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I call this St. Mary's Alley a Ghost Superman, but I may be the only person who does.

I say if you find them over an inch - keep 'em. Nice ones, Dave!

Nice Dave, I'd say they're examples worth having!

I came across this pic (on pinterest) while surfing, these are not the minor differences I thought they were. But I still don't know if the right one is really a fake or a later reprint. Master Marble started about 1930 then reorganized and became Master Glass in 1941. MG did not close until 1974 so it seems at least possible that the box on the right was produced by Master Glass late in their history. These are apparently the boxes that were "found" flat, claimed to be NOS, and back-filled. Maybe @Al Oregon or someone else knows more about this.

Mine is is not "packed" either and I think that, at some point in time, bunches of NOS No. 5 boxes were found flat and back-filled. There are apparently two versions of the box that show minor differences from one another too, which has lead to some speculation about possible reproduction, although they might have just been reprinted too - maybe one at Master Marble and another at Master Glass?

Not a Tiger Eye but it does look Master to me - not seeing Vitro.

Well, rats! I just dumped them out and I have 25 - a senior moment, I guess.

If there is transparent blue on the third one I think it may be an older All Red, even before the Black Line All Reds, aka, a TriLite.

It's giving me a bit of a Euro vibe.

Ha, I just looked at mine and I have 24 too. I was thinking 5 x 6 put I guess it's 4 x 6.

A couple of extra colors too . . .

I think the two color P&Rs are less common than the single color or tricolor ones, aren't they?

If the bases are transparent I would call them Onyxes.

I'm thinking 30 but I'm not entirely sure about it.

That's a little surprising since transparent West Virginia Swirls were made by the boxcar-full. 🙂

Here's an odd duck and a normal patch. The odd patch on the left sort of reminds me a little of the "Eye" type patches I have been interested in lately. It's also has seams that are "pinched" together. And what appears to be black bursting out of the seams actually is black, or maybe about as black as purple can get given the purple streaking over the blue on this 100% opaque marble. I think it's pretty unique and I like it quite a bit, but it sort of makes me want to take a hammer to the one on the right just to see what's under that blue. 😄

Well, that depends some - if there are multiple colors they're probably worth taking a look at. 🙂

@Tommy I hope you don't mind me piling in here. 🙂 I think yours is like the center one I am showing - I waffle back and forth between Alley and Ravenswood with it. Mine is a tough to photograph salmon/red color that looks a bit too orange in photos - like yours I think. It's the two flanking ones I am having difficulty with but am leaning Champion on. Any thoughts about any of them will be greatly appreciated.

I agree, still Alley.

I'm lucky that I have marbles everywhere and many I have not seen in years, maybe decades. So I can find "new" ones about anytime I care to look for them. lol.

I'm getting ready to back off here a lot too. I want to be outside working, traveling and playing when the weather gets nicer. I've got a pretty bad case of "cabin fever" at this point. But it is reassuring to know that marbles will still be around if and when I feel like "playing" with them for a while.

I'd say Master Sunburst and it was definitely a nice one in it's day.

Not to me, maybe to someone else. Now, if it was a Moonie or a Cloudy that might be different.

It is a bit subjective. For instance, a smaller marble with three colors and a less busy pattern might be more desirable than a larger marble with two colors and a busier pattern, but maybe not, rarity plays an important role too.

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.