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  1. The Marbles company is in Michigan's U.P. Just North of where I live. All of their older hunting equipment is very collectible and valuable. The patches are for cleaning gun barrels
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    Doctor Who

    I have watched the doctor since the early 70's. Grew up near Canada and could pick up their stations added 2 more channels to the 3 we got in the Detroit area. 5 channels was more than the 3 you could pick up in the U.S. at that time. grew up near
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    Nifty stuff

    Had these in the 60's when I was a kid
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    Id req.

    2&4 pelt 5 might be vitro
  5. or the way some sellers wet the marbles with water or vegetable oil to hide defects when photographing marbles for auction or sale. Some people also use a thin layer of epoxy glue to hide defects John
  6. I don't donate to goodwill they keep to much of the money. I support the salvation army almost all of the money is spent locally. Checkout how much money the top people make at goodwill and then check out how much the people make at the salvation army. there are also good local charities that run shops and put all of the money back in the local community.
  7. Was this price before or after the stock market crash?
  8. Four dogs no time to get bored. 2 Are border collies
  9. If you belong to facebook join the antique german marbles forum. Cover your keyboard you may drool all over it or fall right over if you are not sitting.
  10. Thought this was neat. see it at earthtosky.net/product/crystalball
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    Id help

    I see some fractures
  12. Have not found any good mibs for about a year listening to old rock Uriah Heep July morning
  13. Not a pop culture reference but my wife loves telling people my husbands marbles are insured
  14. 25mm= 1 inch and 2.5 cm= 1 inch
  15. Nice one at that size whatever it is. It would be a keeper for me.
  16. My wife helps support wings of wonder in michigan a lot of states have chapters. They rehabilitate wounded raptors. She is a volunteer driver and picks up injured owls, eagles, falcons and other birds of prey and takes them to the rehabilitation center
  17. Python lee jackson with rod stewart. in a broken dream
  18. I finally found out why everyone in Mayberry on the Andy Griffith show was so happy. no one was married except for Otis and he stayed drunk all of the time
  19. Always ask if they have marbles you would be surprised at how many people dig them out and say they never thought about putting them in the sale
  20. I bought a lot of contemporary marbles when Del Morgan had his weekly online auctions. Most of the mibs were 1 1/2 to 2 inches and went for 30.00 to 40.00 bucks. Loved the way they looked. bought over a dozen by Fritz alone and about 30 others by various artists.
  21. I was at an auction and there were 2 jars full of handmade marbles listened to the people looking at the cut marks saying they were all damaged. I thought they were neat. I had the high bid 9.00 a jar over 100 handmades for 18.00. Loved the mibs found out what they were worth and was hooked. Have not found another deal like it. Really need to sell some they took over a whole room over 10,000 now
  22. Great album acid rock days. Pink Floyd's and Frank Zappa's competition.
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