<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223</id><updated>2009-11-24T06:40:48.380-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Marble Forum</title><subtitle type='html'>Welcome to MarbleForum.org - Your online resource for collectible glass marbles, marble makers, shows, books, clubs and collectors.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>309</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-4714170281732595171</id><published>2009-11-20T10:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-21T08:50:53.720-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alley Agate Company'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flames'/><title type='text'>Alley Flame</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/AlleyFlame.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 385px; height: 304px;" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/AlleyFlame.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alley flame patterns are very similar to the Christensen Agate flame and therefore are difficult to identify. Alley flames are mostly white based. This marble is 3/4" and was made in the 1930s.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-4714170281732595171?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/4714170281732595171/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=4714170281732595171&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/4714170281732595171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/4714170281732595171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/11/alley-flame.html' title='Alley Flame'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-8882257245042151909</id><published>2009-11-15T02:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-17T07:29:14.350-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Don Hoke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Las Vegas Marble Show'/><title type='text'>Don Hoke</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/DonHoke.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 381px; height: 275px;" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/DonHoke.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contemporary marbles by Don Hoke for sale at the Las Vegas 2008 Marble Show.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-8882257245042151909?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/8882257245042151909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=8882257245042151909&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/8882257245042151909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/8882257245042151909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/11/done-hoke.html' title='Don Hoke'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-7890707986289641756</id><published>2009-11-10T01:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-16T21:10:35.402-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tacoma 2009 Marble show'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lighting Strike'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Germany'/><title type='text'>Lightning Strike</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/LightningStrike.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 341px;" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/LightningStrike.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The lightning strike is a very rare and beautiful hand blown glass marble made in Germany in the late 1800s. From the collection of Jeff and Tammy Baker on display at the 2009 Tacoma Marble Show.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-7890707986289641756?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/7890707986289641756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=7890707986289641756&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/7890707986289641756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/7890707986289641756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/11/lightning-strike.html' title='Lightning Strike'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-7433701427888000517</id><published>2009-11-05T22:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T22:27:49.212-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Steve Willis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flames'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2009 Northeast Marble Show'/><title type='text'>Contemporary Flame by Steve Willis</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/SteveWillis.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 395px; height: 296px;" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/SteveWillis.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of Steve Willis's famous flame marbles. Photographed at the 2009 Northeast Marble Show.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-7433701427888000517?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/7433701427888000517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=7433701427888000517&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/7433701427888000517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/7433701427888000517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/11/steve-willis.html' title='Contemporary Flame by Steve Willis'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-6246305766127752723</id><published>2009-10-31T11:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T21:15:51.988-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='black cat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='David Salazar'/><title type='text'>David Salazar's "Black Cat"</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/DavidSalazerCat.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 388px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 291px" alt="marbles, glass, collectible, collector, David Salazar, black cat, Marble Forum, marbleforum.org" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/DavidSalazerCat.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just in time for Halloween is David's black cat silhouette over an orange moon in blue glass.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-6246305766127752723?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/6246305766127752723/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=6246305766127752723&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/6246305766127752723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/6246305766127752723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/10/david-salazars-black-cat.html' title='David Salazar&apos;s &quot;Black Cat&quot;'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-396175057333924072</id><published>2009-10-25T14:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T23:23:26.750-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Las Vegas Marble Show'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eddie Seese'/><title type='text'>Swirl by Eddie Seese</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/EddieSeese-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 361px; height: 333px;" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/EddieSeese-1.jpg" alt="marbles, glass, collectible, collector, Eddie Seese, swirl, Marble Forum, marbleforum.org" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Purple and yellow contemporary swirl marble with matching stand by artist Eddie Seese. For sale at the 2008 Las Vegas Marble Show.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-396175057333924072?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/396175057333924072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=396175057333924072&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/396175057333924072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/396175057333924072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/10/eddie-seese.html' title='Swirl by Eddie Seese'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-6061656303775071671</id><published>2009-10-20T13:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-20T22:29:54.437-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Orange County Marble Show'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mike Close'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stained glass'/><title type='text'>Contemporary by Mike Close</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/BenBurton.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 289px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 281px" alt="marbles, glass, collectible, collector, Mike Close, stained glass, Marble Forum, marbleforum.org" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/BenBurton.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A pretty stained-glass contemporary marble by artist Mike Close. For sale at the Orange County Marble Show.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-6061656303775071671?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/6061656303775071671/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=6061656303775071671&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/6061656303775071671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/6061656303775071671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2008/12/ben-burton-glass.html' title='Contemporary by Mike Close'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-2835807625803760072</id><published>2009-10-15T10:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-19T19:42:15.231-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dylan Kirk Collection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marble shooter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tacoma 2009 Marble show'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='circa 1900s'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cannon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='toys'/><title type='text'>Marble Shooter Cannon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/MarbleCanonShooter.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 372px; height: 257px;" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/MarbleCanonShooter.jpg" alt="marbles, glass, collectible, collector, marble shooter, marble cannon, Dylan Kirk Collection, Marble Forum, marbleforum,org" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This rapid fire gun was on display at the 2009 Tacoma  Marble Show. This toy was manufactured by Campbells and is marked Pat Feb 1907.  From the collection of Dylan Kirk. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-2835807625803760072?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/2835807625803760072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=2835807625803760072&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/2835807625803760072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/2835807625803760072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/10/marble-shooter-cannon.html' title='Marble Shooter Cannon'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-7597686309853459618</id><published>2009-10-10T11:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T23:15:21.598-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jeff and Tammy Baker Collection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='clambroth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tacoma 2009 Marble show'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='swirls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Germany'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='circa late 1800s'/><title type='text'>Blue Clambroth</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/BlueClambroth.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 381px; cursor: pointer; height: 356px;" alt="marbles, glass, collectible, collector, clambroth, swirl, Germany, circa late 1800s, Jeff and Tammy Baker Collection, Marble Forum, marbleforum.org" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/BlueClambroth.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This blue clambroth measuring 1 15/16" from the collection of Jeff and Tammy Baker was on display at the 2009 Tacoma Marble Show. You may have seen this marble on the cover of Smithsonian magazine.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-7597686309853459618?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/7597686309853459618/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=7597686309853459618&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/7597686309853459618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/7597686309853459618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/10/blue-clambroth.html' title='Blue Clambroth'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-3207448846703945560</id><published>2009-10-05T10:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T23:16:24.172-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jim and Linda Wissler'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christensen Agate Company'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tacoma 2009 Marble show'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='slags'/><title type='text'>Peach Slag</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/PeachSlag.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 373px; height: 331px;" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/PeachSlag.jpg" alt="marbles, glass, collector, collectible, Christensen Agate Company, slag, Jim and Linda Wissler Collection, Marble Forum, marbleforum.org" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The very rare peach slag was only made by the Christensen Agate Company. This true peach colored slag measures 1" and was for sale at the 2009 Tacoma Marble Show for $500. From the collection of Jim and Linda Wissler.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-3207448846703945560?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/3207448846703945560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=3207448846703945560&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/3207448846703945560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/3207448846703945560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/10/peach-slag.html' title='Peach Slag'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-7929793121529254492</id><published>2009-09-30T13:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T23:17:31.562-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Davis Marbles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sulphide marbles'/><title type='text'>Contemporary Rabbit Sulphide</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/bunny.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 359px;" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/bunny.jpg" alt="marbles, glass, collector, collectible, sulphide, Davis Marbles, Marble Forum, marbleforum.org" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of a about a dozen contemporary sulphides I bought at the Santa Cruz Marble Show in the 1980s. It measures 1 1/2 " and is unsigned. A really cute rabbit.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-7929793121529254492?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/7929793121529254492/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=7929793121529254492&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/7929793121529254492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/7929793121529254492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/09/contemporary-rabbit-sulphide.html' title='Contemporary Rabbit Sulphide'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-3142791463204818621</id><published>2009-09-25T10:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T23:19:56.295-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='circa 1800s'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Germany'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='onionskin'/><title type='text'>Onionskin with Mica</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/OnionskinwithMica-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 385px; height: 288px;" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/OnionskinwithMica-1.jpg" alt="marbles, glass, collector, collectible, onionskin, mica, Germany, circa late 1800s, Bill O'Connor Collection, Marble Forum, marbleforum.org" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A large, rare and beautiful 13 lobed onionskin with mica from the collection of Bill O'Connor was for sale at the Tacoma 2009 Marble Show. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-3142791463204818621?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/3142791463204818621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=3142791463204818621&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/3142791463204818621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/3142791463204818621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/09/onionskin-with-mica.html' title='Onionskin with Mica'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-1849672815015829370</id><published>2009-09-20T11:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T23:21:08.905-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='polymer clay'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='clay'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marbles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Carl Fisher'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2009 Orange County Marble Show'/><title type='text'>Marbles by Carl Fisher</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/MarblesbyCarlFisher.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 387px; height: 289px;" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/MarblesbyCarlFisher.jpg" alt="marbles, glass, collectible, collector, polymer clay, Carl Fisher, Marble Forum, marbleforum.org" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These bright colorful handmade contemporary polymer clay marbles by Carl Fisher were for sale at the 2009 Orange County Marble Show. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-1849672815015829370?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/1849672815015829370/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=1849672815015829370&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/1849672815015829370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/1849672815015829370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/09/marbles-by-carl-fisher.html' title='Marbles by Carl Fisher'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-2811122919023020075</id><published>2009-09-15T14:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T23:21:36.208-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='solid core swirl'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='caged'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='swirls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='circa 1800s'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Germany'/><title type='text'>Caged Solid Core</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/CagedSolidCore.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/CagedSolidCore.jpg" alt="marbles, glass, collectible, collector, caged solid core, swirl, German, circa late 1800s, Marble Forum, marbleforum.org" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A red, white and blue solid core 1 inch swirl caged in yellow lines. Made in Germany in the late 1800s. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-2811122919023020075?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/2811122919023020075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=2811122919023020075&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/2811122919023020075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/2811122919023020075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/09/caged-solid-core.html' title='Caged Solid Core'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-3367522435364653884</id><published>2009-09-10T14:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T20:01:22.296-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marble challenges'/><title type='text'>Handmade Contemporary</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/HandMadeContemporary.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 376px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 280px" alt="marbles, glass, collectible, collector, contemporary, marbleforum.org, Marble Forum" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/HandMadeContemporary.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two one-inch contemporary colored glass marbles with floating flowers. Signed JM. Do you know who made them?  If so, let me know.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-3367522435364653884?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/3367522435364653884/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=3367522435364653884&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/3367522435364653884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/3367522435364653884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/09/hand-made-contemporary.html' title='Handmade Contemporary'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-2760550317765709149</id><published>2009-09-05T12:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-13T20:29:15.542-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lifesaver'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='circa 1940s'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='machine made'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Akro Agate Company'/><title type='text'>Akro Agate Lifesaver</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/Lifesaver.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 387px; height: 290px;" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/Lifesaver.jpg" alt="marbles, glass, collectible, collector, Akro Agate, lifesaver, 1940s, Marble Forum, marbleforum.org" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This 3 color Akro Agate Lifesaver from the 1940s gets its name from its candy colors.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-2760550317765709149?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/2760550317765709149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=2760550317765709149&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/2760550317765709149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/2760550317765709149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/09/akro-agate-lifesaver.html' title='Akro Agate Lifesaver'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-5219824012364016605</id><published>2009-08-30T11:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T20:02:11.390-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eye Candy Arts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nathan Miers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='circa 2000s'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2009 Orange County Marble Show'/><title type='text'>Eye Candy Arts</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/NatMayers.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 373px; height: 234px;" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/NatMayers.jpg" alt="marbles, glass, collectible, collector, Eye Candy Arts, Nate Miers, Nathan Miers, Marble Forum, marbleforum.org" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nathan Miers brought out his latest creations for the 2009 Orange County Marble Show. Beautiful bright swirls with a matching dish to display them. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-5219824012364016605?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/5219824012364016605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=5219824012364016605&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/5219824012364016605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/5219824012364016605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/08/eye-candy-arts.html' title='Eye Candy Arts'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-1355176947106150228</id><published>2009-08-15T14:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-21T00:07:14.870-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lattice core'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='swirls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='latticino'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Germany'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='circa late 1800s'/><title type='text'>Lattice Core Swirl</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/RedandWhiteLattacinocoreGermanswirl.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 379px; HEIGHT: 288px" alt="marbles, glass, collectible, collector, German, Germany, 1800s, lattice, swirl, Marble Forum, marbleforum.org" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/RedandWhiteLattacinocoreGermanswirl.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Red and white swirls surround this white latticino core. A beautiful marble made in Germany in the late 1800s measuring 1 1/2 ".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-1355176947106150228?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/1355176947106150228/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=1355176947106150228&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/1355176947106150228'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/1355176947106150228'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/08/white-latticino-core.html' title='Lattice Core Swirl'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-6002003482094842672</id><published>2009-08-07T14:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-21T00:09:26.232-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sulphide marbles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><title type='text'>Pink Elephant Sulphide</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/PinkElephant.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 380px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 284px" alt="marbles, glass, collectible, collector, sulphide, Japan, elephant, Marble Forum, marbleforum.org" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/PinkElephant.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This pink elephant contemporary sulphide is captured in acrylic. It measures 1 1/4" and was made in Japan.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-6002003482094842672?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/6002003482094842672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=6002003482094842672&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/6002003482094842672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/6002003482094842672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/08/pink-elephant-sulphide.html' title='Pink Elephant Sulphide'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-265066898159587693</id><published>2009-07-31T14:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-13T20:36:41.863-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greg and Marcia Hoglin Collection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sulphide marbles'/><title type='text'>Three Faced Contemporary Sulphide</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/twofacedsulphide.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 383px; height: 387px;" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/twofacedsulphide.jpg" alt="marbles, glass, collectible, collector, sulphide, contemporary, Greg and Marcia Hoglin, Marble Forum, marbleforum.org" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A very unusual contemporary glass sulphide marble measuring 1 1/2" was for sale at the 2008 Las Vegas Marble Show. From the collection of Greg and Marcia Hoglin.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-265066898159587693?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/265066898159587693/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=265066898159587693&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/265066898159587693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/265066898159587693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/07/three-faced-contemporary-sulphide.html' title='Three Faced Contemporary Sulphide'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-8080927093895376442</id><published>2009-07-20T14:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-13T21:05:18.277-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mist swirl'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='swirls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Germany'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='circa late 1800s'/><title type='text'>German Mist Swirl</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/GermanMistSwirl.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 348px; height: 365px;" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/GermanMistSwirl.jpg" alt="marbles, glass, collectible, collector, Germany, 1800s, swirl, mist swirl, Marble Forum, marbleforum.org" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This small 3/4 " hand made German swirl was made in the late 1800s. It has green and blue transparent ribbons and  white and yellow opaque ribbons.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-8080927093895376442?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/8080927093895376442/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=8080927093895376442&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/8080927093895376442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/8080927093895376442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/07/german-mist-swirl.html' title='German Mist Swirl'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-3783997382206694819</id><published>2009-07-15T13:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-13T20:39:54.346-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='General Grant Board'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='swirls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tom Harrod Collection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Germany'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='circa late 1800s'/><title type='text'>General Grant Board</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/GeneralGrantBoard.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 299px;" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/GeneralGrantBoard.jpg" alt="marbles, glass, collectible, collector, General Grant Board, swirls, Tom Harrod, Marble Forum, marbleforum.org" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For "Show only" at the 2008 Amana Marble Show a General Grant Board from the 1880s with antique German swirl marbles. From the collection of Tom Harrod&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-3783997382206694819?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/3783997382206694819/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=3783997382206694819&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/3783997382206694819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/3783997382206694819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/07/general-grant-board.html' title='General Grant Board'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-7929515453195400134</id><published>2009-06-21T07:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-13T20:41:16.761-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mica marbles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marble challenges'/><title type='text'>Contemporary Mica</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/ContemporaryMica.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 325px; height: 288px;" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/ContemporaryMica.jpg" alt="marbles, glass, collectible, collector, mica, contemporary, Marble Forum, marbleforum.org" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;This golden yellow 2 inch contemporary mica was made about 20 years ago by an unknown artist. Do you know who made it?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-7929515453195400134?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/7929515453195400134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=7929515453195400134&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/7929515453195400134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/7929515453195400134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/06/contemporary-mica.html' title='Contemporary Mica'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-3596913318830164724</id><published>2009-06-04T08:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-21T00:23:02.673-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ben Burton'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='carrot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary'/><title type='text'>Ben Burton Glass</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/CarrotMarbleBenBurton.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 381px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 328px" alt="marbles, glass, collectible, collector, Ben Burton, Ben Burton Glass, contemporary, sulphide, Marble Forum, marbleforum.org" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/CarrotMarbleBenBurton.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A carrot marble by Ben Burton&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-3596913318830164724?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/3596913318830164724/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=3596913318830164724&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/3596913318830164724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/3596913318830164724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/06/ben-burton-glass.html' title='Ben Burton Glass'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706193297112802223.post-8853502502146632865</id><published>2009-06-01T14:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T20:04:30.260-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='circa 1930s'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ringers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='machine made'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marbles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bill and Vicki Bass Collection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boxed sets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Akro Agate Company'/><title type='text'>Box Set of Akro Agate Ringers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/RingerMarbleSet.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 372px; height: 278px;" src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/marbleforum/RingerMarbleSet.jpg" alt="marbles, glass, collectible, Akro Agate, ringers, 1930s, Bill and Vicki BassMarble Forum, marbleforum.org" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Box set of Akro Agate "Ringers" made in the 1930s. From the collection of Bill and Vicki Bass.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7706193297112802223-8853502502146632865?l=marbleforum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/feeds/8853502502146632865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7706193297112802223&amp;postID=8853502502146632865&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/8853502502146632865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7706193297112802223/posts/default/8853502502146632865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marbleforum.blogspot.com/2009/06/box-set-of-akro-agate-ringers.html' title='Box Set of Akro Agate Ringers'/><author><name>Joan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17265946422049112772</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16919733662763718959'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>