Budsmarbles Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 Just wanted to say hi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 Hi, Bud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouisCamp Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Hello. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir9salot Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Hey Bud... I too am new to the board...Howdy from Phoenix! And, yes it is a dry heat.. or that's what we keep telling ourselves... Warren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 And welcome to you too, Warren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budsmarbles Posted March 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Hey again,I have been watching for about a month now,looks like a great bunch of people,I am new to marble collecting,just started back before Christmas, am absolutely fascinated by them,look forward to learning more from you guys and gals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir9salot Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Thanks Steph... many of the posters here have WAY more knowledge than I do and I've already learned plenty by reading the posts.... I took a few hours and looked back as far as '05 and read about the exotic controversy (see my avatar). I'm astounded by John McCormick's knowledge of manufacturing marbles and now I've got to have some of his.... Would like info on how to acquire some.... I was friends with Bo Stiff and miss him terribly.... He welcomed people into his home warmly and loved talking about marbles. When I needed cash Bo bought many good ones from me including my black and red popeye, the only one I've ever seen... some say they don't exist but at least one does... perfect popeye, too... I was out of collecting for 8 years and have started over... from scratch. Looking forward to attending some shows starting in Seattle this summer and Vegas in October... Take care, Steph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir9salot Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Hi Bud... Yeah, once you get the bug you can never really stop.... One of my greatest thrills has always been finding a really good marble in the wild, the first collector to save it from a jar in some out-of-the-way antique store... Picked up a dead mint 13/16" superman in Glendale AZ once... the guy was asking 10 dollars for the jar.... I offered him 50 and he couldn't believe it... I showed him the superman and told him it was worth much more than the 50 I just paid him. He was still very happy to get 5 times asking on the jar and he took my number and for the next 4 years he called me whenever he got marbles. It worked out for both of us. Welcome to the hobby, Bud... Take care... Warren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Thanks for sharing, Warren. Yeah, the exotic conversations were doozies. Do you know Edna? She was a special friend of Bo's. Pretty sure she traveled out your way from time to time. There's a bead show out there, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir9salot Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Steph... I never got to meet Edna... heard her name, however... Yes, there are bead shows out here... In fact, we had the "Bead Museum" out here from 1984 to 2011 and when it closed the collection was donated to a bead museum in San Diego... And we also have every conceivable art type showcased at numerous venues throughout the year... this is one of the most artsy-fartsy places in the country... Not great marble country though... Very hard to get a good one in the wild anymore... but we continue to look and always will, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Hi! I'm Edna. Weldon and I spent a lot of time with Bo in Phoenix and also in Texas and West Virginia. He died about 6 months before Bo. I guess you know what happened to Bo's collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir9salot Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Hi Edna!... Warren here in Phoenix... Yeah, the brief story I heard was that someone broke in and stole his collection but I forget who told me that.... is that the way it happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeperman Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Welcome Bud and welcome back Warren. Warren, I will see you in Seattle and again in Vegas. Just look for the trio of bald guys, usually Galen, me and somehow we always find another. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 It's almost time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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