BuckEye Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) Ok this came to me out of thin air and I'm not sure if this is way off, if I'm on to something or if this has already been discussed....1. Alley agate 1929-1949 last years in St. Marys.2. Marble King 1949-today...Pic 1. Center swirl. White base, orange red, yellow blue. This was a swirl that Ron told me was alley and that he might have dug similar ones. This one I soldPic 2. In canton I bought this identical swirl from a digger who digs exclusive at marble king. Pic 3. Two Accepted Mk swirls. St Marys and Paden City are 21 miles apart.Is it possible that these early Mk swirls were made on alley machinery, maybe as a test? The glass matches MK much better than Alley. The green in mine have AV and the white looks like a rainbow. Intentional Swirls before the the patch and ribbon. Why would they be at both places unless the two were related or had some sort of agreement? That's all I got. Talk amongst yourselves....C Edited October 17, 2017 by Steph resizing text :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckEye Posted October 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Sorry for the giant text. Couldn't figure how to resize, maybe a moderator can help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 So, by "exclusive at Marble King", you mean the present-day site in Paden City? Gotta wonder what Pink was doing with the marble machines from 1949 to the mid-50's. Tinkering was happening. Would make sense that he gave the Alley machines a run. .... but tinkering in the early 50's in St. Marys doesn't explain the marbles getting to Paden City in 1958 or later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckEye Posted October 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Not sure what location he digs at. Just said marble king. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 That would definitely be something to ask him about -- which city he digs in, even if he doesn't want to be specific about the location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 It's something to think about, although it isn't difficult to go from swirls to seams and back again on the same machine either. I've seen it done at JABO. If Alley machines were transferred with the property, I would think MK might just rejigger them and run on. P.S. There are some other nice mibs in there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikie_T Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 12 hours ago, Ric said: P.S. There are some other nice mibs in there too. I agree! I love looking at marbles like those....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manddrakes Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 Do you have any halves? Most MK's are surface color correct? Not really knowledgeable with marble king! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 My 2 cents worth, is they look a lot more like twisted up Marble Kings than Alley. Seems to be a lot more distinct separation between the red/green/yellow/blue and white. But I think that's what you're getting at ...glass recipes vs machine they were made on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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