Ric

I'm pretty sure I have seen them but I don't recall them very well - It'd be great to see a pic . . . 🙂

As I recall, there was an investors run where a R/W/B marble name had something to do with the USPS. Obviously, I don't remember the specifics. lol I'd be surprised if @Nantucketdink didn't know more about it though.

@Chad G. Yours is an excellent example of the type too. This one just happens to be "over the top". Ron had one that was close but neither of us had ever seen another quite like this one - thick is right, even the fine lines are thick, and the blue is exceptional too. It is, hands down, one of my very best Alleys. Although, truth be told, I like the first one I posted better. To me, it just seems more refined - this one is so loaded, it's kind of "sloppy" IMO.

Pretty contemporary marbles though!

Looks like a Master to me. 🙂

@Fire1981 I think your initial hunch was a good one.

I agree, a very nice Ravenswood, and not so easy to find either . . .

My favorite marble forum, hands down. And many new members over the past few years have certainly kept it interesting. Thanks to everyone for putting up with me and tolerating my shenanigans!

I think Akro is a possibility.

It would be nice to have a straight-on shot of the other seam but it is giving me a Peltier vibe too.

It appears to be a swirl with a very nice white, and at 15 mm or a shade over 9/16", I think CAC or Alley would be a possibility, if it's American. There is not a whole lot going on pattern-wise with the marble though, so it will probably be impossible to pin down a definitive ID.

. . . following Rick's marble . . .

I have always thought that many of the moons we see on agates were intentionally made, and not just a result of two marbles colliding while playing typical marble games. Take two agates and bang them together, to make a moon seems to take considerably more force than one could generate by simply shooting one agate at another as is done in a typical game. This makes more sense to me . . . To quote, "Breaks" was not exactly a game, but a performance. A boy would sink his realer into the ground with the top just exposed, and his opponent would strive to break it by "pegging" his "boss realer" at it. The marble that remained intact at the end of the bout won the contest. This act of breaking put "half moons" in a realer, and a realer full of half moons, but not broken, was called a "champion." To possess a champion was the mib player's highest ambition.

Maybe from a ball valve gone bad?

Interesting, I've never seen the French food company's name on a marble either. Not sure about the Cat's Eyes - they don't scream American to me though. The "All Reds" look a little off to me also but . . . ?

Cool marble, Joep. It reminds me of a Maglite Indian, but it's different, for sure.

Nice marble, Chad - that orange/yellow has got to be in here somewhere . . .

Cool, it's always fun to find marbles in unexpected places! It looks like you have a half dozen or so Peltier Rainbos, a couple of Vitros, Ravenswoods and perhaps an Akro Corkscrew. It often takes more than one view to positively ID a marble though. If you are looking for ID help, post the marbles up in the Marble I.D.'s section - three or four in each thread, with a few different views of each marble makes it easiest for everyone, and . . . Welcome to the Marble Connection!