Ric

Where is that reflection in the marbles coming from? It look pretty cool.

The bag and mibs are new to me - nice wee ones, though.

Rick! Nice to have you back here! I'll be interested in the WV swirls, of course.

This is the first one I've seen - kinda cool. The design looks like it's been applied to the marble, but I have no idea, who, what, where or when.

The ones on the left in the first pic do look like "gems" - they are usually relatively uniform in size and shape. The others look pretty random - much more like "production fails", IMO.

I think those are going to be pretty cool, Joep - colored "purees" might look even better. 👍

NIce Vitro Tri-Lites - Aquamarines on the right, I think.

Nice displays! Is it wrong that this is what really caught my eye? Those are some nice fish too!

I have no clue what kind of stone, but I would be interested to know too.

I think they're both Vitro Tri-lites. But I might be able to see Akro on the second one.

This is very sad. David was a gentle soul. He had a real flair for life, in general, and writing about marbles, in particular. Whenever I received something from him in the mail it was always a treat. He took a lot of care and time with packaging and presentation, always unique, and always included a hand-written letter. He was one of a kind, and he will be missed.

These are not Vitro, much more likely Asian.

That's a good looking group, Bill - the light blue on that middle one is nice. I always like to have examples of different sizes - the marbles always seem to look better when you mix different sizes together.

I do not think these are mica. I am not certain, but they look mostly like Master marbles to me. They made some that are loaded with white flakes. In fact, some folks refer to them as "snow globes". I don't think I have seen others with this pale blue color though.

$20 seems steep to me. They appear to be a variety of pretty typical stones and dyed clay marbles (and maybe steel ball bearing or two), and the glass marbles appear to be worthless, regardless of what they actually are. I would not buy them.

This is what I have learned, with the help of one of my students: The four characters are "ten-thousand", "mile", "the Great", and "Wall". Together, they make the phrase "The ten-thousand-mile Great Wall", which is the full name of this World Wonder. The red is a signature, and the character appears to be the old Chinese character for "cloud". .

First, I am pretty sure this is Chinese and not Japanese, and it could well be a souvenir from the Great Wall - it is very cool!

I think they are Sunsets.

There are no Vitros here. The first is Peltier. The value on these is little to none, depending on condition, and from what I can see, I doubt a collector would purchase any of them.

If there is only one of those "seams" - I'd call it a creased pontil, and a transitional.

That jar is great - they look really nice in a big group!

Cool mibs, but a little out-of-round.

That is a cool piece of glass, Joep. Who made it?

There is nothing better than the sun for lighting up a marble. The third in the back row and second in the second in the bottom row are my favorites.

They're pretty marbles, I know that much. 🙂 You might want to check this thread out.