Ric
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In general for Cat's Eyes, those with more vanes and more colors are better. It's even better if different colored vanes cross-through one another. It looks like you might have an 8 or 9 vane on the left in your last pic.
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Sparklers usually have filaments of different colored glass running pole to pole inside the marble. These look kind of like single-vane Cat's Eyes to me.
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With the new pics, I am leaning even further toward Vitro.
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It's different. It reminds me of some Santa Clauses I have seen - but the colors are different, of course.
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I agree, it looks mostly like an Akro, but I have not seen any other four colors like it so I have my doubts . . .
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Looks more like a swirl than a slag to me, but there's not much to go on, and I wouldn't want to stretch too far for an ID.
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They do not look American-made to me, Joep. Do you know if there are any reference works for machine-made marbles from European countries - even published in a language other than English? Do you know of any other machine-made marble collectors, or collector's clubs over there? It sure would be nice to find an expert on the subject.
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The first looks Akro, maybe Vitro. The next two are JABO, I think.
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Kinda hard to see. They look mostly Asian to me but . . . ?
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That'd be a pretty crazy Pelt, at nearly an inch . . .
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This is exactly what I am thinking, Steph, and why I am hesitant to stretch too far to ID some as American-made.
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These look more like JABO Classics to me.
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I would guess Alley on the first and the third, even though the structure looks a little JABO. The second is a wacky patch that looks Akro to me.
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The first is likely Master (brushed patch) - maybe Akro. The second looks more Akro to me.
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A foreign, probably Asian, cat's eye.
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Hard to say from these pics, maybe a swirl with a twist.
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Good straight on shots of the seams helps with marbles like this but I am thinking Akro on this one.
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Looks like it might be a pinched (folded) Vitro.
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The second is a slag, the first looks a bit more like a swirl.
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In my experience, a good yellow puree is hard to find, not sure why though, maybe it's just me. And I think some 3/8" mibs were used in roll-on applicators back in the day.
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Looks like some of the spiral is hiding in a fold.
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3-6 look Vitro, 7 Akro and 8 Master or maybe Akro.
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I am thinking Vitro.
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Welcome Joep! That is interesting and attractive jewelry. As you may have gathered, my name is Ric. I am half Dutch (the good half as my 93 year old Mother would say) and I used to trade marbles with a beautiful soul named Winnie, who lived in Amsterdam. Unfortunately, she is no longer with us (RIP). She was wonderful community member - I miss her being here. -
It's a pretty marble. But I worry that many of these marbles that kind of resemble Vitro or Akro are not USA-made, and that I need way more education about these sorts of patch and ribbon styles. Do we even know where outside the USA they made this style of marble?