orbboy Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Better than your average fare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Beautiful!!!!! colors and patern are great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbboy Posted September 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Thanks. I'm a little shocked they are in pretty good shape. Not sure why they made them with such soft glass? Many of the ones I sorted are really quite beat up with moons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 The few I've found have suffered a little, too. Also the wirepulls, especially the older ones. Wouldn't be going to sell those, would you? Huh? Huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Eye taffy! Yummy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbboy Posted September 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 I'm setting up seether71-uk as soon as my NIN ( same as your SIN#) comes in and I can list on the bay. No Corks over here so lots coming in a couple of weeks. Including a very cool and rare green and yellow Wirepull. Only the third one I have seen. I do have lots of nibbled Wirepulls LOL. As well as around 100 lbs or more of Catseyes. Seriously I have thousands of the things. Think I will goof around with them and make some tiles or glue them to my Mums giant concrete garden Mushroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Let us (by that I really mean me) know when you're ready to go. I'm interested! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Thanks. I'm a little shocked they are in pretty good shape. Not sure why they made them with such soft glass? Many of the ones I sorted are really quite beat up with moons. What strikes me about them is,the colored glass stream which makes the swirl,are very thin,so the smallest damage (a tiny little pinprick) caused directly that you see the white base which looks ugly and beat up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted September 18, 2014 Report Share Posted September 18, 2014 Wow, those are nice. So 4 pics of the first marble, 4 pics of the second and 5 of the third? What sizes are we looking at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbboy Posted September 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2014 You got it 4 , 4 and 5 pics. First is a healthy just over 1" second is 15/16" and the third is 15/16 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleecee Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 Are these euro swirls? The colors look right from others I have seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 Those are NICE ! If only we just knew who made them where and when ?????????????? The baffling mystery continues ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 Are these euro swirls? The colors look right from others I have seen. They're what most of us call "Euro swirls" . . . But as Ron said, we don't know a whole lot about them. Except that they seem to be from somewhere in Europe. I've read that they're found sometimes with wirepulls, which has led some people to think that they might be by the same maker -- whoever that was. Me, I'm waiting for Winnie to figure it out and tell us. No pressure, Winnie . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Thats a very nice Amsterdam wirepull Ann I believe they have been made in the 50ties in Amsterdam by Veiliglas. I get really tired of explaining why i think that way,well only this:a lot of the transp- swirls and wirepulls do have the same pattern as the opaque swirls,i find them together with wirepulls and transp- swirls in marble groups of the 50ties. At home i call them Amsterdam swirls. You know,i can't believe that after all i've posted about these so called Euro swirls that i would be the only one who believes they have been made in Amsterdam. It will probably be due to my poor English He He. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Dandy Euros! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 After the Newspaper Article you posted about the Amsterdam factory I think those that do not believe it have just not seen the article(with pictures) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 I totally believe you, Winnie. Habits are hard to break. I'll practice calling them Amsterdam swirls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleecee Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Thanks for the info ladies..appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 Are not most machine made marbles attributed to the company name that produced them ? I know habits are hard to break. But these are nice marbles and should have correct recognition. Winnie did the work,i remember it well. But here in the U.S. they are still labeled or called Euros ! Most people still do not know the informaion as witnessed above. The old habit will only change when each time Euro is used. They receive the latest information and willing to change and move forward. Is it going to be Amsterdam swirls wirepulls or the company name that produced them ???? Thank you again Winne for your work. I still have the marbles you sent me several years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 Well,I'll no longer call them Euro swirls,from now on i call them Amsterdam wirepulls and swirls. I think it will take a while before this name is is accepted and normal. Euro swirls sounds better but is unfortunately confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 If Veiliglas wasn't so hard to remember I would call them Veiliglas swirls and wirepulls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 Amsterdam wirepulls and swirls it is, if that's what you've settled on, Winnie. And I'm also going to try to remember Veiliglas. They should be remembered as a marble company the same as we remember Peltier, Akro, Alley, etc. [Thanks Winnie -- it's one of my favorite wirepulls!] Afterthought: Any indications that the Euro sparklers are, or could be, Veiliglas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 They are found in packaging marked Germany I believe??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 About the Sparklers,i'm not sure where they have been made,my feeling is that they have been made in France. I have not seen them in original packaging marked Germany. I've seen them in French packaging. In the article about Veiligglas,i've read that no marbles were made in Germany after the war,that in Europe marbles were made only in France and Netherlands. When i talk to people in France who have knowledge about glass,they tell me that after WW11 machien made marbles have been made in France,so...... The most confusing thing about Sparklers is ,there'more than one type. Pictures not mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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