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oops...I just read the YEAR.....1900???....Geez, your package is over a hundred years late already!!!

That's a "total let down"......They get you all set up and ready to receive whatever you've anxiously been waiting for and then all of a sudden....more delay...The Christmas/NewYear holiday is most likely the reason Except for the price, I don't see any differences in services when using USPS..."First Class" mail will arrive just as quick as "Priority Mail" in most cases but yet Priority Mail is more expensive.... Good luck on your delivery, I hope you get you new webcam soon.....

This example is an extreme exaggeration but try to look at it in this way........ Think of yourself as Bank of America Person A (the DOD) Person B (B of A members and potential future members) Person A has been your good friend for many years..... Person B has also been your good friend for many years..... One day Person A decides to kill everyone in person B's family.....and because you've had a close association with Person A for many years, Person B now has disdain for you thinking you have a mutual feeling for Person A's actions upon their family. "Images do not represent any endorsement expressed or implied" simply means since the DOD killed all of your family members, it wasnt a "mutual" feeling BUT ALSO...... "LIFE IS BETTER WHEN WE ARE CONNECTED" means even though the DOD are killers, we will take their money as well as yours!!....lol

Ann....here are 2 "MARBLES" that I used to own.....The first one I sold 6 years ago..was it you who bought either one of these from me?.......at the time I thought it was a Turq Persian.....It certainly appears to be very much hand gathered and it glowed under UV lighting..... Here is the other one I sold 2 years ago ....it also glowed but had more of a greenish color....(imperial jade?).....Are these MFC, Akro, CAC or just plain ole game marbles?....any thoughts?

I see Patches, clearies, Jabo Classics and Cats eyes.....

Found a Pelt Blue Surfer with AV on the bay.did anyone else see this? Has light green base with blue and white ribbons (miller style) and the blue is edged in AV throughout the marble Here is the auction link CLICK HERE I totally missed the Blue Surfer as I am currently on an Akro kick and was initially bidding for the green, red and yellow/orange corkscrew second marble fourth row. Discovered that the last marble second row is the Blue Surfer yesterday when looking at the rest of the purchase

I think it's a Jody Fine

From the pics given, these are my best guesses

After selling at "this particular" flea market (PCC) for several years, you develop regular customers...Sometimes you will make between $200 to $500....but other times you wont make enough to pay for the booth....The demand is not that high, but the "uniqueness" of having nothing but marbles at your booth is an attention getter for many people visiting the flea.......It definitely has to be an "antique venue" type of flea market and not the kind where consumables and new items are being sold....hope that answers your question

Thanks Steph and Winnie, often times people bring marbles to my booth to sell but this was the "mother-load" I do 3 Flea markets per month where i sell nothing but marbles.....Here is my setup at the Pasadena City College flea market (1rst Sunday of each month)

I put together a little animated gif to display what has to be "my best find ever" (last year).....Ive been a regular vendor at the Pasadena City College Flea market for the past 11 years now.....and a person who I occasionally find furniture for came to MY BOOTH and immediately said he was looking for $60 for the Jar (A total of 144 marbles).....after pouring all of those Oxblood's out I actually felt obligated to offer a much higher amount which he was glad to take.....I dont want to reveal how much I paid for the marbles but I will say this:.....It cost me less than what it would cost for a full steak dinner for a party of two at an expensive steakhouse (with wine).....I'm still "stoked"

Heres one I forgot to post during the hallowen holiday...its a Pelt "ghoul"....(the eyes are blowout bubble pops) The "ghostly" body completely circles the marble

Those are "stellar" whether the are Akro, Master or Euro.........Not excluding either company but these would certainly be hard to find in this size and color combo (with AV) for Akro or Master.....My guess would be Euro

Thats the "cleanest" one Ive ever seen Winnie...Here's one of mine....I always thought it was oxblood as well Here are some other Euro cats, sparklers and swirls......(disregard the one on the far right... its still under investigation as a figure 8/foreign/Peltier)

Here is a nice 5/8" trans blue base (sub?) with tangerine ribbons….Base glass has "ghosting" and is filled with oven chunk... Very unique Rainbo w/5 ribbons or is this NLR?

Here is an extremely rare 25 count playtime (PLAYRITE) marble bag Unique with the cellophane bag AND Braided string holder at the bottom

Dani, second marble top left, is it similar to the one I posted....if so, do you still have it?

Here’s my contribution to the thread…..A “chocolate oxblood” that I seriously regret selling……has an opaque chocolate tan base with strands of grey and white throughout the ox….. The “fold” really put me in the mind of a CAC but I’m pretty sure it was Akro and it was listed as such…but boy doesn’t that turkey curve like a CAC?….Here’s what it looks like in a collection of other Akro oxbloods

3 Day Killer mibs on eBay....Here is a quick preview of some of my auctions already started for this week….stay tuned!!….more to follow Click on the pic below to go directly to the auctions

Those are killer.........

Hey Clyde you old fart!!!....have a happy birthday and eat lots of cake....

two more weeks and counting!!!!!!!!

Some cool people from Indianapolis scored the best ones a few years back in vegas but I think I still have this one Very much so different from a pelt, the Av is very sparkly and is bronze in some samples.....this one has "gunsmoke grey" colored swirls

Sissy, do you have a pic of the Jabo's?.......Here's a side by side comparison close up of Sammy's row seven.....those are similar, but the ones in post#5 don't seem to have the green Not to say that it’s the one, but here’s a group pic of the Ravenswood type I thought resembled post#5 (courtesy of Alan) Here is another one I sold recently with drizzle........The Orange can be of varying degrees of thickness in these type of ravenswood The orange seediness looks like it could be bubbles…or damage?…..again what size on the post #5 mibs?