Ric
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Just shy of 1" and a little garish for my taste but here it is . . .
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Upper left is a nice Neon Conqueror - upper right looks like a nice Vitro too. Might be a MK lower right. The others are two Peltier Inkys and a Rainbo, like Chad said.
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I think you're right, Joep. I wasn't paying enough attention to that first marble. And it's hard for me to tell whether there are multiple colors or just clear on the others.
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Alley is my guess too - not sure about St. Mary's on the green ones though.
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The first one looks Akro to me and I'm thinking Vitro for the second one.
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The QC on these is pretty bad - the structure is all over the place, I'll guess Asian.
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Looks like they were given away at CalTex gas stations in France. It's really hard to see the marbles but they look like big 1" Cat's Eye's - not made in the USA, IMO, maybe Asian?
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It's always important to see both seams and size counts too. At this point, one thing I can say for sure is that it's not an Akro Crow.
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I was just going to say that I think the lower left is a new swirl - DAS or SMM . . .
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I have no real idea what you have there, Joep. But the teardrop-shaped bubbles make it look like a hand-made marble to me - pretty cool.
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I'm pretty sure that first one is one of the Marble Buddy's made by Sam Hogue and Dave McCollough at Sammy's Mountain Marbles.
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Whoa, Art, that's a really cool marble!
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Wow, the colors on that one are great - really unusual!
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I think that is a very pretty Asian Imperial type marble - one of the nicer ones I have seen.
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The right one is definitely not an Akro Claudia. If there is yellow on both poles I would say it's a newer MK. Here is one of brother Bill's (RIP) Jolly Roger Corkscrews. It's big, like 1 1/8", maybe bigger. The Claudia is essentially a patch version of this marble. @Alan has a bunch of them. Man, I love the orange peel on these marbles!
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There were a number of "conversion kits" that were available back in the day, and some people even built their own. It sounds to me like that is what your Grandfather had.
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Oh yeah, the Whizzers are really cool - I'd love to ride one!
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I'm going to guess Jackson but I've seen some similar old Champions too.
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Nice marble - man, I like Vitro's clear glass!
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Cool, Steph, I have probably 4 gallons of foreign Cat's Eyes I haven't looked at in about 15 years. I'm going to dig them out soon to see what I can find. We may need a Cat's Eye thread - seems like it's been a very long time . . .
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Mine is a 1971 Solex made in France. It gets 65-85 miles/qt. depending on the terrain, wind, and my weight. 😄 It's a total blast to ride - one of my favorite things to do.
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These days, this is what I spend most of my time riding . . . I've only owned it for about 25 years - it has never failed to start. 😄
