Shamrock Marbles

Keepers for sure. May you always fondly remember your friend.

Sweet toy jug sample. Nothing like indoctrinating kids to drink spirits like pappy. I remember getting candy cigarettes at 7-Eleven!! Same thing, but a different decade. We spend our youth trying to grow up. And spend our adulthood trying to reclaim childhood.

2. Depending on the glass chemistry, the temperature (viscosity) and/or the distance traveled, two glasses can interact and create a third color at the boundary layer. This can be seen on Peltier Superman marbles. There is usually a dark line between the yellow/blue and the red/blue. Now, there are Akro hybrids where another color is actually introduced as they switch over colors. Reference Popeye Hybrids. Sorry, but your sample is not one of those lucky samples. Beautiful sample, though! P.S. The blue and orange are across the color wheel from each other. This creates a complimentary tension. Your marble is a keeper. Now, try to find five more samples. This is what makes collecting fun! Good luck!! 🍀

Love the double-ingot! I have an affinity for oddball specimens. Great group. Keep adding more!!

I’m afraid your dream would be my nightmare. I see myself busting in, only to find a group of starving zombie hobos.

That pink stripe sample is delicious.

Jesse, Are you making jellyfish marbles now? Would love to see more of Mike’s work (and yours too). Here is an old post about Mike’s passing: https://marbleconnection.com/topic/12770-the-best/ -John

My apologies, I missed this post. Yes, those are mine and very early in my journey, circa 2003. The twin cut line was from how I made those first marbles. A telltale can be seen in the first and last pictures. In the first picture, look closely at the green glass. There is a line of micro-bubbles running parallel to the white. In the third photo, you can see the bubbles in the yellow glass running parallel to the white glass. More info to come…

As a former Hoosier and FW resident: Go Saints!!

When mentioning the “coverage”, are you referring to one side having more blue than another side? If so, that is physical reality of the glass stream pattern and how it piles up. If you have a random or chaotic gather then you get a wire pull marble. Take that same stream and coil the gather and you get a flame marble. Fundamentally the same marble with a different outcome. You’ll see a strong “presentation” side and a weak “backside”. Here’s a CA Flame with a nice presentation side and a blank backside. Hope I explained myself clearly. -John

A beauty. I consider these to be constructed like a European Wirepull, but with an opaque base versus a transparent. I am a big fan of 2 glass marbles. This definitely would be a keeper. Complex, but simple. Or is it simply complex?

Thanks! That marble had the same birthday as yours. Just different glass and a variation on the “gather”. Version 2 will be more distinct.

Bullseye glass. Diameter = 1-5/16”

I can relate to Alan’s inquiry, but I’m seeing something different. Without having this marble in hand plus the benefit of great lighting and magnification, my opinion is just an opinion and open to change. What I am seeing is a remelted marble. If this marble is over 5/8” diameter, then it could be made with 2 marbles or a couple of dig artifacts. CAC swirl marbles show strong striated glass. When this glass gets reheated, the glass relaxes and starts to flow in multiple directions, thus losing the fine definition it once had. CAC swirls usually show where the stream was severed. There is no sign of a cut line. There appears to be a zone where a punty was attached and the marble spun in a mold. As always, YMMV. -John

This photo is phenomenal. It clearly shows both ends of the glass stream. Stunning!

Shawn, Thank you for the update. Hoping for a quick recovery. Looking forward to your Father posting soon. -John

Corks have a twist. When looking at a end, the twist will either be Left-handed or Right-handed like the threads on a screw. Right-hand twist: Left-hand The ratio is how many RH to LH marbles you have. Your first photo group of 17 marbles, your RH:LH ratio is: 6:11.

Sweet specimens! Have you noted the RH to LH twist ratio?

Exciting!! Keep it up. A simple suggestion: 1) Make 100 marbles. 2) Number them sequentially (e.g. 001, 002, 003,…). 3) Put them in gun cases or fishing lure boxes in numerical order. 4) Keep them all for reference. 5) Get a notebook. Make a page for each marble. Describe what you wanted as a finished design. Note the glass colors used. Described the finished marble. Write down what you learned or would do differently. Grading is optional. Don't worry about each marble and enjoy the journey. By the time you make 100 marbles, you’ll be amazed how far you have come from your first ten. Please, keep posting your babies. -John

Sweet selection. Superb effort on the photos. 👍🏻

YOLO. If this is your jam, then go for it. If you are a Peltier collector, why not stretch for something special. Eat beans and rice for a year. You’ll still enjoy the marbles even after the sacrifice.

Lovely. Funny, that Gerry didn’t need to sign these. Pretty much you knew who made it by looking at it. I always wondered if he made his millefiori cane or bought from Moretti. Back in the day, Gerry made a VHS of how to make marbles. I think I have a copy buried somewhere. I don’t think he covered how these particular marbles were constructed. True pocket art that will need to be rediscovered by another generation. Kind of like Bill Murray (Cape Cod Glass) marbles. Thanks for sharing.

Gerry Colman? Did you buy these artist direct or through another channel? The Polar end shots are great, but the side views tell the whole story. Lovely photos as usual. Thank you.

LOL! You don't speak ill of the dead, but here you state that Scott threatened you. Shame he can't defend himself. You just fell off your high horse. Oh, by the way, Scott threatened many people over the years. You aren't that special. *** Over the past 20 years on the boards, I can't recall one informative post from you that talks about how to identify real or reproduction marbles or medals. When doing your posts, I notice how you don't elaborate on any backstory or your possible connection/involvement. You have a lot of knowledge, let it flow... *** Let's fly back to March 2005. You visited the KC Marble Crazy show still hot and bothered by the CA "Exotics" on Baumann's latest book. You were adamant these were fakes. You saw me demonstrate my "Genesis" marble machine at Moon Marble. You asked lots of questions. I gave lots of answers. You even bought marbles from me. You really liked digging through my $1 box. You saw Chris Robinson's refurbished machine that he made his Road & Tunnel marbles on. You watched Chris demo a marble at the glory hole. You talked with other artists. But you had a motive. Do you remember that motive? Do you wish to share your "plan"? I can vividly remember my anger at you. I made it clear that I was not going to be complicit with your activity nor be a quiet spectator. About a year or so later, you came to my room at the Columbus Show to look at the collaboration marbles Chris and I did at his shop. You went right for the Christmas Tree marble. Good eye. Well, with that out. What have you been up to?

Alan is spot on. If one was to research what a sociopath is - Scott Patrick was the poster child. Scott reveled in pointing out the ignorance of the base collector society. Don’t forget that Scott had superior skills. The shame was not preventing people from being duped, but he enjoyed watching collectors tripped up in their poor judgment. Now, there were a few contemporary “collaborators” that supported and encouraged Scott with his peripheral behavior. These (This) person(s) would like to rewrite their past behavior. Sociopathy can be found in all societal segments. Marbles are no exception. Be warned on all posts.