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Sammy's Mountain Marbles 7-4-2012 First run Drizzle swirl marble.

Description: For your consideration, from the first ever machine made marble run at Sammy's Mountain Marbles, a wild drizzle swirl with Blue Aventurine. Some of the drizzle is smoothed out, but much is not, like a noodle laying and slightly pressed into the surface. I can spot a little surface pit. Under magnification, I found a couple, rather faint production surface touches. None of this is postproduction damage. It's a nice, glossy marble. It measures 77/128", which is a hair under 39/64". That's 1/64" under 5/8" and more common than 5/8" for this operation. These drizzle swirl specimens are very rare. How do they occur? Similar to a well seasoned cast iron skillet that is beneficial for non-stick performance, the marble machine diverter cups/funnels/shoots must also be non-stick. Even more so than the skillet, where prolonged extreme heat can burn out the seasoning, the marble machinery is subject to much higher levels. Marble machines can occasionally experience some sticking. Most of the molten gob would proceed to the rollers while the point of glass stuck to the diverter, anchored a filament of stretched glass that was created as the gob fell to the rollers. In a matter of a split second, to maybe two seconds, the filament would snap off, to then be reeled in by the spinning marble. Many variations of drizzle pattern types are seen, due to the amount of stick, timing temperatures and activity of the gob as it settled onto the rollers. The smaller sizes generally don't smooth out as well, due to quicker cool down and less marble weight pressing down onto the rollers. This occurrence was dealt with under the watchful eye of the machine operators to avoid damaging marbles, as the gobs would sometimes hop around, often joining other gobs, creating an out of control domino effect, ruining everything coming down the line. The removal of these culprits makes the drizzle swirl type even more rare. The cure was to lubricate the cup with a greasy swab. Some early post-swab marbles exhibit a little baked on grease stain before the excess wore away. This first Sammy's Mountain Marbles run was a collaboration between Sammy Hogue and David McCullough, just a few months after David's departure as production manager for JABO, Inc. They would go on to produce sixteen runs from this first run 7-4-2012, through 10-1-2013. Dave went on to start his own marble manufacturing operation in 2014, Dave's Appalachian Swirls, where he still runs today. Sammy periodically produced some more runs as late as last year. I offer combined shipping. Hold off on payment until you're finished bidding/buying my items. If I've figured this system out, when you attempt to pay, all purchases should combine for an invoice that charges the single marble shipping rate. If this is not the case, request an invoice. If all fails and you pay multiple shipping charges, I will refund the balance of the actual charge incurred by me. Thanks for looking.

Price: 12 USD

Location: Marietta, Ohio

End Time: 2024-11-24T15:18:55.000Z

Shipping Cost: N/A USD

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Item Specifics

Restocking Fee: No

Return shipping will be paid by: Seller

All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 30 Days

Refund will be given as: Money Back

Brand: Sammy's Mountain Marbles

Year: 2012

Time Period: 1970-Now

Style: Glass

Modified Item: No

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