jeslar1976

On 5/18/2025 at 1:00 AM, Fire1981 said:

I need to go on a road trip east of the Mississippi river. Front Range Colorado is experiencing a severe marble drought. I find a few in the local flea market booths but they/he wants $200 for his Shimmering Blue Spruce with a Flea Bite. But…still thinks it’s near mint. Uuuuugh🔥

RAR

I can’t find any jars here in pa. Literally all the shops are empty. However flea markets seem to have a few hoping maybe estate sales through the summer might have some. They seem to be filling jars with buttons around here.

Best flea market find ever. Found 2 jars today pretty cheap 1 for $10 and 1 for $15. $10 jar first marble I spot was this little gem!

5 hours ago, akroorka said:

Great job with the images---just a great job!!

Marble--On!!

Thanks I think I'm starting to get somewhere with my marbles. Once I quit trying to figure them all out at once. 

3 minutes ago, Fire1981 said:

I’m thinking it might be a MK. 🔥

RAR

Thank you

Thank you

4 minutes ago, Fire1981 said:

Yep ! All Pelt Rainbos🔥

RAR

Super cool!

In total I have 8 different marbles. Apologies for the explosion of pictures.

It sure does look like a pretty green mica to me. I feel like it’s not or I’m just really blind. Sorry many extra pictures.

I absolutely love this!!!! Thank you for sharing this with us. 

11 minutes ago, marblemanvintagemarbles said:

Yes mam I would call those Phantom Conquerors. Your picking up pretty good keep it up 

Yay! Thank you!! That’s actually pretty exciting cause man at first my head was spinning. 

I’m literally praying for the day you very knowledgeable marblers get together and the worlds first and best marble id app! (Hint hint) 

1 minute ago, marblemanvintagemarbles said:

Yes i believe they are. With the conqueror marbles you will notice they are usually a veneered type with a transparent base. Veneered meaning that the colored glass is veneered onto a clear marble creating its design. They are always a patch style marble. There are Phantom Conquerors and they will have a wispy white rather than a solid white base. 

Ok thank you! If I share photos of 3 that I have can you tell me if they are phantoms? I wasn’t sure if they were even vitro.. They look similar to these they do have wispy inside. Oh some days I could just load picture after picture. 

So I have a question… Are they conquerors? If so how do you tell the difference between the conquerors? 

Thank you!!!

Just when I think I’m getting somewhere this weird jellybean looking thing pops up. Then I’m just not sure all over again. Are these 3 marbles the same thing?

2 hours ago, akroorka said:

Way back in the day when we ( my wife and I) collected Depression Glass there was a product that filled in chips and defects to to original colors --very hard to detect.

These were the days before handheld "Blacklights". I have detected it in marbles--Pissed I was when I found it.

I had to try it and it worked even with my eye on the damage--of course, I never sold any of this or kept it for that matter---junk it was.

Take a blacklight along in these days when hunting--Always----

Laquer thinner will melt this crap out and show you the true thing--it will not hurt the glass.

Ohhhhh---I know how to make a marble look mint--I will never share this info though--just wrong--it is just wrong.

Soak your mibs in Laquer Thinner to clean them or look with Blacklight.

Just do not breath this stuff too much-----.

You may be surprised---if you make it throught the ---- esssence.

Marble--On!!

 

Thanks pretty sad to think you have shady people everywhere I guess…

1 minute ago, Alan said:

I would return it, wax intact, to the antique store.  That is intentional fraud.

I feel the same it’s a really crappy thing to do. I never knew or thought that was a thing. You could clearly tell it was on purpose. Some even had little metallic stickers on them. Just real shady stuff like that can ruin a good business.

So over the weekend I bought a jar of marbles. I purchased them from a reputable antique shop from one of the vendors that rent space from them. I rolled the bottle around kinda looking at them. They were mostly clear colored they looked dirty and old so I grabbed it. I didn’t get to look till the next day. They were super dusty you couldn’t tell what anything was cause of the dirty dust but they felt wonky and misshapen so I was a little excited. When I put them in some water I realized they felt wonky because someone had taken the time to put little globs of wax on the ends of some of the blue, green, and red clear ones. Turns out they are just cheap Amazon marbles. I have never heard of such a thing. I think I should call the shop and tell them about the shady vendor they have. My boyfriend thinks just let it alone..

9 hours ago, Djp5690 said:

I believe so. 

Thank you

Nice thank you!!! 

These are all different marbles. I can add more pictures if needed. Some of these I’m just really struggling with. I feel like a positive id could help me narrow down the ones that come from that particular company. 

I have no idea. So far I have come up with a hybrid vitro conqueror. However I literally started learning a month ago. 🤷‍♀️ I could be 💯 wrong.

29 minutes ago, jeslar1976 said:

I can I will try to get a good one. 

This is the best I could do. I tried everything I could think of. It has this faint red band around the top that doesn’t want to allow light through and the glob inside prevents light from coming through either. The bottom is the best but a terrible glare.

51 minutes ago, Fire1981 said:

Can you post some backlit pics? The Matrix looks pretty active🔥

RAR

I can I will try to get a good one. 

A little while back I posted some pictures. I knew absolutely nothing about my marbles and NOW…(I still dont know much) I didn’t have a clue about seams or cut lines or swirls. Once you see the seams it’s almost impossible to unsee. I now know a little better how to take pictures for identification. I have what I believe could be a Vitro hybrid exotic conqueror. Any help would be appreciated. I took several pictures and tried to brighten them up a little. Thank you in advance…