Ima_ddicted Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 . Okay cat's-eye lovers - my pics leave a lot to be desired (as the mibs wouldn't co-operate) but here they are. They may not look it from the pics, but I can assure you that the mibs are the size I stated. (Yes Virginia - there is a 1" nine vane)! The three color 9 vane with 3 white vanes is 1 inch > the three color 9 vane with 3 yellow vanes is 15/16" > the 9 vane green is also 15/16".The one incher cost me a pretty penny way back in 2004. I bought it at a Block auction and I remember the bidding was fast and furious with quite a few bidders! I have never seen another 1" and I am thrilled to have this marble in my collection! A couple of other favorites from my collection - the turquoise 8 vane is 15/16" and the pretty hybrid 8 vane is 5/8". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 Those are the cat's meow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ima_ddicted Posted October 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 If my pics are lousy and include toothpicks and dinner knives to prop up a template, I may be a redneck photographer in need of a city slicker instructor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 Hey, you get no complaints from me! Do we know where the 8-vaners came from? Are they Japanese? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ima_ddicted Posted October 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 I believe Japan but the hybrid 8 vane sure looks Vitro doesn't it? I have a lot of the older Vitro 4, 5,and 6 vane hybrids with those colors but always thought that 6 was as high as Vitro's vane count went. YEE HAW! I love cat's eye marble mysteries Edited to add: Vitro did make some 8 vane cage style cats in the hybrid colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ima_ddicted Posted October 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 Speaking of cat's eye mysteries, I have a bunch of vintage Vitro 4 vane lavender marbles a marble lovin' friend found for me in Indiana. He collects handmades and I collect catseyes so we trade with each other. Anyways, he found a small factory box of these cats and said that they were a one day run and VHTF if not rare. What's different about these marbles is the lavender vanes are a cloudy lavender.and they have a very fiery opalescence. The base glass is very good quality, smooth as silk, and crystal clear. Just the lavender vanes have the cloudy fiery appearance. A few of them are also hybrid with blue on some of the lavender vanes. They are absolutely gorgeous mibs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nantucketdink Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 Please put up a photo. I have a few Parkersburg lavender or purple cats that are fantastic that I found together with documentation about them, but have not seen any others before and imagine your's might be the same ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 >> waiting for pics of the purple cats << Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ima_ddicted Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Nantucketdink - if these mibs are like yours, what info do you have on them? Anyways, here they are but the lighting is bad in here at night. The marbles are brighter and more purple/lavender in natural light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ima_ddicted Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 ......... Sorry about this pic. It was the best one out of the twenty or so I took! Hopefully you can see the fire. The old note that was in the package he sent. Our conversations regarding these marbles were done by telephone or snail mail. (Did either one of us even have the internet back then?? I doubt we did) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nantucketdink Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Mine are different I believe. It is hard to recognize your's as Vitros in the photos. I will try to dig them out and photograph. Mine were made mid or late 80s (the exact year is documented with them). I will photograph them once I put my hands on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nantucketdink Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 My pictures suck as usual, but I sure do wish there were a lot more Vitro cats out there with this unusual structure. The colors in my three include dark to very light lavender if not white in there too. Found them easier than I thought. This particular envelope did not include the date but these were documented as made in Parkersburg on the envelope. All the other envelopes had mid to late 80s dates with Parkersburg that were scored together with these. These were just one of the many many many great items that were sold off out of JABO after Dave left. Documented Cosmic Rainbows were in this group too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ima_ddicted Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 The ones I have definitely have the Vitro vane structure. Years and years of pawing through catseyes, buying original store packaging, and studying the different vane structures, colors, glass qualities, etc. has taught me a lot. I'll get ahold of Dick and jar his memory as to the date/year he was told they were produced. It's been 12-15 years since I purchased them from him. Yours look very interesting. Maybe we can both get some better pics. Our cats deserve some love and recognition gosh dang it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ima_ddicted Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 The sale must have been a fantastic experience! Did they sell any marbles in original packaging? Did you get any pics?Man - I miss all of the good stuff!!! I never even heard they were selling out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 I don't know if this fits but there is a 6-vane caged style purple on the right. I may have a full 4- or 6-vane somewhere - I'll keep an eye out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ima_ddicted Posted October 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Those are purrrrr-ty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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