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I have always liked transparent red base glass and I would really like to see a wide variety of examples, so please, show them if you have them. Thank You!

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The structure of this one is just cool. (#145)

The the transparent green striped ones are nice, Ann. I wasn't sure where they belonged.

Oooh, that one is a dandy, John.

in the neighborhood of $1900?

It's hard for me to see the true colors in your pics, I think. It looks more green than Jeeper's to me, but if the colors and glass in your marble look like Jeeper's, I'd go with Peltier, because I am confident his is one.

Vitrolite was structural glass. A number of WV marble manufacturers used scraps for base glass occasionally. The milky green you're showing glows. Your marble may well be Alley, I'm just not sure which site is most likely. They used similar glass at both.

How big are they?

All great slags - the cane cut one is especially nice - so is the oxblood. Here's some AV. Jolly Green Junior 5/8"

Nice Vitrolite base and great colors!

A few more.

Nice ones . . . thanks Bill! Some others . . .

Nice stuff, Bob. The buttons are great, and I haven't seen too many dyed boxes. Thanks for sharing!

I do not own any Kokomo cullet. I was just lucky enough to poke through big bunches at a few Kokomo shows several years ago with a guy who dug it. I know where the bulk of it wound up though, and have seen samples several times since. Do you know of other Peltiers with that grape red color? And how common is that sort of half-and-half structure on Pelts?

I sure don't see Cairo. It looks nothing but Alley to me.

No, but I can't blame you for trying.

I noticed that one in your Pelt group too - it sticks out like a sore thumb. I sorta wanted to say something, but I don't like to rub anyone's fur the wrong way. The one in my pic is a transparent green base with white and red striping - Guy used to call them transparent christmas trees. I am about 95% sure it's Kokomo, based on dug cullet and marbles, and without seeing some dug or bagged examples from Peltier, I would put yours right next to it. Back in the day, before much was known about Kokomo marbles, a lot of the nicer (and rarer) ones were attributed to Peltier, and I can pretty much guarantee that some of them are still in Pelt collections. Having said that, I rarely see Peltiers categorized as Kokomos - most of them are just way too nice and don't fit well in a group of Kokomos. The vast majority of Kokomos can be described as "interesting", "odd" or "cool", but if most people would call it "pretty", the likelihood of it being Kokomo is slim - not that they didn't make any pretty marbles, they just didn't make many of them.

Here's a production model.

Peewee. JABO.

That is a nice one. These are one of my favorite types.

That wispy one is nice! Here are a few St. Mary's.

I have a couple of those too - more air than glass, I think. Why is the second marble in Mon's post not a Peltier Copperhead variant? Have they been reclassified as Kokomo?

Thanks Galen, That is where I was heading.

That one should go in the Alley Mostly Pix thread.