The Nickel Guy

You guys deserve a big hand! LOL Yikes! AI doesn't do hands well.

Sad to hear. I would re-walk that path and look for it, those are beautiful. Where do you get those?

There is something mesmerizing about it. I like the second, 4th and last picture.

I got two lots, One batch is 12 mibs to make a little box of 3/4 " Jabo Friendship examples from Mar 2009. My picture . . . Another view with images used with permission from MrsMopar. And here's a Variety of 15 Jabo's from 2010 which range up to slightly over 1 inch. I'm not quite sure which various runs these are from but that's OK. I like em! My picture . . . And all the rest of these images are used with permission from MrsMopar. Thanks! Some close shots of some of the individuals found in the second "Variety Lot".

In my mind I could see a Hen on a Nest from either samples from Boyd's too. Haven't thought of Boyd's in many years but i used to sell antiques and could tell you back then who made what. LOL Man how time flew!

Thank you! Brockway is not too far away from me in PA. Out there off I-80 on the Pittsburgh half of the state. I think I remember picking these up at a yard sale 30 years ago.

I've had these laying around for years. The small one is clear deep ruby in color. It just looks like an oversized glass bead. Might just be a sample of something. The other two are marked with the same incuse letter B on the one side. I thought maybe they were samples of glassware from a town or factory that had a name that began with the letter B. I just thought maybe I should ask. Ya never know. Thanks

While rearranging my collection last night . . . again I pulled these and put them on my solitaire game board for a pose. They went to the small showcase afterwards. Many may be quite common but they are still some of my favorites. I am always particularly drawn to those deep brown and white ones with a bit of purple highlighting. They show in the square of 9 in forefront. They always grab me. The one in the center looks like a bird in flight to me.

Not in hand . . . yet May not chase the lot they are in. Already getting too high for me.

I think I have a couple moss agates. I know at least one of them glows under UV. I pulled these and grouped them thinking I may have them closer to being identified. Maybe some are just another makers patch? (The two smaller ones) What say ye? and Thank you!

Snakes so far, added 10 more this week. The teal or turquoise one in the second spot, top row, is kind of unusual I think.

One of my new additions to my expanding collection that I find intriguing. Now why would they call it that?

US Mail delivered these Jabo classics and Two 16 count boxed sets of approx 3/4 inch Joker marbles. Almost every one of my Jabos and D.A.S. Dave's Appalachian Swirls came from MarbleMary.com. Mary takes good care of me and I highly recommend checking her site out. Classics 5/8th Inches Joker Salute Run August 7 2011 Joker III Run Made 2010

Up late last night and up early this morning. Got a lot of grime off these and pulled the very ordinary ones. Also there were a dozen or so damaged marbles that I pulled. I sorted them to some degree. These are all very nice. Lots of Ravenswood and Alley swirls on white base. I got 9 or 10 Akro corks. There are also a couple handfuls of examples that look to be better collectibles of which I have to learn about. I will be taking images of these in singles and smaller lots as I move along. Many will be joining same types I already have in some cases. Next week I'll be striking the auction lots again outbidding others !!!! Yaaaaawwww! Some of my favorites I suppose.

Now that would be more my speed having had both knees replaced. I wouldn't have to get on the ground. I am sure that it would be very easy to make one of these in a woodshop even by the least talented woodworker.

What say you? Not marbles of old? Sorry, this is the only image of them available at this time. Not mine. Thank you!

I am pretty sure you helped me identify this one I have as Chinese. It sure looks a lot like your yellow and blue one. Thanks

I won three outta 4 bags of dirty marbles tonight online. I went down to preview them in person and there seems to be a bunch more than these pictures portray. ( In hand it seems like twice as much ) I don't see any earth shaking marbles but I do think I see a lot of somewhat common Peltier Rainbos and West Virginia Swirls. I think I see some glittering Mexican more modern shooters and marbles in here, They don't do much for me. I may have paid too much, but I don't think so since I will get my $43.46 worth of plain fun sorting through these and pulling out the ones I like best. Maybe there's a goodie in there? Next week I'll be adding more lots to these three to pick up at the same time when I drive down to the auctioneer. I didn't win those yet but I will get some more. I will update this thread with my cleaned up, sorted marbles when I get them home and get a chance to do the pictures. It will be very soon. Thanks for looking!

Thanks for that extra work you did for us in moving them. Awesome!

This has probably been mentioned in one way or another a hundred times here that everyone does not see exactly the same colors the same way. What one person sees, another may not. So what somebody likes may make another wonder what they see in it. Kinda fun in a way.

I like the color! neato

Thank you very much for that info. I apologize for posting in this thread. I appreciate your tolerant responses. If a mod moved it or deleted it I wouldn't mind but then again, even a correction is educational for others. Thanks again!

Now my wife thinks I've finally cracked up I guess but after a toothbrushing with Dawn here is at least a view of what these used to be. Poor images, but they will do for these. Now in H2O

Well I really wanted to keep the round ball on this smokers stand but I sent these three other than marbles items to auction on Wednesday. It's like a stick shift knob. It screws on but it was so tight I couldn't turn it so I decided to let it go. The one lamp and smokers stand matched. I am not sure if it was Oxblood but I do think they glowed under UV. Wrong shade but it worked. Had this in the living room for 25 years, time to go. I think Akro Agate made these since the colors are right but I am not 100% sure. This one has a mixture of Jadite and the same color balls as the other two with the oxblood (maybe) swirls on a greenish tinted custard color glass. I hauled about 1500 lots that will be selling over the next couple months. I was about knee to hip high in the back of a 20 ft U Haul.

Rock Tumbler is out. Thanks for the advice. I'll just wait for the ugly contest . . . and win!