Fire1981 Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 I’m always looking for the Lefty hand mades. Traditional right handed marble makers spin/spun the cane counter clock wise. Lefties spin/spun it clock wise. Here are the examples. Righty is first and lefty second. Sort yours and see if you have any Lefty’s. If so…..Score🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 Lefty 🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 4 hours ago, Fire1981 said: Traditional right handed marble makers spin/spun the cane counter clock wise. Lefties spin/spun it clock wise. I don't get this - I'm right handed and I would be spinning it clockwise. I totally understand the idea of right and left hand spins but I don't think it necessarily has anything to do with whether the marble maker was right or left handed, just which direction they were prone to twisting the cane. Added Later . . . Did you mean, "Makers of right handed marbles spin/spun the cane counterclockwise, and makers of left handed marbles spin/spun the cane clockwise"? Because that makes sense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted June 18 Report Share Posted June 18 That makes sense. It also has to do with which side of the Glory Hole they are working from🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted June 18 Report Share Posted June 18 1 minute ago, Fire1981 said: It also has to do with which side of the Glory Hole they are working from🔥 RAR I can see that, Fire, left handed people may well have spun the majority of their marbles one way and right-handed people may have spun most of them the other way. But I think that would be most significant for single-gather marbles. I'm not so sure it was as significant when pulling and twisting canes. And I have a feeling that which side of the glory hole they were working had more to do with looking into it and seeing what they were doing rather than which direction they were gathering the marble. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted June 18 Report Share Posted June 18 Scott Myers(Old) brought this up when I had him make some marbles for me. Some Artist have the ability to spin it both directions. Mike Barton (Migbar) was really good at that. I just like findings these.🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted June 18 Report Share Posted June 18 @Fire1981 Here's one just for you, Fire - one of my favorite lefties, finished off with a little back-spin. 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted June 19 Report Share Posted June 19 There you have it! Great example Ric. Thanks for sharing/posting that one🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaMarbles Posted June 20 Report Share Posted June 20 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted June 20 Report Share Posted June 20 Nice, you obviously have much better hunting grounds than I do around here. I haven't seen a group in the wild like that for years and years. Luck you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted June 21 Report Share Posted June 21 No doubt! A group like that took me at least 3-5 years off the Bottom of EBay and crappy auction pics. SCORE🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opae ula Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 Scored a .66" ghost latticino for 9 dollars 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 4 minutes ago, Opae ula said: Scored a .66" ghost latticino for 9 dollars That's a dandy marble in excellent condition - awesome score in my book! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 X2, nice mib 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoozer Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 How are you doing Chad? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 5 hours ago, schmoozer said: How are you doing Chad? Things could be better but I'm still kickin, thanks for asking Brad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nickel Guy Posted Wednesday at 11:41 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 11:41 PM So I bought 2 lbs of these Michelangelo players, and it came out to be 175 marbles. I am surprised there was no breakage, cracks, or pinpricks. They looked pretty good overall for design. I picked out my favorite set, and 1 extra which jumps out at me. Wish they all looked like it. Ended up with 7 groups of 24, Need them shooters! My extra favorite one. It's in here with this group of 25 marbles. Dead center second row from the back. I did not own a Michelangelo yet except a frosted one I got from VAMarbles at the NJ show as a gift. I STILL LOVE IT! But . . . . Maybe I did have one all along. I got this one incher and inventoried it as an "Eclipse". Sure looks like it is related to a lot of my new weaker Michelangelo. I believe these are 4th generation variety. So here it is leading the group. I think I may have assembled my own nice 24+1 net bag. My tag I made. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted Friday at 06:15 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 06:15 AM Finally got one 🔥 RAR🚀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted Friday at 02:09 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 02:09 PM 7 hours ago, Fire1981 said: Finally got one 🔥 That's my kind of marble, Fire - nice one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted Friday at 07:40 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 07:40 PM Thanks Ric. It was without a doubt a WVS that I knew what the ID was for a change🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nickel Guy Posted 6 hours ago Report Share Posted 6 hours ago I won a couple lots in an auction. I know that these are not exactly rare and usually sell on eBay for about $25-35 before shipping. I imagine these Champion marbles are fairly common inside the bag. I am tempted to open it up when it arrives but then, these are already 50 years old. ( and I am 50 years older LOL) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago 2 hours ago, The Nickel Guy said: I won a couple lots in an auction . . . It's important to understand that the vast majority of marbles in your bag are not Champions. Check this thread for more info . . . 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nickel Guy Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 3 hours ago, Ric said: It's important to understand that the vast majority of marbles in your bag are not Champions. Check this thread for more info . . . Thank you Ric. My mix looks a lot like your opened bag in that thread. It appears i will have some black cats, game marbles, swirls and patches. I don't think I have any collectible value in the bag except to photograph mine like you did and sort down the contents and photograph. When I do that, I will pretty much repeat what you did in your "other" post. I remember seeing Ron in a video of Stephens talking about the marbles going through the floor. I learned something new today again. I did not lose any money though, certainly didn't rob the bank either. Very educational. Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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