Kimbernugs

4 minutes ago, Melissa said:

Ooooooh!  Nice one!!

Thanks. You know I love it. It's like the blue just couldn't contain itself and bulged out.

x 2

If there's an extra 1/2 ribbon of color, in this case blue, is it still a Yellow Jacket or hybrid or just a cool Tri-Lite?

Growing my Yellow Jacket collection. Not sure why I love them so much, but I sure do!

All 7/8ths or dang close to it. Jabo?

A few new-to-me Vitros gifted from a fellow board member. 

I've been wanting to try to coat damaged marbles in clear resin and did 2 so far with decent results, but I didn't have any other damaged marbles. Fire1981 was nice enough to send a few my way to see what I could do. Below are the "before" pics of Groups 1 and 2. I'm gonna get started this weekend and over time post the results. Wish me luck cause these are some awesome mibs!

The guy got a bit miffed when I told him these were "newer" marbles and insisted he had them as a kid. He is in his late 70's, so... I thought I had seen some similar listed as Vitros so I thought, well, maybe? But when he handed me a bag of all mint, they did not bare the battle scars of his other marbles, which were legit Akro corks, etc. That right there should have been the biggest clue for me. I allowed myself to feel intimidated when I'M THE ONE WHO COLLECTS MARBLES. I should not be such a pushover. But I didn't want to offend, so no harm no foul as he donated them to the patient marble basket.

14 minutes ago, Carowill said:

Goes to show you have to have a healthy skepticism when people tell you what they know about an item for sale.  People get confused, outright lie or forget details all the time.

Amen!

21 minutes ago, Carowill said:

Despite the provenance, they seem like Imperials to me.

They totally do to me as well. But when I suggested they were newer, he said absolutely not. So I thought either he forgot that he bought them or something else. So I appreciate the info.

I would have passed these off as Imperials but this guy had them as a kid and hasn't purchased any marbles since that time. Very credible. Are they Vitro and is there any value in them? I have a whole bunch of them now. About 70+  and about 9/16ths

Thanks!

These Vacors are getting trickier by the day. Thanks guys!

9/16ths Looks like Master in some ways. There is a bit of a clear base showing in one area. But Vacor is a viable option as well. Any help appreciated.

30 minutes ago, Ric said:

Cool mibs, Kimber.

NBD, either way but I want to make sure you are aware that you could have edited your original post to remove the duplicate photo and replace it with this one. Just click the three little dots in the upper right on any one of your posts and select 'edit' to give it a try - it's easy peasy. 🙂

Thank you!

Oops, posted same pic twice.

Received these beautiful Vacors and a cool Jabo amongst others in a lot I purchased sight unseen. Took a chance and got a few cool ones!

54 minutes ago, akroorka said:

The one on the right is a Vacor “Wicked Owl” imho—nice one!!
The left one is Vacor—maybe a very nice “Polar Bear”.
Nice marbles non-the less!!
Marble—On!!
 

OMG... yes!! Knowing they're Vacor isn't so surprising as they've churned out some real beauties. You're the best, Art!

Do you think they could be Champion? Or that one on the left? I'm so obsessed with knowing what they are.

6 minutes ago, tankgrrl29 said:

@Kimbernugs did you end up with this group? just curious about that one marble we were discussing. (if you got it and posted, can you tag me? i don't get a chance to visit every day  ) 

No, I did not. However, I came across 1 or 2 similar to that one and both were ID'd as Vitro.

2 hours ago, Melissa said:

vacor has some pretty neat stuff.  I just started collecting them.  

Heck yeah, they do! But I'm thinking Jabo.

Gorgeous. I'd say foreign sparkler types for 1 and 2 and 3rd one being a beach ball variety. My$0.02 for what it's worth.

A few of my Jabo favs I have on me today.

1 minute ago, Melissa said:

Vacor scores today

The blue with black swirls are wild!

1 minute ago, Steph said:

 

White generally counts as a color for Akro.      For instance, the Akro Prizename -- a two-color cork.  Many are white with one other color.   And the Tri-Color Agate.  Most of those have white and two other colors. 

Thanks for that info, Steph!

Marble mail brought me a nice Yellow Jacket shooter! 0.86"