. It was a crude, ultra-cheap manufacturing process affected by a range of factors, including the weather.
  7. Left is a dirty crockery. Right is a beater machine made.
  8. Focus isn't bad, but its far less than the lens is capable of. The image data is stripped off so I can't look at that to advise better. The stitching pic, viewed at full res seems to be choosing a focus point that isn't at the cloth - almost like a manual focus was made and then the lens distance changed (guesswork). The rope pic is of much lower resolution and it suffers from the camera not knowing whether to set exposure (and focus) on the white or the back. There is more black - so it may have averaged for the black. over-exposing the white. Note there is little detail in the rope strands. Part of that problem is focus (most) and part is over-exposure.
  9. Alan

    Help...

    You'll find this thread helpful for identifying Ravenswood: https://marbleconnection.com/topic/7584-ravenswood-novelty-marbles-a-review-of-varieties/
  10. Alan

    Help...

    Ravenswood
  11. No pontil. Its a machine made. Try to not see glass defects as a "pontil". Look at the whole marble.
  12. A '9' can be formed on the rollers as the glass cools. The whole point of the rollers (beside cooling) is to impart a spin/twist to the glass. The MFC '9' has certain characteristic to it.
  13. Red slag. Oxblood is a very different color. Oxblood is brick red and opaque. Recommendation: Oxblood is not the Holy Grail. Hoping for it will cause you to misidentify it. Just look at it and let it come to you. ***Attend a marble show***
  14. Either you aren't within the focal length of the lens or it cannot figure out what to focus (and choose exposure) upon.
  15. Quite. It is air trapped very precisely in uranium glass. Mark Matthews. Big - 1-3/4".
  16. Crazy people. (Don't forget integers)
  17. I noticed that in your newest pics, the remaining glass is convex. Given that, I'll stay with my initial suggestion.
  18. Are you using manual focus and exposure select? Your manual should be helpful.
  19. Not HTF to me. Huge number of dug Indian Blankets came out of the big digs. Its interesting that it is bid this high, especially how it is expertly photographed with all pics consistently out-of-focus so the condition cannot be even guessed at. However those with some experience (and sharp eyes) can look at the black and see all they need to know, especially if they have seen the many dug examples.
  20. Looks like a flopover ingot. I assume its OOR? Just guessing that in hand, its much darker than in the pic (a lot of flash there).
  21. If the edge is somewhat rounded (appears like it might be), it is an annealing flaw where the missing piece popped off. It doesn't appear to be flat-spotted.
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