mibstified Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Mibsters: Long time lurker venturing out into post-land.........now that I have a decent camera (which I'm slowly getting the hang of). I was fortunate to purchase most of the marbles pic'd below in an auction lot with a bunch of CAC opaque swirls and Bloodies. Based on their color, as-mades and bubbles, I had suspected that these might be CAC transparent swirls. After communicating with a few long time knowledgeable CAC gurus, I have come to learn that these are likely CAC trans swirls, that the "old timers" used to refer to as "Snooties". I will upload some additional pics in a following post as I've kept the resolution pretty high and will run out of space. I also have deep purple, light yellow and light green examples that I've yet to photograph. I believe that the red trans swirls are what some have referred to as "Red Jennys". Regardless of what they are called or who may have manufactured them, they are gorgeous mibs. Hope you have fun viewing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mibstified Posted January 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Here are a few more pics................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMopar Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 WOW!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Those are SWEET! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delkins Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 That amber-based one with the light blue/white ribbon is really cool. -Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTAndrea Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Mibstified, do they all have the normal CAC cutlines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mibstified Posted January 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Hey: Modforms, & MrsMo they are definately sweet. Dave, the amber based with blue ribbons are interesting in that on the surface, the ribbons are blue but appear white when they dip subsurface. VTAndrea, none of these have cut lines but have construction similar to CAC opaque swirls with random surface and subsurface ribbons, only the base glass is transparent. I'll post some individual mibs showing more detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Very nice transparent swirls. I would have no trouble at all calling those CACs. Peace,Galen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Mibsters:Long time lurker venturing out into post-land.........now that I have a decent camera (which I'm slowly getting the hang of). I was fortunate to purchase most of the marbles pic'd below in an auction lot with a bunch of CAC opaque swirls and Bloodies. Based on their color, as-mades and bubbles, I had suspected that these might be CAC transparent swirls. After communicating with a few long time knowledgeable CAC gurus, I have come to learn that these are likely CAC trans swirls, that the "old timers" used to refer to as "Snooties". I will upload some additional pics in a following post as I've kept the resolution pretty high and will run out of space. I also have deep purple, light yellow and light green examples that I've yet to photograph. I believe that the red trans swirls are what some have referred to as "Red Jennys". Regardless of what they are called or who may have manufactured them, they are gorgeous mibs. Hope you have fun viewing them. If I keep looking at these fantastic marbles I am going to get hooked, and not sell any of them. These are breathtaking. It makes me wonder about my big white, ? cat eye?? Nice job with the pictures. Barb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mibstified Posted January 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Hey again: Thanks for the looks. Here are a few more views of the peach and blue lace swirls, hopefully with more detail. Still mess'n with pixels image size so hope there not to big...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Isn't that amber & blue a "Blue Lace?" (oops, that was answered while I was typing!!) Barb, trust me.... If you can say that much about them, you ARE hooked!!! ROFL Becareful about selling and regretting!! I think, if you look very hard at these and then at your white marble, you'll see that the swirls in these are very distinct and have a curled ribbon-like shape... Your white is either a Cat's Eye (I'm still not sure, but I can see what others see to lean towards it) or, it also falls into the similar category of swirls... But, from a different company. The swirls are not as distinct, the base glass in not as clear and (as I remember) doesn't it have some teeny streaks of a darker color in it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMopar Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Absotively gorgeous! Easy to get hooked on these little lovelies, Barb. Just when I am about to give up, I see beauties like these and figure, someday I may be so lucky. I'm still just a beginner at this, so thanx mibstified for bringing hope back. :-) Felicia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marblemover Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 i read (somewhere) about certain transparent marbles being called "snotties" ... could snotties be the same as snooties? (like clearies are the same a puries) just a thot, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 never heard of a snootie. Oh wait, she lives down the street. Peace,Galen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Here's the version given in the Glossary of Marble Players' Terms. "SNOTTIE: noun. Familiar form of snot agate" "AGATE, SNOT: noun. An agate with a veined and clouded interior; considered very superior" Gotta love 'em! They're very superior! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTAndrea Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 I've had these 3 marbles stored in my misc. box due to not having a clue about maker, but after studying the mibstified photos, I'm wondering if any of these are the snotties or snooties or even a Red Jenny. Tell me what you think. This first one is transparent amber with absolutely opaque white. The next one looks quite a lot like the blue one posted above. The red appears opaque in my photo but it's transparent. The white, however, isn't quite as opaque as the first 2 examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mibstified Posted January 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Hello VTAndrea: The first two sure look similar in color and construction. The third one is a little different in color and the base glass shows more translucent than transparent, but who knows what variation of glasses and colors might be "out there" having similar diving-surfacing ribbon construction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 I know that these are not Japanese transitionals (as much as some of them remind me of them...) But, I'm still curious about the sizes, here.... Are these all in the general 5/8" ballpark?? (Jap. Trans. would be smaller...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Most of my transitionals of the so called Japanese type are in the 5/8" range, smaller and bigger. Andreas first 2 mibs look like the Vacors of that style. Peace,Galen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Ooops, that's right!! I purchased a BUNCH of Japanese trannies a long time ago... All of them were peewees... So, I focus on that size... But, yes... I have seen the other sizes!!! We had some in one of our fundraiser auctions and I BID on it!!! I just can't seem to register that in my head!!! At this age, I have so much stuff crammed in my head, I have to be careful what more I learn... It's getting to the point where if I put anything new in, something else falls out.... That must have been one of the things that fell out............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 So then..... Thinking back to my original ponderings when this thread started.... Is there a definitive way of telling one of these CAC's from a "Japtran??" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 One big difference would be the pontil on the Japanese transitional. iiuc. uh, sorry for the delay in answering. I was trying to allow time for an expert to weigh in, then the thread sort of slipped off the page. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest browse4antiques Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 I'm a bit surprised at both of the statements about the sizes of Japanese "pinch-pontils". I have found that they are mostly either 11/16" or 9/16", with far less that are either 5/8" or 1/2", which always made me believe that the 5/8" and the 1/2" were just accidental variations from the other two sizes. (then of course there are the 15/16" and the 9/8" sizes). ... Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julia Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 I love this post because I have quite a few of this type of marble also and now I have names. I just might get the hang of this yet. I am much better at pottery though. Julie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Also the snotties are swirls, not handgathered. I counted what I have of Japanese transitionals 183-- 5/8+-21/32+ most around 21/32 17--5/8 13--9/16-5/8- most a hair over 9/16 14--3/4+ 2--1+" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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