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It does feel more like something they'd have made in the 70s but maybe we can find other sources.

Do you have an opinion about age? The deeper red feel more vintage...quite vibrant. He insisted his marbles were all from the 50s (or maybe very early 60s) and I almost believed him though I did see one JABO Classic.

OK, it's not on fire, but these are my first oxblood flame tips. 21/32". Guy's collection was from 1950s Canada.

Got these today from a 1950s collection from Canada. I know I've seen them before. Who made them?

Wow. I hardly find Akro corks much less that.

I was wondering if anyone had tips for making, say, 1.5" glazed crockery marbles (or even non-glazed "Chinas"). I know there are a couple of makers of these who paint them nicely and then fire them with a glaze, but I don't know their names off hand. I wanted to try this myself as well as with one of my children. I imagine we'd need a real kiln. I imagine there isn't much difference to this than doing pottery except how you'd fire the marble to retain its shape?

Neat prizes! I was unable to get any hits on those two names on the Newspapers site.

You guys guessed right. Hit 13 out with 1 marble without a miss and you're in the club. Here''s the The Pittsburgh Press, Wed May 15,1929 talking about it: https://imgur.com/a/7KWKKk4

Neat detail on that medal but sadly that paper isn't on the Newspapers archive. The playground shows up though.

Neat stuff! I managed to find this from the 02 April 1926 Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, NY) . You can get full-sized page here for now.

Here's a fun little follow-up article on Vitro Agate from The Cincinnati Enquirer Sun May 12 1968.

That's priceless info, Ron. Thanks for sharing. I wish we had second chances to interview the old timers. We so often take them for granted not realizing how many answers they have to questions we failed to ask when they were still with us.

I did find the only other reference from a 1940 Montgomery Advertiser (Aug 4) that asserts they are ash trays:

It's from 1936. I couldn't include the whole page because the ad is literally at the bottom, but I got this fresh off of Newspapers.com

That's a smokin' price!

Check out this Akro Agate ad from the March 4 1922 Vancouver Daily World newspaper. "...far superior to any of the Oriental lines."

Here's most of my Vitros minus cat-eyes, tiger eyes and all-reds. In my experience, the scarcest ones to find in the wild in my West-coast experience (some of which I've never found) are in no particular order: Cosmic Rainbows, Parrots, Yellow Jackets, Black-eyed Pea, Sweet Pea, Eight Fingers, Wedding Cakes.

This seller had just signed up and one of their first listings was a nice hand-cut 11/16" blue agate. I paid $20 and it arrived and I'm happy. Many of the other buyers were not so lucky.

I put em on FB too and consensus was Vitro although nobody proffered a twin.

Steph eating popcorn always means we have something juicy.

I picked these three 5/8"+ out of a 99% vintage antique store marble jar. Tons of clear space and then almost oxblood like red on most (but not oxblood) with a sort of ivory white. They felt "Vitro" to me like verything does these days. Really hard to photograph due to the depth. Thoughts?

Thanks, Ron. I definitely see the color resemblance although yours appear veneered, yes? Do you see any Akro potential at all?

I just glanced at an Akro Popeye Patch and it sure looked a lot like this guy in terms of construction .

Didn't consider that. It is dead mint and came from the "wild" as far as I know, but that doesn't eliminate Akro. It does remind me of another anemic tri-lite that I have but this one is definitely on a different color spectrum.

Do not adjust your monitors. Those colors are accurate. I believe it came from planet Vitro but it sure isn't typical. 5/8"