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It sure looks like a Tie Dye, and maybe a Hot Tamale in the group too (yellow on translucent red). Both of those are from 1999.

I can see how that would be fun to open!

It's an old stone banded agate, Joep - probably from Germany, mid 1800s to early 1900s. would be my guess.

I was goofing with you, Melissa. All you need to do is look where the "0" on the 1/128th scale up top lines up with the 1/16" scale on the ruler. So you can see, for the Pelt, the "0" lines up between the 13/16" and 14/16", so I would say that one is just shy of 7/8". For the Alley, the "0" lines up between the 15/16" and 1" marks so I would say that one is just shy of 1". Forget about the 1/128" - it's way too precise for marbles. Heck, manufacturers accuracy was barely under 1/16".

That's a very nice group of micas!

Upper left looks newer to me. Upper right looks Alley. Lower right might be Ravenswood, and lower left might be Heaton.

Nice marbles. The Alley is a fairly common one from St. Mary's. And the Pelt is 109/128" while the Alley is 125/128" 🤣

This one is giving me a more modern vibe . . .

First one's kind odd, doesn't look American to me. And the second does look contemporary - sort of like it was made like a sulfide?

I think Alley is a reasonable guess.

That's a slightly odd Vitro patch, not a Wedding Cake.

I've never seen anything like it so I am skeptical. There is no line around the inner sides of the box to suggest the marbles have been rolling around in there for decades. Why the holes in the box? And how would the seller know the marbles are Akro?

They are all Vitro Trilites. The lower left and upper right are Superiors. Superiors have a yellow patch surrounded by red.

I have a 7/8" that I think is similar It has the nice bright white striping glass too but the base glows pretty good under UV. I was leaning Alley on mine but I am not too sure about it.

I think it's an Alley, but that's all I've got. It's tough to photograph and it's even more attractive in hand.

The first one is really cool, Melssa. The last one looks like it's from Technisches Glas Werk, Ilmenau, Germany.

Here's a good Alley . . .

Happy WV Wednesday!

Nice bag, Joep. They made a bunch of good ones in 2003 - several are named.

Actually, he was at Paden City for about a year before Sistersville but little is known about the marbles he made there. The thinking is that he was sort of setting up his own equipment and "practicing" with tanks and such, and that he didn't make even as many marbles there as he made a Sistersville.

I agree with Ravenswood. They made lots of 9/16" marbles but peewees are not common at all.

I see no reason to bring Kokomo into the discussion. 🙂

Not my doing - thanks, Chad! 🙂

Peltier Rainbo IMO.

Yup, they called them "fried marbles" and they were a pretty big craft craze back in the 60s-70s.