Marvelous Mibs Marbles Collectors Zone

joestreet · Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 68 Location: Central Indiana

Hello everyone,

Here are some pictures and commentary on the Crossroads of America Marble Show. As usual Beth Morris and company put on a wonderful show, there were plenty of vendors and collectors on hand as well. All in all a fantastic time. I did take a few more pictures than usual, I tried to get more pictures of the marbles than I usually do but it does make for a rather long read.

Some things in Indiana:

1. Misty mornings.
2. Big bean fields.
3. Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Colts.
4. And the Great Crossroads of America Marble Show!

5. George Sourlis and Nancy Frier. Nancy’s Grandfather was John Frier, founder of the Alox Manufacturing Company. George brought Nancy a tape he made of an interview with her father back in the late 90’s.
6. Some of George’s marbles.
7. A close up.
8. George after he had been fleeced by a couple of marble moochers.

9. Ric and Jake; Jake is budding young marble collector that has great taste in music (he’s a Floyd fan).
10. Here’s George and WVRON. Note the look of surprise on Ron’s face, I snuck up on them and shot this one.
11. The Splattman, Steve is a good guy who has contributed to my Kokomo collection on more than one occasion.
12. Chuck B. and Rhonda hanging out.

13. Diane B. fixing up some kids with marbles, thank you Diane.
14. Chuck talking to a fellow name Dirk. Dirk had some Kokomo’s that were his fathers; apparently his father was quite a marble player in his youth and had won a lot of marbles. The next two photo’s are of the Kokomo’s that he brought.
15. Kokomo’s
16. And some more Kokomo’s.

17. Some of Chuck & Diane’s marbles.
18. A few more.
19. Check out the two on the bottom.
20. Some Killer Vitro’s.

21. Some Akro box’s.
22. And some bags. When these folks come to a show they always have a lot of really nice marbles. I could literally spend a whole show looking at their stuff and probably not see it all. The pictures here are only a small sample.
23. I met this gentleman for the first time, his name is Jim Devitt.
24. Here are a few of his marbles and his contact info, Jedevitt AT webtv.net 517-223-4470 or 702-239-1282.

25. Here we have Mike A. he fixed me up with a really cool red base Master. Thanks Mike!!! Mike is the VP of the Indiana Marble Club who also has some very nice marbles.
26. Here is a nice hand made that Mike brought to the show.
27. Some more of Mike’s mibs.
28. And a few more.

29. Here is another fellow that I got to meet. We have spoke but I’d never met him in person. Bill, aka romanoak on the boards is a really nice fellow and he brought some killer handmades to the show. romanoak AT aol.com or 859-983-6457.
30. Bill’s handmades.
31. Some more…
32. Wow!

33. Bill Bass, Bill always has a nice display of marbles. ibmarbls AT pcii.net or 608-723-6138.
34. Some nice CAC’ and Akro’s…
35. Some cool Pelts.
36. I’ve seen (drooled over) this box before. I really like Parrots.

37. Art Jones, super nice fellow. Art hooked my kids up with a couple of Peltier tracers that are nicer than any I have in my collection.
38. Some of Arts marbles.
39. Mike Coyle.
40. Some of Brian Grahams, oxblood creations.

41. Ron Yutzy, seen here talking with Nancy. ronyutzy AT mail.com or 574-536-7404.
42. Some of Ron’s personal marbles
43. John Duck, John gave my kids some marble bags that that got filled pretty quickly. He had a pretty large selection of marbles. duckmarbles AT gmail.com or 740-984-4667 or 740-350-0893.
44. Some of the bubble packs that John brought.

45. Dan Grocki, Dan always brings a huge selection of marbles to the shows and I’ve seen him at almost every show that I’ve been to. Here are a couple of contact numbers for Dan, 574-255-2926 or 574-302-5390.
46. A few of Dan’s marbles.
47. A few more.
48. And one more shot.

49. Two great fellows, Bud Shute and Lonnie Conyers, they are a couple of “Marble Nuts” that always have a large selection of marbles. You can contact Lonnie at
765-747-9544 or lwcmarbles AT aol.com I believe Bud’s e-mail is shutejbmarbles AT people.com
50. Two kids and a dog. (needed a pic to fill out the group Very Happy

51. Here is Beth Morris, a really sweet lady who is responsible for getting everyone together and putting on this great show. Thank you Beth, your hard work is very much appreciated.
52. Greg Morris, Beth’s husband. Super nice fellow who also plays an important roll in getting the show together. Thanks Greg.

If you made it to the end thank you. You can find some more marble show pictorials at http://www.joemarbles.com/4Marble%20Shows/001%20Marble%20Shows.htm I have also had several people ask me to e-mail them higher resolution pictures so that they could see the marbles better, if you see something that you want a larger shot of e-mail me and I'll send it to you.

Thanks again, Joe.

delkins · Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:27 am Post subject:

Great photos, Joe. Thanks for sharing them.
-Dave

marbleus1 · Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 138

Great pictures and captions. The site is looking good also.
Thanks Joe, David

joestreet · Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 68 Location: Central Indiana

Dave and David,

Thank you for the comments. This one was a little longer than the ones that I usually post, I figured that it might put some to sleep Very Happy

Thanks again, Joe.

David Chamberlain · Joined: 18 May 2009 Posts: 214

Super captioned photo layout and professionally done. This definitely shows you the importance of getting to a marble show. I've heard nothing but the greatest about George but that Raiders sweatshirt; I don't know about that!

Just a quick plug here for anyone who was impressed with this photo layout by Joe you really need to get a copy of his 28 minute DVD on the Jabo run. It is a must for any machine-made marble enthusiast. Copies can be obtained through the WVMCC and the Texas club as well as directly from Joe. And they're only $15 each! Go for it! You'll want to give them to your friends who think you're a whack-case for collecting marbles; at least to a key family member so that they don't start thinking about committing you! David

joestreet · Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 68 Location: Central Indiana

Hey David,

Thanks for the nice comments on the show pics. Regarding the video I'm not selling them. The only way to get it is through the clubs who keep all the proceeds. Thanks again for the kind words, Joe.