Ric

Don't forget there are lots of good threads with different makers in the General Marbles & Glass Chat forum: MK Monday, Peltier Tuesday, West Virginia Wednesday, Thuringen Thursday, Akro Friday, Slags & Swirls Saturday, Vito Lovers Look Here, Let's See Your Master Mibs, etc. There are a ton of good examples in those threads, and there are lots of good threads for all makers in Steph's Study Hall too.

Two standard Marble King patch and ribbons on the left and a MK Rainbow Red on the right - notice how the colors are not flipped at the seams on that one.

More colors, busier patterns, and larger sizes, in general. Eye appeal is a good way to describe it.

Game marbles, if I had to guess I would say Champion.

I'd say Champion upper right and JABO lower right, Alley lower left. Not too sure about upper left, it may be JABO too.

I'm thinking Champions on the bottom. Probably Alley upper left and a reasonable chance of Alley upper right too.

These types are almost impossible to ID with any certainty - many companies made similar. For most people it would be a 100% guess - there is just not much to base an ID on.

Look at the last pic. The order of colors is reversed above and below the seam - R/B above and B/R below - the same is true at the other seam.

Notice how the two color ribbons are flipped on either side of the seam - B&R vs R&B - it's a common Peltier trait.

Then it's not an Opal - maybe an odd Tiger Eye type. If it was "normal", I would expect to see a different color patch on top.

That is a Peltier Rainbo.

I'd have them with my Alleys. It helps quite a bit if you show the ends of any ribbons - I don't see any on the right one.

Might be a bit too strong of back lighting. What you're looking for is sort of an orange-ish glow.

They look like Akro Moss Agates to me.

The three on the right are Vitro Conquerors - without more views of the left one it would be too much of a guess for me.

Pretty tough to get a good look at it with all the surface wear. What size is it?

It looks Akro to me.

It's a Vitro - maybe an Opal. Does it show an opalescent glow with not too strong backlighting?

Those are great, Rick. I'd fish with them - they make me wish I would have saved the ones I tied when I was kid.

.That's a great collage, Chad - a nice group of classic Akros and excellent photos too!

Okay, now imagine taking six different colored balls . . . lol You might wind up with something like this 1-1/8" (minus the little nub) sextuple ingot - just so you know that things can get a bit more complicated. 🙂 The volume calculations work out near perfectly for this forming from 6 x 5/8" marbles, and you can actually count the globs too if you're careful.

Very nice! That second one is really sweet - springtime colors all over it.

Very cool, thanks for sharing the info.

Yes.

I agree about the pics - no more distracting reflections! In a double ingot, you will usually be able to see a continuous false "seam" all the way around the circumference of the marble - it's actually the interface between the two globs of glass (marbles) that came together to form it. Imagine how you could take two different colored balls of clay, push them together and round them into a larger ball - you should be able to follow that interface between the two colors all the way around that large ball. Also, if yours is a double ingot it would have been made from two considerably smaller marbles.