Ric

So it sounds like it still might be from over the pond . . .

It doesn't look like a Peltier Superman to me. I'd be more worried about it being a Vacor than a polished marble.

A Canadian transitional would be a new one for me too. I'll have to see if I can learn more about those.

I agree - just some bleeding from the ribbons and a weird top patch.

Thanks Alan! I am liking the art glass marbles more and more every day and I'll have to see what I can learn about this artist.

RE: the potential Red Raven . . . I don't think it is one, and if there are tinges of purple coming out of that brown striping I'd be thinking hard about a Heaton Fawn variant. And I would go Vacor on the white-based marble that is upper right in the first pic, and probably that blue one too. The white based Alley is a nice one - looks a bit like a Strawberry Shortcake variant to me.

It's definitely not an Angel of any sort but this is one of those very rare occasions when I am going to disagree with Ron and say that I think it could well be a Peltier Rainbo. I don't have Ron's experience with Akros that's for sure but I don't recall any with two equatorial ribbons of the same color. The thought of a Vitro Whitie did cross my mind, though I don't think it is one.

I agree.

And this is a new acquisition . . .

This is the Carnival that Bill McCaleb gave me from his original find . . .

If you're looking at the third photo up from the bottom, I wouldn't call those orange swirls - just a little discoloration in the base glass.

I've never heard of a Ravenswood Picasso either. Is this the marble you are referring to? I'd sure like to see some more views.

I agree, it's a crazy cool marble too!

As usual, I am only expressing my opinions and I am entitled to them. Where you draw your lines, what you call your marbles and how you grade them or value them is entirely up to you. You can call a dinged up Vacor a mint CAC and value it at $1,000.00 if you want, no skin off my back, just don't expect me to do the same. Buy what you like at a price that makes you happy - it's all that really matters.

That's a good Alley but not a Mountain Dew - they don't have any white in the striping, only bright yellow and maybe a bit of orange. Here's another one Ron posted earlier . . .

I agree with Chad on the third, but it is a bit weird. I'm pretty sure the second is JABO and the first may well be too.

Again, it's about the quality of the Sparkler, what the ideal example of a Sparkler looks like and how the variants stack up against it. Here's a box that Bob Block posted years ago. And this is what I would consider an exceptional example of a Sparkler - Bill McCaleb posted it years ago . . .

I might add that Sparklers are not patch type marbles.

There are Sparklers and there are sparkler-type marbles. Where people draw the line can vary, as can the quality of a Sparkler. There are exceptional examples, excellent examples, fair examples and poor examples. The same can be said for all other types of marbles.

JABO is my bet.

They are VHTF - some of them have a bit of orange in the yellow too. Here's one Ron posted in 2020. They have yellow only, maybe with some orange, and never any white.

The green and tan looks Ravenswood and the others look like Heatons, at least to me.

It's a pretty crazy looking marble.- I can't even offer a thoughtful guess as to who made it.

It may well be Akro but I probably wouldn't call it a Sparkler unless there are more colors than I'm seeing - the white filaments seem pretty fuzzy too. Having said that, it may well have wanted to be a Sparkler. 🙂

I think this is essentially a game marble with a little color that probably shouldn't really be there. And like all marbles, they usually show the same types of seams or patterning as all the other marbles from a particular maker. They are generally not considered collectible.