sarab Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Hi, just want to share this beautiful marble I acquired a couple of years ago. I've never seen another like it. Any of you have similar? I understand it is Master Made (not Master glass). Some have suggested Imperial. It's roughly 11/16" by my old rusty Stanley tape measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarab Posted September 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 yikes, are my photos too big making it blurry? Can re-size if necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Pix look fine to me. Big but not too big on my monitor.@Da Roberto has some unusual Imperials ... so if that's the direction we should be heading maybe he could shine a light. Very interesting marble. And beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Look's allot like a master to me, but I do have some imperial's that fooled me, never the less a very nice marble. Couldn't sleep, good morning Steph 😴 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 10 minutes ago, Chad G. said: Look's allot like master to me, never the less a very nice marble. I totally get the Master ID. It LOOKS Master to me too. I want it to be Master. However, some have said the lavender points away from Master. Curious marble. On a technicality even if it's Asian, it's hard for me to see it as "Imperial" because to me it looks truly vintage and since the Imperial Toy Co. was founded in 1969 and didn't initially import Asian marbles, if we have truly vintage marble here, it couldn't have come via Imperial. But again, that's just a technicality since we use "Imperial" for a wide range of Asian marbles, not just the ones distributed by that particular company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarab Posted September 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Thanks for marble compliments from you both and opinions. Am looking forward to this discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Roberto Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 I think Maestro .... wonderful colors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarab Posted September 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Ciao, I'm not familiar with Maestro. Is that a maker? A named Imperial? A named Master? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Sara, "maestro" is Italian for "master". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Thanks, Roberto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarab Posted September 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Thanks Steph. Thank you Roberto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Roberto Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 "Oops"....sorry I meant Master Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Steph said: I totally get the Master ID. It LOOKS Master to me too. I want it to be Master. However, some have said the lavender points away from Master. Curious marble. On a technicality even if it's Asian, it's hard for me to see it as "Imperial" because to me it looks truly vintage and since the Imperial Toy Co. was founded in 1969 and didn't initially import Asian marbles, if we have truly vintage marble here, it couldn't have come via Imperial. But again, that's just a technicality since we use "Imperial" for a wide range of Asian marbles, not just the ones distributed by that particular company. In the pic's of master's I posted I have some w/ pink, purple, a blend ?? Hopefully we all learn something new, I'm game That's why I'm here Also Have some huge 3/4 or better that appear as master, hang on I'll repost, here tell me what you think of the big brushed patch. I threw in the purple and pink one's, some of my seam's look pointy like the other and some don't, I'm curious about that ( just remeasured a hair over 3/4 " )brushed one on the top L 3rd and top R last pic. sarab mib definitely has a different looking base color for sure, I thought it was the camera but the same lavender color show's no matter the angle. I'm gonna dig around for those hot pink one's also, I might have trade for some hand mades not quite sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marblemover Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 lavender is hard to find in Masters, but it's out there, and it goes from pinkish to purple, depending on the blending and transparency of the adjacent colors. here's 4 with purple. note the one on the right has a lavender and purple brushed patch on a transparent green base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarab Posted September 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Definitely purple. Yay, it's a thing! Thanks marblemover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarab Posted September 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 I just heard the name 'Hot pink and orange cloud'. Different subject? Another new collector's name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 Hot pink is just the color blend of some master's I have, I don't know about orange cloud, I learned I have a champion called a" red cloud" which I thought to be a furnace marble before I was set straight (see champion red cloud below) a relative of the champion hot wheel's family according to those in the know. The swirl's continue around, into and through the mib, that's what threw me off in the first place as far as the mistaken furnace mib identification. The hot pink colored master's are gone across the river, I did trade them to a friend for some German hand mades a couple year's ago. I gotta quit doin that !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarab Posted September 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 It's a cool one Chad, thanks for sharing and the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 No problem, try to share what I know, just found out the true identity of the mib last week myself 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 That is one top shelf Master! Love it. Master did use a fair amount of purple and lavender. Here are some examples from my collection for comparison: [img]https://i.ibb.co/0pbbLFW/Copy-of-Copy-of-Untitled-Design-45.png[/img] [img]https://i.ibb.co/0fBt1y0/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Presentation-Untitled-Design-2019-08-16-T012246-720.png[/img] [img]https://i.ibb.co/nCL8MhY/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Presentation-Untitled-Design-2019-08-16-T012448-189.png[/img] [img]https://i.ibb.co/Y8GM1Xp/masterade.jpg[/img] [img]https://i.ibb.co/Q650QXz/DSCN5114.jpg[/img] [img]https://i.ibb.co/Ytsg4xy/DSCN5086.jpg[/img] Edit... why don't my photo links work here anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 Not sure why they didn't work for you, Chuck. I posted the addresses and hit "enter" and the pictures showed up for me automatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 p.s., yum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 Thanks Steph, not sure what's going on. At least you got them to show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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