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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

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

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" +/-

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."

Hi,Alta Wow, I'd love to see these two in hand. In my opinion these are two Masters The second one is nice, type a helmet, I would like to have it😊 I will show some pictures of the second kind, Master Whisplers, considered relatives of Master, precisely because of their similar characteristics. Sometimes it can be difficult to tell them apart, precisely because of their similarity. However, in my opinion, the joints of Master are more pronounced, deep, and clear, so clean, as well as having glass that is much less bubbly and sparkling, in summary. As I mentioned, whisplers in general show (as you can see in the images above) an exaggerated amount of bubbles that the Masters do not have. Then, there might be the exception where in some cases they could be indistinguishable from each other, especially when viewed on a monitor, but generally they can be distinguished. I repeat, the key point for the distinction is the bubbles, in transparent whispers, although it is not an absolute rule. Less sharp and clean seams in the matte ones, compared to Master As for the color palette, I wouldn’t pay much attention to this, as both types of marbles have the same earthy colors. Now, I am not an expert on the matter, I just wanted to give my personal impression on it to be helpful, and I hope it is appreciated. Thanks again to everyone for your attention!

Here's an unusual one..

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.

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.

The oldest Germans typically are believed to be ground/faceted pontils. Some are done so well = barely visible. It's always wise to closely inspect in hand with a loupe if possible. You can only tell so much from a picture on a screen. But yes there is a lot to learn, and a lot of different opinions when it comes to names/definitions so I take most with a grain of salt

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.

Mines are Seike's bi-color veneered marbles from a local find. The marble of @stephenb looks to belong to this type. Mines are without metallic sheen.

Happy Thursday all!

Mmmh, nice little one,...corn kernel, wow😊👌

Beautiful divided core, I like these colors

Peltier 👍

Here's a couple other images of the sorted trays. I just like using odd ice cube trays when sortring. There are a bunch of Vitro Conquerors and some Tri-lites and the some of the swirls are absolutely super cool. About a half dozen Peltier Rainbows. The images just don't capture them well at all. A good number of the Vitros light up under UV too. That's a bonus. I think there are some Opals and also there are Akro Moonies and maybe a few patches incl a Moss Agate I suspect.

but because I found these guys, my marbles are now coming together, they have made it easier to id myself and they put up with my lousy, fuzzy pictures, and I truly have appreciation for these marble collectors for doing what they are doing, it is a great bunch of people with great knowledge I'm glad I came here for help!