sissydear Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Box of 100 trilites. I think some of them are opals, some are fancy victories, and some are fancy conquerors, BUT who am I to argue with Diane and Chuck Brandstetter. They know more than I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Second box of 100 trilites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Third box of trilites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 I got these from Danny Grocki. They are possibly Marble King. They have seams and they are loaded with aventurine. If they are MK, I don't know if they are old or new, but they were pretty so I bought them. I'm going to post them on Beri Fox's page and ask her. I had thought these marbles were either Marble King or that they were Master sunburts. The seams were not correct for sunbursts, so I posted them as possibly Marble King. Beri Fox has confirmed that. I am still curious about their age and await her answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 I bought so many of these Vitro Agates that I won't bore you with all of them, but some of them, especially the ones from Grocki are somewhat exceptional. This one is green, black, and lavender, and silver on the backside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 This is the backside of the green, black, and lavender. The band that appears in my pic to be white scratches is actually silver metalic. Seems Louis Moore was experimenting just like David McCullough. David says everything old is new again. We know Lawrence Alley was experimenting and now here is some proof that Louis Moore was too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Pink was rare in any companies vintage marbles. Danny Grocki had quite a few with pink and i picked them and here are a few. Some are tigereyes, some are trilites. I heard someone at the WV show say that the workers at Vitro Agate never knew what to expect because Louis Moore didn't like to make the same marble twice and was constantly changing them. Every day working there was a new day. The black marks you see in some of my pics were my attempt to remove marked prices on the marbles by giving them a "spit bath" instead of taking time to go to the bathroom and find a bottle of alcohol to remove the ink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 I found some strange "whities". Sometime back, I posted a white on white "whitie". I found another one Friday. In hand it looks an ivory white, but in my pic it's a little pinky looking. The other one seems to be a pair of red ribbons overlaid on green ribbons. I've never seen one like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Nice to see you again Edna. Good to know you are back home ok. So glad you could come to the show. Wish i could have had more time with you,for some general chit,chat. The next show,this weekend in Maine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 This one is a tigereye with that pinky red glass they used on sweet peas. My flash washed out the green ribbon and it appears to be blue. It is definitely green. The other equatorial ribbon is brown. Other than the color of the eye, the other unusual thing is a turquoise ribbon at the other "eye" of the marble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Same tigereye - showing the brown ribbon The green ribbon looks a little more green in this view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 And here's the turquoise ribbon on the other "eye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 A trilite with oxblood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Backside of the oxblood trilite. I love those "V's" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Unusual trilite, two red ribbons on this side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 I saved the best for the last marble. On the backside of this unusual trilite is a ribbon of BLUE AVENTURINE. Couldn't believe my eyes. I showed it to Dave McCullough and he made the remark about Louis Moore experimenting. There must be more than one out there and it looks pretty deliberate, not accidental to me. The blue aventurine is a wide strip and aventurine is throughout that ribbon. Again, the black specks on the white glass are my "spit bath" attempts that didn't get the ink all off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 oooohweeeeeee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david Chamberlain Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 You did good Edna. Isn't it amazing what Danny winds up bringing to a show. Clearly these were meant for you so that you could show us just how unpredictably our assumptions about machine-made marbles are. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marboman Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Those are beautiful marbles,Thanks for sharing.Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catfish Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 I saved the best for the last marble. On the backside of this unusual trilite is a ribbon of BLUE AVENTURINE. Couldn't believe my eyes. I showed it to Dave McCullough and he made the remark about Louis Moore experimenting. There must be more than one out there and it looks pretty deliberate, not accidental to me. The blue aventurine is a wide strip and aventurine is throughout that ribbon. Again, the black specks on the white glass are my "spit bath" attempts that didn't get the ink all off. Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckEye Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Those vitros are sleepers! Prices will be on the rise soon I bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psia-antique Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Not all are Vitro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Beri Fox has answered my query. She says they haven't made those in a long time. She is looking up production schedules to see when they were made. I'll add that when she finds out when. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 From here on there are no vitro agates. This is a marble stand and large marble made by Andy Davis out of West Virginia Marble Show marbles cullet. There are places around the base to display the show marbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Bobbi Seese marble from the WVMCC show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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