Marvelous Mibs Marbles Collectors Zone
A Stress-Free Place to Relax and Talk Glass
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
Marvelous Mibs Marbles Collectors Zone Forum Index
->
Archives
Post a reply
Username
Subject
Message body
Emoticons
View more Emoticons
Font colour:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Indigo
Violet
White
Black
Font size:
Tiny
Small
Normal
Large
Huge
Close Tags
[quote="Ponkochan"]For some reason the "Popeye Patches" were attributed to Vitro and when Marble Alan put this info on his website, it became even more confusing. From his Vitro page: [quote] MISCELLANEOUS PATCHES In addition to the aforementioned patch style marbles, Vitro produced many more that have yet to be categorized properly. This lack of categorization may be due not only to the fact that often they resemble Akro Agate patches, and certain patches from each company are often mistaken for one another. One good example is the "Popeye" patch, which has some of the same color combinations as the infamous Akro Agate Popeyes which formed patches because the cup creating the corkscrew effect was not spinning at the time of production. The Vitro patches that resemble these are worth much less than their Akro counterparts, and can often be distinguished from Akro examples by their obvious seams.[/quote] From his Akro page: [quote] PATCHES In basic terms, an Akro Agate patch marble is a corkscrew that didn't twist. Therefore, one may find marbles that have the same colors as many of the corkscrews but instead of spiraling from one pole to the other, there will simply be a short strip of color(s) on the base glass. They are generally considered to have been produced by error. These are rare, and are most often seen in Popeyes. Blue/yellow Popeye patches are the most common, thanks to a recent find of many thousands of them by diggers at the old factory site. Other Akro patches were purposefully made by the company; these were marketed with names assigned by Akro Agate. [/quote] There are some Vitros that are similar to the Akro Popeye patches but they are obviously different (IMHO). Here's a Vitro that is somewhat similar to a Popeye Patch (not really the best example as there are others that are even more similar). [img]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x162/ponkochan1230/Board/IMG_4733.jpg[/img][img]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x162/ponkochan1230/Board/Img_4731.jpg[/img] [img]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x162/ponkochan1230/Board/Img_4732.jpg[/img][img]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x162/ponkochan1230/Board/Img_4734.jpg[/img] [img]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x162/ponkochan1230/Board/Img_4736.jpg[/img][img]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x162/ponkochan1230/Board/Img_4739.jpg[/img] Now.......these below are all from the Akro site. They were all found in the same 'spot'. Some of these are the traditional "Popeye Patches", while others have only 1 color besides white & clear. [img]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x162/ponkochan1230/Board/poppatches.jpg[/img] [img]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x162/ponkochan1230/Board/poppatches1.jpg[/img] [img]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x162/ponkochan1230/Board/poppatches2.jpg[/img][/quote]
Options
HTML is
ON
BBCode
is
ON
Smilies are
ON
Disable HTML in this post
Disable BBCode in this post
Disable Smilies in this post
All times are GMT - 4 Hours
Jump to:
Select a forum
Marvelous Mibs
----------------
Marbles & Glass Chat
Marble Myths & Misconceptions
Pros & Cons
Archives
The Lounge
The Test Forum
Welcome!
----------------
Community Guidelines & Announcements
Contact the Moderators or Administrator
The Collectors Corner
----------------
Collectors Anonymous
Topic review
Author
Message
Ponkochan
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:48 pm
Post subject:
Continued in Part II..........link below.
Dug Akros Part II
Ponkochan
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:25 pm
Post subject:
Ponkochan wrote:
four hg slag/brick types
Dustin, if you're talking about these types in grey..........yes, I've seen them. Let me try and locate a pic or shake another one out of BT.
MARBLEMASK
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:48 pm
Post subject:
Any gray akro slags lizzy
Dustin.
Ponkochan
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:14 pm
Post subject:
superman dbl ingot
another superman dbl ingot
Ponkochan
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:13 pm
Post subject:
superman ingot collage
Ponkochan
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:12 pm
Post subject:
large superman double ingot
Ponkochan
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:11 pm
Post subject:
folded patch type
Ponkochan
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:10 pm
Post subject:
four hg slag/brick types
Ponkochan
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:09 pm
Post subject:
four green hg slag types
Ponkochan
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:08 pm
Post subject:
large red white green and blue patch
Powered by
phpBB
© phpBB Group. Hosted by
phpBB.BizHat.com