Ric

I see a couple of stripes that don't terminate at a "seam" or a fold (second pic) so I'm having a tough time convincing myself it's a Pelt. Either way, it looks like a mashup of two globs.

Couple of nice TriLites in the first group and I think that Whitie with gray ribbons in the second group (lower left) is less common - nice finds.

You know, that thought did cross my mind but I just don't know enough about Barberton to have any real ideas.

Nice marbles, Joep - the "bubble core" is cool. AV is sometimes a bit more chunky but most times is fine. If you get it in good light it will look like fine sparkles or glittering.

Haha, too funny, Rick - I had that book when I was young! It wouldn't surprise me if it's still in a box around here somewhere - seriously, I about wore the pages off of it! And thanks for the well-wishes!

I thought they looked unusually stiff in the commercials, almost like they were shrink-wrapped - there didn't appear to be any sag when he pulled them out of the boxes and laid them on the table.

A lot of the cellophane ones were packaged by an outfit called Perfection Packaging in Shelburn IN, which closed a good many years ago. I ran into an old gent who had a lot of cello bags he got from his sister, who worked there. And a variety of marbles, including MK cat's eyes and Vitro Tiger Eyes have been dug at a dump associated with the site.

Some of the multicolor ones can be pretty nice. They made nice pumkin-colored ones to.. I have even seen them with AV. And they are easily confused with Masters.

These are commonly referred to as Imperials - they are Asian. They are not hand-made.

Welcome to The Marble Connection. You have a bunch of different types of Vintage marbles. The wooden box is full of common clays and maybe some stones. The second tub contains mostly brown and blue Bennigtons, but I also see a lined china in there. In the third group there are a variety of Akro Corkscrews, a few Vitros, Marble Kings, West Virginia Swirls, and others. The best marble might be that blue one on the right side with four red/yellow ribbons. That looks to be a Peltier Superboy or Superman. The next bunch is more clays, maybe some stones and a bigger lined china. The next tub is mostly Cat's eyes with a few Vitro Hybrid colored ones, and maybe a Master Marble or two. The last group is game marbles and a couple of purees (the transparent ones). I hope this helps get you started. If you want better info, you'll need to post fewer marbles at a time so we can more easily refer to them. There's also an old hand-made German lattice core in with the cat eye's.

It would be helpful and you will get more responses if you put way fewer marbles (3-4) in a single post. It is just too hard to keep track of which is which and then refer to them easily in a response.

I thin you posted twice - it's an Alley Superman.

Yes, mostly St. Mary's Alleys - the one you picked out is an Alley Superman. They're not easy to find without fractures.

Thanks, Cheese, I can't imagine what else it could be - but then, I'm not that imaginative.

I've got a couple that are over 1".

Yup, Cosmic Rainbows, and nice big ones!

I think you're right, Steph - Cornelian on the left and perhaps the "mulberry" variety on the right.

. . . so a cornelian brick of some sort?

They look a bit like bricks but they're not. What are they called?

And a couple of 60 ct bags:

Just figured I should post these Mountain Shooters here.

There's nothing like the sun to bring out the best in a marble - those are nice ones!

I think straight-on shots of the seams might help clear this up, because I'm still not seeing two same color ribbons on the same half of the marble. Although that top red ribbon looks like it was pushed up toward the other side by the fold. I thought the flip-flop was more like: LEFT | RIGHT red | white white | red or rotated to the other seam: white | red red | white

Probably more like Ball or Mason. 🙂