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Nice marbles, Dave - those are some gnarly lashes on that first one! Snakes in their natural environment . . . nice photos, William!

Too funny! 😄

I agree with William - nice little group!

Hello Rob, Welcome to the Marble Connection! It's often tough to ID marbles from a single photo. It usually helps a lot to have a few different views of each. Your first one looks like a Vitro Caged (or Horseshoe) style Cat's Eye to me but it's hard to be sure from just that view. The second one looks mostly like a West Virginia Swirl from this angle - more views might help narrow the ID further. Size (diameter) is another characteristic that can often help.

I just thought I would add an interesting tidbit based on an advertisement that George S. sent me . . . In 1935, Meteors were Master Marble's most expensive at $1.50/hundred. I was surprised that Cloudies, Clearies and Sunbursts all sold for $1.00/hundred. All the prices listed were for No. 1 sized (11/16") marbles sold by the Seattle Hardware Co. - go figure.

I always check my clearies! At one point, when I had about 3 gallons or so that had been collected from many sources over many years, I actually sorted them looking for uncommon colors. I wish I would have catalogued them and kept a photographic record because a few colors were very scarce. You know though, I am getting older and I still have those and more, so at some point I might just get crazy enough to do it again. If I get to that point, I'll be sure to post the results - I'm sure y'all be waiting with bated breath.

I'm surprised there isn't a thriving marble collector's community in the UK. It seems like there would be lots of good old German marbles there. Nonetheless, I'm really glad you found us here at the Connection. I for one have really enjoyed seeing and learning about your collection, and I am hoping to see more from you in the future!

Nice! Thanks a lot for showing these. That big blue on white one in your last pic is great!

I feel that! You know, David, when you started posting your boards, I have to admit, there were several variations I had never seen before. So I thank you for curing that and for sharing your wonderful collection!

I'm thinking it's a CAC American Agate.

Me too! I was able to watch them on my Android phone though (thanks William) - very cool!

A few big ones . . .

And a closer look at one of my favorite types . . .

Here are a few Alleys from Pennsboro . . .

@Joe2 @Dave 13 Thanks for starting the day off with some nice WV Swirls - my favorites!

I'm not sure about others, Joep, but all I see for each video is an error message, "No video with supported format and MIME type found".

She posted a few more great cases here (click the Nov 17 date to go right to them).

Just looking at the clear based ones today . . .

Another mildly interesting clear based marble - a little different with no white, I think . . .

It's a good thing it's so unusual and interesting because it's pretty hideous, IMO.

A few more, since I'm already here . . . 🙂

I'm happy to say I've gotten through most of my old "discard" buckets and set aside most of the clean marbles that are worth having. You'd probably be surprised by how many white based Akro Corkscrews and patches I pulled out. 😄 What remains will probably wind up in landscaping.

A MCS with clear base glass for Peltier Tuesday . . .

I'm not sure what the point of the graphic is, Boris. Are you suggesting that the OP is a Type II where the patches and equatorial ribbons are reversed? In other words, it should be a marble with green and blue polar patches and two yellow equatorial ribbons? If so, I'd expect it to be quite a bit sloppier - the colors don't look right for Vitro to me either.

Interesting, Joe, a little cryptic though. I'm guessing you are processing applicants for adult daycare jobs or you are becoming an adult caregiver yourself? Regardless, I wish you much success in your new gig!