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Hint No. 6 - none are Alox. 🙂 So @Tommy we have #1 Alley (Blue Sky) and #5 Vacor (Tidal Wave). Champion, Heaton, Ravenswood, and one duplicate have yet to be assigned.

I have seen a few JABO corkscrews fool well-seasoned Akro collectors. Ron had one that was unbelievable! Just don't be too surprised if you see JABOs with a lazy or better corkscrew pattern.

Are you familiar with Jorkscrews? 🙂

I can guarantee I've never seen a pearlized patch on black - if I had, I would certainly remember it! And I don't think I have ever seen a Pearlized Patch in original packaging either.

Welcome to the Marble Connection! You have come to the right place. There are many years of marble experience here. The best way to start off might be to show us a few of your favorites or if you're interested in trying to identify some, just post a few different views of the one's you're most interested in over in the "Marble ID's" section. Otherwise, just peruse the the threads and photos and ask any questions that might come to mind - there are plenty of people here who love to talk marbles and are more than willing to help you out. I'm digging the old beverage dispenser!

And here are some Tie Dyes for comparison . . . Sorry for all the reflections - I hurried.

As I said earlier, she was as sweet as they come. And she had collected marbles forever. Her son, who was about 60 years old at the time, told me he remembered getting dragged around hunting for marbles with her when he was kid! Here's a little box of trinkets, exactly as I found it in her collection - it's one of my favorite things. The wee German is 7/16". And at the risk of sounding sappy, I will say that I am at a stage of marble collecting and life where I have come to the realization that, while I definitely love marbles, what I cherish the most are the experiences I have had and the friends and memories I have made because of them. 🙂

Seems pretty obvious from my vantage point. Those are nice marbles, Jess. The lashes on the last two are awesome!

That's what I'm talking about - thanks for the insight, TJ!

That's a beauty, Art - I really like the base glass!

Okay . . . it's Tie Dyes (1999) - these just don't have as much yellow as most.

I'm pretty sure those are JABO Classics - I think they have a name but it's not coming to me at the moment. I seem to recall boxed sets that somebody (Walt McGee?) put together with those. Give me a while . . .maybe the senior moment will pass. lol

I had actually met her at a local antique mall a few times before she passed - she had a show case. She was a very sweet older woman. The first time we met I mentioned marbles to her and she pulled a few out of her purse and we talked about them. After that, I always made sure to have a few marbles in my pocket when I went to that shop, just in case I ran into her. Eventually, we exchanged contact info and talked about getting together to look at one another's collections. Unfortunately, the first call I got came from her son about a month after she passed away. He had found a note with my contact info in one of her marble drawers .

The thought definitely crossed my mind, Art. Especially after seeing a couple of marbles that @Joe2 posted recently . . . But I'm sticking with MK . . . for now.

You got it, Art - a Tidal Wave!

Very nice wee ones, Jess. Long ago I bought a woman's large collection after she passed away. She had lot's of marbles like those - pinks, purples and pastels galore, on machine made marbles too. To this day, I have never seen another more feminine collection. I said to her son, "Your Mother must have been a girly girl". He responded, "In every way . . . you don't collect buttons or lace do you?"

This is a great marble, Tommy. Are there white filaments inside the glass closer to the core or am I seeing things - elongated bubbles?

Hint No. 3 - #5 is not Champion. Hint No. 4 - size matters. Cryptic Hint No. 5 - One of these marbles washed into the USA from south of the border.

Art - that is hilarious!

@Tommy @akroorka Isn't this fun!? Ron would occasionally take this to a show and he would always say, "If you don't try, you don't learn". It was always fun to watch people reason their way to their best guesses. Occasionally, someone would get one or two correct. These days, there are a fair number of people who could do a lot better - mostly thanks to Ron's efforts. Hint no. 2 - there are no Jackson's in the box.

Hint no. 1 - there are no Cairos in the box. Tommy has marble #1 correct (Alley) and 4 of the 5 companies too (see my edit of his response here). Now you just need to come up with the 5th company and associate each with the marbles they made.

One thing I have always liked about you, Tommy - you're a gamer! #6 is the one that stumped me when I made my first attempt many years ago.

Come on now, Art - I'll bet you can pick out the one that's NOT a WVS. 🙂

Very nice multicolors!

Thanks for the correction, TJ. I haven't had those marbles in hand for probably ten years but I seem to recall that they were typical size - 5/8" or very close.