Fuzzy Chubbs Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 Hello marble aficionados and experts! I'm a newbie to the marble world, at the spry age of 27. In early 2020 I took to YouTube to fill my new-found free time while staying home and isolating, stumbling upon Corning Museum's account per the suggestion of an engineer friend who produces art glass. I quickly became infatuated with the masters Mark Mathews and Bill Gudenrath. Over the past year and a half I have just barely dipped my toes into the world of marbles, picking up a handful of modern contemporaries from eBay; but nothing special. I fortunately live within an hour of a marble mecca, Moon Marble Company, but unfortunately they have been closed the past year so I have yet to visit :/ This past week I stumbled upon a collection of marbles that were sourced by my great grandfather while he lived here in Kansas. I decided that it would be a fun project to sort and identify as many of the marbles as I can, with the grand goal of creating a display to present to grandma. It's a rather small collection just filling a vase, but from my first glances and rudimentary marble knowledge I believe there to be quite a few of interest. It seems to me that may are masters, alleys, vitros, and probably a variety of others that I have yet to wrap my head around. I plan to post these in a trickle rather than one large ID dump, as it both takes longer to sort/photograph than I initially thought and I also like the idea of bolstering my knowledge as I progress through the ID phase. I'm hoping that eventually I'm posting these marbles with correct identification before expert input! S/O to Steph and her study hall, I imagine it's going to be a big crutch for me!! I will also note that I was surprised by the lack of ID videos on YouTube, it seems the real meat of content is all posted by Stephen Barr. I binged through most all of Stephen's YouTube videos on identification. I was surprised to find no 'sorting' type videos on YouTube; do they exist? It seems that many other collecting hobbies are flooded with these types of videos on YouTube, such as coins and trading cards. Some other random info about me; I'm a software consultant for food pantries, I'm an avid Oldschool Runescape player (IGN: Fuzzy Chubbs), I've collected pokemon cards since I was 5 years old, and I'm currently converting a 'skoolie' with my girlfriend of 6 years. I'm eager to learn more about this wonderful hobby with exceptional people! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 "Welcome to Marble Connection" Great to see yet another generation of collectors. You'll find Pokémon marble collectors here and I'm sure just about every kind of marble and glass related thing possible. A great bunch of people here more than willing to share what they have and know about the great hobby of marble collecting, again "Welcome Cole" -Chad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Looks like you have a lot on your plate! Welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 Welcome. Lots of knowledge in these pages enjoy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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