Wolf Posted 12 hours ago Report Share Posted 12 hours ago Asked if this is a modern marble or Jabo. This was the reply with two new lighted pictures. Comments? "No we don't believe so as he had it labeled as an Akro Oxblood & the other information in the title we got from our personal observations & information we found on marble collection identification websites. The color of the red matches the dark red typical of other Akro Oxblood that we have come across. Akro started producing marbles from 1915-1951 after which they closed, so any Akro marbles will be considered vintage machine made marbles. We've attached a couple extra photos showing the marble in brighter light. Hope this helps & thanks for messaging" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted 12 hours ago Report Share Posted 12 hours ago Jabo private/contractor run🔥 RAR 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted 10 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 10 hours ago 1 hour ago, Fire1981 said: Jabo private/contractor run🔥 RAR So basically that means that someone paid Jabo to make a particular marble to their specifications? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted 10 hours ago Report Share Posted 10 hours ago Yes and they were present during the run. How cool is that🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago The investors couldn't necessarily be sure how any given run would turn out, but they picked their own colors and hoped for the best. One run I have many marbles from turned out very dark because the plan was to only put in one portion of blue, but there was confusion and the blue was put in repeatedly.  So some people got luckier than others. But Dave McCullough and the investors learned by 2007 what kind of glass to add to the mix to get oxblood. That's when the experiments were started which led to the contract runs which would continue for many years after that, basically up to the time of Dave's death one year ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago Not all were made at Jabo. That's where it started but there were other investor runs. After Dave left Jabo, he continued making marbles. Dave's Appalachian Swirls or DAS is one name you'll find when you research these. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted 8 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 8 hours ago Pretty incredible. Now I know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royal3 Posted 8 hours ago Report Share Posted 8 hours ago Wolf this might help give you some basic information on those wild days:Â https://www.westvirginiamarblecollectorsclub.com/jabo-inc-contract-runs 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted 7 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 7 hours ago Looks like I picked up 2 Jabo for 150 bucks. Oh, well... I know they'll be the best Jabo ever made! 😃 Not this one... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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