The Nickel Guy

New video of a show from 2024 in Minnesota. Thank you very much for another great video!

This marble looks to be black and white and when I held it to the window the other day I saw a blue transparent base. I think I have I identified this correctly thanks to watching a Stephen Bahr video. No mistake, it is a day glow blue color when backlit. I wonder if I might have others in my Peltier collection. This one does have some contact hits. Acceptable for my collection, not too bad. It is about 5/8ths. Under the flash, it is blue and white. Not black at all.

Actually it looks frosted or like a river find. Maybe it was tumbled? I also thought it might be a Hurricane but there are several streams of glass bundled together rather than an opaque base with ribbons over it.

Welcome Dumpster Bandit! Great images you have taken. I hope you keep coming back here. People here are very nice. I often reflect on my coin show attendance and then I think back of my first marble show last April. The coin shows are sometimes about an exciting as a funeral viewing but that marble show was full of fun and laughter and chatting. The people were all a blast and to tell you the truth, I have a lot more fun with marbles and the people who collect them.

Sorta an update. Still like my Mexican marbles. Most of these are Mega Marbles. The ones in the showcases are alphabetically arranged and complete with a tag ( whether I made it or original ) and hold 24 players and 1 Shooter. Under the table are sorted extra players, 7/8 inch and larger and some stuff that needs to go elsewhere at the moment. Oh yes, there's more of these Mega's that I can show. Many more. I am having a lot of fun here with these and keeping my mind occupied too.

Super nice one there. I think Fire is right with Superior too. thinking tho . . . What is the criteria for a Yellow Jacket? edit: Nevermind, a Yellow Jacket has an opaque base. Just found it.

Al's picture looks like earlier Hurricane. From what I've seen, and even with Mega Marble tags, there are three very similar current models. One is called Tie Dye, One the new style Tree Frog, and then Hurricane. I have read someplace that the Hurricanes can't have black lines or swirls but I know the others I mention are pretty much the same mib and do have black. This one has brown but no black and I think it is the most recent Hurricane type from Mexico.

Has that bacon kinda look to it huh? Very nice swirl. I'm thinking Alley. Look here at about 7:40

I added this Murano glass sculpture paperweight to my collection this morning. It was a bargain at the thrift store. no chips or cracks and well balanced. It is fairly heavy and about a foot tall I guess.

I say WOW! These are hand made polymer clay right? I am just getting into it with great hope of doing well but these are amazing!

Thanks Fire! These are translucent and the patches almost resemble those ribbons of a Vitro Tiger Eye. I am going to bet these are Vitro and call them two color patches Right?

Thanks Parmcat. Aren't they neat to have in hand?

Almost looks to be an opal doesn't it? However I am stumped as well. Nice.

Opaque white base, two conjoined patches and obvious seams but I can't place them with a manufacturer. I have others in color combinations, I think, yellow and blue, maybe some more combos someplace. They all seem to have that same construction and look to them. I'd appreciate the usual help with mfg. ID and name. My guess is gonna be Akro Agate two colored patch. But I am not finding these. Thanks again for your time and thoughts on these triplets.

Now this one is different than my recent Master question. I am thinking this one is Akro Agate and it definately has that old glass feel and look. Superb condition. It is all opaque, patch and base. Maker, Type and any special name for it maybe? I see people call some similar to these Akro Watermelons but there are some pretty imaginative auction sellers out there. Thanks marble people.

This also has eyelashes. If I am correct with Master, does this type have a name to it or type at least? Thank you kindly.

Hard to pick a favorite. Grand Finale pretty soon.

I'm glad I attempted to keep things in order as I collected. If I didn't I would be lost at this point and probably would not enjoy them near as much. Everybody does things a little different so do what you like and you'll like it.

I see 6 colors on this cool marble Red Yellow Green and another Army Man Green, Turquoise and Brown

Beautiful Marbles MarcoArellano. Quite the display so far. Really enjoying this.

I tried taking decent pictures of this framed print. I have had it for decades but I forget if it is my old handwriting on the back or someone elses. Says steel engraved, hand colored. 1849. Tonight I remembered it hangs there on the wall by the grandfather clock. I think of it every year on New Years (almost) and decided to see if I could find out more about it tonight. THE DEATH OF THE YEAR Engraved expressly for Graham’s Magazine by W. E. Tucker Vol. XXXV. December, 1849. No. 6. THE DEATH OF THE YEAR POEM BY HENRY B. HIRST It was a dreary night   In the latter years of time, When a man, with shrunken limbs   And a forehead white with rime— With the rime of weary hours Whose paths were not of flowers— And a beard of snowy white, Walked slowly through the night. Pale Hecate, overhead,   Shone coldly on his brow; His eye was sunken and dim,   His cheek had lost its glow, But his step, so full of pride,— The manhood of his stride, Gave this antiquated thing The appearance of a king. The moon went sadly down   To a level with his way, And the heavens became opprest   With vapors dark and gray As Saturn, with his beard, And glass, and scythe, appeared: The old man journeyed on, Growing weaker and more wan. Like a shadow, on his path   With a silence, such as dwells In the desolate dell of death   Where we hear not even our knells, Did Saturn slowly pass With his fatal scythe and glass: The traveler looked not back, But kept steadily on his track. From the earth which lay below,   Until then so black and dumb, Came the roar of many a gun,   With the roll of many a drum, And the mingling strains of lute, Clarion, cymbal, fife and flute; And among them, like a knell, Rose the clamor of a bell! The wanderer heard the sound,   And with patient, suffering eyes Gazed reproachfully on high,   Through the dark, unpitying skies; But Saturn raised his steel And the old man ceased to feel; And they laid along his bier The cadaverous Old Year.

Good fortune to all of you! ~ Happy New Year ~

I was excited to see this one pop up today! One for the hoi polloi. Thank you from all of us at Marbleconnection. I'm a huge fan myself.

Those are beautiful. I made my second attempt today. I think my clay is too hard when I am working with it. I need to improve my workspace too. I hope that as I get more experience I can make some that look like yours. It is a lot of work and time right now but I bet I'll do better as I keep trying.

I am sorry MarcoArellano, I think I jumped into a thread where you had planned on entertaining us with your marbles. I guess I thought we were supposed to come up with some contributions. I sure don't want to mess up your intentions with my injections. Fun thread though, I shall get in the bleachers and watch. Trophy given!