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I always liked my Limeade with yellow.

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 . . .

Awesome find! 😃 It's incredible that cat's eyes were produced so early. When I first started collecting, everyone (at least in the US) thought that cat's eyes were invented in 1949. This new information pushes that date back by a whole 10 years. I wonder if these prewar cat's eyes were exported to the US? It would be interested to see if any turn up in antique shops.

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.

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!!

I want to say Vacor "Tidal Wave".

Thanks for sharing that, Chuck. It's a nice collection of cullet - even better with Ron's note.

Ravenswood. Sometimes found with blue also alongside the purple. You can see these on Pages 252, 237, 238, 246, 254 and 255 in the Ravenswood section of the West Virginia Swirls book.

Yes, an Alley from St. Mary's.

A few more.

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

Bad day on the Zam. Question: Does it pop and glow under UV 🔥 RAR

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

Keep it coming!!!

Yes - a West Virginia Swirl.

X2, nice mib

Master, IMO.

vacor love…

The owners / former owners would probably know their competitors over the years and may know which competitors made the "marbles made in Mexico" that were purchased by Imperial and others.

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

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

MK’s up top. Jabos and Vacors second row and assorted MK and maybe Akro Patches in the bottom row. We’ll see if I got close on this line up🔥 RAR

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.

A galaxy full of stars:

The Horsehead Nebula and a look at the night sky. Fire, what is that carboloy piece made for?

I would put this one in my Vitro Conqueror bin, if I owned it.

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

Size is 3/4"