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Thüringen Thursday


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1 hour ago, crashbelt said:

This board has appeared before, pictured with another, but its worth its own spot this Thursday!

Its a very rare (I've not seen another) 81 hole solitaire board - I'm sure made by Ayres because the gold markings are nearly identical to those found on the small square boards found in Ayres' games compendiums.

It had no marbles when I bought it but I had just enough 9/16" onions in my stash to fill it. 

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That must be quite the “stash”. What else are you hiding???😁

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16 hours ago, Chad G. said:

Man, killer board & mibs David  :thup: The boards a first for me, I had no idea they made one w/ such a high count ??  

Thanks Chad it was quite a find for a solitaire board nut!!

I'd love to know what the original mibs were for this board - guess that kind of knowledge is probably gone unless someone unearths an in tact set.

I'll post its 49 hole little brother next Thursday.

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14 hours ago, schmoozer said:

That must be quite the “stash”. What else are you hiding???😁

I wish my 'stash' was full of 100s of great rarities etc, but its mostly 1/2"- 1" swirls, micas and onions which I could pick up pretty easily 20-30 years ago, but not now! I'm guessing many may have come from solitaire sets originally - I often found groups of 25-33 at a time.

They have been invaluable over the years for filling the gaps in incomplete boards or as in the 81 hole solitaire making it up from scratch.

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Hi William,
Internally in an old handmade the bubbles, if present, will usually show some stretch and swirl action to them like the ones I show here.
I think that yours is a machine made “Clearie”
Marble—On!!
 

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7 minutes ago, akroorka said:

Hi William,
Internally in an old handmade the bubbles, if present, will usually show some stretch and swirl action to them like the ones I show here.
I think that yours is a machine made “Clearie”
Marble—On!!
 

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Here are a few more pics with a flash and with artificial light...see what I am seeing? Those faint lines and the glass has those "stretchy" looking lines...actually, the last 2 pics look kinda Peltish? IDK, it's just a bit too interesting for a clearie, your opinion respected of course 😊

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1 hour ago, William said:

Here are a few more pics with a flash and with artificial light...see what I am seeing? Those faint lines and the glass has those "stretchy" looking lines...actually, the last 2 pics look kinda Peltish? IDK, it's just a bit too interesting for a clearie, your opinion respected of course 😊

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Looks like a Pelt very pretty♥

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37 minutes ago, akroorka said:

I agree with Gladys--a nice deep blue Pelt---no clearie here😁.

Marble--On!!

Lol, should have listed this mib for ID instead of here, especially with my doubts and assumptions. Oh well, we got to the bottom of it together, which is what's great about MarbleConnection...teamwork 😊

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3 hours ago, Gladys said:

Happy Thüringen Thursday♥

I want to polish these 2 in the worst way!  yah or nah?... size 1.45 /1.25

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If someone provided (again) the contact of a good polisher, I'd probably go for it.

However, this is also an option to try:
 

 

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4 hours ago, Gladys said:

Happy Thüringen Thursday♥

I want to polish these 2 in the worst way!  yah or nah?... size 1.45 /1.25

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Mathew is the only person I know of that polishes anymore, he might or might not be doing mibs, it's worth a shot I guess.  Here's his YouTube site & Email. Wish there was more ?

YouTube LINK :  https://www.youtube.com/c/MarbleGems/featured

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6 hours ago, Steph said:



If someone provided (again) the contact of a good polisher, I'd probably go for it.

However, this is also an option to try:
 

 

I tried this with some regular floor wax, it tended to melt when you touched it, or the house got warm…

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