Machine Made Marbles???

[downeastdigger]

oops here's the pic


I do think it would be a great catagory, because ALL diggers come across marbles, and most of us have a lot to learn about them, so count me as a yes

 

[Digswithstick]

Great Akro's JS ,the Oxes and the Popeyes sure stand out ! Bram ,no picture , half the fun of ids is in figuring them out ,most ids can be made be from just pictures .Pics need to be taken of north and south poles (top and bottom) and any visible seams for ids.Pic of Christensen Agate Company or CAC light blue slag .Not a good pic but shows angles needed for ids .

 

[Digswithstick]

Peltier Zebra ,this pictures shows poles and seams pretty good for id purposes

 

[pyshodoodle]

I just found this video on how they make marbles today.... machine & handmade. Pretty cool![]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0D-i_oKvKQ

 

[Road Dog]

Christensen Slags showin seams. They can have 1 or 2 seams.

 

[Road Dog]

ORIGINAL: jskirk

Here is the best of what I have in Akros at this time, They are all mint and probably the middle of the road in Akros as far as value, I have collected for awhile but I have sold off quite afew collections when I want to go an vacation, I know I have sold better than I have right now,but they seem to sell easier when I need a little extra money. I always say that I am done with Marbles after I sell them ................but... I start to buy thm again either on ebay or at antique shops and once again I am collecting. I am definitly not a high end marble collector mainly because they cost to much and very hard to get. ,................Jay

Nice lookin batch of Akros. The more wraps a marble has adds to its value as well.

 

[Staunton Dan]

ORIGINAL: Digswithstick

What size is the handmade (second pic) ? It looks mint .                

I can't seem to put my hands on it right now but it was probably around 3/4" or so if I remember. This is the way most of the hand made swirls come out of the ground. They might liik good at first, but when they hit the air, they start cracking. This would have been a good one in that it was 1" in diameter.

 

[Staunton Dan]

This is the neatest hand made swirl that I have. What makes it so apealing is its size. It is 1-7/8" in diameter and has just a few nicks in it. Obviously, it didn't come from the ground. I bought it at an antique show for $35. I think that the guy was sleeping a bit when he priced it to me. I couldn't pass it up.

 

[bostaurus]

I remembered I had a tin of marbles somewhere..They are my husband's. He always called them Honey's Marbles. Honey was his grandmother. Some of these are from her, I imagine some from my father-in-law and some from my husband.
Now that you posted that website I will have to try and figure out which are which.

 

[bostaurus]

I stirred them up and took another picture. there are a couple in there that are very tiny.