Ric

It's the tip of an iceberg . . . It used to be that "special" (definitely eye of the beholder) or uncommon marbles were named by collectors (players/kids is another matter). Now many marbles are named by collectors, regardless of how "special" or uncommon they are. I have mixed feelings about the trend but imagine that at some point everyone will realize that a name does not make a marble special, uncommon or, necessarily, even collectible. And it surely shouldn't have any real impact on a marble's monetary value.

Can you tell what color the base glass is?

I agree, seeing the true colors should help determine which.

I'm thinking it's Akro - a very cool one too.

Glad to hear you're playing it smart. Learn first and spend later is the wise thing to do.

If there is any, strong surface lighting should show it - the sun is always best. But look carefully, tiny bubbles can be deceiving sometimes.

They look like Champions to me.

I don't know, man, the green with added blue is very nice! Be sure to look carefully for AV.

@Dave 13 Nice ones! I always like it when Pelt's orange bleeds pink over white and I notice it seems to happen more often on the blue-based ones . . .

I'll stick with the weirdos for another week . . .

That is a mighty nice lineup, Chad!

Welcome, Angie. I do not believe it is a CAC or that it falls into the Alley Halloween family. It's very hard to make out the colors. Is it blue base glass? Opaque? Translucent?

Might be Alley, but I think it could be from more than one maker - you will probably never know for sure who made it.

Cool Rainbo, Art. I've always liked the white in transparent ones - like slags with a more predictable structure. And the base on this one is great - I've seen it too, sort of a dark amber/red color. MMmmm good!

I think it's probably JABO too.

Nice marble.

Marble King "Broken Corkscrew" - I have never seen another . . .

Maybe because it's a Pelt? 🙂 Nice lazy "S" on that seam in the 3rd pic. If it's not Pelt, I'd have to go with an even weirder Marble King. I don't see Vitro no matter how I slice it.

Take a look at the second pic . . . see how that fat purple ribbon is actually two ribbons that originate on opposite sides of the seams? The bottom half of the ribbon in that view should be pulled out away from the top half and into all the wispy ones. Then it would look more like you'd expect for a 4-ribbon Rainbo - I'm sticking with Pelt.

The polar patches and equatorial ribbons sorta switched places.

It's an attractive color combination and pretty unique too.

Crazy . . . Black Line All Reds that just couldn't get with the program. lol

One of my best Pistachios . . .

A total guess from me . . . torch-made macrame beads from the 1960s or 70s - Hippie stuff. 🙂 They're very pretty.

I gotcha, Jeff. And I agree they could all be Alox marbles - just can't get a very good look at them.