Ric

Okay, I think two - if the dark one is a cat's eye. I think the others which look like they might be are reflecting the vane color.

Meaning dug . . .

New Park Gate. New Pork Fats. New York Mate. New York Cats. Now Work Late. New York Date. . . .

Big Vitros:

33-34? Or if you mean 'color-based', maybe 1?

From last spring's Alley escapade:

Yup, it's a Muddy.

Do you think the banickle man is one of a kind or is this a character someone might know something about?

I think I have seen these before - large, as I recall?

Jack reminded me of others I know who truly take pleasure in simple things - he always seemed happy. I will miss his posts. My heartfelt condolences to his family.

Wow, thank you for showing them. That is a beautiful assortment - stunning.

I imagine that during the evolution of the marble market and industry, a lot of the same folks who sold clay marbles retail probably started selling glass marbles. Putting clays in with glass might have been Albright's way of transitioning and still moving clay stock.

Dang nice Tiger Eye as far as I can tell.

Several years ago, I bought a couple of double header cellophane bags with "Big Boys" in them. Ron got one and I think I lost the other. No kidding, it's MIA - rare bag too. But who knows, I have stuff everywhere, maybe I'll find it some day.

I'd say that's a good bet. The early producers may not have had the sort of sales experience and team to move enough marbles to grow profits. If Albright and Gropper had the retail contacts, they would be the ones with the better understanding of market conditions and preferences. They probably fed that info back to the producers who likely responded in some way.

The marbles are okay too.

They are all great but I especially like the last one. Thanks for showing them!

The biggest I know of are the Paul Bunyan patches. Altough there may be some debate as to whether they were actually made at Ravenswood, the last I heard there was some eye-witness account suggesting they were. Perhaps they made them on the machine purchased from Akro? The patches do look a bit like Akro. Any idea when the Paul Bunyans were made/packaged? In general, it seems many of the clear based swirls are a bit oversized at about 11/16" and I do have a 3/4" opaque swirl in a 15 count Playtime bag that I am pretty sure is Ravenswood.

Wow . . . look what I've been missing - lots of great stuff in this thread. Thanks for showing it! I can probably sort at least three/four different types of "moonies" but I am not entirely sure who made which.

Wow, Winnie, those are super marbles! Galen????? lol. And I like Eurobursts too.

Kokomo

Well heck, Clyde . . . I'm sorry I missed your birthday. It looks like it was quite a party. But better late than never, I guess . . . Happy Everything!

I think the best ones are more like Phantom Conquerors, with the whispy white filaments running pole to pole.

A few interesting ones in this group . . .