bumblebee Posted March 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 Paid $20 each for two Navarre's (1" and .95") that were sold as slags. Left one is very mint range aside from one impact fracture. Right one has more as-mades and seems a little lopsided. Also another $10 for some nice little machinemades including a cobalt/black Akro cork and a pretty neat little Rainbo. Condition mint range on those. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 You find great deals. Nice score for sure. 🚀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoozer Posted March 13, 2022 Report Share Posted March 13, 2022 Small score, my first sulfide ever, after 25 years. $15 thrift store find. 1-7/16” lamb. Ground pontil mark, lots of fine surface ripples. Classic air bubbles on each side. my sulfide collection is now complete! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 13, 2022 Report Share Posted March 13, 2022 7 minutes ago, schmoozer said: Small score, my first sulfide ever, after 25 years. $15 thrift store find. Nice, Brad, especially for $15! I have two elephants - my sulfide collection is complete too. lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 13, 2022 Report Share Posted March 13, 2022 Svenska Stenkulor score from my new marble friend, Chris! These are very cool - not clay, that's for sure. They are quite hefty, way more like stone. I really like them! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Parson Posted March 15, 2022 Report Share Posted March 15, 2022 On 3/13/2022 at 6:16 PM, Ric said: Svenska Stenkulor score from my new marble friend, Chris! These are very cool - not clay, that's for sure. They are quite hefty, way more like stone. I really like them! I’m so happy that they reached you. They are surprisingly heavy, right? It’s a mix of plaster, cement, talc and finally colour pigments. Gently tumbled around a rape seed. Nice photo, Ric! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 15, 2022 Report Share Posted March 15, 2022 14 hours ago, Chris Parson said: They are surprisingly heavy, right? That is what surprised me the most, I was expecting something more like clay. Thanks again for the loose ones, Chris, and the sealed plastic jar full too! I think they're great - so unique! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted March 15, 2022 Report Share Posted March 15, 2022 Cool marble game... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdesousa Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 Interesting group of "old marbles" on eBay. Seller said she bought them together in the UK some 30 years ago. Four blood alleys (marble marbles), 10 hand faceted, played with, jasper (?) marbles, a clear agate and an ivory marble. (I've seen more pelt golden rebels than hand faceted jasper marbles.) Marble marbles range from 13.2 mm to 18.4 mm Hand faceted jasper marbles are mentioned in Jeff Carskadden's book 'Colonial Period and Early 19th-century Children's Toy Marbles', pg 125 The ivory marble can be identified by its Schreger lines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schreger_line 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdesousa Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 On 3/15/2022 at 7:42 PM, Tommy said: Cool marble game... Neat! Wonder why the recommended cut-off age is 60? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblebee Posted March 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 1 hour ago, hdesousa said: Interesting group of "old marbles" on eBay. Seller said she bought them together in the UK some 30 years ago. Four blood alleys (marble marbles), 10 hand faceted, played with, jasper (?) marbles, a clear agate and an ivory marble. (I've seen more pelt golden rebels than hand faceted jasper marbles.) Marble marbles range from 13.2 mm to 18.4 mm Hand faceted jasper marbles are mentioned in Jeff Carskadden's book 'Colonial Period and Early 19th-century Children's Toy Marbles', pg 125 Killer score, Hansel! Honestly if it weren't for those blood alleys, I would assume that's just another contemporary machine ground mineral sphere set. From now on I'm peering closer at listings like those. The only faceted non-agates I have are a rose quartz and this guy, which to my eye looks a lot like the one above your ivory(!) one: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 That is a great score, Hansel -wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted March 19, 2022 Report Share Posted March 19, 2022 On 3/17/2022 at 8:06 AM, hdesousa said: Neat! Wonder why the recommended cut-off age is 60? Lol ...I was wondering the same thing must have just sounded good...🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PittsburghMarbles Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 Didn’t find any marbles while driving around West Virginia today, other than some clays and a beat up Akro patch at unfortunately recently torn down 1870s houses in wheeling. But I did find a bunch of Akro ware in Wellsburg today. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 7 minutes ago, PittsburghMarbles said: Not a bad day, the multicolor hand vase is very nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 42 minutes ago, Ric said: Not a bad day, the multicolor hand vase is very nice. Very nice indeed! Akro on!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PittsburghMarbles Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 Had to rearrange some stuff, put my cairos on a different shelf to make room for more of my Akro ware. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 11 hours ago, Ric said: Not a bad day, the multicolor hand vase is very nice. Very nice Beggars Hand 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 1 hour ago, William said: Very nice Beggars Hand 👍 I have not heard them called that before, William. The hand seems pretty svelte for a beggar. Where did you hear that name? It seems like it might have been adapted from the Portieux or Vallerysthal "paupers" or "beggars hand" vases, which look a lot more like a beggar's hand, at least to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akro75 Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 A decent Sunday, pretty freakin happy about the 1.5” purple glass elephant sulphide, original surface and the pee wee ribbon lutz! Some cool Akros, couple cool Alley, blue CAC or German slag, and one crazy colored Vitro? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 Nice Alley Blue Sky and Vitro - the elephant's pretty great too! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblebee Posted March 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2022 This one is minty and a tad over 11/16 (0.69"). Some call it a Popeye, or a Blue Popeye, or a Black Popeye, or a Moss Agate, or a Really Dark Blue Egg Yolk Sort of Not Really, or just a Corkscrew. I call it a Score! 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 24, 2022 Report Share Posted March 24, 2022 1 hour ago, bumblebee said: I call it a Score! There is no way that's wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 One more pin after this ...think the last one will stay sealed till I'm done sorting all the others..lol... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, Tommy said: One more pin after this ...think the last one will stay sealed till I'm done sorting all the others..lol... Man I woulda had em open on the way home !! Don't know how ya do it ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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