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There are a bunch in the two Alley sample boxes.

Absolutely! Those tiny bubbles say torch

Winnie, neat marble but not quite the type that most call Caligraphy

Pretty high starting bid considering the damage.

Education is working fairly well on the term Leighton, So lets just keep at it. Change is probably the most difficult thing humans have to deal with. It will take time, especially with so many of us old timers in the hobby(LOL)

Buffing Polishing and Remelting or Torch worked are great words that describe what is actually done.

The point is I do not consider polishing marbles artistic. And I believe there is much more skill than art involved in reheating and getting the dings out of a marble. Making one from scratch that looks attractive and has great Eye appeal involves artistic abilities. Just making a marble or reheating and removing blemishes does not necessarily involve artistic abilities. Skill, yes. Just like I do not consider someone that restores a vehicle an artist I can not deny he has skills if he does a good job. Just my thoughts since you wanted them. And this thread was not about whether fixing marbles takes an Artist or not. Your point is not necessarily "The" point. "The" point was whether fixing marbles is restoring them, And I do not believe it is, as the can not be returned to original condition. Just like polishing a coin is in no way "Restoring it" Now this is Art http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-3-8-Marble-Mark-Matthews-Green-Filigrana-FIRE-SALE-/330572146224?pt=Marbles&hash=item4cf7a2a630 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Marbles-Hand-Made-Art-Glass-James-Alloway-Dichroic-Quadmania-Marble-137-/111150562759?pt=Marbles&hash=item19e116fdc7

MFC Pelt CAC Akro all made transitionals IMO.

Looks new if not polished?

Yes it is strange that the ones that are smooth just get called handgathered. I would guess that people originally thought the rough cutoffs were actually pontil marks and not shear marks. And they then figured the all smooth types had no pontil rod attached??

It seems to me the term transitional would be used for handgathered but machine rounded marbles no matter what the type of glass. For some reason the term is used for handmade marbles also. You are correct in the fact we do not call the later American made handgathered slags transitionals although they truly are. IMO. Rough cutoffs seem to determine whether we use the term Transitional or not. Very strange.

Sure looks like one of Harveys melted pontil Ohio marbles from here.

with the same pontil mark?

Rich, again you need to be less defensive and read a bit closer. Read my post! THIRD AND FOURTH sentences

left marble is interesting for sure. Just doesn't quite have the look of one of Leightons marbles

Wake up at a girlfriends house and hear an auction getting ready to start at the home next door. End up getting two jars of mint 3/4" handmade, maybe 40 in each jar for 40 bucks a jar. Oh wait, that wasn't a dream!!!!

I think Dan was asking if you had seen any with a regular pontil which means to me they were worked off a glass cane or rough punty, Not sheared like the ones you mention. I would love to see any other pics of American marbles with regular pontils. This is a first for me!

I have the catalog page that lists Albright. I have assumed they distributed a lot of CACs regular looking marbles as I know they did business with them. Any information would be fantastic.

I have some with very tiny smooth pinpoint pontils that did not need to be melted. That is the first I have seen with a "Regular" pontil. Very interesting for sure.

I would assume it should have had a melted pontil????????

Glad to see you have returned Dan.

Yes but the large marble that makes the cane is made on a metal punty not a glass rod, that was my point.

click on your name top right click settings then on the left is ignore preferences click that then put in my name and its all good

Its a big metal rod that holds those bad boys in place. And several workers are involved. +

no cane on those big ones