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Those are really nice examples of Mikey's work!

Here are some of the Alleys you mention . . .

Looks like one of those "solid" AV marbles. And I agree with Steph, although I am pretty sure I've seen similar Imperial types too.

Nice Rainbo, I like that "smokey" looking glass.

I agree that the first is probably a DAS and that the second is Champion.

It might not be intentional, but I think that is some extra color and not "debris", and the marble looks like an Akro Moss Agate to me.

Alley marbles are swirls so they don't have seams. These appear to be Asian Imperial type marbles.

@akroorka That is one of the coolest shots of it's type I have ever seen - really cool, Art!

I think the horse and two goats is the lie.

I think living in the woods with your wife for two years before you married is the lie.

Bingo, 16 different places over 6 different states. 🙂

I have (or had) 23 biological Aunts and Uncles. I once finished the Chequamegon 40 twenty-two minutes behind Greg LeMond. I have only lived in 5 different abodes.

I think visiting 8 countries is the lie.

I sorta figured as much - still a really cool package though.

You know, getting shot in the head with a glass marble has happened . . . . . . and all I will say is that it's not good!

That's a neat bag - love the graphics. Do you think the marbles were packaged during the Taisho era or is that a later package of vintage marbles?

I first saw this several years ago and it is very interesting. It's fun to see marbles used as part of a functional machine. One of my favorites are the old marble cash registers.

I have no idea if these are Carl Fisher polymers or not. If they are, I would guess they are some of his earliest work, since the quality doesn't seem to be what I would normally associate with him.

We are certainly lucky to have someone with the technical chops necessary to keep this site updated and running smoothly!

The two outer marbles are four-vane, four-colors; blue, red, white & yellow. The center is a 4-vane, 3-color; blue, white and red cross-through vanes. I had them pegged as odd MKs - the colors seem a little dull, but structure-wise, they sure look it. But the lack of green, the red cross-through, and Al's comment now have me thinking about foreign possibilities. I think 4-vane multi-color foreign Cat's Eyes aren't very common either though.

You might be on to something, Al. I know MK Cat's pretty well and I never considered that these could be foreign. If so, they are really good imposters.

It's an obvious scam . . .

I wonder if they started with a thinner cane and somehow mushed it in and out to make a larger glob but then rounding the mass seems like it would have been pretty tricky - it's a real stumper. Regardless, given the rarity of these types it seems like something not just any craftsman could do - it must have required significant and specialized skill.

No kidding, I would have thought they were hand-gathered.

Wow, those are great, and not made by newbies, that's for sure - amazing craftsmanship on both!