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So I bought 2 lbs of these Michelangelo players, and it came out to be 175 marbles. I am surprised there was no breakage, cracks, or pinpricks. They looked pretty good overall for design. I picked out my favorite set, and 1 extra which jumps out at me. Wish they all looked like it. Ended up with 7 groups of 24, Need them shooters! My extra favorite one. It's in here with this group of 25 marbles. Dead center second row from the back. I did not own a Michelangelo yet except a frosted one I got from VAMarbles at the NJ show as a gift. I STILL LOVE IT! But . . . . Maybe I did have one all along. I got this one incher and inventoried it as an "Eclipse". Sure looks like it is related to a lot of my new weaker Michelangelo. I believe these are 4th generation variety. So here it is leading the group. I think I may have assembled my own nice 24+1 net bag. My tag I made.
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They strongly resemble an earlier Serpent Vacor marble. But that's just my reaction. Not an opinion. (They are neat!)
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LOL!
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I'm leaning towards Alley. Neat moment captured.
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That red stripe, patch and transparent base makes me think of a Vitro Helmet and I am not saying it's a helmet but I think it is a Vitro. But then . . . that stripe is not exactly red is it?
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A thin filament orange Vacor shooter. The name please?
The Nickel Guy replied to The Nickel Guy's topic in Marble I.D.'s
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CHRISTENSEN EXOTICS, ANOTHER GREAT VID FROM STEPHEN
The Nickel Guy replied to Chad G.'s topic in General Marble & Glass Chat
Alright! Another Stephen B production! You little devil. 👹 Thank you for all you do. I will watch this on my TV tonight. saving it for later on. LATE EDIT: I did watch this last night. Quite interesting. Yes, that is my little solar powered Dollar Tree devil. I used to have a bunch of those things. LOL -
I only have a few but this was an educational thread. Nice marbles too VA!
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I forgot to say table was Oak
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If there's a Quacamaya in there LOL Quack . . . spelling. I don't see a duck either. Glad Melissa doesn't see one too.
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If there's a Quacamaya in there, I really don't see a great example. Patience sir ... a nice one will come to you someday. I don't have one yet.
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Hiya VA ! If I ran across this box I would probably buy it for $30 tops only because I need a few of those shooters. A lot are very run of the mill examples maybe, which I would not need to have. I like the tray though. I would have answered earlier but I was out fishing on the Finger Lakes for a couple days. Just got home.
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I found quite a few of the odd ones in the asst bags, and have been grouping like kind together. You might see more like yours in near future bags. I myself will be on the lookout for your example. My guess is that as they rolled off the rollers there was a duration those produced marbles that might be very similar and ended up in the asst bags. Here's a picture of one of my 4 boxes so far of the strange but neat ones. I don't know if there is a name for the blue ones on the right. They have a patch on opposite sides. Only one side has a highlighted line of an olive brown along the patch. I have dubbed them "Blue Whales" for my own identification on my spread sheet. Besides these 5 I have 23 set aside to make a net bag but finding a shooter might never happen. In the second column are Wolf but instead of the normal colors they have Orange or Yellow. I suppose they could be Police Officer related too. Weird huh? I have maybe 50 strange ones that I can't put in any particular issue from Vacor.
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As wolves go, that's a great specimen. That is, if it is a Vacor Wolf. I would vote yes. They produce many "tweeners" and hybrids.
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Thank you very much for the clarification and history.
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I used to collect Akroware and had a decent collection. Now I might have a dozen pcs left with only a couple better ones. I am fairly sure that a company named Westite bought or acquired some of the molds.
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What a bunch of antique hand made marbles! Wow! I can't tell you much about Onionskins tho.
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I believe it is a Jabo because of the usual "C" fold.
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Those are beautiful Oxbloods. Did you get them in a sale in a old marble bag?
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I'm so proud of myself. I am hurting my arm, patting myself on the back. The old polly was at our house and our new one probably 30 years and it was still doing good but I wanted it to last a lot longer so I sanded it down and gave it a new paintjob. Old Polly New Happy Polly