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Thank you, it is also one of my favorites. I like everything about it - the white base and the Alley signature blue. Could maybe have a little better coverage but it's definitely a keeper in my book too. 🙂

Nice marble, Steph. Do you know which run its from?

Something seemed off about this marble, and I think John put his finger right on it.

Whoa, John, that's a nice marble - the size is great, and I really like the the cutoff and the looping!

Thanks for checking that Dave - I'm impressed that you found it! I was expecting it to glow green. It's interesting that it doesn't.

I even like Cloudies . . . 🙂 Some of the coolest "game marbles" around, IMO.

And another Alley for good measure . . . A good white-based Calligraphy is no easier to find than one with a colored-base, IMO.

And a less pretty Alley . . . Still cool though - I like the copper-colored metallic ones.

I'll start with a pretty JABO Classic . . . Some of the classics can be very nice, IMO.

@William @Tommy @Dave 13 Nice marbles last week, especially the bricks. Dave's has been played to near perfection and the turkey head on Tommy's is killer!

I'd been thinking on this marble and had come to the conclusion that it almost has to be Alley, and then I saw this in a photo of one of Ron's Alley cases - check out the loops . . . Sorry it's a poor image - I snipped it from an enlarged photo of the marbles taken through glass and this one just happened to be in a bad spot. I think your marble is just one of those odd Alley types that just doesn't look all that Alley. 🙂

Cool, thanks Joe! I was thinking "Red Devil" for the lower right one?

It's a dandy marble, for sure. Is it a Burnt Orange Rebel or just a Burnt Rebel? It looks more orange than red to me.

Pretty sure these are Vacor - no idea of the names . . . The smallest is 1 5/16" and the largest is 1 15/16".

Might just be a anemic Wasp (maybe a Tiger) - I think a Tiger is more orange and a Bengal Tiger would have a distinct yellow too.

Those are some pretty marbles - hybrids are great! The blue/violet is a different color combination, for sure, although I have never seen such gnarly seams on a Vitro Cat's Eye.

Wow, Joe, I must have been on hiatus when you posted this - that's a great box!

The patterns, colors and coverage from this run varies like crazy - Ed got really creative with them. I've seen variants without any green that look so Akro or Alley it's scary.

Definitely a nice marble! And there's quite a bit of variation with Copperheads but I am not sure I've seen one with such deep ribbons or as much transparent glass - I think they are white based marbles. Here's one Clyde posted back in 2013 . . . And another Ann posted about the same time . . . And here's one Bill had . . .

It was Ed Parson's Furnace Wash (2010) - there were a bunch with ox and green on white, and the coverage and patterns were highly variable. I think the base glass is the tell. This might be a "weak" one. This one could be for sale. 🙂

I almost hate to say it but similar marbles were made in a JABO contract run.

A variation on the Tiger Eye theme - green instead of purple. In my experience these might be a little harder to find than Tiger Eyes. Only the upper left one has any UV reactivity . . .

It's still Akro Friday so here are a few "inky" ones, with a black one in the middle just for contrast . . . No oxblood under the blue on these . . .

Thanks a lot for this! I haven't really been keeping up. 😉

You'd probably have even better luck looking around Clarksburg, WV. 😉