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FWIW, found another from this series with a Jaboesque plumber's smile.

Whatever it was, I wanted it and I didn't get it and I'll feel that regret for years until I find one exactly like it.

Just lost its cousin by $1. I should have bid $50+ www.ebay.com/itm//331755358310

OK thanks. Odd that in 7+ years of collecting I feel I have only ever found a handful of MK's (well, not counting cat-eyes).

Wee pea!

Thanks, Steph. I was thinking MK but for the depth and clear glass. I also forgot to mention that they seem slightly out of round. Here's another shot backlit without flash where you can see the depth.

I got these in my first big haul when I started collecting. They are 0.72" and have two seams, almost looking like bullet molds. What's not clear in the pictures is that there are channels of clear glass on some parts of the surface, so they are not veneered. Also, they're not quite as vibrantly blue in hand.

http://www.stamps.com/usps/postage-rate-increase/ Priority up 9.4% average 1st class up 12.8% average (!)

It's a Bogard Boogard

If I had won, my plan was to hire an army of people in "marble country" states to attend and win marble auctions for me so that I would have a constant flood of marble mail. Seriously, that was right up there with giving my family some money and going on a cruise.

GMTA for sure! That's basically what I do, mixing phrases (via quotes) with keywords. I also find the word "boys" closely associated with "marbles" in old articles. For sure when I invent my time machine I am bringing back cases of marbles.

https://www.elephind.com/

That's a great question. This site also has several collections ending in 1922 [not public]. Women's suffrage comes up a lot on that year but I can't otherwise discover why. Also, if you are a NY resident you can access the NY Public Library online databases which looks like a trove of history.

Library of Congress Chronicling America : Historic American Newspapers Keep in mind the digitized papers date up to 1922 only. The trick I find to narrow results is to use the advanced search option "with the words" so you can return results that contain the words, for example, "marbles taw" within 5 (or 10) words from each other. Otherwise you'll drown in results.

Here's a major identification list (in French) for Vacor/Mega Marbles: http://www.billes-en-tete.com/liste_billes.php

I searched it yesterday for the exact same query and that was my first hit.

Whoa, be careful you don't share something that will make her cry!

In honor of my first White Christmas in Montana, white slags in the snow.

Here's the same Sparkler on the left next to another, smaller minimalist impostor Master Sunburst Tigers Eye Thingee.

I realize this isn't helping much, but I bought this 0.73" "American Agate" from an old time collector at a show a couple of years ago. I don't see any obvious transparent glass but there is a definite underglow of pink in some areas almost like semi-translucence or opalescence.

Some of his recently sold ones definitely look like the Bulgarians.

Speaking of Goodwill, hoping the person who paid $487 for these got their money's worth.

So it's a Rainbo Pelt 6 1/2 Fingers Shop Class Victim with "V" Tributes?

So is this 0.67" a Vitro Eight Fingers? It has Vs on opposite poles and I is a bit gangly. I've never had one before but the photos I've seen of them are cleaner, neater examples.

Here's some more including a "diving oxblood" where the oxblood is leaping like dolphins into the milky sea. That one left of it has a nice band of transparent glass that's hard to photograph.