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I'll second that! Edna But there's more to it than that. Griff is a good person. Griff takes care of folks in need of a helping hand. Weldon and I are proud to know him.

I think every one I have is vitro. For a long time everybody id'ed them as akro. some swear that both made them. Mine started out in my akro box, but got moved to my vitro agate box. Edna

I looked in Steph's study hall and she says they were made in the 1930's. Edna

Steph can answer that better than I. I know they were made in Vienna, West Virginia and I think Steph knows when trilites were made. Vitros are under appreciated and I really like them. They have more color than akro agate and I love them too. Edna

Your third marble is one of these - vitro trilites by company given name. Elites by the name people gave them. Edna

I'd like to see another view of that green one with the V.

White with two stripes looks like a vitro trilite or elite. The third pic, that is. Edna

Really, really dull shears! Edna

ultrasuede - looks like leather, buy it at a fabric store, a little expensive, but a little bit will go a long way. edna

By the way, Weldon is a very poor speller, freely admits it, and he doesn't appreciatate my poking fun at the misuse of words.

They might not be misrepresentated. Some appear to be vitro, alley, game marbles. Could be 50 years old. So I guess they might be inheritated, even though they are irritated to people who like 60 years old or older. Some people are insatiatated with vitro. Someone might be ingratiatated to have them. Edna Thanks Bob. This gave me a chuckle. Haven't seen grammar like this since I was in the classroom.

No lavendar snakes?????????

Now if i could just get my eyeballs back in! Edna

He also made really pretty Peppermint swirls. I'd buy them if the price was right. Go for them!

I don't know the prices now. When we were selling Gibsons we got $20 to $40 for the ones like you pictured depending on size. He rarely did larger than 2 inches. The sulfides were $36 to $45. The snakeskins were $36 to $50 again depending on size. That was along time ago. that was our retail price for them. I saw a 3 inch snakeskin (only one that size i've seen) at Vienna, West Virginia. The man wanted $200 for it., If it had been $100 it would be in my collection now.

I forgot to mention the sulfides. Mr. Gibson used the figures made by Heiniken Renniger, and I know i don't have that spelled correctly, purchased from California. Jim Davis used the same ones. The only way to tell the Gibsons from the Davis's is the signature. I could never get mr. Gibson to sign, but i heard he occasionally did sign one. Bob Hamon told me he wouldn't sign them because they were made by several people working in the shop, not just him. He did give me Gibson stickers to put on the marbles. Edna

It looks Gibson to me. Is it signed? Mr. Gibson didn't sign his marbles. His shop was in Milton, West Virginia and he retired and sold the shop a few years ago. The lead blocker at Blenko bought the shop, name is David and i can't think of the last name. A couple of the Gibson daughters bought an antique store in Milton and set up a shop to sell glass. I can't tell you how numerous they are. We sold a bunch of them and have some in our collection. Charles Gibson made several styles. The snakeskin is probably the best known. Toward the end, maybe late 90's, he made some with goldstone. They're probably the least numerous. As far as i know he's still living, but we haven't been by to inquire in a long time. Edna

If they exist, they sure are. I've never seen one. Somebody post it if you have it. Edna

There are a couple of guys in Texas that come to mind, but neither of them leave the pontils that open. Bob Powers and Fred Wilganoski both make that style. The pontil would be twisted without that big circle where the ribbons would twist together as the marble was finished at the pontil. I had not answered because I don't know. Edna 1 and 1/4 is about as big as Fred ever makes and Bob hasn't make marbles in a very long time. If you'd like I can ask Fred to take a look at it, but it will have to wait until we get home. I don't have his email addy with me.

Well Steve, I wasn't going to give his whole name! Maybe he'd like what we're saying about him as a man. I do have the scars from nail fungus on a thumb nail and mine doesn't look like that. I hope people don't notice it right off. I'd prefer to think he'd been working. Never poke fun at people for something they can't help. I'll never get rid of the scars from mine. Edna

Winnie's green ones are augers.

He has been an investor in the Tribute runs and his last name is Watkins. Nice guy! Edna

They are called onyx if the cork is white in a colored transparent base. They are spirals if the cork is colored and the base is transparent. It can be a transparent colored glass. Edna

They are onyx. Augers can be spirals or onyx. the cork is near the middle of the marble in an auger, not touching the edges of the marble. We're at our lake place now and I can't show pics or consult a marble book to describe it better. LOL Edna

This is a reputable dealer. I think HE lurks, but never posts. Edna