Fire1981 Posted 20 hours ago Report Share Posted 20 hours ago Does it UV POP? Size Alway back light And.....If you like it? Go with it. It doesn't matter what others think🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted 19 hours ago Report Share Posted 19 hours ago 15 minutes ago, Fire1981 said: It doesn't matter what others think🔥 Well if it did not matter--what are we doing here😁? Just sayin Fire--it is all true though. Marble--On! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted 19 hours ago Report Share Posted 19 hours ago 43 minutes ago, Fire1981 said: It doesn't matter what others think🔥 They are all good points but I would qualify the last statement by saying, "unless you're trying to trade with them or sell them a marble". My go to is, "It's your marble. You can call it what you want, grade it as you wish, and value it as you like. You just can't expect others to agree." 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted 18 hours ago Report Share Posted 18 hours ago Agree. All good points. And that is my go to as well Ric. For now, my collection is for me and I collect what I like, some of my favorites are far, far from pristine condition. What I love to find now are marbles that look like they were made in the same batch or very near to marbles that I already own, what a treat that is. I guess my reason for being here is to share my Akro photos for the new collectors, I get so much joy in finding the nuances in the color combinations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted 13 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 13 hours ago I’m always here because 99% of my collection is from EBay auctions and I needed help and always will need here on the Board(s). I lucked out when Bottom Feeding was easy and scored great groups for cheap. Gotta have an eye for the Sleepers. I was referring to more of a personal taste and that doesn’t matter to anyone else but me/you. Kinda of a I don’t care but it’s mine and I like it. I wasn’t by any means meant to sound like I would make up a home made ID and disregard everyone’s feed back🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted 13 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 13 hours ago Here’s another example of “collect it if you like it.”. $12.00 and it’s my Wounded Warrior. Size mattered and still does🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted 12 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 12 hours ago I was and am so lucky I got this in a group auction. Was hoping I had scored my first Superman. Posted it it was confirmed. Boo Yah. Then someone replied it’s not mint and isn’t worth much. So what. It has a cool pattern and it’s mine🔥 RAR 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted 7 hours ago Report Share Posted 7 hours ago The bottom line is, buy and collect whatever you like for whatever reason you like it! The day marbles don't make me happy is the day I sell my collection. The only thing that is not in the eyes of the owner is the marble's monetary value - that is entirely up to the buyer. Personally, I like my marbles as pristine as I can find them. But I have plenty of non-mint marbles in my collection, either because I have not found a better/cleaner example or I was unwilling to pay the asking price for one. Does that make me a snob? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 16 hours ago, Fire1981 said: Does it UV POP? Size Alway back light And.....If you like it? Go with it. It doesn't matter what others think🔥 RAR That's interesting, because I don't care it it has any UV reaction at all. (Its not as if UV is a determinate of age, value, collectability/rarity or manufacturer). Backlit photo on the web almost universally take the prize for the worst photos available. Focus, exposure and the ability to ID it backlit is usually miserable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 8 minutes ago, Alan said: . . . Its not as if UV is a determinate of age, value, collectability/rarity or manufacturer . . . In general, I agree. Whether or not a marble glows is of little interest to me. But there are cases where collectors have made UV significant. For instance, for an Alley to be a Pistachio it has to glow. I am not certain who came up with this "rule" or why, perhaps just because the ones that glow are less common. When I compare the "glowers" (Pistachios) to their non-glowing lookalikes (not Pistachios), I am hard pressed to see a difference in the base glass, striping glass or patterns. As for value, Pistachios sell for more than the non-glowing lookalikes, which speaks to their collect-ability, which I assume is based on rarity, which in turn is based on the fact that the marble glows. And if Pistachios and their non-glowing lookalikes were made at different Alley locations it would speak to their age as well, although I am not sure if this is the case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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