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The Strikes and Cages are great old marbles, for sure. I'd like to have multiples of each. 🙂

Yup - that ^^ fits the "odd" description . . . I've wondered if this might be Kokomo.

The top one is a great marble - looks like an old Sistersville Alley to me - very nice! The second looks like a Peltier.

Those purples are cool. I'll have to look and see if I have anything like those - it seems unlikely, since I don't think I would forget them. And that is a great display! I have always liked those orange/yellow/mossy ones.

Nice marble, I'd have it with my Alleys.

Or these . . .

Or Aquamarines and their variants . . .

I can't resist a nice Cat's Eye either . . .

Hi Bruce, Rainbos usually have four or six ribbons running seam to seam. Vitros can sometimes look a bit like them but are not usually as symmetrical. Having said that, some of the ribbons on Rainbos can get pretty wild - to the point where its sort of hard to tell there really are four or six. Beyond that, colors are usually a very good clue, as are the shape of the seams - there is usually at least one sort of weak "S"-shaped seam on Rainbos - not so common on Vitros. Here are some Peltier Rainbos: And some Vitros, for comparison: I hope this helps. But beyond that, like Rooster said, study and sort, study and sort . . . it'll take some effort, but you'll get there eventually!

These are some of my favorites . . . but I have lots of favorites when it comes to Vitros!

They do look more Akro in the newer pics - like some kind of eggyolk maybe?

It is a cool one - I have seen similar, but not too many, that's for sure.

I am not seeing Akro but I am not sure what I am seeing.

Hey Chad, I was referring to this ad: It seems they are talking about Peppermints - I was wondering about mica "stars" to go with the stripes. At some point I am going to try to identify the earliest reference to American machine made glass marbles in this collection of ads.

I think the top two are Aquamilks. The bottom three are aquamarines. I like 'em.

Nice work, Chuck - pretty steady hand for an OG!

Looks like a machine-made that got twisted in the rollers. Given these views and the 1" size, I won't venture more than that.

Nice Tiger Eyes. Here's a little pink to go with that purple. And what I call a reverse Conqueror, just for fun.

This is a nice bit of work, Chad - a very nice contribution to the forum. I like the reference to "National Colors Marbles". I wonder if they had "stars" in them too - no mention I could find.

I do love Vitros, and you have some nice ones!

It's a big one.

I had not looked at the PAM book in years. The only Heaton names mentioned are: Dragon's Blood, Robins Egg, Green Snake, Fawn Swirl, Dad's Fancy, and Johnny Reb. But there probably aren't a lot of people who could put these names together with the corresponding marbles. I do believe Robin's Egg has stuck though.

I should have said that . . . Unfortunately, the quality of the many marble photos is not very good.