Bocci

whats worse then a hurricaine?

so sad. sorry to hear this. God bless all.

yeah I like that.

I saw that. I think $290 bought it.

you got that right

HAVING PROBLEMS UPLOADING ALL THESE PICS HERE. To see ALL the pictures of the 1" run CLICK HERE.

This just in from Mr Witcher (main investor) about recent What a Tribute Run... Two of the most important variables in determining value of a marble are rareity and beauty of the marble. The attached photos do the talking for the beauty of the marbles Dave, Ronnie and Richard made at the Jabo plant on Monday and Tuesday, May 24 and 25, 2010, in the "What A Tribute Run". As for the rareity, a relatively smal percentage of this run survived without damage or cold rolls. Fenton batched three tons of white milk glass for the base used in this run. Chemicals were added to produce a yellow base the first day and a light blue base the second day. We had slighlty over a ton of waste glass in the bin at the end of the run due to problems with heat regulation in the furnace. Of the two tons of glass remaining, approximately 50% to 60% resulted in cold rolls, cracks and other damage. If you do the math on the one ton of good glass made into perfect marbles, that works out to about 80 cases split between the investors (2,000 lbs divided by 25 lbs. per case). Assuming 250 to 270 marbles per case, which is typical for a 1" run, that means only 20,000 to 25,000 total good marbles were produced. This is a small percentage of what the typical 3/4" run has historically produced. As a result, there are some of the prettiest families in this run with only 50 -100 of each available. The 1" gold lutz Superman we were trying to produce resulted in less than 200 with gold lutz and 200 without gold lutz being split between the partners.

Hi Windy, MOST excellent EXAMPLES you got there.

I believe the stringy ox looks right on. The shade of green, no.

In the 9/16" to 5/8" range. Galen,I have no idea if it was done on purpose. Do you believe in magic?

MORE from the tank wash... MOST EXELLENT MARBLES

And this from the tank wash (Ed Parsons). Man these are scarry good.Stringy oxblood. And look the same in hand.

Here you go... BIG, BAD AND BEAUTIFUL. What you think? from the recent Jabo 1" inch Run (6-1-10). These guys are SWEET. To Dave, Crew and ALL involved. WTG!

Galen, Thanks for the plug. Delotronic welcome aboard.Come hang out. ALL Jabo, ALL the time. Speaking Jabos...check out this one from the Mamie Family Run. Looks like a lizard to me (with his tongue out).

A possible 1" Contract Run at the end of the month (May).

Just got some BEAUTIES from Smitty. Dude Thank You Very Much. This run ROCKS and SPARKLES, too. Another FINE run. Smitty works his magic again. FOXFIRE II. WTG! Check out the Gold Dust(ed) one. (second row down). Now check out the SECONDS. YEAH RIGHT. YEAH. RIGHT! but I didn't think so. These AWESOME. Lotsa BEAUTIFUL colors. Some with the gold stone streaks. LOOK A GOLD TRIMMED TURKEY (HEAD) SWIRL . "MADE LOUD TO PLAY LOUD". AND these are from the TANK WASH. Another Gold Dust. These are approx. 5/8" to 1/2" in size. With some almost peewee. Smitty, YOU the MAN! Thanks again, bro.

I was thinking only the ones from the Joker II run were Blood Vipers. I didn't think the Mylee wash were.

Pastels are ALWAYS sweet.

It is true I always try to show the Prettiest ones I have.

Sissy very cool idea with the marbles and your tree's roots. I too give them away. I throw them in the Bocce courts (at the park)across the street from my home. btw-bocce courts make great place to shoot and play marbles.

Man they are BUSY over at JABO. Small run contracted by Danny Sink. Named after his wife "Mamie". Completed April 19th.The Mamie Family Run. Some outstanding VERY busy swirls here. Many pretty shades. INTERESTED CALL DIRECT (804-751-8678). You guys ROCK and ROLL!

Latest run over at Jabo. Just off the rollers. April 21st. I have not seen any of the "Frankies" in hand but was told these (Dave Acker's Celebration Run) rival them. What say you? A very nice run. Congrats to Dave his Crew and ALL involved. WTG!!! INTERESTED? BUY DIRECT call 276-613-0662 or email [email protected]

"Blood Viper".

Smitty, Friends and Crew have finished the second FoxFire Run. Pictures to follow soon. It looks to be HUGE! If you remember the first run (you remember they were awesome). Well I hear it gets even BETTER . w/ Bling included (some with gold stripings). WTG!

MFC Left. JABO Right.