Has anyone ever heard of this?

[jeslar1976]

So over the weekend I bought a jar of marbles. I purchased them from a reputable antique shop from one of the vendors that rent space from them. I rolled the bottle around kinda looking at them. They were mostly clear colored they looked dirty and old so I grabbed it. I didn’t get to look till the next day. They were super dusty you couldn’t tell what anything was cause of the dirty dust but they felt wonky and misshapen so I was a little excited. When I put them in some water I realized they felt wonky because someone had taken the time to put little globs of wax on the ends of some of the blue, green, and red clear ones. Turns out they are just cheap Amazon marbles. I have never heard of such a thing. I think I should call the shop and tell them about the shady vendor they have. My boyfriend thinks just let it alone..

[Alan]

I would return it, wax intact, to the antique store.  That is intentional fraud.

[jeslar1976]

1 minute ago, Alan said:

I would return it, wax intact, to the antique store.  That is intentional fraud.

I feel the same it’s a really crappy thing to do. I never knew or thought that was a thing. You could clearly tell it was on purpose. Some even had little metallic stickers on them. Just real shady stuff like that can ruin a good business.

[akroorka]

Way back in the day when we ( my wife and I) collected Depression Glass there was a product that filled in chips and defects to to original colors --very hard to detect.

These were the days before handheld "Blacklights". I have detected it in marbles--Pissed I was when I found it.

I had to try it and it worked even with my eye on the damage--of course, I never sold any of this or kept it for that matter---junk it was.

Take a blacklight along in these days when hunting--Always----

Laquer thinner will melt this crap out and show you the true thing--it will not hurt the glass.

Ohhhhh---I know how to make a marble look mint--I will never share this info though--just wrong--it is just wrong.

Soak your mibs in Laquer Thinner to clean them or look with Blacklight.

Just do not breath this stuff too much-----.

You may be surprised---if you make it throught the ---- esssence.

Marble--On!!

 

[jeslar1976]

2 hours ago, akroorka said:

Way back in the day when we ( my wife and I) collected Depression Glass there was a product that filled in chips and defects to to original colors --very hard to detect.

These were the days before handheld "Blacklights". I have detected it in marbles--Pissed I was when I found it.

I had to try it and it worked even with my eye on the damage--of course, I never sold any of this or kept it for that matter---junk it was.

Take a blacklight along in these days when hunting--Always----

Laquer thinner will melt this crap out and show you the true thing--it will not hurt the glass.

Ohhhhh---I know how to make a marble look mint--I will never share this info though--just wrong--it is just wrong.

Soak your mibs in Laquer Thinner to clean them or look with Blacklight.

Just do not breath this stuff too much-----.

You may be surprised---if you make it throught the ---- esssence.

Marble--On!!

 

Thanks pretty sad to think you have shady people everywhere I guess…