Alan Posted March 3, 2023 Report Share Posted March 3, 2023 22 minutes ago, Carowill said: 1.07” Claudia Patch The colors seem off. Maybe HDR or 'Vivid' setting on the camera is on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 3, 2023 Report Share Posted March 3, 2023 24 minutes ago, Carowill said: 1.07” Claudia Patch Some very nice marbles posted today, Bill! Your Claudia looks like it has unusual colors. Does it have that nice orange peel texture you usually find on them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carowill Posted March 3, 2023 Report Share Posted March 3, 2023 12 minutes ago, Alan said: The colors seem off. Maybe HDR or 'Vivid' setting on the camera is on. It’s an orange and blue but not really any orange peel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carowill Posted March 3, 2023 Report Share Posted March 3, 2023 It was authenticated years ago by Bob Block as an ”experimental” Akro. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carowill Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 15 minutes ago, Carowill said: It was authenticated years ago by Bob Block as an ”experimental” Akro. Also, there is the characteristic mottling of the blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 47 minutes ago, Carowill said: It was authenticated years ago by Bob Block as an ”experimental” Akro. I think the colors on your earlier photo look a lot more like what I'm used to. 👍 It's surprising how different the two photos look. . . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circha Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 Oh Akro day. Here's one of my favorite marbles. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 34 minutes ago, circha said: Oh Akro day. Here's one of my favorite marbles. Killer mib, perfect new avatar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 🔥 RAR 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe2 Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, Joe2 said: Another Avatar "The master of disguise" nice mibs & pix BTW Joe !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff54 Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 A little late to the Kro party. Old photo about 20 years ago. There are two ribbons on this 1" Corkscrew and twisted 1-1/2 times; Peachy!: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 8 hours ago, Jeff54 said: A little late to the Kro party. Old photo about 20 years ago. Peachy!: Nice marble, Jeff - does the "Moonie base" show opalescence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff54 Posted March 5, 2023 Report Share Posted March 5, 2023 12 hours ago, Ric said: Nice marble, Jeff - does the "Moonie base" show opalescence? Took me a bit to pull out and check. It 'pretty thick translucence and with so much color, it's not easy to see through, but I could get somewhere opalescence is visible. And I don't have my UV light availed but, I think I recall it lighting up too. I'll have to dig up that light one day and confirm. It's an Akro dug-up in the late 1990's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave 13 Posted March 5, 2023 Report Share Posted March 5, 2023 On 3/3/2023 at 11:40 AM, Ric said: Great colors on that one, Dave! Thanks Ric 👍I believe its around 11/16 maybe bigger I really need to organize my mibs I can’t seem to find it now I took them pics last year 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 5, 2023 Report Share Posted March 5, 2023 13 hours ago, Jeff54 said: Took me a bit to pull out and check. It 'pretty thick translucence and with so much color, it's not easy to see through, but I could get somewhere opalescence is visible. And I don't have my UV light availed but, I think I recall it lighting up too. I'll have to dig up that light one day and confirm. It's an Akro dug-up in the late 1990's Thanks for checking. I don't pay too much attention to Akros but I don't think I have seen any corkscrews with moonie base glass before. Looks like it could make for a great marble though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe2 Posted March 10, 2023 Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 10, 2023 Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 6 hours ago, Joe2 said: Nice marble, Joe. It looks like a variant of what used to be referred to as a Champagne because of the base color. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 10, 2023 Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 A couple of minimal patches. Perhaps remarkable only for how boring they are. 🥱 And please correct me if I'm wrong but I think the red one is harder to come by. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe2 Posted March 10, 2023 Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 They're different, never seen this type are they Boulder sz. Or player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 10, 2023 Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 17 minutes ago, Joe2 said: They're different, never seen this type are they Boulder sz. Or player? About 5/8" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted March 10, 2023 Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 Here is a rare one--beat up with "Pocket wear" but intact and not polished--lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff54 Posted March 10, 2023 Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 Retort of fact finding regarding the " Akro Sparkles have 5 colors or they are not Akro's Myth. This is a set of 5 Cloudy Sparklers. Les Jones once had an original 100 stock box of these that were also mint. I have seen a few from time to time on Ebay where people are unsure for the fable that it has to have 5 colors yet, the 'Cloudy Sparklers' are the rarest variation Akro made, in Stock boxes. Unfortunately, this is an old photographic composition I'd made about 25 years ago and so the pixels are to low and not as detailed as it was then, yet good enough to see the differences. Of the most common in Sparklers is a bright yellow. Majority of these have green, black or dark brown, red, and light blue. They're in a crystal clear base however they have an opalescent thin white on the surface. To shine a light through reveals an Opal glow. It's quite difficult to get a good shot of the various colors, including white strands within the central matrix, due to the exterior coating. So, to get the best shot then, I used multiple light sources and a background that helped to see the strands of colors which had to eliminate most of the white strands inside. The white that's only on the surface is not like a steady film moreover, actually is like imitating thin clouds. On this set the colors are orderly. starting on yellow is followed with black, then green and white. Red is only a strand within the white filaments, while there's some light blue filaments in a few too. "Ah oh! that's not 5 colors?" Fact verses fiction: Myth debunked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 10, 2023 Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 8 minutes ago, akroorka said: Here is a rare one--beat up with "Pocket wear" but intact and not polished--lol Very nice, Art - that is a marble! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 10, 2023 Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 36 minutes ago, Jeff54 said: Retort of fact finding regarding the " Akro Sparkles have 5 colors or they are not Akro's Myth. Nice marbles and nice post, Jeff. I think that the "5 color rule" may have developed back when people were still trying to figure out the differences between Akro Sparklers and Master Sunbursts. Five or more colors are very common with Sparklers and very rare with Sunbursts - just a thought. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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