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This one is nuts!

Marble King, pretty colors 😊

Found with Tiger Eyes.

Antique store find today in this bag. 3/4” to boot! Booth also offered 15% ofF Needed something good to happen today!

Several oxblood Greiners and a couple lutz!

I needed to downscale my display and this is what I came up with The floating shelfs are new and work fantastic, they have a lip that stops the marbles from escaping. The lights with shelfs are super convient for boards and my peanut jar. Hope you like and it gives you a few ideas . That was the good the bad is the jars and boxes stashed away .

Ultimate Japanese transitional score from the Seattle marble show!!!

I purchased a huge bowl of marbles from an online auction and picked them up this morning. Wow! The Bowl was huge ( high 100's) and filled with marbles like these. What do you think?

This is an article from " Glass World " magazine, 1932 Nov. issue. It describes "Naoyuki Seike's glass marbles" (硝子マーブル　清家直行) were viewed by the emperor at Osaka Prefectural Trade Hall on 15 Nov. 1932.　"天覧硝子製品"　means glass products which were viewed by the emperor.

Just acquired this mib in a lot . took it into the sun for some pics Has an a crazy base glass like opal with some blue tint or something the cork I thought was black but it is dark dark purple . I got some shots of the blue tint it is crazy it's like 2 marbles when the light shines through the blue.

Any ID on this one? Peltier maybe?

Hi Aidan, the marble was a good buy! I'm happy for you.😃 Japanese marble collectors would immediately rush to the marble if it is at only 10 dollars. Normally they cost 5 times more... The marble in question is a lampworked marble which was probably made in Osaka. The glass is almost seedless and the color is good. The lampworker used glass rods which were supplied by a glass maker specializing in making rods and cullet for other fields of glass industry. The time period is late Meiji, Taisho or early Showa. Childhood labor was common at that time. They were made before the coming of transitionals and machine mades. To name the makers who made lamp-worked marbles for export at that time, they were Tokujiro Oi (Osaka), Wakamatsu Yoneda (Osaka) and Hanshichi Kamei (Kyoto). Domination of Japanese marbles in Asian countries continued until 1954 when Hong Kong started marble production.

Odd one

the middle two marbles look like Vitro All Reds, the top marble could be a Vitro Caged Cat's Eye, the far right marble is likely either Vitro or Marble King but it's difficult to tell without more angles. The blue on the left looks like it may be a West Virginia Swirl, though I wouldn't be able to name the maker. The green speckled one is most likely either a foreign marble or a Vacor. Welcome to the Marble Connection!

Nice ones today

A Green transparent Spiral Snake on a translucent base and an Orange transparent Spiral Snake.

Happy Akro Friday! I LOVE that Orange, Tan, and Brown @davesnothere unusual! Here are two Prize Names with that really solid Black. The White one is 13/16"

I picked these up for 25 bucks at thrift store in town, I know next to nothing about original packaging. The marbles inside seemed liked Ravenswood and I thought everything looked the way it should. I read some past posts about fantasy bags, and just how the packaging looks old with newer marbles inside, just want to see if I overpayed or it is actually the original packaging. Sorry about the photos, hard to get a good photo through the plastic. Thanks for all of you knowledge that is shared in advance.

Happy Akro Friday.

Congratulations, that's a great group!

With Oxblood

Seike's cat’s eyes in different colors. . The yellow is like neon yellow. I enjoyed taking pictures of white-purple variants. I was fascinated by the shifts of colors. Some fracture. Bigger vanes always have the risk, when the colors are not compatible enough. I guess no marble makers put them in an oven for annealing.

Here is what the online auction photo looked like and the photo I posted was after organizing them. I was worried I bid too high until I picked them up and the bowl was big.

I think these will work for Swirly Saturday . . .

Size is ⅝" not sure on it

Some sweet Alligator Eyes I was lucky enough to buy last year.

Here are a couple of good Akros from brother Billy's archive . . .

Few new Akro’s this week. Maybe the 2nd Crow for our collection.

Thinking of the time and my culture, the viewing was really something. Seike must have been very honored with it!

Boo Yah !!! Oh Yes, it is, and this ribbon pattern sets it apart from common Sunsets. The ribbons are condescended into one ribbon that contains 2-3 colors. Common Rainbos have ribbons that are each one separate color and aren't as tight as these. The little Horse Hair ribbon really sets this one apart. As a PeltHead. This is a Top Shelf Rainbo with lots of Tiny Bubbles.🔥

Does anyone know what this one is? it's larger than the other marbles in the bag I got and has an interesting design.

Man! That's pretty impressive that the glass products were viewed by the emperor himself! Not that any marbles don't have history, but Japanese transitionals seem to have some particularly impressive history. 🙂

In a bag I got from Goodwill there are multiple of these red and white, and blue and white marbles. They aren't corkscrew, I think they are ribbon and patch?

That's a lot of glass! Perfect day for getting some fresh air

Thank you so much for cracking the code of Japanese marble making for us.

11/16. Thoughts on maker? Akro that didn’t cork?

ID on this one Facenating fellow UV reactive and backlighted it First 3 pictures is the one for ID The rest are nice mint Veiligglas Opaque and Wirepull Enjoy the pictures Comments welcome 🤹‍♂️ Thanks

Clean it w fine steel wool, the rust stains will come off. it may take some elbow grease

Size is ⅝" sorta has the Christmas colors but idk if it is a Christmas tree

I made a large batch of Sheperd's Pie yesterday afternoon....80/20 ground beef, 5 pounds of homemade mashed potatoes, Veg-all, and shredded mild cheddar cheese. Diced onions and a few shots of Worshchershire sauce while the beef was frying. Mixed the ground beef with the Veg-all and a few handfuls of cheddar cheese, spread on the mashed potatoes on top of that layer, then topped it off with two more handfuls of cheddar cheese. Salt and pepper the ground beef and mashed potatoes while making to your preference. Bake at 350 for about 30-40 minutes or until cheese is melted, your preference. Yummy!

Hit the local antique show last weekend. found 8 small bags, plus 7 very collectible old straight razors. Bags were older ziplock type, total price of $36. There were stickers under the paper labels, total price of ~$240. keepers are in the bowl.

Two Specials, Red, White, and Black. The first one is 21/32" The second is 11/16"

Akro. The last pic are shooters.

Came with early American mades there was a couple Cacs,akros and alleys . SORRY ABOUT THE TAPE im renovating the marble room and I lost my caliper. White is opaque . Thanks in advance

Looks like early Alley.

11/16" is this a pelt root beer marble?

Marble King Part 1 🤣

If there is something not factual in my response, I welcome quotes of it. A statement that does not enthusiastically agree with an assumption isn't negative or a "shoofly mentality", as you put it. It is a fact to note that Facebook is awash with folks who energetically preach that any marble that has some reaction to UV light is automatically valuable and sought. This is a relatively recent development in the past ~2 years. I am amazed at how prevalent it is and how quick it has spread. People post the very common: "I have some marbles that I bought/belonged to someone. Are any valuable?" These days the most common reply is "Hit it it with UV light to find the good ones!" No attempt at ID. No observation on grading. In my opinion, this steers novice collector in a direction that most will come to regret in time. In my observation, it also supports a higher paying price by novices for modern and older common pieces - a price that won't be sustained later on in their collecting experience when they go to sell it. It does nothing to educate. Just UV and money in so many cases. If it is considered "negative" to advise novices that the Facebook UV hype is over-promotion is therefore a poor collecting direction to go - then the experienced collectors who have seen and learned a great deal over decades can fold their tent and leave novices to learn a hard lesson on their own. It will save time in educating on ID and grading. It will avoid teaching why a marble is a Master instead of an Akro or Vitro. How many ID threads do we see where the new-ish poster posts many terribly blurry UV pics taken in the dark (cameras simply can't focus). Why not help them look at and identify marbles in the light ? UV is not the primary (or secondary) ID characteristic that so many have been led to believe on FB. In my opinion, that UV emphasis doesn't help them, and those who encouraged that approach didn't help them. The OP had a valid question. I was helping them to not see UV as a good approach to ID. Then possibly post a few pics and help them with ID and other needs using experience and facts. The best way to help people is to help them shift from mistaken understandings early in their collecting experience. Just like folks thinking that damaged or wonky machine mades are handmades or transitionals (which we see a fair amount of). I'm not seeking to help those who don't want my help.

stonehenge4242 was very kind to me this and I got a box of 29 marbles in the mail today. Mostly Mega Marbles and I suspect I have half a dozen cool Jabo's in this mix. 6 Big boulders. More than a few of these I do not have for sure! Isn't that nice? Whadda guy! Thanks. Big 1 inch Raven Big 1 inch Liberty The other Biggins' Liberty, and a black based boulder with white and brown swirls. (I can't find another like it but it might be a Raven too, just an odd swirl color other than yellow, it looks more brown) Raven, Bumblebee, Hippo and Flamingo 2 Trolls, 2 Firefighters, Serpent and Scorpion 2016 Parrot, 6 Jabos, 1 Jabo, 2 Bengal Tigers & 1 Davinci Banana Swirl, 2 fancy Jabos Went in with Old Fashioned swirls, Rooster and Wicked Owl and this owl is wicked sick, I just get a good pic yet. Awesome breed. He was hoping for a display on the Lego Stage so here we go. Click for bigger!