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This is great stuff, Art -thanks for posting it! But now i am a little confused. In the text it says there are "18 styles chosen for their uniqueness" but the highest numbered style shown in the accompanying photo is 51. Do you think there are really only 18 different styles? And I always thought the Atmospheres were larger marbles, yet in the pic they are showing three distinct sizes of each. Have you ever seen a 5/8" Atmosphere? So many questions . . .

Dusting is a necessary evil in my mind - I never look forward to it. The only good thing about it is that you get to fondle your marbles in the process. At least you're working with a bunch of nice ones!

I think it's a Bogard Cat's Eye . . . and a nice one at that!

I think maybe Veiligglas on the left and the right one looks Alley to me.

I agree with a transitional, likely from Japan.

@Chad G. Nice fine lines on a couple of those, Chad - great marbles! @Carowill Bunch of nice swirls there, Bill. @akroorka Nice marbles and photos, Art. I appreciate the close-up. Do you know how many different types/colors of these were made? All I know is I wish I would have filled the shopping cart when I saw them on sale at Toys R' Us several years back for $2.98/net - I didn't even buy one!

I think they are Vacor.

Nice color, they look like Ravenswoods to me.

What do you think of the board? Have you seen one like it? I'm not exactly sure why, but it doesn't impress me as 19th century - what do you think?

Nice box, Art, the #10s are pretty elusive so congratulations on finding one! The contents look right to me too. The graphic rules on the back remind me of that single-fold insert that Master published and included in some other packaging, like the Century of Progress mesh bag. Have you seen that little pamphlet - do you have one? And the box itself, even the rules graphic on the back, are pretty much the same as the large Heaton boxes - sorta like the #5, and I'd bet dollars to donuts they were produced by the same manufacturer.

MK was my first thought for an American marble but it gives me a bit of a foreign vibe too.

Here are a couple of pics and a description from a 2005 Block auction . . . Gutta Percha. Set of thirty two marbles with an antique solitaire game board. The board is hexagonal and mahogany. Standard thirty-three hole board. Board is 12". Mint (9.8). Thirty-two 25/32" to 27/32" gutta percha marbles. This type has been previously identified as paper mache. However, they are actually gutta percha. Gutta percha is an early type of rubber and is rare. These marbles were almost certainly intended as a set. Each is has swirly loops and whorls on the surface, in a variety of colors. Sixteen are Mint (9.6-9.9), five are Mint(-) and the remainder have significant surface damage. This is an excpetionally rare set that originally came from an English estate, I have never seen another like it. Gutta Percha marbles sell for upwards of $300 each.

Pretty neat - that's some frit!

Nice color combo - I'm thinking it's a Type IV Tiger Eye.

Thanks Tommy, they are interesting. Apparently they were made in England and New Zealand in the late 19th century. They're pretty light though so probably for games other than shooting marbles. I have seen a very nice solitaire board with Guttas too.

Welcome to the Marble Connection Nancie - that is a pretty marble!

I agree, the materials and construction are no doubt the same. I like the busy patterns and that granular bronze metallic-looking stuff that is applied.

marbles, game pieces, little balls, or whatever you'd like to call them - they are 3/4" and 7/8" though, so at least they are marble sized. 😉

That's a nice selection, Melissa. It looks like packaging and marbles from VEB Werk für Technisches Glas in Ilmenau, Germany.

That's a nice big Master!

Finding a Vacor "Twister" with such well defined and opposed seams seems unlikely to me. And the way the ribbon on one side thinned out to form a "patch" is also a common Pelt trait. So I am seeing a Peltier Rainbo in the OP too.

@Nantucketdink @cheese Thanks for the verification - I figured they were out there but I don't have one, at least as far as I know at the moment. lol

Welcome to the Marble Connection. Your father is very well known in the marble community and I have enjoyed his books for many years. But I only spoke with him at a couple of shows so I did not know him well. It sure would be fun and interesting to see the marbles or related items you have from his collection so please feel free to start a thread and post any photos you might care to share. 🙂

I think you are referring to Lloyd Huffer so just in case you didn't realize, Lloyd passed away in February of 2019.

It is a good rendition of a snake and I agree with the Alley ID.