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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.

Super nice boxes, Bill! The Tri-lites are sweet and that is a really nice assortment of Master Marbles too. Congratulations!

JABO on the left, not too sure about the right one, it might be JABO too.

The Vitros are nice, and the blue/white/yellow is a Peltier Multicolor without any swirl. Not too sure about the left one - I would need a couple of more views.

I can't identify these either but you really need to check for aventurine in the green of the third one (with that nice black stripe) - I'd check for it in the black too.

Game marbles are usually just one solid opaque color. These look like West Virginia swirls.

The first one looks most like a modern Marble King and the last one might pass for a Vitro. The middle one doesn't resemble any American marble I know of, and I am not confident any of them are USA-made. The color combinations on the second and third marbles are great though. I especially like the blue on the second one! I would check for aventurine in the green on that one too. It is most easily seen in sunlight and it sparkles.

It took a while to come up with this - it was worth the wait.

I think it's a newer Marble King.

Nice Vitros and a nice size. They appear to be Chickpeas or variants.

It sure would be nice to have more info about European machine-made marbles, or the marbles that were exported from here, if they were different than domestic products. I find it a little surprising that there isn't more known about European machine-made marbles or that, apparently, the marble collecting hobby isn't as well organized there as it is here - at least I have not seen any marble boards with European addresses. If I had to, I would probably try to learn a different language just to participate and see what I could learn!

The first one and the last one have nice colors.

If the red was opaque - it looks transparent to me, the right one could pass for a Vitro All Red.