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. . . a well deserved coronation, indeed. Congratulations Queen Steph!

At one point, I thought this might be a Green Sunset but, nah . . .

Years ago, I think there was some consensus that this type was Peltier, but I was never too sure about it. Any thoughts? Any others to post?

Thanks Cheese, I wonder if there's an American company that didn't make a RW&B marble.

Thanks Al, that's sort of what I thought too - kind of a stretch to call them Champion Jrs. when so many other types were found in the same bags, and I will be dropping the term for ID from here on out.

Good idea - it sounds like fun! I'll bet a lot of those kids are going to show those pucks to their own children someday.

Dang, that's a cool mib - looks like a starfish in there!

I'm not too knowledgable about these types but the open poles suggest they have been polished. I doubt they are "end of day" marbles.

That job would be far beneath any cat.

or something, maybe . . . ?

Win? Was I competing somehow? I don't really get it.

Do you know if that is true for each variant? I've only seen 9/16" like the ones I posted and I've only seen 5/8" like the ones you posted. I have not seen any at 11/16".

Thanks, Ron. There are two marbles there. Pretty sure I bought every one I had a chance at. The second one you posted is probably the nicest I have ever seen - four colors on a Ravenswood -wow! The two I posted are both 9/16" - I'm betting yours are 5/8"?

I'd say it's an Inky - the base is just a little less yellow than most, perhaps.

You guys do realize it's Thursday, right? lol

Great pic Mibber. The marbles ain't half-bad either - nice ones!

Nice one! But I think it might be from Ohio.

That's a dandy!

It's a Ravenswood swirl, Tommy. The transparent blue is the key - some of the nicest ever made, IMO, and pretty hard to forget if you've seen it in hand. The trans blue on some CAC's is pretty similar though.

Painting rocks and leaving them for others to find is a popular pastime around here - kids especially enjoy it. The idea is that if you find one, you should enjoy it and re-hide it (not too well) so someone else can find it and enjoy it too. If you want to keep it, you're supposed to replace it with one of your own making. They are often inscribed with the location of origin followed by the word "Rocks" and the date. I've actually found some really awesome ones when I'm walking the dog but I always re-hide them since I don't paint any of my own to replace them with. Lots of kids will take pictures of them before they re-hide them and have a sort of competition to see who can find the most when they're out at a park or something. I've found rocks from several different states (and years) at the park I frequent, which has a campground associated with it.

Nice Al, thanks a lot - any idea how the dark-based ones became known as Champion Jrs, or am I off base?

The first and second look a little like American mibs, but I think they're not too. The last looks like a colored clay marble with color left only in the low spots.

This thread got a little confusing . . . to be sure, the OP is a Vitro Tri-Lite.

I'm leaning Master, even though they didn't make that many big ones - reminds me of a Paul Bunyan style.