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It looks like a big Rainbo to me.

Wow, sorta overload - so many marbles at once. The majority are Conqueror types which, as the name suggests, were made in the early to mid 1940s. They are characterized by a polar patch of color and a white body both veneered on transparent base glass. Those that have more filamentous white are known as Phantom Conquerors. The one below is newer and is called a Whitie. The earliest of these are on an opaque white base glass, This later one has the white and colored equatorial ribbons veneered on clear glass like the Conquerors. A couple of them look like they might be foreign Wales types. Beyond this, I recommend you pull a few that look more interesting to you and post them up for further comment. If things get too cumbersome people are less inclined to help. 🙂

Another great board with beautiful marbles. And I have to say, I was looking forward to your post. 🙂

Oh yeah, it's a Pelt.

This is all interesting, Chuck. And I completely agree about how cautious Ron was with his Davis marbles. He was always worried that he or someone else would get them mixed up with or contaminated with other company's marbles, and with good reason too, Davis marbles with iron clad provenance are very few and far between. I too talked with Ron about the relationship between Cairo and Davis on several occasions. I think there is little doubt that some Davis marbles wound up at Cairo. I also have little doubt that they shared cullet from the same source(s), if not the same truck loads, and that each may have produced marbles that are very similar to one another. As for the relationship between Jackson and Cairo, I don't think it was nearly as strong. Jackson started up before Cairo and quit the business shortly after Cairo started. And while it wouldn't surprise me if a few of Jackson's marbles were found at Cairo, I think Jackson was able to sell most of his own inventory, although, I do think it likely that any significant amounts of cullet remaining after he closed up probably did wind up at Cairo, which might explain how the marbles got there too. Just some thoughts . . .

it got spun on the rollers so the pattern is a little unusual but I am thinking it's a West Virginia Swirl made by Alley Agate.

Thanks for the clarification, I would recommend being equally as explicit on your website. 🙂 And good luck with your product!

@Noodleloaf It seems to me that the level of your success will be determined largely by what people consider "fun" and what they are willing to pay for it. I typically provide about $20/yr as a donation here, while your product would require about $36/yr (after a one time charge of about $80 for 800 additional records). And While I do understand that your software will provide considerable ease of use and a variety of useful and "fun" features that are not easily implemented here, I personally would have a hard time justifying the expense. But then, I'm an old guy, and I know how to use spreadsheets.

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That is a very nice looking Classic!

It's a nice bag - this particular type is kind of tricky though. Many headers and bags were put together with surplus stock after Alox was sold off. Some of that stock was certainly Alox but some of it was not, since Alox bought marbles from some WV companies too. When Alox was operating, they also filled these bags with Alox and/or other makers marbles so it can be near impossible to tell exactly what you're looking at. Even now, you can usually find Alox headers available on EBay. Having said that, your bag looks like it could have been filled by the company, at least to me, which does not mean that there are no Ravenswood marbles in there. 🙂

Definitely a good looking marble. I haven't heard of a "slammer" either, maybe the seller was referring to its size? How big is it?

Here's another example of a red CAC slag . . .

These are the marbles shown as Cairo in Everett Grist's Big Book of Marbles (3rd ed., 2006) Plate #209, p. 97, even though the blue one upper left is a Jackson. 🙂

The biggest difference is that your marble has transparent base glass and the one on EBay has red base glass. The reason that marble looks like it has more than just white striping glass is because in some places the white dips blow the red base glass which makes it look colored. Your marble has both white and red/orange striping glass on transparent base glass.

Nice examples of vintage American marbles, no doubt.

You have a mix of marbles from old to much newere. There are certainly some vintage marbles that are older than JABOs. Regardless of what you do, you should understand that the condition of marbles has a very big impact on their value.

Well, now that you mention JABO, how about an Ace (2008)? The colors look right . . . Copied from: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/anythinggoes43567/jabo-contract-runs-all-types-the-dave-mccullough-e-t1767.html

You are right, it is not a Tracer - I think it would qualify as a Sunset though.

According to the Sturtz and Johnson book (2012), 5/8" marbles were made from 1991-2008; 3/4" marbles were made from 1995-2005, and 1" marbles were made from 1995-2007. Although, "a few experimantal" 3/4" and 1" marbles were made in 1994. Of course, we are talking only about the Classic years here. This is the best information I could come up with. 🙂

I think Tracers typically have a sort of translucent base with colored ribbon "traced" by white ribbons.

Nice mix of marbles, Joep. Of course, my favorites are the swirly ones. 🙂

All I can really say is that it doesn't strike me as American made, and that it might have an unusual structure, regardless of who made it.

It does look like a Peltier but I don't think it would qualify as a Tracer.

I agree with Vitro, and unless the colors (including white) are veneered on clear it would be a Parakeet (basically, a 3-color Parrot). If it's 5/8" some might call it a Baby Parakeet. If the colors are veneered on clear it would be a Type I Tiger Eye with an atypical structure.