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The colors on this one might be closer . . . http://www.grandpamarble.com/html/gm1482.html

@Alta When you consider those bright Kokomo colors, think about the most vivid and bright pink or red lipstick you've ever seen and you'll be close.

There are all kinds of three color Vitro player-sized marbles out there and they are not all Baby Parakeets. Some people might try to go there with this one but there is too much white showing and the colors are not vivid enough, IMO. It seems later than the Parakeets to me.

All I see is an Akro Lifesaver patch variant.

It's an unusual marble and a nice peewee too, IMO. And I am pretty confident it is not a Vitro. IMO, the colors aren't as they were intended and they're laid on the marble in a weird way too. But if you imagine that thin light brown color is as it should be (even though it's probably not), and the thicker red/brown ribbon is supposed to be the same as the nice orange one, you would see a flip-flopped light brown / blue / orange Peltier Rainbo. No doubt, this would be way easier to explain if we were sitting somewhere looking at this marble together, which is just another reason that marble shows are, hands-down, the best venue for learning about marbles. 🙂 And just FYI, that little mess of light brown showing on the top of the marble in the larger pic goes to the left side of that seam. This sort of thing is very common on Plets.

The gray-green is unusual. They look like variants of Vitro's Biscuits and Gravy to me.

Crazy, I have not seen one either. It's like a Vitro Helmet with nothing but the stripe. lol

The only one I think may be Akro (or maybe Master) is the first on the left, above. The third from the left looks like a Parrot (a Baby Parrot if it's player size). If the 5th one has only 3 colors it would be a Parakeet or a Baby Parakeet, depending on size. I'd need another view or two before I could say much about the others (the 6th is particularly interesting - not sure I'd even call it Vitro from this single view). The above are pretty cool Type I Tiger Eyes with two yellow equatorial ribbons. They are quite a bit less common than those with two different colored equatorial ribbons. Like the Type I Tiger Eyes below - the big ones are Type I TEs too. The one far right just got a little wonky, which is not uncommon for larger sizes. Vitro Opals usually have two colors and light white on an opalescent base glass. I don't think the ones below fit the bill. They look more like Conqueror variants to me. Sometimes, when your looking for opalescence, light coming through the colored patch can make you think they might be opalescent. So be aware of that when you're backlighting looking for it. That's a nice group of Bull's Eyes you're showing up there too. I hope this helps. 🙂

@crashbelt @Royal3 @Alta @Chad G. Wow, you've been posting some great marbles since I was last here! Here's an 11/16" marble I've never seen before. I'm calling it a Caramel Ribbon Swirl with Mica. Caramel Swirls with Mica are a thing, but the ribbons in this one are very similar to what you would find in a clear glass ribbon lutz. No lutz here, unfortunately, but it's a pretty rare find and pretty cool IMO. I thought about adding "end of cane" since the ribbons thin out and lose their structure before they reach the faceted pontil. I even considered "end of day" since it's such an oddball - no sense getting carried away though. 😉 Please let me know if you've seen another or think I might be off with my description. 🙂

Thanks for posting this, Aiko. It's nice to finally get some definitive information about these marbles. This 40 ct. box of 9/16" Matsuno's was packaged with the Ohio Arts Chinese Checkers game. We called the marbles "Mt. Fujis"back in the day. 🙂

Thank you for posting this, Sue. I had not heard about Buddy's (@roany poany) passing. I only met him a few times long ago, but he was definitely one of the good guys - always quick with a smile and a corny joke. My heart goes out to his family and all who loved him. He will be missed.

This is a rare German marble, IMO. At 1-3/8" it may be the largest cane-cut slag I've seen.

Two Blue Skies and a Stormy Sky.

This is a nice hand-gathered slag. Striped transparent marbles have two seams and colors (not white) on the surface.

It helps to see anywhere the glass changes from one type to another (transparent vs opaque, red vs white, etc.) - that is where the seams will be too (top and bottom of the marble in pic 1).

It's really important to show us the seams if the marble has them.

It could be a lot of things but that big flat spot means it's not a marble.

These are marbles made at JABO in 2010 using cullet from KOG Co. You can still purchase bags of them from KOG.

The second is a pretty marble. I do not believe it is American. My bet would be an early Vacor from Mexico, perhaps El Aguila. The first is essentially a single color game marble, they were packaged with games like Chinese Checkers. It is often very difficult to tell who made a particular game marble, which doesn't matter much, since they are not really collectible. The small transparent "Clearie" in your other post would also fall into this category.

@Parmcat It seems you came into a group of these. They are pretty colors, although they are not transitional marbles (hand-gathered and machine rounded), they are wholly machine made - a bit later than the transitional marbles Seike made.

The first is a decorated porcelain (China) from Germany and the second is a Bennington, also from Germany. Both were likely made well before your Grandfather served in Germany, although neither are hard to find.

The yellow is nice, Art, but that wouldn't change my ID - I still think it's from Seike and similar to this one Aiko posted. Sorta figure 8-ish, I think.

Two Vitro Trilites - good marbles.

I think it's Japanese, perhaps Seike.

Nice Vitro!