Ric

Looks like the top insert to an old glass one pint jar - probably had a zinc lid.

It is really cool - almost looks like the core is hollow. There is glass in there, right? lol. And I'll bet the edges are sharp, especially on the thin section!

Nice little cornucopia of mibs!

I'm not positive, but I think Ron is referring to the JABO WVMC Run, which was in 2011. Here is a photo of a boxed set of the marbles from a recent @Columbusrockhound EBay Auction: Given that the diameter of the Quarter is just under 1", I'd guess the marbles are at least 7/8".

JABO? It'd be a really weird one. While they did make a few marbles with seams, in some newer runs, they aren't that common. I don't think this is one of them.

If that's what it is, Ron, that might explain why I thought I saw one in your collection. I probably did, just not in an Alley case. lol

Another good question might be, how long have you had that marble? And what year was that JABO WV run?

The second is Pelt. The first is likely "black" that's really very dense purple, and it looks more purple where the "black" and white meet- not that I can actually see this from the pics.🙂

If it was a messy cork, I would expect the red and yellow stripes to at least hang together a bit better.

I always thought the MCSs were tweeners at the end of NLR production, but . . .?

I agree with Vacor too, the little green tracer next to the yellow ribbon is a tell.

They're nice, Joep. But the vast majority of white swirls in a colored transparent base are hard to definitively attribute to a particular company.

See how the ribbons all converge pretty close together at the seams? That is not a very common trait for Peltier.

Really? I am not seeing it . . .

I agree, the last one is a MCS, and some might call the first one a Skunk.

It looks like a ribbon got submerged in the base glass - it's not what I would consider a cat's eye.

Again, I really don't like to question Ron, because it usually doesn't end well for me - other than getting some more schooling. But I know he doesn't mind a little honest debate either. So I definitely agree it would be weird colors for Pelt, and that the V fold on Pelts is not common (although, I have seen it on more than one). But I do see flipped four ribbon pattern, I think. It does look like there might be a little separation in the top #1 ribbon, maybe it just dipped below the base a little on the edge?

I'm looking forward to it! But you'll make it easier for all of us if you show only a few marbles with multiple views in each post.

I would have sworn I saw one in your collection, or somewhere. But I don't think it's a marble you'd forget so . . .?

You should just put them all in a big box and send them to me. Just think of the time and effort you'd save, and you wouldn't have to move them either!

I was one of those hundreds who had the marble in hand, it's a scary Jorkscrew, and one of the reasons I have tried to learn Jabos too.

If there are only three ribbons running more or less seam-to-seam, I would say foreign. If there are four (even if one is hidden beneath the surface), I might rethink it, since the white color looks really good.

Good shot, Rick - Alley is all I see.

Very cool, Craig, thanks for the link. The packages look a little different than the cello and plastic ones I've seen -they sort of look flat-backed and shrink wrapped. Have you seen similar? It'd be nice to have that cat display.

I agree, one of them got spun on the rollers.