Alan

They come up on Block's auctions semi-regularly. They also appear at shows. The Fall CT show had a few IIRC.

Me: Jabo or DAS left, Jabo right.

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I get Veiligglas vibes.

How do you know that they are rare? Who is the artist that made them? 6,000 art glass marbles in one place would set a world record.

It looks like newer glass in those pics - but the pics appear heavily filtered/processed. It would help to see the raw, unprocessed pic.

Good, well-focused pics. Newer (and some established!) collectors would do well to look at the glass and it's motion. Its very illustrative of this type.

The only way for anyone to move that footlocker would been to scoop bowls of marbles into buckets to empty it. Six people wouldn't have been able to get it out of the van it was in. He must of filled it the same way. The wood footlocker wouldn't have held the weight of moving it in any case.

Yes. Monster amounts of these came out of the big digs. I was offered an entire wood Army footlocker of them in New Philly.

In examples like this, lighting and exposure are everything. In this case - change them and you can shift the apparent qualities. A few observations: - Oxblood almost always rises to the surface. - The stripe appears(to me) to be almost reflective. It could be incidental metallic from the cullet pile.

https://www.allaboutmarbles.com/viewtopic.php?t=45053

I *think* he is referring to a specific parquet design.

Very modern torch work.

It is a modern MK GH.

Look right to me.

Not Ravenswood to me.

Wowza! Love the Akro, MKs and especially the MK Bengals! You have the eye. Congrats on great photos. Great exposure and great focus. Props!

If there is something not factual in my response, I welcome quotes of it. A statement that does not enthusiastically agree with an assumption isn't negative or a "shoofly mentality", as you put it. It is a fact to note that Facebook is awash with folks who energetically preach that any marble that has some reaction to UV light is automatically valuable and sought. This is a relatively recent development in the past ~2 years. I am amazed at how prevalent it is and how quick it has spread. People post the very common: "I have some marbles that I bought/belonged to someone. Are any valuable?" These days the most common reply is "Hit it it with UV light to find the good ones!" No attempt at ID. No observation on grading. In my opinion, this steers novice collector in a direction that most will come to regret in time. In my observation, it also supports a higher paying price by novices for modern and older common pieces - a price that won't be sustained later on in their collecting experience when they go to sell it. It does nothing to educate. Just UV and money in so many cases. If it is considered "negative" to advise novices that the Facebook UV hype is over-promotion is therefore a poor collecting direction to go - then the experienced collectors who have seen and learned a great deal over decades can fold their tent and leave novices to learn a hard lesson on their own. It will save time in educating on ID and grading. It will avoid teaching why a marble is a Master instead of an Akro or Vitro. How many ID threads do we see where the new-ish poster posts many terribly blurry UV pics taken in the dark (cameras simply can't focus). Why not help them look at and identify marbles in the light ? UV is not the primary (or secondary) ID characteristic that so many have been led to believe on FB. In my opinion, that UV emphasis doesn't help them, and those who encouraged that approach didn't help them. The OP had a valid question. I was helping them to not see UV as a good approach to ID. Then possibly post a few pics and help them with ID and other needs using experience and facts. The best way to help people is to help them shift from mistaken understandings early in their collecting experience. Just like folks thinking that damaged or wonky machine mades are handmades or transitionals (which we see a fair amount of). I'm not seeking to help those who don't want my help.

The context is that Josh Simpson's wife, Cady Coleman, is an astronaut. When she returned from space, she shared photos with Josh, who was inspired make glass spheres that imagined distant planets from the photo inspiration she brought. He makes Inhabited Planets (orbiting satellites), Planets, and Possibly Inhabited planets. He makes all the cane in his work. Lava wouldn't be a far off conclusion, given how planets evolve. Josh wanted something different from bright colors and the designs used by most every other glass artist. I see them as inspired glass art with a lot more talent (no disrespect) than a plain swirl or standard 120 year old handmade designs.

Uranium glass is still used today. It is not rare. It is not an indicator of age or value. It not the thing that Facebook has hyped it to be.

A Simpson Inhabited Red Planet:

A large Josh Simpson Inhabited Planet:

It is a Paul Stankard piece (not mine). It is 100% glass (nothing organic).