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I'm digging the crazy All Red, William!

I can't shake a JABO vibe but I could be wrong. It does look a little Alley-ish too.

What size is it?

I'm pretty sure the top 2 marbles are Marble Kings (a tricolor on the left). The third marble in the second row up from the bottom might be a Vitro Elite. The one right above it and the one in the center of the bottom row also look Vitro. The second marble down in the last row also deserves another look. Many of the others, but not necessarily all, do look like Imperials. Try to limit a single topic to 8-12 marbles in a grid. And show us a couple of sides of the same marble - just roll them a bit and keep them in the same grid position, and take another pic. It'll make it easier for us.

It's a good looking marble - the thin blue tracer makes it even better.

It looks like Alley to me, Tommy.

Welcome. You have a nice mix of vintage marbles and there are many folks here who would be happy to help you identify them. I can identify most of them from your picture. The problem is identifying which marble I am talking about to you. You can make it a lot easier for us if you arrange 8-12 marbles in a grid and post each group in a new topic. If you can show us more than one side of the same marble that could be helpful too- just keep the marbles in the same grid position so we can refer to them by row and column.

Newer MK, I think.

I agree.

AV almost always makes a marble better . . .

Sometimes metal makes a marble look oh so good . . . And sometimes it makes them look a little oogly . . . But who am I kidding? I like the oogly ones too. 🙂

I think these are very attractive marbles. There's just something about that colored transparent striping . . . Mmm mmm good!

Alley made some of the best single color marbles ever, IMO - it's all about the pattern, and these are great examples.

One thing I have noticed about Vacors is that they often have four ribbon streams which is why some can be easily confused with Peltiers.

New Ole Fashion are the Champions from the late 1980s. Old Fashioned Marbles are old mesh bags with Ravenswood marbles and usually one Paul Bunyan, I think.

That's a nice one. I've seen some patterns that can look sorta close to Pelts, and can understand why some people might confuse them. The differences are much more obvious if you've been collecting for a while though.

It sure looks Akro and there are patch versions of many corks, as far as color goes. I would want that orange to be a lot redder before I called it an Indian Blanket patch though.

But your alarms are working fine and that's the all-important first step!

It's unusually large and being a single color on white makes it a bit more challenging. I am leaning Vacor, maybe Alley. Peltier might be another possibility but I'm not really seeing it.

It's mostly just experience - I've seen a lot of them. Colors, pattern, base glass and size are all clues. They made another that is often mistaken for a K&M. Here's a good pic of both from the WVMCC site. http://westvirginiamarblecollectorsclub.com/Recimages/1351941470.jpg

Nice marble. I like it when the white-based ones get red-washed to pink.

I don't know a lot about them but I think they were made at the Anacortes location. I think there are white and clear based ones. Most I have seen have a single color frit on a white base. But I do think there are some with multicolor frit on clear. I thought they were 5/8" marbles but I am not entirely sure about that. @wvrons probably knows more about them. And I do think you are right about the frit being more "melted in" on the Vitros when compared to Vacors but I don't think the Vitro surfaces are entirely smooth.

How about a feathered Peerless Patch . . .

Nice mibs, Bill! Does that Rebel up front have a special name? And what's that yellow-based one called?

A few more from my stash . . .