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Me too.

I thought it looked kind of funny. Now I know why. I am with Chad on this one - a purple slag with a ton of white!

I'd guess Alley on that one, Tommy.

When Vitro goes pink, it's usually turns out looking good. And that's a great group of Cosmics, Bill. All I have are five 1"-ers. It seems a trade might be in order. 🙂

Good deal, I saw Marble King but didn't think they came that small. And since you've covered my memory more than once, I'll cover your's here - Popeye and Olive Oyl's baby was named Sweet Pea (although, my spelling may not be correct).

Thanks Ron, I am sure you remember those marbles. We talked about them a few times years ago and, at the time, we couldn't quite place them. Now, after the Heaton digs, it seems almost obvious.

I think Ron was onto something with JABO. The colors aren't familiar to me but he would know. The fold and the butt crack are very common traits on JABOs.

That is a pretty little marble, William. It reminds me most of a Vitro but I am not sure about it, and Vitros that small are very uncommon so . . . ? Sometimes I like the smaller marbles better than the big ones. They can be like little gems. I'd keep that one, for sure.

Just some interesting Conqueror types.

Good info, Ron - thanks. Do you think looking at the base glass helps? It seems to me that the Heaton glass quality might be a little less than Peltier's - a bit more bubbly and not quite as bright. You know, the clear on the Pelt bananas is usually about as good as it gets.

I agree on the Pincers too, and that first marble looks like a cute little guy - it'd be nice to see another shot or two of it. And just a heads-up, if you position yourself so any shadows are more-or-less behind the marbles you'll get a much better image.

The marble looks a little surreal. That doesn't look like a cut line to me. It looks more like a crease in the middle of a fold. One of the seams is at the end of the ribbon, if I am seeing things correctly. The other is probably on the other side of the crease about the same distance away.

Nice, multicolor Heatons - they can't be too common. Still mine!

Thanks a lot, Al. I am pretty sure that second photo is the one Patry originally posted in this thread back in November of 2007, and she was right when she said they are hard to find too.

There's not a lot to go on with these pics. It's not a helmet. I am not even positive it's a Vitro, although it may well be. Helmets usually have ear flaps (more or less) and a stripe down the center. Here are a couple of Chad's from a different thread.

Nice display. I like the signs too. I have flats of stuff I sorted years ago. A couple of weeks ago I came across one and it took me a few minutes to figure out what they where. But then, there's a real good chance I have way too many marbles.

That's a nice group of marbles. On first pass, I think I only saw a couple that are foreign, and you have Akro, Vitro, Peltier, Marble King, Alley, and perhaps other companies represented too - not a bad find.

I think you got them, Tommy. The only one I might question is #3 but it may well be Alley too. The first one with bright white and yellow on that cream/tan base is a nice one. Yellow like that is not too common on Alleys.

Lots of sparkle in this pair.

That's a cool one, Tommy. Purple Cat's Eyes are a bit harder to find, at least for me.

Those are great photos, Bill. Are you using your phone or a camera?

It would be great if someone had a copy of Patry's original pic and could repost it here, since there is a long story behind these marbles, which are now positively identified as Ravenswood, and Patry's were the first ones many of us had seen. Here are a couple of mine for reference. And Kudos again to Alan for providing the community with such an excellent resource. It took a lot of work to put together, for sure, and I for one one really appreciate it - I have for years!

I'm leaning Alley on the swirl. The other two are weird. Like you, I'd say Akro or Master and because of the colors, maybe more likely Akro - that white seems a little too bright for Master.

Hello Edward, It looks like a nice book and it's always fun to see different variations of marble games. But I would probably most enjoy the pictures since, Meine deutschen Sprachkenntnisse sind schlecht und verkehrt herum sind sie schrecklich! Because I only had two years of German language in high school, and that was about 45 years ago. I had to check with a translator just to make sure I got that sentence close. 😄