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It's a Pelt Rainbo, but I don't think I see an opalescent base, which should show an orange glow when backlit not too brightly.

A few early Alleys . . .

And it's a nice one!

Nice finds, Melissa. Those baby blue ones are hard to find without fractures.

More colors than you normally see on a Conqueror, which is why I think it might be a weird Tiger Eye.

The blue one might be Ravenswood, the other could be Heaton or maybe Alley, IMO.

It's a Vitro but not a Vitro Opal, IMO. From these pics, it looks a bit more like a Conqueror or Tiger Eye variant.

Of course, Al would know - thanks for the info and nice examples, Al!

It's understandable how the Vitro B&REG and the Pelt got sorted together. The base glasses are distinct, for sure, but they are also pretty similar considering they are coming from different manufacturers. I like them both.

I don't look for them but I think this is only the second Pelier Rainbo Cross-through I have come across in a lot of years (if you call it a Cat's-eye, some old-timers will roll-eyes at you 🙄) . . . . . . just FYI. 🙂

Yes, the first is still a Vitro, maybe late Trilite era. The second is still a B&REG and the third is a Peltier Rainbo with what many would call a "muddy" type base - looks grayish-brown on my monitor.

Less common Type III Tiger Eye, I think - veneered with two polar patches of different colors and two equatorial white ribbons.

That is random, and funny. lol

And then we come to this beauty - tried and true, no doubt. Look at how well-formed and well-liked that one was - a real example of its type.

Spoken like a true oogly aficionado - well put, I like it a lot for those very reasons too. And being weird likely helped it survive all of these years. With the as-mades, it was less than ideal for its intended purpose but it was just too cool to pitch or even lose, and it managed to stay in excellent condition, really - I sure don't want to be the person that messes that up.

Yes, One way you can tell it is newer is that the colors of the polar patches match. On older patch and ribbon style Marble Kings, you might have a polar patch color that matches the two equatorial ribbons (a single color Rainbow), or you could have one color on the polar cap and another color for the equatorial ribbons (two color Rainbow), or the colors of the polar patch and each of the equatorial ribbons might be different (a Tricolor Rainbow). Of course, there are many variations of this basic scheme, with different bases, lots of different hybrids and blends, and many of the more colorful styles are named. But one thing is usually true, the colors of the polar regions on the older marbles will be different, and on the newer ones they will usually be the same. Of course, this is just how I understand it. 🙂

The structure reminds me of those foreign "figure eight" types.

They might even call that one something special, like a "cloudy cat" or something similar. I think I recall Elizabeth Klempski @Pinx writing something about similar Vitros in her book.

It's a mutant Navarre.

Many of you have probably heard me refer to a marble as "Oogly", and I mean no disrespect, some of them are really cool, others might be hideous. But it's a term of endearment for marbles that are not quite right, and certainly do not representative the best of their type. But for some other reasons, which are largely in the eye of the beholder, maybe rarity, uniqueness or oddity, these are marbles that you just don't let go of easily. Think of them as marbles that only other Oogly marble connoisseurs might appreciate. 😄 Here's one I found at the Indy show earlier this month . . . This marblehas got some cold-creases and a tail that appears to come out of the pontil and run over half way around it. I'm surprised they even bothered to melt the pontil on this poor thing.

I wonder about Vitro possibilities for the white-based ones. Hard to tell one way or the other from this pic.

Might be, but maybe not. IMO, it's the best Vitro in the bunch, regardless.

Most are Master but I think you have a purple slag in there, and the four marbles with orange/red on them lower right should be looked at closer.

Top left is a Peltier Rainbow. The other two are Vitro. The right lower Vitro might be a Buiscuit and Red Eye Gravy.

There are many Vitro Conquerors and variants in your first tray. Looks like a few Vitros in the 2nd and 3rd trays too.