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I am riding my bike home tonight, alongside Lake Michigan. At night, it is like a time machine and I think about the people who lived and worked beside this massive body of water 100 or more years ago. But since I am going by bike I tried to conjure up a circa 1900 version ... and I thought of the circa 1900 ball bearings somewhere in the bike .... And I heard myself say, "Thank you, Mr. Christensen." Because M. F. Christensen revolutionized the manufacture of ball bearings before he applied his genius to the rounding of glass. Okay, not so funny. Lol. But it amused me. 😜

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

I always liked my Limeade with yellow.

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.

Nice marbles, I'm still not sure what you're looking for but the first are Egg Yolk Oxbloods and the last is a Silver Oxblood, at least to me.

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 . . .

Here is a galactic planet:

A few Mountaineers . . .

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

Im not sure about this one. Looks intricate

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".

Just picked these up yesterday for my store! Super pumped about it.

These Net Bags are growing on us!

I don’t say Happy Memorial Day. I always say “Respect Memorial Day” This is my Wife’s oldest Cousin’s KIA flag. He got drafted right before he was accepted at WVU. He was the blond haired blue eyed all American Champion water skier in Ohio. Crazy jumps and unbeatable in the buoys times. They found her 5th grade school picture in his pocket. So there you have it. Always remember and never forget? People need to check themselves today,tomorrow and every day afterwards. Not just today 🔥 RAR

Hi Everyone, Thanks for everyone here being so welcoming. I have seen some incredible looking marbles on here. I am a complete newbie. These are all passed down from my Dad. I don’t think he even knew what he had, just enjoyed collecting them and I think he had most of these from when he was a kid. I’ve been putting them individually in the I.D. chat but thought I’d put them all together here just for enjoyment.

A few recent finds from about 2 weeks ago.. Grateful for those who served and paid the ultimate sacrifice on this Memorial Day 2025!

Looks like it was a fun time and excellent show. Thanks Stephen, for another great video.

This marble was found during excavation near a home built in 1904. The family immigrated just before the Civil War and the home owner lost a leg in battle. Found near the foundation of a long gone carriage house. I'd love to hear what y'all think on this one.

Light em up for the Memorial Day holiday 🇺🇸🚀💥

This marble is tough because of the colors. Akro, Alley and CAC all used the combination of yellow and red. The red does not look CAC on my monitor, but that could just be my monitor, other's monitors may display it differently. To me, it looks mostly Alley but that could easily change if I had the marble in hand. I think this marble is a good example of why the accuracy of color reproduction is so important for proper marble ID. As I always say, first thing to do before you upload a photo for ID is to make sure the photo on your monitor actually looks like the marble in hand. My bet is that was done here but slight differences in the way color is reproduced on different monitors can throw off an ID too. At this point, I'd want to see this marble in hand before I made a call one way or another.

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

Akro IMO.

Any ideas 🔥 RAR

I'm not Chad, but I'm pretty sure he would agree - it's probably newer than a lot of Imperials. The old style MKs are a patch and ribbon construction - the poles of the marble are different colors. The new style of MKs have two patches of the same color.

Just poking around in the archives and came across these No. 4 Conquerors on colored transparent glass. I've always liked that teal color . . .

I just received a reply: The city archive also has no records of Hopf, but they recommended the Naturmuseum Coburg (museum of nature of Coburg) to me. Upon visiting the museum's website, I found that they have a marble mill, but it seems like they don't have any Hopf marbles. In the picture, that the link I've attached leads to, you can see they do have German marbles, but I don't recognise any Wirepulls. http://naturkunde-museum-coburg.de/index.php/ausstellungen/miscellanea

Well, this looks like an entirely different marble. It is really important to show any seams and/or ribbon ends when you post photos for ID. This looks like a German striped Striped Transparent to me. I do not believe it is the marble you posted originally.

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

Size is 3/4"

Finally scored a watermelon after searching for almost two years.

Recent antique store finds!

They are all rare, large Onyx Oxbloods with similar thick blood from a lady that sells mainly clothes, toys, and other antiques. I think she's an estate hunter that stumbled upon them. I think the pelter came with them. It's bigger than a supermam. It looks orange, actually.

I have one. Mine has WVS stamped on the top,front and back🔥 RAR

I'm gonna try contacting the archive of Coburg to see if they know anything regarding Hopf marbles.

Need to up our game on our Akro’s.

I was strongly considering Jackson but the features in the 1s, 2nd, and last photos, combined with the bit of tannish grey edging pushed me to RW.

No ID name that I know of. It does have an interesting ribbon configuration. I’ll call it a Cool Bo 🔥 RAR

For what is worth, I watched pretty. Cool YouTube video on cats eyes just now! Def some cool ones exist!

That video was great Stephen. It's as though I was there . . . wait . . . I WAS THERE! I think the vdeo captured it as it was, a ton of fun. Hope there's another next year. Those venders were so nice and I think I talked with just about everyone. Best place in Jersey that day to be.

Birthday present to myself 🙃, Sammy's and DAS.