disco005 Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Well, I certainly don't $52K for one marble, or even $10K for a great looking gumball machine full of beautiful handmades, but here are a few of my recent acquisitions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Well done. I do love your passion and focus! Admirable! Tell us more about the base on the left one .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted October 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Thanks Steph ! It is a strange one, I was skeptical on the pictures from the auction, but so glad I bid on it now It glows like crazy! The cork of the UV base is not really evident in the photos, but it actually is pretty clear with a bright flashlight and magnifier. I love the unusual ones If I had more $$ I would probably break into the Pelt world Someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted October 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 The base of the one on the top right with the multi-blue cork is kind of strange as well, it also glows like crazy <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Coolness.I guessed glow on the left one. I didn't guess it on the blue.and the purple is pretty neat too (: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 I got some marble mail too ... and one of them looked kinda corky. (A peewee bumblebee jorkscrew. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted October 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Yay for marble mail! Is a jorkscrew a Jabo that looks like a cork? I think I've read that term before .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Yup, you got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted October 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 My new love, just received it this week a Blue Green Spiral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted October 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 This one is new also, kind of unusual, to me anyway 21/32" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 I agree unusual. Strange effect on the ribbon ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 My new love, just received it this week a Blue Green Spiral. The only thing better than blue-green might be purple edged with pink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Ding Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 The base of the one on the top right with the multi-blue cork is kind of strange as well, it also glows like crazy <3 I was just working with one of those blue corks yesterday, and my example is exactly as yours... glowing like crazy too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 I agree unusual. Strange effect on the ribbon ends. I thought the grayish/blackish stripe along the outside of that red was strange, I was thinking it was just a bad mix between the colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 I was just working with one of those blue corks yesterday, and my example is exactly as yours... glowing like crazy too That's cool! Maybe there was a run of them. And I'm a little curious about what you mean by working with one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Ding Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 That's cool! Maybe there was a run of them. And I'm a little curious about what you mean by working with one Well, I work with them, and I was working with one like that! I have been working on a pictorial data page inventory of each of my better (to me) mibs for some time. I have three photographs of each one, their condition, diameters, identity if known and notes. Each marble has a designated number, that can then be indexed by type. I have developed a different storage technique too, making location of most the better ones a cinch (usually). I can put my hands on my mibs, often very directly and quickly. Crazy? Probably, but this makes the hobby more interactive to me, and causes me to "work with" and observe my marbles more critically. I've learned a lot this way...and it forces me to have to reference them frequently...keeping track of all those data and images takes a bit of time a lot of time. It really does wonders for learning these things, though. This is a process that I'll never reach the end of sure, but I do it anyway. I must be nuts! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted November 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 That's great John I wish I had time for a reference or an inventory like that. I need to figure out a cool way to display mine. I've run out of room in my one little display box that I have, and right now my more recent purchases are just sitting on my desk lol. But with 50 hour work weeks and weekday obligations, too much going on. Ugh. Someday. For now, I'll just search and collect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted January 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 A Pelt in my mailbox The second photo almost looks like a corkscrew. Edit to add size (again) : 5/8" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fentonacres Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Hey.... is that a black and orange one like mine???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Nice marble - Superboy (Superman w/o yellow), I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted January 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Thanks Ric! I was kind of hoping that's what it was, I was lucky on this one fentonacres, I'm not sure, let's see it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fentonacres Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-QCLj8hr I actually have 8... but two are a bit different... The middle one here, and the one on the lower left are different... but still in the same color range. http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-X39VWcj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted January 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Same color range, but I don't think yours are Akro, it looks like newer glass to me, but I am the last person to ask about the newer swirls, so sorry Ooh, I just looked at your second photo, the one in the lower left, about the 7 or 8 o'clock position, that one is Akro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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