Steph Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Tally so far: 9 new, 5 old, 2 don't know. If you voted new, why? Spoiler (highlight for some background): Some of these are pictured in Castle & Peterson, Marbles, the guide to machine made marbles, 1992, and Grist's Big Book of Marbles, 1993. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckEye Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 The one that is red/ blue- white is not exotic....I have found two of them. One all fractured from a digger:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinemades Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 i voted old. no wonder these cause all kinds of confusion. i still think they are old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatmacscott Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 I voted new becasue as a handmade collector, anything without a pontil is not old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mibstified Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 I voted old, but not having marbles in hand with at least a 20X loop.....really can not tell for sure if they are even machine made. I do see what look like bubble pops or maybe small refactory debris craters, which would favor old machine mades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 Interesting observation, Bill. They predate the roll out of the exotics by quite a bit. How much, I don't know. But seems a comfortable amount. That's why I voted "old" and why I was curious about the new votes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsantaclaus Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 I voted "old" after I took one of your pictures into Photoshop and blew it up to 400% and looked real close at each marble. If they were new, there wouldn't be so many places of wear. A marble that size would have a much smoother surface in my opinion, unless the person making the marble was not a good technician...lol. Anyway, that's my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migbar Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 Whatever they are, these marbles really do my nut. They look machine made and yummy. I vote old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clydetul62 Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 The red/white/blue are the type of opaques that came out in abundance in 2000. There were other syles, colors but still that type. That's why I said some have fractures and imbeded dirt. If Craig got his from a digger it stands to reason that someone had a good size stash. It goes back to Steph's question what is considered an exotic? Sorry, the horse tried to get up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 I voted,dont know,have too little knowledge of this type,and after reading the thread - ëxamples Of Exotics- i became suspicious.LOL winnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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