Ric

Tommy, One more quick tip: on the Pincer-types the seams are often open (you can see the clear - the colors are separated, kind of like a "split" in the seam). This is also not a common trait on Vitros.

Tommy, Check out the tight U-shaped seams on the Pincers you posted elsewhere (you can see it easily on the left marble): You really won't see that shape of seam on Vitros.

I think the marbles are referred to as Wales, simply because some were packaged in Wales jobber bags (I'll bet Al has one he could show us), But I have seen Cat's Eyes packaged in Wales bags too. I think some would refer to the marbles shown above as "Pincers". They're a little different than the Japanese "Mt. Fuji's" Al posted in another thread (and I copied below.) The "Pincers" are a brushed (or veneered) marble. The seams are a bit more like Master but one tends to have a real tight U-shape (like shown on Tommy's right marble). All of this is, AFAIK.

About 99.9% of the time, I wouldn't even question Ron. But I have never seen a Vitro with that kind of a black bird-looking patch or base glass. I'll go with Ron's other idea - Akro (or maybe even Master, since the base reminds me of one of those "snow globe" types). 🙂

The left swirl might be Alley and the second Champion - not sure about the third. Most of the patches are Vitro Helmets (the front center may not qualify as a helmet but it's a Vitro, IMO) The odd man out in the back might be Akro but sort of hard to tell from just one view.

Most above are Vitro Conquerors (white veneer on surface) or Vitro Phantom Conquerors (white wispy threads). But Nos. 2, 3 & 5 below look Asian to me - the first may be Master and the 4th is Vitro. Just my 2 cents. 🙂

The yellow, white & purple in the first pics and the green & white, and purple "V" i n the last pics look Vitro to me. The others look Asian - some folks might refer to them as Wales types.

These are pretty common but the name escapes me at the moment. I may be getting old . . .

The left one does look like an Alley. I am leaning CAC on the right one, but it might be Akro.

The left is a Vitro Trilite and the right one does look lazy Akro corkscrew from these views.

That's a great piece of paper!

I like Vitros with a good bit of transparent glass and I really like the base color on that one.

The first one looks like it might be a Wedding Cake - kind of hard to tell from these views - looks a little out of focus. I doubt the second one is though, and it does not look like a Cat's Eye either.

Vienna Parrots? That's how Chuck B. referred to these . . . the colors are a cut above, for sure.

Blueberry Ade?

This might qualify as odd . . .

It does have the Ace base. I am not familiar with an Ace Popeye though. This one's not a Popeye, IMO.

I saw that little round-looking spot too but I am chalking it up to shear wierdness. 🙂

Good call, I'd say!

Man, you've got a nice Vitro collection! I wish mine was half as well organized. All the marbles are great. But hands down, this is my favorite: It's a killer.

There are some dandy marbles in that case! The single doesn't really strike me as Peltier, although it does sort of have the look, something just seems off - maybe one from Anacortes?

The Cat's Eyes look Asian to me. And I agree with the chip in the amber one - it's amazing how symmetrical they can be, and the little nub in the center of it is not too uncommon either.

I agree the slag looks like it might be hand-gathered but I wouldn't expect to see a pontil.

I doubt Vitro on the left one . . . the other two do look a little Vitro but I wonder about the possibility of newer Jabos. Parts of some runs did have seams and that sort of structure and the colors don't really look Vitro to me. I haven't kept very good track of the newer marble runs maybe someone else will recognize them.

Cool marble, it's an odd one too. About the only thing that makes it look gathered is that weird tail. Given the size, and the way it looks, I wonder if it might be a double ingot? I thought the same about that other one you posted. And I agree about the blue on the one I posted - very odd for Pelt. I do think it's Kokomo. I have seen that sort of blue on some of them.