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I'm leaning Akro. The base sorta looks like it might react to UV - does it glow?

Dave's 1991 Experimental pre-Classic Run* *To the best of my knowledge. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Oh yeah, and this is a wirepull. There is one single filament of color that wanders around inside the marble - it is thicker in some places than others. But it's a busy one so you may not be able to spot both ends of the filament.

They appear to be common vintage marbles - I do not see anything particularly valuable.

Here is a quick tutorial for whoever left the confused emoji in my earlier post . . . All of the Cat's Eyes below are Vitros. These first marbles are regular run of the mill Cat's Eyes. They are called hybrids because they have more than one color on a single vane. The left one has very little extra color but it's full of AV so I put it in the group. Note the vanes on these are wide and appear to fill the marble. In addition, the vanes meet up lengthwise in the center of the marble, where there is little or no space separating them. The next group are called Caged Cat's Eyes. Notice how the vanes are much narrower. These vanes do not meet up lengthwise in the center of the marble - there is a lot of space separating them. The vanes come closest to one another at the seams on opposite sides of the marble to form a cage-like structure. This final example is a type of Caged Cat's Eye called a Horseshoe because of the way the vanes form a "U". Notice how they are still widely separated like other Caged Cat's Eyes. The difference is that these marbles are folded and the seams have been pinched together on one side of the marble. You can see what I am talking about clearly in the opaque Akro marble that follows. Of course, there are significant differences between the Cat's Eyes from different companies. It is also important to remember that marbles were not made to fit our naming conventions and there can be considerable variation in any given type. I hope this helps clear up some confusion.

Don't bother for me, there are plenty of photos on the web. 🙂

According to Steph's old list of contemporary marble artists, Kevin Ivey is a possibility but I don't know anything about his work.

Caged cat's eyes tend to actually form a seam-to-seam "cage" of vanes/filaments in the marble and wirepulls are one continuous filament/ribbon, so I don't think either of those terms works here. In my mind, they are swirls.

They are Vacor but I wouldn't call them caged cat's eyes. I don't know what they call them but I am sure someone else will.

Thanks a lot, Dink - I appreciate you! Do you have any idea how common the sprayed ones are relative to the unsprayed ones? Jake had lots of the unsprayed ones and only these two that were sprayed.

These are also Peltier Rainbos. The structure can vary considerably.

This lemon isn't quite ripe . . .

I believe that is a JABO Classic.

My first thought is CAC.

That looks like an Alley to me.

Maybe you should shower. 😁

I don't think it's vintage or American - might be a Vacor.

Chuck is an old-timer and I'm really glad to see him back. I think he's just catching up and didn't realize how far back he was looking. 😄

I think it may be a newer Vitro but I have a hard time calling it a patch. To me, it looks more like a game marble that didn't get enough blue to cover the entire surface.

@shiroaiko That is a precious little box of toys - what a great find! The rock-paper-scissors pieces are really neat. I find it interesting that the pieces have Arabic numerals on them and that the rock-paper-scissors pieces are included. Do you think these boxes were made primarily for export? Was rock-papers-scissors a popular game with Japanese children? Do you find similar glass mamekeri or ohajiki with kanji on them? Sorry for so many questions. 🙂 I find this all very interesting. Thank you for sharing it with us!

That gold looking stuff.

Yes, by hand using a torch, not by machine, but I couldn't tell you if this marble was made by the thousands in India or China or if it's something else. My guess is the former.

I agree, Chuck - hanging out in the "archives" today - huh? The deep archives are definitely one of the best things about the Marble Connection - they are second to none!

All I can say for sure is that it's modern and probably torch made.

You can see the reflective surface treatment (and pretty much everything else in the room) much better in this photo. Pretty sure these are from 2005.