Ric

They do look older, Joep, but the colors/combos are not ones I'm familiar with - could it just be shoddy newer manufacturing?

It might be some sort of optical illusion but this one looks closer to 3/4" too, at least to me.

Looks a little closer to 3/4" and doesn't look Alley to me. It's tough to tell but it looks sorta butt-crackish on the right too - really need better pics, IMO.

The marble is pretty small in the photo and it loses a lot of definition when you try to enlarge it so it's tough to get a very good at it. But it looks more Champion (or maybe even JABO) to me - size 11/16"-3/4", as far as I can tell.

Is it veneered? If so, I'd guess it's a Type II Tiger Eye with a ribbon out of place. If it's opaque, I'd say just some sort of patch and ribbon. The colors remind me a bit of some Opals I've seen so if the base is opalescent it might be an Opal.

The size, glass flow, pattern, colors, and overall "feel". Of course, I could be wrong though. 🙂

Man, I really like a nice Ravenswood and these are great examples!

A few not so uncommon Champion Metallics, all around 9/16".

I agree with Steph.

Then I doubt they are polished - nice find.

It's a little hard to tell if they are polished from these photos but there are real sulfides in this size range, although they tend to be much harder to find. Do you see any evidence of "rippling" or pontils in the glass?

Yes, it is dyed. Some can be dyed blue too. I think they often used the more drab white/gray stones for dying since they were not as attractive as the stones with better color and the dyed color came out better using the lighter-colored stones.

This one looks like a JABO to me.

Looks like an NLR Butterscotch to me - nice one too.

Sorry about your mishap. There are always lessons to be had. Glad you recognized one and stated it so well here. Quite a few years ago Bill McCaleb was carrying a tray of about 120 high dollar Alleys. He caught his foot on a step and flung them all over the kitchen. They were in the sink, down register grates, even on top of the kitchen cabinets. Fortunately, most of the ones we recovered were undamaged but we were still finding them months later - they really went everywhere. It was a comical episode and Bill was unhurt so we were both chuckling when he got up off the floor, looked at me and said, "they're only marbles". We laughed about it for years and years.

I've always been a fan of translucent agates . . .

I think that is a fairly common bag of Vitros packaged for the French market in the 1970s. It looks like the marbles are the newer style All Reds and related patches.

Banded Swirl?

I think it's a Pelt Rainbo - nice colors.

Chocolate Mint

Alox bought marbles from Master (I have several Alox bags with big Master Sunbursts in them) but they only made game marbles and swirls, which were mostly transparent.

Dang, are you sure?

Some great color and nice marbles in this bag of Pennsboro Alleys . . .

I've grabbed these about every chance I've had. Years ago we sorted them as Champions but at the Indy Show earlier this year I put one in Ron's hands and he said "that's a nice Heaton". I also see that Bob Block sold one in a Heaton group last year so I am now convinced they are Heatons. Very nice marbles too, IMO - sorry it's not the best photo.

That's a nice pair, Chad! Is there a bit of AV in that Corkscrew too?