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This may be true for opaque marbles but Ravenswood made lots of 5/8" marbles too - especially the transparent ones.
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So it seems they are from the Pennsboro Buddies Run (Dave's Appalachian Swirls, 10/22/2020).
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I am not sure I have seen peewees in any Akro salesman's cases (or any peewee corkscrews). Are you thinking of the peewee patch that was included in some Popeye Boxes?
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Thanks Jeff. They are really different than MK's standard production. What makes you think that they weren't discarded because of that? It seems to me that the P&R "ideal" is what MK was known for and if you gave a kid a choice between these and their standard P&Rs . . . I can imagine what they would choose - maybe just a matter of QC?
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Those are fun!
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It's a modern marble - not Akro, that's for sure.
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The grid is a good idea and the photos are good too but the enlarged photos are still pretty small and when I see this many marbles in a single post I usually don't respond because it's too much like work keeping track of which marble is which - might just be me, sorry.
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The back right one is an Alley Ghost and the front two look like Alleys too. The back left looks more like JABO to me.
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The center one is Alley - not sure about the others - maybe JABO?
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To me, the front two look mostly Vitro. The back right looks a bit more like a barren swirl than a patch but it's tough to tell from these views. The patch on the back left one is distorted by a fold and I am not sure what I think about that one - different views might help.
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It's tough to say with certainty but they look like Ravenswoods to me too.
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It sure looks egg-like. It would be interesting to hear what a paleontologist thinks about it.
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I like it too - especially when I see it on the steel blue or gray base glass.
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I have seen that sort of mottling on a variety of Alley marbles. I don't think I would call it a "trait" necessarily because some marbles of a particular type will have it and others will not. And it seems more likely the result of glass chemistry than something the rolls would produce.
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I agree it's pretty cool looking - reminds me a bit of the "abalone" on some dug mibs - maybe an odd dug Pelt?
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It looks JABO to me too - sort of a Jorkscrew.
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I like the way the colors shifted to leave the white base showing - almost like an extra white ribbon - nice size too.
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Those are interesting, Jeff. Are there only two ribbons of color on each?
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They are not Vitro and the only similar Akro swirls I have seen are dug - they didn't make any swirls like this as part of normal production. What size are they? My first guess would be Cairo.
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I think it may be a JABO too - no remelting involved.
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The upper left looks like a creased pontil transitional to me - maybe Yasuda from Japan. The top right one is not ringing any bells for me - not much to go on.
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All Reds are one of Vitros most common types of marbles. They are white-based with polar patches, one of which is always red. The older style Black Line All Reds have a "black" equatorial ribbon between the patches.
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The left two look Vitro - not much to go on with the right one, though.
