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RE: MARBLES - 1/28/2006 1:02:13 PM    alan23t5   Posts: 187 Joined: 12/15/2004 Status: offline heres a close up of blue spiral marble Attachment (1) (in reply to Mainely Broken) Post #: 41

RE: MARBLES - 1/28/2006 1:34:03 PM    swizzle   Posts: 1325 Joined: 3/2/2005 From: Upstate NY Status: offline I'm looking for info on a clear (light aqua tint) marble that I dug yesterday. It has 2 air bubbles, one quite large and one small. It looks like it might be a shooter as it is the size of a nickle. The surface has a crude, wavy look to it that resembles fingerprints and a strange looking swirl. Maybe where it was cut off of a rod (pontil?!?)? It is also slightly wobbly when rolled across a table. I found it between 2 dump layers. The top of the dump is 1950/70's the bottom layer is around 1880's to very early 1900's. I really believe it came out of the older layer. When I get a chance I'll post a pic later. It has a few light scratches on it. Do any of you marble fanatics know what it may be called and a possible value? Jason (in reply to alan23t5) Post #: 42

RE: MARBLES - 1/28/2006 5:35:08 PM    Road Dog   Posts: 749 Joined: 6/9/2005 Status: offline That Blue and White is a M.F. Christensen Slag. They quit making them around 1917 or so. Not worth a whole lot in that condition.If it were mine I might have it polished. It is still a keeper. M.F.C. marbles were hand gathered and rounded by machine on a series of rollers. Their marbles were far superior in roundness to any prior handgathered. < Message edited by Road Dog -- 1/28/2006 5:37:10 PM > (in reply to alan23t5) Post #: 43

RE: MARBLES Factory Pictures - 1/28/2006 8:10:40 PM    flasherr Posts: 538 Joined: 5/7/2004 From: Abilene Texas Status: offline I see that this post has gone on for a while so I thought id ad to it. I had the chance to visit a marble factory this past summer. I have been selling new marbles for a long time the kids love them and it helps pay for my meals at the shows. Occasionally I will have some old ones. I also cary the fake civil war marbles that a lot of people try to pass off as real. But I just sell them a pretty porcelain marble and if they as I tell them the Bs story that the guy told me and then tell then I don't believe it. Anyway my buddy that got me to selling new marbles told me how crude the marble machines are even in the year 2005. They are still using same machinery that has been used for many years. I will share some pictures and if someone wants to see them all let me know and I will send them to you. Hope you enjoy them. I just brought back about 1,000 lb. with me this year. Brian Here is the glass that they recycle and turn into marbles Attachment (1) _____________________________ Know anyone around Abilene Texas that digs? (in reply to alan23t5) Post #: 44

RE: MARBLES - 1/28/2006 8:11:54 PM    flasherr Posts: 538 Joined: 5/7/2004 From: Abilene Texas Status: offline The bright glowing pieces are the glass dropping to the part that froms it into a marble. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Know anyone around Abilene Texas that digs? (in reply to alan23t5) Post #: 45

RE: MARBLES - 1/28/2006 8:13:18 PM    flasherr Posts: 538 Joined: 5/7/2004 From: Abilene Texas Status: offline Here you can see them being turned as they go down the machine. You have to wait for glass to cool to see what your marble will look like. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Know anyone around Abilene Texas that digs? (in reply to alan23t5) Post #: 46

RE: MARBLES - 1/28/2006 8:14:32 PM    flasherr Posts: 538 Joined: 5/7/2004 From: Abilene Texas Status: offline This last picture shows back of furnace you deffinatley dont want to get to close. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Know anyone around Abilene Texas that digs? (in reply to alan23t5) Post #: 47

RE: MARBLES - 2/20/2006 6:48:18 PM    swizzle   Posts: 1325 Joined: 3/2/2005 From: Upstate NY Status: offline Here's my marble, its the size of a nickle, and has an odd swirl in the glass. It aslo has a wavy almost fingerprint impression in the glass, and another smaller airbubble that cannot be seen in the pics. Jason Attachment (1) (in reply to alan23t5) Post #: 48

RE: MARBLES - 2/20/2006 6:49:06 PM    swizzle   Posts: 1325 Joined: 3/2/2005 From: Upstate NY Status: offline and the last pic. Jason Attachment (1) (in reply to alan23t5) Post #: 49

RE: MARBLES - 2/23/2006 2:10:40 PM    JerDfx   Posts: 21 Joined: 12/17/2004 Status: offline What's up guys. Nothing compared to some of your guys great collections but I figured I'd show you all the one's I found in the last 4 yrs. Most are eye balled from out detecting. Or found in the same hole as a target. I did dig a site about 10 yrs ago that had a ton of them but I no longer have them. Parents must have thrown them away like I do with my kids one's after seeing them all over the place after time. They just like anything else take alot of research and study to figure out witch type you have. I have some general knowledge but detecting is what I am knowledged in. Coins buttons relics and I could go on. Hope you all like them. I love to find them and always keep them. Some are really awesome. Most are chipped up. But at times you find one that is flawless. HH Jer Attachment (1) (in reply to alan23t5) Post #: 50

RE: MARBLES - 2/27/2006 7:00:17 PM    Bottleman Posts: 851 Joined: 9/3/2004 From: Central Pennsylvania Status: offline Brian, have you ever been to Millville, NJ so see the glass factory? About 9 years ago I went there and saw them blowing glass tableware and marbles. They still did the marbles by hand and made some pretty nice pontiled swirls. I know they had buckets full of marbles for sale that they made there with machines but I never got to see the machines. If you ever go there defiantly take a tour of the glass museum. I remember they had some really nice bottles on display including some figural skull poisons. ~~Tom (in reply to alan23t5) Post #: 51

RE: MARBLES - 2/28/2006 12:26:29 PM    flasherr Posts: 538 Joined: 5/7/2004 From: Abilene Texas Status: offline No i have never been there. I never get that far north normaly. If i ever get there i will deffinetly take a look. it is amazing what they can make out of glass Brian _____________________________ Know anyone around Abilene Texas that digs? (in reply to alan23t5) Post #: 52

RE: MARBLES - 2/28/2006 7:52:57 PM    maineahh62   Posts: 108 Joined: 3/13/2004 From: Maine Status: offline hello vicky, try this site out, i think you will find it enjoyable. _____________________________ Timothy McKinnon (in reply to Mainely Broken) Post #: 53

RE: MARBLES - 3/17/2006 8:24:51 PM    Mainely Broken   Posts: 48 Joined: 11/4/2005 From: GUESS??? Status: offline Thanks Timothy! Great info there but still a mystery figuring out if what have is what they are?? Need an expert on marbles I guess. They are still great to find. I'm mostly into bottles but the grandson loves the marbles. Don't really want to give him any to play with that maybe? worth something or rare? He's already broke 2, but hey 100+ years in the ground what do ya expect? Thanks for the link & info. Vicky (in reply to alan23t5) Post #: 54

RE: MARBLES - 11/22/2006 12:24:31 PM    webuytosell   Posts: 1 Joined: 11/22/2006 Status: offline Can someone help me identify these marbles they are from an estate dating to the 10-20's Thank you - any info will be appreciated. (in reply to BOTLDGR03) Post #: 55

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