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  1. lstmmrbls
    Positive!! Hope you did not bid on it already.
  2. lstmmrbls
    Lots of old unsubstantiated info right from the beginning. Says the so called English colored handmades were made in England. Says early american glass marbles were clambroth, banded opaque, slag and opaque/clearie types. And it doesn't seem to get much better. I would say at least he is trying but then again he is trying to make a buck and thats that.
  3. lstmmrbls
    Yes, some German slags have looping and minor S folds but most do not. I have yet to see a CAC with straight color striping on every part of the marble,
  4. lstmmrbls
    Open seams and The lack of a S or crazy looping on at least one side of the marble says not CAC to me
  5. lstmmrbls
    they look German to me
  6. lstmmrbls
    he won't even take the time to update his books with current knowledge. Maybe he will with the website. Stuck in the past IMO. I may be kind of abusive but hopefully my criticism is used productively.
  7. lstmmrbls
    I have seen many onionskins with one open ground pontil and even a few slightly open top poles. I have also seen tons of obviously polished open pontils. If a description says the marble is polished enough to remove damage does it even really matter if a bit of a pontil is left?
  8. lstmmrbls
    didn't you talk to the supposed seller. Too soon for the truth?
  9. lstmmrbls
    for he same reason some folks buy Rolex
  10. lstmmrbls
    7 different bidders already, you have got to be kidding http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Christensen-Guinea-w-Cobalt-Blue-Base-Glass-Marble-/170873051927?pt=Marbles&hash=item27c8d3db17#ht_640wt_1185
  11. lstmmrbls
    The description says it all for me. Two sets of eyes seeing different things, it happens. I see a highly polished marble with polished open pontils. Maybe having a machine makes it seem more obvious.
  12. lstmmrbls
    I wonder if you get the paperwork to prove the provenance.
  13. lstmmrbls
    Jars make great displays. One of the most expensive marble sets ever sold was marbles in a jar.
  14. lstmmrbls
    I vote new.
  15. lstmmrbls
    You could be correct, I see it now. looks like a polished open top pole
  16. lstmmrbls
    If that is both pontils they have been ground off and opened up. But I am pretty sure it is 2 angles of the same pole, but still ground off and opened up IMO. Colors match up almost perfectly if you study the 2 pics very very carefully. And top pole wouldn't be stretched the same as bottom pole. I still say consider yourself lucky!
  17. lstmmrbls
    polished, with damage remaining and no pic of the top pole. you might be glad you did not get it.
  18. lstmmrbls
    Yes,, that pontil just looks way wrong for vintage.
  19. lstmmrbls
    Is it a whirl it game missing the (spinning)top?
  20. lstmmrbls
    First (If not contemp) appears an example of what happens when the polishing get into the colored glass of the marble.(pontil looks very questionable) the polishing done with hand pads and lapidary equipment will often give these gross results.
  21. lstmmrbls
    ziggy, might be time to give it a rest and move on. . the twist deal was a year ago. why let stuff like that keep eating a hole in your brain.
  22. lstmmrbls
    I do not have any transparent based MKs with the stringers in the base like this one has but I do have many Pelts with similar base glass. Submarine type family IMO
  23. lstmmrbls
    I will let you know. It was the stringers in the base glass that made me think Pelt. Yea, I will buy just about anything(LOL )
  24. lstmmrbls
    Wonder if they ship USPS. Federal offense if they do.
  25. lstmmrbls
    Absolutely
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