The Nickel Guy

Marble people have been very very good to me but this was a great present from one of our members here at the NJ Marble show yesterday. Vacor Frosted Michelangelo 5/8th inch. I could not have afforded such a marble and it was an awesome surprise. It looks better than this and I think this looks great.

New Jersey Marble show on Apr 26 2025 "Booty" What a GREAT TIME! My first marble show ever. The people were awesome. I didn't go to spend money but I did spend a little. The highlight for me was the people. Marble Kings A Celtic Rainbow. 6 Cub scouts, a couple blue rainbows and a tri colored rainbow. More modern Marble Kings Jack told me the ones on the left were an experiment of some kind with making Cats Eyes and they were a real P.I.TA. to work with. Center are 4 new Supermen. The only kind I can afford. On the right are some Anemic Bumble Bees that didn't get the yellow glass yet. VAmarbles and Stephen Bahr gave me these. VA gave me this big 1 3/16th Boulder which I think is maybe a Vacor Scorpion or maybe a Black Panther. I am pretty sure he have me that green on white swirl that you see in the cello bag on the checker board lower right. He told me it's a good one but couldn't recall exactly the name of it. I'll find out in time. But the Rocks Cousteau "Day Maker" for this Mega Marble Guy ( which I may ask to change my name here to ) was the Frosted Michelangelo I think, it has blue on the other side. That was also from VA. I was blown away. They don't grow on trees. Thank you! Stephen may not have given me that crazy MK in that picture. Has a neat ribbed yellow patch. I think the other two are also from him. THUMBS up. I also got an awesome Early Goldfish Shooter as a gift from Stephen. I bought all the rest of those shooters at his table. Front and center is that green on white swirl I mentioned above along with some others I bought separately in a baggie from Adam. Adam also gave me 4 shooters. I'm telling ya. Here I think are three cool Master Marbles from that baggie. Some Pelts and some odds and ends and then I think these pee wees might be Akro and the Mama. I am starting to gather quite a few of this kind. I love those green and yellow ones, well, maybe I like them very much. and some patches, I am guessing 2 Vitro 1 Master and 1 Akro. Soon as I got in the door I met Dave T And he gave a deal on two of these nice bags of Jabo's. All my favorite Youtube movie stars were there. Mr Alley and the Marble Avenger. And almost on the way out I returned to people I got the checker board and supplies from and bought these beautiful Jabos. Finally, my shooters, I came to find a lot more than this and they were there I'm sure but I had a marble brain freeze after a couple hours. Sort of a cross between an ice cream brain freeze and temporary amnesia. Too much info to take it all in and the people were so cool, I just stopped shopping and had fun. Said hi to Bob on the way out. I said Hi to everyone.

It looks like Banana Creme Pie to me. I like it! Of course, I made that up. I like both pies.

Excited to meet these marble people I admire. I'll be there at that NJ show. It will be my first marble show ever. I have a funny feeling I am going to have a good time. I'll be wearing a busy pink and blue floral shirt with lighter blue jean shorts when the doors open. Woo Hoo! LATE EDIT: 6:30 PM Sat 4/26/25 Since I can add to this post rather than post again ( which I will with my recent "booty" in another score post ) I just wanted to give a quick and short report of my first marble show ever. Up before the birds, I drove in the fog and rain a couple hundred miles to NJ and the show was in full swing even before 9 AM. I met all of Stephen Bahr's youtube allstar cast and of course VAmarbles was there and gave me a wonderful present. He was so nice to meet in person. I am a huge fan of Stephen Bahr and his friends. Adam the co-host was so friendly, actually everyone, I mean EVERYONE was super nice. The chatter in the clubhouse was non stop and well, it was far from quiet too. I just loved this day. It was worth the grueling drive, yes it was a couple hundred miles home too. I live out in the country with the cows, NJ is a bit busier. I got me some sweet mibs. Not expensive ones but I did well and had a blast. Thank you all. The people were actually the highlight and the marbles were the almost as good as the peeps. Including the collectors. awesome! FUN FUN FUN !!!

Chad G looks like he posted a Peltier? Correct?

Superb info and conversation. Thanks a bunch.

Haha ho! You learn something new every day. Thanks! I did not know swirls didn't have seams. Well that's a good thing to know.

Since you guys are so nice to study these, I figured I can at least provide my best effort in a couple collage pictures before hitting the hay. I have a hard time with seams it seems. Thanks, hope these suffice. I do think that is oxblood on no 1 here.

It lights up like a lightning bug under UV! Thanks Akroorka. It is a neat one, I am looking around to find similar ones in my non white base swirls.

Oh my, hang in there folks and thanks for the studying. I will try to take some good images of this pair and follow up soon.

Agree. I do think it resembles a couple of other transparent/translucent Jabo's or DAS I have. Thanks for looking.

5/8th inch and thank you!

Interesting info about the Pennsboro Alley. I have many Alley white based swirls. I can see no connection but this will help me learn more. Thank you!

Thank you so much. I will be able to figure them out I think by knowing that much. I'll look at other Akros and report back here. You guys rock.

davesnothere Glad you stuck around after all.

Thanks for looking anyway Nantucketdink. They aren't the usual Mega Marbles but they were in the same large bunch of Vacors I recently picked up.

The one on the left looks Jabo or D.A.S. to me, the one on the right might be Jabo, I don't know. Both about 5/8

All three are just a smidge over 5/8 Vitro Superior (UVR) Marble King Red White Blue older translucent rainbow Heaton Swirl (very reactive to UV) or a Jabo but I don't think so. Lots of reflection on the evidence of some playwear.

My guess was Vitro. The larger ones are 11/16 and the two smaller ones are 17/32 and 19/32. Do these have a general name for the type? Thank you.

A SUPER thoughtful GIFT from a very good friend of ours here on this forum. I will not mention the giver name but I did not expect such a haul of Mexico's Vacor marbles. Some Canadian, Some Mexico, some hard to find sold in the USA. and . . . I do believe that is an original bag of PELTIER banana Cats Eyes Wow. You know who you are and I THANK YOU so much. We are all lucky to have you here but I was luckiest last week. Believe it or not, I thought this special somebody was just sending me empty black Mega Marble mesh bags since I was making up my own sets. A couple PM's later back and forth it became a bit more obvious to me I wasn't getting empty bags. I was very grateful for empty bags, can you imagine opening up this box full of these marbles? Total SURPRISE and a MAJOR SCORE!!!!!

Art, I am not a huge fan of the iridescent marbles unless they have just a hint maybe and of course we know they come from Mexico anyway. I can live with them LOL. I like all pretty marbles though. My first try was just using Mothers Mag and Aluminum Polish and rubbed the marble with fingers and then paper towel. I did this like you would rub a worry stone for a long time. ( I just love this marble ) It is hard to say if I reduced the amount of the shiny iridescence but I do believe I have taken off or altered the surface on the red and yellow one in the forefront. The three behind it did not get near the time and effort. They don't look different . . . yet. Maybe a smidge? Next, I used a pumice kind of rectangle that people use to rub down callouses on their feet with some polish. This useless marble has a huge chip on one side, rolling it with some pressure has formed a good groove for it to roll in. Overall, I don't think I will pursue this except in an individual effort here and there. It's just too much work. So many "shinys" - so little time. Results, I do believe I have lessened the shine. Perhaps a short duration in a rock tumbler would be less work. But if there is one marble and I really want to make it look the way I want it to, I suppose this method would work. My theory is that the shiny layer is not very deep if it is in the glass.

Thank you kindly Alan. I will find a fractured mib and try to remove it. I will report back with my findings. I did not knw it was part of the glass.

I think about this once in awhile when I see a crazy shiny marble I know would have looked better without the iridescent coating. Well, today I will ask. This is not glass is it? I think it is some kind of sprayed on stuff but I wonder if it can be dissolved or rubbed off with some car polish or something without damaging the real marble inside. Anyone know? Thanks!

Here's a group shot of 10 marbles that are similar. All about 5/8th. Most have a yellow patch or two, one has an orange stripe, one looks like a Master Marble but I don't think it is. There is a dark brownish green or orange cloud generally on one side of the interior. I have never seen Vacor marbles that looked like these before. Can anyone tell me the name for these? Thank you!

Nice one. It appears to be maybe a larger marble? A lot of the Fiesta's I am finding are kinda stingy with the thickness of the strands and swirls. Yours looks healthy.