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I always liked my Limeade with yellow.

Scored a .88" early onionskin with oxblood and jelly for 45 dollars

Scored a .66" ghost latticino for 9 dollars

Think i got some 😃

A few Mountaineers . . .

Nice find this morning in the Netherlands Nice to find something like this here

How they look?

Actually you have it backward. The Westite Glass factory in Weston, WV had a fire that stopped their production. (Weston is about a 35/40 drive from Clarksburg.. uphill both ways! 🤣). The Akro Agate Company aquired all the molds Westite had in 1936. Thus focusing on glassware and childrens playsets as their production on marbles took a backseat and pretty much declined to nothing in the later 1930s as is evident by both the appearance and quality of marbles they did produce seasonally in the 1940s. Akros focus was on glassware in their last decade before they closed. .. and closed profitable. Akro Agate Company dissolved in Akron, Ohio, debt free, owing no taxes as a business. They were successful and closed their doors for good in good standing on Tuesday, April 24, 1951 with a final on~site auction and sale. The Akro Agate Company was profitable.

This lemon isn't quite ripe . . .

Some might say it's a helmet-style patch but Helmets are Vitros and they have a stripe. Here is a full team . . . Some are harder to find than others.

I do think it's Akro but when people talk about "chocolate" they are usually referring to the base glass. Like Billy McCaleb's Chocolate Oxblood . . .

Good morning! Akro Friday 1. Oxblood 11/16" * Edit * Pretty certain this one is not Akro after a discussion on it 2. Blueblood with Aventurine 3. Yellow and Blue Popeye 21/32" 4. Yellow and Blue Popeye 5. Superman colors Special 23/32" 6. Yellow and Green on Green Special

Lemon colored Prize Name, 5/8" More of a Lemon Meringue Pie (not an Akro name, just a reference to the color) than a Lemonade

Here is a galactic planet:

Another one of brother Billy's favorites - he loved AV. Billy's marble and pics.

Well, I cut my arm really bad today at work and had to go get stitched up, all will be well. Gives me more time to share some marbles I like..lol. Here are some of my favorite corkscrew for your viewing pleasure!! The black and white corkscrew has the richest, deepest black, thought it was neat. Hope you enjoy! Thanks for looking.

I'm so proud of myself. I am hurting my arm, patting myself on the back. The old polly was at our house and our new one probably 30 years and it was still doing good but I wanted it to last a lot longer so I sanded it down and gave it a new paintjob. Old Polly New Happy Polly

Akro Ware--we have not seen much lately. The blue one is made from the Molds that were purchased after Akro went belly up. I do not remember who made them. Same molds--pretty cool--part of my collection for sure. I think that we got this one from the wife's Grandmother--even cooler imho. Akro--On!!

Not sure if it’s an Akro🔥 RAR

Akro didn't do "runs". They ran machines for extensive periods until the pot slowly dissolved and the firebrick ended up in the glass, signaling that it was time for the pot/crucible to be rebuilt. That rebuilding was a big effort and meant that it was down for weeks. Vintage marble making made marbles for small fractions of 1 cent. They fulfilled very large orders. They did not do short "runs" This concept is an invention. This is a recent invention. If someone disagrees - please ask them to provide Akro documentation that validates this new claim. I'll be interested to read it. Otherwise, its just an invention to create the allure of rarity and hike the asking prices. Folks shouldn't be taken in by these stories. "Every questionable marble sale needs a good story to support it. A good marble needs no story at all".

Or your favorite lemon colored marble/marbles. This one is a shooter.

I think there is a good chance this is a Vitro Tomato - one of the coolest game marbles out there, IMO.

Thought it was just a cloudy Cleary, but it lit up really cool

Alley imo

All different ades, Lemonade, Limeade, Cherryade, Blueberry, some W ox some W/O some patches, some swirls. I think there are 2 corks in there.

Here’s a favorite…. Nice sized 23/32” Akro UV Swirl EDIT: Even though its only a glower, I felt compelled to add this one because they’re usually found banged up pretty bad…

Keep it coming!!!

X2, nice mib

Master, IMO.

Does it taste like candy? Might be a gobstopper or sucker or something.

vacor love…

Cool, Joe. I like to have good examples of newer marbles too but I always worry about bulk collections like this, and boxes/tins in general, since it's so easy for the marbles to get mixed up. Speaking from experience, Mom sees marbles laying around on the floor and they all get thrown into the "marble box", regardless of where they came from. Having said that, I have no reason to believe the marbles you're showing aren't original to the tin. It would be nice to find one with the marbles still inside the poly-mesh bag the way they were originally packaged though, just to be sure. Also, I reccommend that you don't visit the website shown on the back of the tin unless you are prepared to intercept an automatic download purported to be from Microsoft. 🙂

Just a run-of-the-mill Vitro patch, IMO.

Side by side with 2 Conquerors on the right that have white almost covering the transparent base.

My glass toy box (12 × 15 cm) has 10 cat's eyes. 9 are Stripeys. The 7 marbles which I could count 4 vanes. 15-17.6 mm. One got a fat vane which almost fills half of the marble. Mamekeri flat marbles. The yellow ones are about 26mm across, 8 mm thick. Mamekeri and ohajiki with numbers. Mamekeri are bigger than ohajiki. 30-18mm. Ohajiki with paper rock scissor designs and a flower. The green measures 21 mm. Other glass toys that I don't regard as original to the box. They are believed to be even earlier in the production time.

It’s not Amber and it doesn’t glow. It’s yellow. Any ideas🔥 RAR

This marble is short on striping glass. I doubt it would have cleared QC.

Akro IMO.

Any ideas 🔥 RAR

A galaxy full of stars:

List these posts like you are talking to a rookie collector. The knowledge that you have is hard to under-explain but this is the world that we live in. I know, “I have said this all before” about whatever marble related item it may be, but we must be in repeat mode to keep this thing going and helping the newer collectors in the new hobby that they have gained. I repeat myself often and there are many new collectors that show up often. One or two may be true collectors that are looking for an ID—who cares really? I just love looking at marbles and items that correspond and appreciate any post here at “TheMarbleConnection”. I appreciate giving all that I can to anyone that posts here. I think that we are all doing very well--keep it up! Marble—On!!

Hi again? Is this a Marble King Shooter? If so, what type might it be? I can't find this exact colour way Thank you

X2 with Ric. This one has a less than common green transparent base glass included. It looks like this one came from a beach either from the Great Lakes or the Ocean. I would be happy to find it on the beach during a walk. I just found a marble in my garden that baffles me--a railroad (industrial) marble---you all know--the greenish ones filled with folds---the tracks are about 200 yards away--lol. Maybe a crow picked it up and hid it just for me😁. I still picked it up and cleaned it like it was a gemstone. We all love this stuff. Marble--On!!

Ours vs Blocks. Lol

A few questions… What would you call the base glass? Yellow Alabaster? Yellow Moonstone? Other? Lastly, is the wispy white part of the base glass or considered a third glass? Thanks in advance for your input.