mmuehlba

can you post some pics in natural light next to other marbles ? might help . Mike

well for sure I remember it is like the first girl you walked home and even held hands , so as far as marbles not when I was a kid but my first marbles were even before I collected them so it would in 1983 at the Iola car show last row , it was 3 coffee cans full . Then after I became addicted and that was right after being told what I still had left from the coffee cans, but I bought my first and second marble at the Ottawa marble show when it was held at the glass workers union hall in Ottawa . The first marbles was from 2dollar Bill or Bill Parks , I was so unbelievable excited with every thing. I remember asking what is this called and Bills answer was I do not know but it sure is pretty . I was a lot of years before I even meet Bill again but then he was at every show . Bill has now pass away . So at the same show there was John Hammon Miller in a tall black hat making marbles right in the show , well I was watching and asked how many colors can I have and he said as many as you want , well I just had to have one ,and brought it home with me watch it being made and when done just put in sand ? or something and said come back in a while . well I still have them both and in the cabinets . I am sure I bought others that day but can not remember . Mike also what about a first marble made . any guesses on who helped me it was 1999 . both were signed one he put my name on and the smaller with his , should be some what easy as who signed all of his work in and before 1999 .

well here are two marbles I fell in to one is marked JM so is that J Meyers ?? and then there is the other Red White Blue marble for some reason I am guessing also my JM ?? it is a wild 7 twist on stringers or red white and blue I count the wraps of the blue to come up with the number of seven so any ideas , the smaller one is marked JM and is about 1 1/16 in size and very nice finish being well rounded and smooth , the multi twist being about 1 1/4 is wind in its design but as far as finish o the bumpy side not bad but with the feel of not finished in a mold but very round and might have some heat issues when making ?? so is that why it is not signed as not happy with the out come ?? so let the ideas come . Mike

very nice I see you put in links to more pics did you know that works great with photobucket.com I use then and get a lot of pics in my ads and even slide shows , might be way to much trouble but I just use it as extension to my marble addiction . Mike http://photobucket.com/ here is one of my auctions and I have had some with over 80 pictures using the slide show link . http://www.ebay.com/itm/111253139473?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

heat wave 10 degrees and that is warn enough for the turkeys to walk around looking for food , one even jumped in the crab apple tree , they were around most of the day but when it sat in the tree well had to take a few pictures , I was doing that any ways as I am getting a few ready for the bay . just turning some of the 2400 from before Christmas, that is a whole another story . any ways here it is just hanging around with turkeys . Mike well I took 20 pics but here are only a few

I have a few Jim Daly and a Ro Purser and of course the Norman Rockwell . Mike

well I just found this picture on my computer I save , might not be but still very different . Mike

there closing Schools for Tuesday Jan and were out this morning and it was the coldest my Vibe was ever in . not bad as long as you are not out side . was minus 15 and then 6 miles later went down to minus 16 , at the Village hall out side sign they said -17 . Mike well did not want to take marbles out side so Here is from a few years ago .

well I think I have the same issue but the Packer game is getting close so I will end with this also . same but different colors . Mike I think I should have signed out with the weather .

well here it is a little cold but pictures in the cold are fun . Mike How cold is it by you here it is in Lannon WI http://www.wunderground.com/weather-forecast/US/WI/Lannon.html?MR=1

if I had to do it now I would be sure they got a Marble king cub scout marble but at the time never even knew of the name . Mike

If any thing it would have been a gold medal auction from Lloyd ?/ Mike

for December .

wow the best time you will ever have as I was a scout leader and helped my den get there belt loop , gave a lot of marbles away and that was before I collected I still wonder what I gave them , one was my son and I still have the Christmas ornament they made on my tree . Thanks as I had to did out Georges wood plaque they made after the four years of cub scouting . Mike and here is a medal winning car . and every year I put this on my tree and when he comes over we always talk about it . and why Jabos ??

very strange from Ohio but the only one I know who loves to make 3/4 marbles with ground pontils is Chris Robinson / Christopher Robinson I have one of his marbles listed on the bay see if the pontils look the same , And I am sure Chris would remember if it is his work , I do not have his contact info . Mike http://www.ebay.com/itm/111246130953?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

well here is a marble and it is only about 9/16 in size I pulled it out as wow never saw that color but now I think ?? is it a new marble ? it came in a big lot of over 2300 old and new marbles so what does every one think $10.00 or $0.10 . it is a dark brown kinda color , I love that kinda color , I have it next to a light brown pelt for sure . Mike

This marble was never in a set , only one marble went in the set this is the first off the cane . Mike

well I got an email from John Davis and what I have is a marble from the Margaret L Davis collection Mike, I believe that is the first off cane marble I made from a cane that was used in the first Margaret L Davis marble collection. A total of 3 marbles made, One for the collection, one for myself and the first off cane marble which I think you have. I just can't remember it being 2". In any case, thanks for the quick reply. John davisglass http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mmuehlba/library/John%20Davis%20%20first%20off%20cane%20marble I still now have to figure out how I got it ?? does any one have any pictures of the first Margaret L Davis marble collection I did a little searching but all I could find out is that they were sold out . Mike

I think it was made as a paper weight of the damage on the marble/paper weight there is also some on the flat giving me the thought it was made that way because if it was made to cover a big chip I would think the rest of it would have some signs of being polished and there is none the complete marble/ weight is not polished at all except the flat and that has some small issues . Mike

well The Akro agate salesman sample was relisted with a buy it now for $6500 , as I was in the talking and there must have been others ?? as I was out at the very end , any one here got it . Mike http://www.ebay.com/itm/Akro-Agates-Marbles-Salesmans-Sample-143-Marbles-Complete-Set-/131077905850?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AVRI&nma=true&si=yFCczNTW8C99hrcW5%252BW4J2hS8mY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

here are a few but on the small size the middle at 2.450 and on each side 2. 375 . Mike

Here is a likk to down load I think it will work . Mike The album you requested is ready to be downloaded! Visit the link below to download it: http://s.imgur.com/a/Dzg5E/zip Thanks for using Imgur! http://s.imgur.com/a/Dzg5E/zip

well I saw this marble listed and just thought of the post about a Dremel tool pontil . Mike

Hi all well after seeing an answer to a question Q: Can you give me an idea what the reserve is? Years ago a friend of mine bought one of these is New Zealand of all places. A: This set of marbles in the past has sold between $5,000-20,000. Even if the reserve is not met, the winning bidders price will be seriously considered. I encourage you to bid what you feel this item is worth. I think we have see these types of auctions with no intentention to see threw ebay I think , as I bid it to $10,000 andf it did not meet the reserve. Mike Retracted: US $10,000.00 reserve not meet .

Well the side that had yellow I put some colored paper there just so the clearies would show in the picture , it was just for the pictures as this was me playing . I put a lot of time in to it . wish I had better knowledge about pics as there were only taken with my Maciva and then in the standard file size , but it is what it was , I had professional picture taken at the local college in Milwaukee , it took about 4 hours to get one picture , they used a 5 by 5 ? camera at the top of a 12 foot ladder , it ended up with 4 flashes of light and then the snap , but then for some reason they asked if I wanted it on a transparency or a negative I asked what was better and they said the transparency so that is what I got but not knowing I could not get a picture printed from that at the local camera stores so now I can not even remember where I put the transparency so lost for ever ?? and nothing to do but talk about it . It was a great find and it was local only about 3 miles from my house , it took about 2 years to acquire and the story that came with it was even better . Mike here we were so proud , October 13 1999 2:13 PM Just think It was only 1995 I started collecting . Mike