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@Fire1981 mentioned this to me a while back. I have now assembled what I have...21 in all colours and sizes. These are definitely one of my favorites

This was a challenge. But I persisted. It can be done. Yeah, I make my own hang tags, headers, or whatever they're called. Turtles are my next venture.

I agree, Winnie's are the most beautiful examples! 😊✨ Then I will add several more from the Seike family. Back in December 2021, Reiko Seike sent me a box full of marbles being passed down in the family. Some got 3 ribbons, some stretch like vanes. These below are a local find.

Here is a picture of some Figure 8's posted by Winnie from The Netherlands (RIP) back in 2010.

The weirdest thing yet that I have pulled from an assorted net bag. This is a totally veneered pattern with a bit of an amber glow in the transparent base when held to light. It is 21/32. I have heard older Vacors are sometimes found in net bags? Well anyway, I have never seen anything that remotely resembles this marble that came from Mexico. I thought "What's a Vitro Tri-Lite doing in here?" but this is so odd. And I do think it is actually very pretty.

Recent Alley Addition. 1”!!!

Vitro biscuit and red eye gravy

I love Stephen Bahr, and thank you for your welcome, because I found this awesome site and all you guys, marbles are even better, I come here just to test myself, I'm getting good! I LOVE MARBLES! I will be in and out now, I can't thank you all so much, and I thought the oin community was just so nice and enjoyable, but you marble guy rock too

Fun Friday Facts. Akro’s are cool!

Onionskin with plenty of mica

I agree Here is a reproduction by Kelly Schmidt, He makes them very well

My 10 sec of fame 🤹‍♂️🎉 Nice video among the "Stars" serving Vintage Machinemade Marbles Ow Yeah 😃😃😃 Thanks @stephenb

Got these guys out for some sunshine today. 15/16" +/-

I finally won my first and only lot thus far with Blocks auctions last night and I am glad to add any Marble Kings to my stash. I see a good number of Bumble Bees and Cub Scouts in here which always widen my eyes. Looks like there might be some Cubs that are Kato type. Someday I will get a few of the harder to find Blended ones and the likes of Spidermans, Green Hornets, Dragonflys, Watermelons, and Hercules. For now, all the kids at recess will be so jealous of me, trying to win my Marble King Rainbows. Image is from Mr. Blocks auction 01/25/2026.

Whisplers, yes, relative of Master. I wanted to open this thread to try to curb a bit this (which I still notice) confusion that can arise with Masters Below I will show a description of these, opaque and transparent. I don't have many, but enough to give the idea. These marbles generally range in size from 9/16 to 1 inch, maybe more My simplest and quickest advice, and in my opinion the most effective for identifying these whispering marbles, is that many, if not most, have or can have a very clear glass but very, very bubbly, which Masters generally do not have. Then, over time, with a bit of patience, you will gain experience and you will be able to notice some differences with Master marbles even in the seams. To begin with, I will show a text related to these, both opaque and transparent, followed by some marbles "A Vintage Whispler marble, sometimes known as a European Fat-Core marble. This opaque type is harder to find than the transparent variety. Detailed blending and strata combine with sophisticated opaque colours for plenty of interest and impact. Whisplers are a mysterious vintage marble class, distributed in England during the 1950's and 60's by British firms including Irene Manufacturing Company, Chad Valley Games, H.P. Gibson and Co. and T.S.L. Products, England. They are readily recognised as a mainstay of many nostalgic and happy marble memories. Appreciated for an amorphous, flowing character, they are often galactic in style with intricate organic striations. The opaque varieties have an intense character, with detailed blending of beautiful tertiaries in a creamy, earthy and often moody palette - unlike the more common transparent base Whisplers which range from clear and intense to cloudy, misty and filamentous; with wispy vanes, and delightful floating clouds of tiny bubbles. They can sometimes resemble the American 'Master' marbles due to a similar manufacturing process."

Tommy has sucked it up and volunteered to become a Moderator. Please welcome him with open arms and give him the same respect that you give to @bumblebee, @Steph @Chad G.—little ole me and @Melissa. We need the help sooner than later and I am happy to welcome Tommy—He deserves it for sure. Marble—On Tommy!!

I was wondering if anyone has examples of all the colors available in figure 8s. Or maybe we could even have people add their variety to this thread. I am sure @shiroaiko and @YasudaCollector as well as @Parmcatand many more could give some examples. Here are the ones I could quickly identify from my jar of Japanese mibs...

It's a reddish-orange. But it turns more to red Here is the red, as it appears..

Yeah, if I were a kid who didn't know what I was "supposed" to like, these would be natural to love.

Got these in a large Ebay lot this week. Loving working through them all

I've been smitten with the Jabo Moon Glow run!

Ruby Bee is a Peltier name, Blended ruby bee is MK, welcome to the land of confusion. Peltier Ruby Bee This is a MK blended Ruby Bee LINK :: https://www.allaboutmarbles.com/viewtopic.php?p=371004&hilit=marble+king+blended+ruby+bee#p371004

I don’t think this is a ruby bee either.

Jumbo- 1,220 (31 mm)

Happy Friday!

Thanks Chad… I was aware of the all the icons associated with the heart i just never noticed the trophy there.

100% German striped nice one !!

"Welcome to Marble Connection" First group look like Peltier Rainbo's Probable Akro corkscrew

X3, Vacor

correct, this one is 100% CAC, no fading and good CAC structure, they're getting better and better at imitating, it's getting verry hard to tell. No color fading here, nice marble !!

Sad to hear about this. He was enthusiastic and lively and always willing to chip in. RIP.

Scored a .75" black base opaque lutz for $20

My winning auction bags arrived today that appear in the post just prior to Alta's purty mibs above. They are now surrounded by a bunch of 1 inch and player size brown rainbows that are more modern Marble Kings in this large Riker case. I find the bags hold about 15 Bumblebees and 15 Cub Scouts and a few oddsters. They will be serving their time, imprisoned in the bags as long as I am warden. Guilty of being cool.

It's almost Akro Friday 🤩 A UV Spiral 15/16" ** EDIT - Well, that's it, I've done lost my mind. I posted this exact marble only 20 days ago

Some (mostly) Rainbos

Some Yellows from peltier 😎

x2, Not polished. That's original surface IMO.

Some MKs for this Monday

X2, MFC, I don't think it's polished, all the dimples have smooth edges, just someone took good care of it and it never got played. Surface looks natural to me, you can even see a few wrinkles.

My favorite, some call him a 'clown'

5/8” CAC striped opaque

Akros for the win

Caged solid core, what's the size ?? I see one bubble pop and 2 fleas, otherwise a pretty clean marble. Unfinished pontils and on both ends helps me date it to between 1870 or so and 1910. The size is probably around 11/16ths, just guessing though, most of these were made by the Germans for the English gameboard market, the brighter colors also help date it. Dollars to doughnuts it was part of a gameboard set at one time.

Looks Vacor to me

No age, repro, $1.oo 0r less, here's an original. Originals all have a graphite stamp covered by a verry thin layer of glass which cannot be scratched off. Yours is a simple screen-print. All comics are on a PPP, this one has a red patch I believe & is uv reactive, there are some verry rare colors that will bring thousands.

The last pic of transitionals is interesting. There were a couple guys (years ago) that had put together some nice collections of those particular opaque types.

I'll agree

Ruby Bees

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