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I'd say Alley.

The top ones look more like Heatons to me. If there was more/better yellow on the bottom left one you'd have an Alley Superman (from St. Mary's), it might pass for a weak one now. The lower right may be Alley too but since there is not a lot of contrast in the colors the reflections are making it tough to evaluate.

The St. Mary's location was Alley's 4th and operated from about 1937-49. And you are correct that they produced more marbles with aventurine there than at any other site, which is not to say that there was never any AV on earlier ones.

Lot's of study - it is usually based on colors and style. If you are interested in Sistersville Alleys, below is a pretty good place to start studying . . .

Here is a description from Alan Basinet's ID site: Sunsets are those that have a transparent bubble-filled clear base with red, orange, or yellow and white ribbons.

This is true, they are random swirls and there is lot's of variation around the mean. Some are excellent examples of the type, some are average and others are poor examples. And that is usually reflected in their collectible and monetary value.

@Kimbernugs Here are a few more to look at . . .

This one might be Alley but please see my response where you posted the other transparent swirl earlier.

I don't think yours is an Alox - more likely from one of a few other makers. Many white swirls on transparent bases are very difficult to ID with certainty because several companies made these type of swirls by the millions. And given that they are random swirls there tends to be broad variation around the "average" swirl from any given company and many simply cannot be identified with any certainty. While it's always nice to know the ID of a marble with some degree of certainty, the fact is that the collectible and monetary value of these types of swirls really doesn't depend on who made them - it is minimal, regardless.

Me too.

Vitro Victories - like Conquerors but they lack the white veneered body or filaments.

It's a Vitro and some of these were packaged with Yellow Jackets, although they are not usually considered to be Yellow Jackets because they lack the colored equatorial ribbons. They are closer to an All Red, IMO.

There is some variation, of course, but generally they have aqua (from aqua blue to aqua green) with red (from brighter red to sorta burnt red to Vitro oxblood) and brown (from creamy brown/tan to dark brown) on a white base, and usually the more/darker brown the better. Those that lack brown are called Aquamilks. Sorta tough to describe in words but here is a group of Aquamarine variants to look at. The one just left of center in the middle row is closer to an Aquamilk (more white and a more buttery color rather than brown).

Almost all of the West Virginia Swirl companies made game marbles. The patterns often resemble the patterns on the other non-game marbles they made, and they are not usually worth the effort to sort. Don't seize up - go through them and look for anything special, then throw them in the garden. They'll make weeding a bit more interesting. 🙂

Yes, but you should understand these are very rare marbles. You might look through several thousand opaques and never find one. And be aware that there are single and double seamed examples and some are hand-gathered. There is a good link here to a page from Pete's old Land of Marbles that Steph found on the WayBack Machine for a little more info.

Some single colored marbles are, hand-gathered CAC Pastels or World's Best Moons, German Opaques, some Master Cloudys or Akro Flinties, maybe. As for other types, I like the Vitro Tomatoes or others with exceptional patterns. A lot of it just depends on what you like. Typical game marbles have little if any collectible value though, so I wouldn't expect to get any money out of them, which means you could just keep them in a jar, play with them, donate them or do crafts with them, because it's not going to "cost" you anything to keep them either. 🙂

Maybe Ravenswood.

The second Alley location 1931-32.

I think I would call it an Onyx - white and a colored transparent base.

This is a tough one, Alley or Ravenswood? Given the size and transparent green, I'm just over on the Ravenswood side of the fence.

Some of these may have been shown here before but they sure look nice together . . .

I think we have a winner - thanks, Bill!

From the looks of this box, I wonder if they did originally have 30 marbles - it seems like they would fit but . . .? I'm kinda hoping someone else who knows will chime in.

Aquamarine variants, the biggest are just shy of 1" . . .