bigtee0 Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 there are sure a lot of "wet mint vintage" marbles.. interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARBLEMISER Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtee0 Posted March 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 ? hi miser, what dont you understand? vintage means old, old marbles have been banged around either a lot or a little therefore they wont be "wet mint" ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacyw Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Maybe I'm sticking my foot in it as a newbie, but my understanding of "vintage" is an item that is not old enough to be considered an antique ( sometimes 50 years for cars, 100 years for furniture, etc) but not contemporary. An older marble, like an Akro Popeye for example, would be considered "vintage" and there are certainly lots of them in very fine condition. JMHO Stacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtee0 Posted March 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 ya Stacy, their sure in "fine" condition. 50 years? yes thats true but would have had to be in someones closet to be in fine condition by now. JMHO Marie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 It's very possible to find MANY 100 year old antique marbles in wet mint condition.... Not easy, but very possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtee0 Posted March 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 that wasnt the topic Sue. mearly made a statement and its getting interesting answers...JMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyzora Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 I have never really understood what 'wet mint' means. To the best of my knowledge 'mint' means without wear or flaws, exactly like the item was produced, (with flaws would be seconds or simply, never mint) IMHO. What exactly is the defenition of 'wet mint'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bermar Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Marie, your statement was "therefore they won't be wet mint. O.K.?" Seems like that was your topic when you answered Miser. Just wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtee0 Posted March 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 that was in answer to a statement. interesting isnt it? nice talking to you Bert.... Farah, when you wet a marble it covers up any marks on it so therefore its not only mint but wet mint....... Marie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyzora Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 That makes no sense to me... if it had any marks on it, it would not be mint... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffy Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 wet mint=shiney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinemades Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Wet mint probably means no pocketware whatsoever on an old marble. A marble can be mint with a little pocketware or scratching around a jar, loosing a little bit of that as made shiny surface. Sami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsantaclaus Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Ah, vintage doesn't necessairly mean old. In reality, the word vintage used by itself is nonsence. The true usage of then word vintage needs a year attached to it. Take wine for instance. Vintage 1988 or vintage 2000 is used correctly. Automobiles too, such as, vintage 1935 Ford. Just saying vintage wine or vintage car is meaningless. Them overuse of the word vintage drives one crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Yep, wet mint means, "So shiney it looks wet" 'Sorry Rich, I do understand the meaning of vintage... But, I confess to being an abuser on eBay.... eBay seems to have changed the rules on a lot of things!! When you only have so many spaces to nail a good search title, one word needed to be created for things that aren't really "Antique" or new.... "Old" just doesn't seem to cut it!! (Though it takes up way less letters...) "Vintage" just seemed to fill the need... Alas... It seems it will always end up meaning, "Something that is classically aged." Crap... I'm off topic again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn691500 Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 wet mint is only a selling tool used to describe old and new stuff,,, like sue said its very hard to find vintage wet mibs in the wild but it is possible, i've done it,, akro's seam to hold up the best in my opinion, vitro's and marble king are much tougher due to the veneer mibs, pelt had a tendecy to have multiple heat pops or as mades cold roll marks but NLR line was less susepitical to this and only a theory but because they were an earlier run, it seams the more common of pelts didnt have the quality standards the NLR line had, agree or disagree that what ive noticed,,, bj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffy Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 shoot big john...i thought you was gonna post yer wet mint video..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn691500 Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 bahahahahaha,,, thats the cleaning video,, lolololololol,, man thats funny,, lolol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtee0 Posted March 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 funnier from here. this is one of the most interesting posts i have ever done. thanks everyone...... Marie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 There used to be a guy that scammed marbles on ebay... All of them were "wet mint!!" He took his pictures with his fingers holding the marble and you could clearly see either water, or what really looked more like vegetable oil on his fingers!!! Buddy Bowles made up a "Joke photo" of it... I thought I had that saved. But, I can't find it in my files... Budster, if your out there... Please post it again!! Ya gotta love the auctions that say "Wet mint with minor scratches and a couple of pinpricks!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtee0 Posted March 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 oh ho ho thats even better Sue. there was a guy in Oregon who showed what it looked like to put oil on them and it was still dripping with oil. cant remember his name but he doesnt like me..... Marie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARBLEMISER Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 hi miser, what dont you understand? vintage means old, old marbles have been banged around either a lot or a little therefore they wont be "wet mint" ok? I'm not seeing too many beat up battered marbles here? Most of these mibs have never seen combat on the playing field. Just because they're vintage doesn't mean they have to be beat & battered. IMHO marblemiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 yep, those all look like vintage wet mint to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Marie, that mighta been the same guy... 'Can't remeber his name... The last I knew he was selling "Motivational Videos" on how to make money!!! DAMN!!! You really ARE a miser!!! ROFLMAO (NICE stuff!!! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m!b$ Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 I don't like the term "wet mint". It has a used-car-salesman-ring to it. Mint is sufficient, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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