Collectors Corner

When we were living in Kissimmee, Florida several years ago, we camped all over the state.  One of our favorite trips was to the Florida Everglades where we were awed by the color and shapes in the flora and fauna.  We took more pictures there than usual.  From these we selected a few as inspiration for the glass colors for a marble … [Read more...] about The Wearable Marble

Guest Author: Christiaan Therry, Roeselare, Flemish Region, Belgium Fifty years ago, when I got married, I moved in with my parents-in-law. Living with family was normal back then and it still is in Belgium. My father-in-law once asked me: “Christiaan, do you like working in the garden?” My answer was: “Yes, very much so.” No … [Read more...] about It All Started In the Garden

It's hard to believe that you had to use an outside toilet not so very long ago.  It's even harder to believe that anyone would go digging around in the accumulated "stuff" decades later to find a privy marble!   You Dug It Up Where? was one of our most popular emagazine stories. This old privy marble has a story.  The dealer we … [Read more...] about Marble History Flashback: Privy Marbles

Have you ever walked away from buying a marble that you really like? If it wasn't the price that discouraged you, perhaps it was the lack of provenance or the absence of a signature on an obviously hand made marble.  Marble "buyers" frequently think about marbles as "investments" and they approach purchases armed with a list of … [Read more...] about It’s Not All Rocket Science