Alan

Those photos are not sharply focused. I'd like to see it in focus under better (not flat) lighting.

Same here:

Sky Blue Onyx with Oxblood:

It seems that the use of "Same Run" for machine mades is an attempt to twist the term "Same Cane" into machine made territory. That attempt makes no sense to me. Machine made types of the same pattern, same size and same glass chemistry were run for a very, very long time....YEARS in many cases. That was the purposeful plan - to consistently make the same successful type to fill orders over a long, long time. With the very rare exception of true bona fide experimentals - use of the term "same run" makes no sense for machine mades. You could hold 4 marbles of the exact same design and they could each have been made a year apart - and no-one could tell the difference. Borrowing the "same cane" handmade idea just doesn't apply to machine mades.

One can't conclude from a vertical level that marbles are found that they are of relative age. While this is often true in pure archeology - the fact is that marbles are accumulated, passed down between generations and can often be a mixed bag of origins and eras. Of course a story that comes with marbles offered for sale can be unreliable or suspect. A marble is what it in in hand. The story that comes with it doesn't affect identification.

Yes

Two vintage logo pieces: "Brown For Congress": "Mobilgas"

Someone took care making those outer bands. Quite nice. Congrats.

No. UV maybe.

I have doubts about it making minimum.

Thats a contemporary Snakeskin.

You may want to stay dead until tax time passes.

I'm not assuming that this piece of cullet is associated with a marble maker.

Clear fly murrini made in an optic mold surrounded by red opaque.

If you want to make a cane-cut handmade larger than normal size - you would have to have a fruitwood forming block made that size.

I am saddened by Bert's passing. He was an enthusiastic elder statesman of the hobby - with more energy at age 80 than most people have at age 40. In all my times with Bert - I never regretted a minute that I passed with him. He had time for everyone and generously shared his huge wealth of knowledge with anyone that had a question. He gave marbles to kids at shows and was always trying to increase awareness of the collecting hobby. On top of that, Bert was a gentleman. His passing leaves a huge hole in the hobby. My family and I will miss him. Alan Z