Shamrock Marbles

Would love to look at those up close. At 35k feet, it looks like a compatibility issue. In a sphere, the distance from the center to any surface is basically equal. What causes asymmetrical stress is usually an internal aberration (think refractory or an air bubble). In many CA Guinea fragments, you can see fracture planes emanating from an internal air bubble.

A top color combination for a CAC flame! Congrats and enjoy!

Happy Birthday!! There is something very special about getting a gift from a loved one. It becomes extremely special when what they gift you shows that they have taken care to listen and deliver the unexpected. Birthday blessings!! -John

There are some large marbles shown in Stephan Bahr’s video:

The seller is a well known marble collector/dealer. There are probably very few with more knowledge about Peltier marbles and the off-shoot Kokomo varieties. He is also a good educator. If you were to reach out and ask, he would be very helpful. Sweet marble.

Here’s a post from a few years ago and a nice explanation from Royal: https://marbleconnection.com/topic/23099-jabos/#comment-207925

Very, very nice. Thanks for sharing! -John

It looks like the letters are raised on the glass surface. If so, then the text was stamped/engraved into the mold. Someone used a regular stamp set instead of a reverse stamp set. Can’t imagine this item brought big money at the Five-and-Dime. So, no real loss. Was probably fixed when the mold was worn or damaged. I’ve seen guys stamp all kinds of stuff on serial plates. You have to visualize it in reverse. Just imagine an engraver for the US Mint! Everything is flipped!

Sweet marbles. Just proves you don’t need to spend a ton of money to get some enjoyment. Also, you can DIY frosted marbles with this: Just follow all safety precautions. -John

That air pocket blow out is just astonishing. There is no way that that marble has been polished. Beautiful pattern. -John

Great glass combo. Very few are better. Just lovely.

Light me up!! Lovely. 💕

When in college, every pinball machine in the city was 25-cents. At the UC, a game was 10-cents. Add that the board angle was shallow and the bump sensitivity was reduced, you could hip-bump those machines around and never drain a ball. It took hours to go through $1. Fun times!

One of many videos on YT: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i65b7b4OdfU I’m a sucker for vintage pinball machines. Spent too many hours playing 10-cent games at the University Center on Saturday night. I would need my CFO to approve this acquisition. A man can dream…

^^^This.^^^ And still today, a standard technique for glass decoration. Sign up for any weekend glass class and they’ll have you rolling a clear gather in glass frit on your first object.

Enjoy! -John

Time to pay big!!

Razorback?

RIP Pete. You’ll be missed, but not forgotten. -John

Awesome! Love the yellow frit variety. I grabbed mine because of the construction.

Marked “ITALY” on the bottom. Opaque black base with light blue grit and Lutz. Great cut lines on the inside. About 70mm in diameter. These would make a killer marble!

Dang. I had an Aunt who wanted lip kisses. As a child I would freak out. From that, I didn’t kiss anyone until I was 34. JK. 😉

Don’t pass on it if it looks like an exact match or is similar in shape and color. This is the fun part of collecting. Items like this, allow us the freedom to deviate from a narrow focus in our hunting. Recently, I have shifted my search. It has been freeing.

Hang on! I have buried some small black ashtrays somewhere. Let me look. Anyway, I love the “Murano” kitsch. It is the perfect glassware to separate tourists from their money. Murano can produce really fine art, but they need to sell “giftware” to keep the furnaces burning. Look at it this way: Aunt Dorothy left you a memory and a beautiful ashtray. Really, it is a cool piece of glass. 🔥

Lol! Black Widow. However, I do know a lady that was surrounded by death. Her high school boyfriend killed himself. Her aunt died prematurely under her care. Her husband died. Her second husband died. She always went on these spending sprees to help her deal with her grief. 😉