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Shows my ignorance. I never even think of Peltier when I look at catseyes. Is this all the company makes now? Were the Novas all just one run?

That's a sub-- and I think these tend to have the blow holes for some reason. Cool marble, isn't it? Here's mine:

Guy has been a wonderful marble friend whose posts I've always found enlightening. He sent me a marble display board after I admired one he showed his Vitro collection on. I too hope for a miracle recovery.

I'm a collector who loves both types, especially the more unusual ones.

Cloud in blue glass, 3/4:

Banded type in Christmas colors, 1":

A small latticinio with alternating red and white bands:

A gorgeous marble just under 2" mended by Leroy to show deep lobes and mica:

A really cool onionskin with aventurine in the green and some cloudlike blobs:

Another 1" cloud type with amber glass and yellow spots:

But Joeren's marbles are the most fabulous handmades I've ever seen. I agree with him--there seem to be more threads dedicated to machinemades by far.

Ackmarble: I was trying to shoot a better photo of Hansel's oxblood and added to it a couple views of a 1" Leighton type in eye-popping colors, but unfortunately beat up. The first marble is 25/32". It's one of the prettiest marbles I own. So the photo I posted yesterday now has 2 different Leightons in one image.

I tried to find some of the more unusual types. Here's a German handmade (or is it?) formerly called Leighton, purchased from Hansel DeSousa:

A cool Vitro with oxblood V:

This is a neat Akro oxblood swirl in clear base glass:

Alan tells me this one is most likely an Akro. There is oxblood, blue and white glass:

This one has been dubbed a "blueberry oxblood" by collectors and is undoubtedly Akro:

Here is a foreign sparkler with oxblood:

This last one is an oxblood slag in dark green glass. I believe it's MFC.

I would have been there if my daughter hadn't been visiting that week. Would the Peltier be close to what's called a Green Galaxy, Bill?

Hey, Dink, I have one like that blue/green flame. I love it. Is the consensus Alley on that?

Sure would like to see Ken's picture larger!!

Jon, if you're asking about mine, the answer is yes. There is no 9 and tail, though. Maybe a not so well formed brick? I know not all bricks have the obvious 9.

That's great, I'd rather call it a green brick anyhow.

Not the greatest picture, but I've been calling this an oxblood slag. Aka a green brick?

Are the terms "green brick" and "oxblood slag" used interchangeably?

One brick, 2 views.

Dan, I'll try taking a shot at your question. To me, the "exotics" are usually striped opaques and transparents with wildly colorful designs. I think it's now generally accepted that the so-called "circus marbles" are in fact German. (I could be way wrong though.) I saw the circus marbles at a show a few years ago. They were also incredibly bright colored designs. Hope this hasn't just confused the question at hand which is about the authenticity of the exotics as a CA produced marble.

Don, are you talking about the so-called "exotics"?

Lizzy asked me to post a picture from my stash of CA cullet purchased years ago from Les Jones. First is a piece of a "blue lace" type:

Here's a shot of the entire bunch of cullet. Note that the blue lace is near a peach slag.

Liz, the auction marbles you show in your post were sold by a German seller, "gladius2". I won one of those lots. They were all handmades but I thought several of them looked a bit like catseyes with pontils! Very interesting indeed and types I haven't seen before.

You're right, that single one is a killer. I think we'll be seeing and buying more European marbles as the hobby grows across the ocean. Here's a German sparkler with oxblood that Paul Williams, bless his soul, sent me a while back.