Steph Posted January 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Getting a little misty here. I'm not kidding. That's a prince among Alleys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) 1" Edited October 28, 2023 by Ric Fixed photo link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Ding Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Ric....that last one! Wow! I was just working on some photos of this one. John     1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 Oooh, I like that . . . you sure about Alley? It'd be a killer Ravenswood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 I wondered about ravenswood for that one too when I saw it on another board. Â Here are a few that I've made nicer pictures of. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Ding Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 I posted this on another board after having it for some time; I was on the fence but thought that Ravenswood or Alley was a possibility. I scoured the archives on  I went with Alley....but I guess I will remove my post later today if we think it isn't. I don't like to see a marble in the wrong place...adds to confusion, with which some marbles is a common occurrence.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 I prefer to be very cautious with IDs. I have seen too many people call "definite" IDs on marbles based on a couple of photos and very little knowledge about other possibilities or variations that are out there. And I know from experience that the first tests returned are often the lowest scores in the class, usually because the student thinks they know far more than they actually do. Don't get me wrong here, that marble might be Alley, but I am not confident enough to go there "for sure", and I have seen Ravenswoods with similar patterns. Having said that, if there is a green tint in the base running along the red (first pic?) I would probably lean Alley too. I also have not seen a Sistersville Alley like the one you posted. What do you know about that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Ding Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 I prefer to be cautious too and agree with you.  I went with it based on my thinking that perhaps I just haven't yet seen the type, or don't recall seeing it. I respect the opinion of the mibologist that provided this ID. Do we think I might just as well pull the image off this thread? john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) Whether or not you pull that pic off is entirely up to you. If you trust the ID, leave it. Anyone coming here should understand that IDing marbles is as much art as science. I am actually more interested in that Sistersville. And since I feel sort of bad about so much talk in a "Mostly Pics" thread, here is a Sistersville Alley - dug at the site. Â Edited October 28, 2023 by Ric Fixed photo link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 John, you could leave it anyway to provide contrast whatever it turns out to be. Â Â Once upon a time I started to collect links for things like "Akro versus Master" and "Ravenswood versus Alley". Â I kinda sorta vaguely remember enlisting Cheese on a related project. Â Not sure if I'm remembering the right topic (need to to look that up). Â But it wouldn't hurt to have a "we interrupt the regularly scheduled Alleys with a comparison to Ravenswood" photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 Found it ... except Cheese's pictures disappeared  ... would be awesomeness if we could reconstruct it and add.   Our attachments work nicely now -- they come through full size since the update.  So we could store the pix permanently here and not worry about photobucket links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 I'll try to fix that Steph. Â I moved some photos around into different folders and it messed up the links. Many pics are missing of mine in that thread and others. Regarding your alley/ravenswood John, I saw Ron ID it as Alley and I respect his analysis of the marble much more than my own, and alleys can look a lot like ravenswoods and visa-versa. I don't think anyone would be able to 100% prove it's an alley or ravenswood and not the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Ding Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 Cheese....correct. Â I went with Ron. I saw no reason to not do so...but I also get this is a fence-sitter. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 John, Did Ron ID the Sistersville too? It looks a lot like some Ravenswoods. And I haven't seen a Sistersville quite like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 I don't know if John posted a sistersville that looks like that but the one I posted d.oes somewhat.. is that the one you're talking about? Â A few of us thought it was Alley and Ron agreed it was a "possible Sistersville Alley". Â No-one offered an ID other than Alley and Alley was waht I originally thought before asking others for their opinions, so I went with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Here's a group shot of some nice alleys I took a good while back. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) 11/16" Edited October 28, 2023 by Ric Fixed photo link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 I said Ric made my morning before I saw all of your eye candy, Chuck. Â Thank you, guys. Â You know how to make my heart go pitter pat. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) Edited October 28, 2023 by Ric Fixed photo link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 so pretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeperman Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 Beautiful stuff everyone. I think this thread needs a little blue & green. =} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cheese Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 Wow, that second one is really nice! Â Kind of puts me in mind of a blue lagoon pelt but maybe even nicer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 That blue and green is so refreshing. Just aaaaaah ... like we're actually dangling our feet in the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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