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Maybe the reason nobody can seem to decide if they are Akro or Master and the reason they are not seen in either company's packaging is because the are Ravenswoods. lol But seriously, didn't one of the old Ravenswood employees claim that they were made at Ravenswood?

The 10 Akro oxblood patches that came with my Babe the Blue Ox toy are 15/16" to 1" and a few have AV in the green.

I've had these two for a long while and I've gone back and forth Akro/Master for years . . . lately, I am thinking they are more likely Master but based on past history, this could easily change again - lol. Either way, they sure look like Paul Bunyan marbles to me.

I am shocked by the $7.50 retail price cited in the article for a 30 count box (I'm assuming this is one of the green, red or blue boxes) - it seems way too high to me. The minimum wage the year Ravenswood closed (1955) was only 75 cents/hour! This seems like it has to be an error. Or maybe they're talking about a gross (144) of the 30 count boxes, which would make more sense - not very clearly written, IMO.

I'll bet it's 16 mm - a hair over 5/8", which is the size they show in the listing on Alibaba. The two I showed are at the beginning of the video.

@wvrons You put on a pretty great show today, Ron! The toys are especially nice. What I find interesting is that the Paul Bunyan marbles appear in about the same mix in both the Alox and Ravenswood packaging - it seems like every bag has one of the blue on green marbles. I wonder if both companies got them from the same supplier (Master?) or if Alox might have gotten them from Ravenswood - I'm pretty sure they bought other marbles from them.

My bet is modern Chinese torchwork . . .

That is so cool, an act of good will from the company for the local kids. I'll bet they sold for a couple of cents, if that.

I'm leaning slightly Champion over Alley on this one, but it could go either way IMO.

Modern is what I am thinking too.

Ravenswoods are always good! Those little jars are so neat - and so fragile. I'm surprised they held together in the dirt all those years and that you were able to recover them in one piece. I imagine they must have had a lid at one time, or maybe a cork. Have you ever seen one with a cover?

I'm thinking it's a Vitro that's a little odd.

It may be but I'd feel better if what appears to be kind of an eggyolk yellow was white - seems like an odd color for an MCS.

That's a crazy cool mib. I would like to see where that multi-color ribbon ends. In other words, pic 2 as the ribbon goes up over the top - what does the end look like?

I'd say that's better but still not quite right. What kind of a camera are you using?

@Kimbernugs Most, if not all (kind of hard to tell on the top ones), of yours are six ribbon Rainbos, which are considerably less common than the four ribbon types.

That's a nice bunch of marbles, Joep. That hand gathered slag and the big red opaque are the ones that first catch my eye but there are a bunch of good ones in there!

It looks like a Master to me.

If the base is blue there is little doubt the other colors are off too. My guess on this one is Alley. But it's really important that the photos look like the marble in hand for a proper ID. The focus looks pretty good but I am not sure what might be causing your color issues. Maybe someone else will be able to offer some tips for correcting it.

This is a fairly common Vitro Transparent Whitie.

That bunch must've been collected over a whole bunch of creek walks! There is everything from soup to nuts with production spanning many years. I'm sort of surprised he's found so many.

An Alley with AV . . .

Another Alley . . .

The AV is great of course, but I think the blue color on these marbles is exceptionally nice too - way to start the day!

I never know for certain which way people are "reading" marbles when they are arranged like this.