Ric

Hey William, I thought Tomatoes were Vitros! Nice hand vase - I have a matched pair just like it.

Nice mibs, Tommy. I think the left is an oddball corkscrew. But Akro made many patches and corks with the same color combos. The Carnelian looks like it has the additional color yellow, which is unusual. Does it glow?

The left appears to be a dyed agate. The center looks like an Akro corkscrew and the right one appears to be a slag. To tell if the agate is hand-faceted, shine a bright light on it and look at the point of light on the surface as you slowly rotate the marble. If it's hand-faceted, the point of light will appear to skip or jiggle around. For comparison, do the same on a glass marble.

That's a dandy marble, Joe!

They are slags. The left one looks like a hand-gathered Navarre. The other two look like Akros to me.

Yup.

Thanks a lot for this, Art. It's the most comprehensive list of the Investor Runs that I recall seeing.

The middle one looks like it might be a double ingot (two smaller marbles mushed into one).

The left two look like Alley Agates and the right is a Peltier Zebra with AV (referring to the last pic).

The outer ones are Akro Corkscrews and the middle one looks like Akro too - it's just really weird, maybe dug. They appear to be in the "Lifesaver" family.

Neat little gift box, Joep!

Nice, Dave, that makes it pretty unusual IMO.

Nice mib, Fuzzy - the off white base is great. Does it show a UV glow?

Great marble, Chad - I'm thinking that one's a less common color combination.

Nice Dave, I'm liking the red one. Is the base red too or does it just look that way?

Certainly Akro - Moss Agates to me.

Thanks for that link to the archives, Chris - man, you have a good memory!

It does look a little different than a typical Galaxy, I think, but I am with Steph when it comes to whether the base appears opaque or is actually opaque. Producers can use a lot less pigment to achieve an opaque looking base rather than a truly opaque base, and given that they're usually shooting for the least expensive way to achieve a particular look it makes sense to me that they would do so when they could.

Master for me too.

Some might argue about the Superior name for this one (not me) because it looks like what should have been a second red ribbon is burnt to a brown color. If you look at the ones Steph posted, there are two red ribbons on either side of the yellow patch. Regardless, I actually like this one better since I'm pretty keen on brown. lol

Nice Superior, Rick!

It's an unusually fancy Conqueror. Whether it actually classifies as a Fancy or an Elite, I think has to do with the color of the base glass. But I forget which is which and I think the definitions are a bit hazy either way.

It's a Tri-Lite, for sure. But what makes a Tri-Lite an "Elite" escapes me - I think that definition is somewhat subjective.

It's an odd one, regardless. If the base is transparent, I would say a wacky Type 1 - they are the only type with 3 colors plus white. If that is the case, what looks like a white ribbon was supposed to be a polar patch. If the base is opaque, it might be a Type 4 with an additional color where the second white polar ribbon should be. I hope this makes sense. Or maybe it's not a Tiger Eye. lol

I'm thinking Akro.