Ric

These Heaton boxes are great, Art. They are few and far between and they are especially desirable to a WV Swirl head like me. Not so long ago, an incredibly generous collector sent me one of these that has never been opened. It is without doubt, one of the best boxes in my collection, and is especially treasured because it just arrived one day out of the clear blue - without doubt, the finest marble gift I have ever received. Of course, I am dying to get a closer look at the marbles inside but so far have only peeked through the viewing slots - I just can't bring myself to open the flaps. One thing I have noticed though is that these boxes and the No 5 Master box appear to be identical, other than the graphics, of course. Do you have any idea who actually produced and printed these boxes?

Welcome to the Marble Connection! If you want to begin to understand what different types of marbles look like, I highly recommend perusing the "Mostly Pics" threads in "Steph's Study Hall" forum. There are also threads like "Peltier Tuesday", "Show us your Vitros", Show us your Master Marbles", etc., in the "General Marble & Glass Chat" forum that you can look at. As for help with identification, you have come to the right place - the "Marble IDs" forum! Based on what I can see of your marbles, it appears most were not made in the USA. There are some Vacor/Mega types from Mexico as well as what appear to be Asian Cat's Eye types. If you want more concise IDs, I recommend posting up a few different views of some small groups, with each different group in a in separate thread. That way we can give you a better idea of what you have and point out any that might warrant a closer look. 🙂

First, the marble on the left middle in your first pic and the marble on the left middle in the next two pics hardly look like the same marbles to me. If they are, it would be helpful to see how the bright yellow in the first pic gets together with the colors in the other two pics. Second, when photographing WV swirls for ID, in general, the more views the merrier and it's very helpful to see the ends of any ribbons (notice that there are only two views of the bottom marble in the group of five and the very bottom marble). I think the very bottom marble and perhaps the top right ones are Ravenswood and the rest are Alleys. Although, I am not as sure about that center left one - I can't wrap my head around what it actually looks like.

I just came across this info at Moon Marble. Seems about right to me but I have no idea about any real consensus. According to this info, yours would be "Super Jumbo" 🙂

If Clyde posted that marble as a Motor Oil, I have no doubt that when he posted it, it was known as a Motor Oil (talk about a seasoned Pelt collector!). What has happened since, I do not know. Although, I do know that the names of many Pelts have changed over time and there is no reason to believe this isn't an example of one of them. If I had to guess, the definition of a "Motor Oil" has expanded - it just seems to me the way things generally go. Having said that, I have no idea who decides these things or why.

@Carowill Nice Alleys! @Dave 13 Gotta love Ravenswoods - nice! Apparently great minds think alike, sundry Ravenswoods for the longest day of the year . . .

I always forget the commonly accepted size cut-off between "boulders" and "toe-breakers" - do you know what it is?

Yes, seams, but remember, they can get pretty wild on big ones. Tomatoes tend to be translucent too.

Sorta looks to have orange peel texture on the surface - does it?

Weird . . .

@Dave 13 It's a nice marble and it definitely has less common colors.

Yup, big game marbles. The one on the left looks like it might be a Vitro Tomato - any Vitro traits showing?

JABO Classics IMO.

It's the tip of an iceberg . . . It used to be that "special" (definitely eye of the beholder) or uncommon marbles were named by collectors (players/kids is another matter). Now many marbles are named by collectors, regardless of how "special" or uncommon they are. I have mixed feelings about the trend but imagine that at some point everyone will realize that a name does not make a marble special, uncommon or, necessarily, even collectible. And it surely shouldn't have any real impact on a marble's monetary value.

Can you tell what color the base glass is?

I agree, seeing the true colors should help determine which.

I'm thinking it's Akro - a very cool one too.

Glad to hear you're playing it smart. Learn first and spend later is the wise thing to do.

If there is any, strong surface lighting should show it - the sun is always best. But look carefully, tiny bubbles can be deceiving sometimes.

They look like Champions to me.

I don't know, man, the green with added blue is very nice! Be sure to look carefully for AV.

@Dave 13 Nice ones! I always like it when Pelt's orange bleeds pink over white and I notice it seems to happen more often on the blue-based ones . . .

I'll stick with the weirdos for another week . . .

That is a mighty nice lineup, Chad!

Welcome, Angie. I do not believe it is a CAC or that it falls into the Alley Halloween family. It's very hard to make out the colors. Is it blue base glass? Opaque? Translucent?