-
Posts
927 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
17
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Gallery
Events
Everything posted by The Nickel Guy
-
I believe this now to be a nice Vitro Phantom Conqueror, an unual prushed patch with the bonus brown brushed ribbon. There are striations that show just under the ribbon in one place to appear to go into the clear base. Of course, it is transluscent. Thank you all for this conclusion. Seems perfectly correct to me now.
-
I concur.
-
Wonder if there are marble collectors with color blindness?
The Nickel Guy replied to The Nickel Guy's topic in The Lounge
I'm glad this was well received. I am not color blind but have other issues for sure. We all have something. It would be kind of fun to try to ID marbles in B&W and then have a reveal when ID-ed in color. Thanks all! -
I was being grateful the other day for the ability to see all kinds of beautiful things in excellent color. I assume, I am seeing things the way most people do but I might have an extra portion of appreciation than the average guy or gal. I think a lot of us marble collectors fall into this group. We can see the beauty in art and nature maybe just a bit differently than the next. Then I thought of those who have color blindness. I wondered what differnece it might make in finding the colors those see that do not have this condition. Perhaps, they see things differently but still see cool marbles just as well as anyone regardless? Hey we all have something, one way or another nobody is perfect. I am on the lower end of the bell curve when it comes to that. There is absolutely no intention of me posting this that makes a color blind person any less than anyone else.
-
Thanks so much all you people! I had this one for several decades and I'm pretty sure it came from an actual kids marble bag with all sorts of different kinds of earlier marbles in there. I don't think it's a veiligglas as other than Imperials, Chinese, and now Mexican marbles I never came across European machine made mibs in all my collecting days in the wild. I thought Ravenswood too.
-
Atmosphere ! Hey William, may I use this or one of your images as my avatar? These images are awesome.
-
Truly amazing pictures. I have never seen the Northern Lights. They say they can be seen in Pennsylvania once in a while but nothing like that. I have never seen Starlink either. Thanks for posting. . . a Wow from me as well.
-
This one stands out in my better Vitro tray for now. It has four colors if you count the white, three, if not. Now I know it isn't all that exciting, but I can appreciate it being kind of neat. Is there a name for it being a little more fancy than the common All Red? Much appreciated. 1st image is probably closest to actual colors but it is a tad darker in hand I suppose.
-
Thank you all! I went to Stephen Bahrs yooo tooob channel last night before going to sleep and in that Akro Agate video, one of the very first marbles that were shown were marbles that looked just exactly like this one at 57 seconds into it, dead center. Still, I do appreciate the overnight comments after I slipped off into marble dreamland. I'm off to the pool at the Y. Have a great day!
-
If I had to guess, I'd say Heaton. Not sure if that V is an oxblood thread. Could be? It is opaque and has gentle blue and pinks hues in the white which I don't know if you can see that. I have had this a long time and it always gets my attention. I do like it a lot. Anyone know about this marble? Thank you very much.
-
I think I did OK ID-ing Vitro Tiger Eyes?
The Nickel Guy replied to The Nickel Guy's topic in Marble I.D.'s
Much appreciated Mibs!
