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It's not screaming JABO to me, but it could be a Classic that I am not familiar with. You have to be a little careful because JABO is not the only company that produced marbles with this type of structure - they just made a lot more of them than most other companies.

I agree with Akro. They made more slags than any other company by a good margin so the odds are with you.

Bingo! They probably could have called them "penguins" but you know . . . "as strait as a crow flies" and all that. 😄

Not based on what I'm seeing!

If only I had known it was "light pink"! 😄

Here is a nice pic of "Crows" that Steph posted long ago . . . And I think Melissa is right, smaller ones are far less common.

Thanks, Melissa - you're the girl! Pretty marbles too!

@marblemanvintagemarbles When I say "Sometimes marbles "spin" a bit on the rollers", this is the sort of thing I mean . . . New collectors often mistake it for a sign of hand-gathering.

I agree, just an artifact from production - not intentional. Sometimes marbles "spin" a bit on the rollers. In this case, the rollers appear to have had some crud on them, as Alan said.

Thanks for putting me straight, Melissa. I need to either start paying attention to "new" marbles or start ignoring them altogether. 🙂 Are Watermelon Cat's Eyes a type of marble or a specific color combination? How about Painted Turtles, are they a specific color combination?

I thought Painted Turtles were a particular color combination: Am I wrong?

They call those Tracers because of the white following the colored ribbons.

Cool Cat's Eyes . . .

How many Master errors have you found? They're rare as hen's teeth, IME.

Two CACs and . . . a couple of favorites. 🙂

Those are great bags! I think Jack Pressman (Uncle Jack?) was one of the first to market Japanese marbles in America. His push for profit was at least partially responsible for the downfall of the American toy glass marble industry.

It's an Alley, not so unusual with brown on that milky gray base.

That's a good find. Those tops and bases were made by Andy Davis (RIP) from cullet - meaning chunks of scrap glass from the run. He took the chunks to his shop remelted them and molded tops and bases. My son Jake (RIP) used to love to run into Andy at the shows when he was young because Andy would always pull a top out of his pocket and give it to him. He was definitely one of the good guys. 🙂

I agree with foreign - a K&M would most likely have at least a little white showing, and there is nothing about the structure or colors that looks Pelt to me.

It looks like an old laboratory acid bath or something.

I agree, but if that marble is mint, I'm a Zulu King.

I agree - you're doing good with the IDs today!

Yes, an older one IMO.

I wouldn't have it with my Alleys - maybe Heaton, maybe JABO, IMO.

Yes, a PPP with a base that looks like it might react to UV.