Ric

The marble is too out of focus for me to make a guess. It is really important, especially with swirls, that the photos are sharp and that the marble photo looks like the marble in hand with respect to color. It seems like your camera is focusing on the background and not the marble. You may want to try to back off just a bit and see if you if you get better results.

Welcome to the Marble Connection! The marble on the left has lost its collectible value because of its condition. The other three are Akro Oxbloods. The two on the right appear to be Silver Oxbloods and the second in line may be too, but it might also be a Milky Oxblood - hard for me to tell from this single view. They are named for the look of the base glass. Silver Oxbloods tend to have a translucent base while Milky oxbloods have a milky opaque base glass.

Some of my favorite Vitros . . .

Those are some great Sunday Bests, Chad - that first Latticino is outstanding!

Thanks, Chad, I really liked Winnie and I'm not sure how I missed that name. I don't think the OP marble is Veiligglas though.

I agree with Rick on the IDs and never having heard of a "winny" marble. The only thing I can think of is that "winny" might be slang for a Winlock marble, but I don't think it's one of those.

Pick of a dug litter after a good bath.

If by "limited edition" you mean that no more marbles of that particular type will be made again, I would say yes. The Investor Runs usually produced marbles that are different enough to be recognizable by people who keep up with them.

Heck yeah, they look great - way better than being packed out of sight!

They're classic Pennsboro Alleys. I like them too.

Blow holes are formed when bubbles near the surface of the marble burst. If this happens while the glass is still hot you will usually get a pit with "melted" smooth edges. If the bubble is just beneath the surface but remains covered by a thin layer of glass that later breaks you wind up with a blow hole that has rough edges. These can be considered as made imperfections but significantly reduce the grade of the marble and hence its collectible value. At least that's how I understand it.

Here's a sample from Sistersville for comparison . . .

It might be but it's hard to tell since the cut-offs are very hard to see. It looks like the camera is focusing on your fingers instead of the marble. You may want to set it on a neutral-colored non-reflective surface to photograph it.

I believe that is a JABO Classic.

Not all Tater Bugs have that bit of frit and I have found it on other types of marbles too.

Those are very nice. Thanks a lot for showing them - I really appreciate it!

A couple of more pics, sorry they're not that great . . .

Primarily, it's the "yellow/tan opaque color base glass" that Ron mentioned - there can be additional purple or green colors too and some have a rice-like piece of frit on them. Here are a couple of more . . . Lady Taters have the lavender/pink striping color . . .

These are three photos from the posts I mentioned. I thought it might be helpful to have them all in one place. I have a lot of Billy's old photos and I'll check to see if I can find others, but I sort of doubt it. And for my own education, I'd appreciate seeing some of those similar German slags.

1 looks like a Heaton. 2,3,5,6,7,8 look like Vacor (Mega) marbles from Mexico. 4 are Marble Kings. Please limit each post to 1-3 marbles. It makes IDs easier to deal with.

I again agree with Chad. This one has some nice color - no doubt, it was a stunner in its day.

I agree with Chad.

Is the "black" opaque?

So it's an Onyx then.