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I suspected so but that's probably the brightest dye job I've ever seen.

Here are some "Opalite" spheres, 16mm - 50mm (~2") from Alibaba, $0.50 to 4.00 ea. https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/20mm-Opalite-Crystal-Healing-Round-Orb_1600690158533.html?spm=a2700.7724857.0.0.6d0e5a5cixz6nx

@schmoozer $2 each definitely sounds closer . . .

This one is bugging me because I used to know where there blue/green color came from. Does it glow under UV?

It's hard for me to tell from the pics. If the focus on the marble was as sharp as your fingerprints it would be easier. One thing you want to look for is "sharp", not melted, edges on any indentations. Opening or clear areas on the poles can also be indicators but I think some of these types may show a bit of that anyways. You can also look for white chalky finishing compound stuck in any divots, although that's not so difficult to remove either. Having said that, the little crevice just left of the pontil in your first photo looks a little suspect to me, and so does the opening at the pole. But you will definitely want to get some more opinions since German hand-mades are not my strong suit.

It looks like they are opalescent like Moonies and I'm sure they'd look nice in a window but I agree $22 each seems a bit much.

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When my son Jake was young and attended marble shows with me, Andy would always pull a top out of his pocket and give it to him. I'm sure he did the same for many children. He also made marbles. Here he is with some of his work.

Yes, of course you can spin them on any solid surface but that is what the cups are made for.

Those are toy tops and the cups to spin them in made by Andy Davis (RIP) He made them by melting cullet or marbles from all kinds of different sources including many of the JABO investors runs. The one with multiple dimples is used as a marble stand. Usually he made them specially for a particular run so the stand and the marbles matched,

@bjmarble That's a great case. I have not seen one quite like this before. The color is surprising to me - very nice.

Hey BJ, nice to see you here! That green one is great, I'll have to check my Chinas now too.

From what I can gather, it's a rare game and yours seems to be in very good condition. That's a really great find!

That's really cool, Bill - I like it but I have not seen it before. Looks like it was called "In and Out". Here is a link with some more info though. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-snap-ball-co-game-brooklyn-3929211404

One of my favorite stone marbles - its 1-1/4" and full of colors, an outstanding example IMO. It seems likely that it was made on a water-driven marble mill somewhere in Germany and may have been referred to as a Jasper at the time. Here is some detail . . . It also seems that the American Marble & Toy Company may have been trying to imitate these. Here it sits with three of their ceramic marbles.

It doesn't impress me as Ravenswood. What size is it?

I don't think it's a Pelt, and a bronze Zebra would have black/bronze striping on a white base. It looks more like a WVS to me. What size is it?

I could see Alox too.

Oh boy, I really like that one, Joe - nice marble!

Let me relate the story about how I put this group together . . . First, they all have stilt marks. The center two are 7/8" and the outer two are just under 13/16". I showed the 2nd and 4th marbles above, and I will show the 1st and the 3rd below. If I had any sense I would have organized things better. I found the 1st in the wild probably about 18-20 years ago. About 15 years ago, I acquired the 3rd one from Bill McCaleb, and this is where it get interesting. Billy swore up and down, on several occasions over about a three year period, that he found this marble while he was digging the Peltier site in Ottawa, IL. Of course, I was skeptical so I pushed him hard about it on multiple occasions and he continued to insist that was the case. And I can tell you two things about Billy, 1) he never would have lied to me about this - he honestly believed that is how he acquired it, and 2) sometimes his memory was not that great. I acquired the 2nd and 4th ones from a German seller about 10 years ago, as I mentioned above. Here are photos of the first one I found (1st in the row) . . . And here is the one Billy insisted was dug at the Peltier site (3rd in the row) . . . As you can see, the first marble I found is similar to the one I purchased from the German seller in that they both have pretty much a 1/2 & 1/2 wash of two colors. These are certainly not "Benningtons" but they do remind me of those uncommon 1/2 blue and 1/2 brown ones. The marble I got from Billy is not as neat but it too has a similar pattern of coloration. You can also see that the 2nd-4th marbles all have a pronounced striping that appears to be variegation in the body material, similar to a variegated earthenware or a "Jasper". The only one of these marbles that does not have blue, green and brown with some other tones is one of those that I acquired from the German seller (2nd in the row). Another notable feature is that the marble I got from Billy may actually show signs of having been buried - you can see the finish is not nearly as glossy as the others and it looks like it has considerably more "pocket wear". So there you have it. That is all I really know about these marbles. Although I did see a few similar ones at the Buckeye show in Canton several years ago. If you have any information or thoughts about these marbles please let me know. I welcome any and all comments about them.

That is a beautiful piece of pine and the marbles are very nice too!

That's why I added the clarification. I am often too short with my responses and I need to remember that not everybody knows me. I'm pretty sure I saw you at the Decatur Show this past November but I was sort of preoccupied and didn't have a chance to introduce myself. People that know me know I am a pretty nice guy - not really the confrontational type, it's just not my nature. So if I ever come off as snippy please give me the benefit of the doubt, chances are I am just being lazy. 🙂 Now back to marbles . . . If I remember right the "All Red Line" was a pretty early offering from Vitro - maybe as early as the 1930s. Initially, it might even have covered marbles like TriLites. But I think the marbles that were packaged as All Reds came out in the late 1950s (the Black Line variety) and, if I am not mistaken, the Yellow Jackets started being produced in the mid 1960s. I think that the marbles we typically think of as Yellow Jackets and the All Red (or at least All Red-like) marbles in that poster were likely produced about the same time. And if the company wanted to get the most bang out of their "Yellow Jacket bucks" it seems like an easy way to do it would be to "dilute" their packages with what are, essentially, newer style All Reds that all have a yellow patch (Certainly, the Yellow Jackets were more expensive to produce because of the additional color). Of course, this is a lot of speculation on my part and is really just my opinion of why the marbles might have appeared together in the poster. Eventually though, and probably about the same time or shortly after, and perhaps in an effort to lower production costs, the more common new style of All Red without the black line began being packaged. My bet is that you really could never tell those marbles in the Yellow Jacket poster from the similar marbles that were packaged as All Reds (the newer style). Sort of long winded but that's my story - at least until Steph or someone else who knows better comes and straightens me out. 😄

It just means what it says Joe, looks like a WVS to me!

West Virginia Wednesday is my favorite so here are a few more . . .

Sure looks like Alley to me - nice one too!