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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

Fun Friday Facts. Akro’s are cool!

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.

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

Recent Alley Addition. 1”!!!

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

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.

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

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

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 !!

Onionskin with plenty of mica

"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

perils of the hobby

Japanese

A cool blue & green corckscrew 5/8”

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!

Fires wife contacted me about some bad/sad news. Fire died as a result of some injuries that he received while on the Ice rink. He was a good marble buddy of mine. Yes, he may have raised some ire here and there over the years but—he was always very passionate about marble collecting. I always appreciated that in him. Fire was a “Fire Jumper” in his earlier years. Funny how that went from jumping out of planes to fight fires to becoming a Zamboni driver for the Colorado Eagles. I will miss his wit and wisdom along with his attempts at becoming more amicable in the marble collecting community. My thoughts are with his wife and daughter—and his chickens-lol. Marble—On Rick Robbins (@Fire 1981) We will all miss you---so sad—so sad!!

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

Master

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@Melissa has agreed to become a Moderator here @TheMarbleConnection. She is a stand up, well informed collector that will give you her best--always. Please give her the same respect that you give to Step, Chad and I. I absolutely welcome Melissa, and her ID knowledge, along with her wit and wisdom. This is a great thing! Marble--On!!

Mica is a mineral that was used, and is still used today, for its shiny and reflective properties. Especially in ancient times, it was included in marbles to create a shiny and bright effect You can find it in clear transparent marbles, in various shades of blue (aquamarine, cobalt, etc.), in green, amber, and more rarely in yellow and red.

Peltier 👍

These same canes were some of my favs.

MK here

Always nice to find Frosted Hurricanes Sold here in the "Africa" labelded nets Very very rare to find a closed netbag now Nowhere in stock since a long time

Nothing exceptional, but this AV-loaded marble identified as MK, I found it in a group of marbles from the latest Heaton dig while I was cleaning them. Here is Ron Shepherd's comment during the identification... "I agree. We know that possibly Heaton and for sure that Jack Bogard bought and sold marbles, and cullet with Marble King. I also know for sure that Jack Bogard bought marbles and equipment from Ravenswood. That was according to a talk with Jack by myself. The same day he showed me a set of Ravenswood machine rolls he bought at Ravenswood." Below, I also show a small video to better highlight the aventurine 1.mp4

German unicorn

Flower frog 🐸