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That's rad! Finally, those marbles look right in that context.

I took some close-ups of this gorgeous 1" tri-lite I scored of the Bay recently in a big lot of mostly Vitros. Delicious!

Yes! I saw a tiny version of that in your timeline thread but couldn't make out the colors. So it seems safe to say "as early as 1931" up until whenever they stopped making tricolor/specials.

Yeah, it doesn't make sense they would reserve that color combo just for the War since we know Specials came out earlier, but it also seems likely they may have doubled up on production of them during the War. But I'm assuming since Akro had so many color combos they likely did not put out an ad just to announce the red white and blue ones, by which we could date them.

I just gave one as a gift to a non-collector who appreciates antiques. I was tempted to say they were made in the early 1940s as a patriotic response to the war effort, but did not remember a source for that being fact. Anyone have solid info as to when they were made?

Perhaps someone found original glass canes and made them into marbles. Might explain why there are "same cane" ones?

Yes! Except the one I saw was a two-color prize name, so it was a more vivid "swath" of that color. And for the life of me I cannot remember its second color. I suppose to conclusion to this is that Akro Agate made a mind-blowing variety of marbles sometimes in stunning, exotic colors.

Really close, but lighter like this.

I feel like the one I saw was lighter, almost custard lime...it's been years but I'd know it if it I saw it. One of my countless "if I were a multi-millionaire" fantasies is to have my own glass factory where I'd recreate all the recipes in Helmer's book and hire artisans and engineers to create machines that would make 1.5" replicas of the original marbles.

I'm assuming the colors on Akros are quite rare being as I've not seen them since. With marbles anything is possible. Could have been a single small "pot" glass batch someone mixed up, ran through the cork machine, and never made again.

Several years ago at my first marble show a seller offered a vibrant Akro prize name cork with an electric light lime-aqua color in it that I've not seen since. He was selling it for $50. He said it was a very early example when there Arnold Fiedler was mixing up crazy colors (or possibly when someone else was using his recipes later), but I've since not seen any with those colors except a vibrant orange and blue and orange and green. Does anyone have more information on these, or pictures of them?

Something like this may end up being a mixed martial arts competition, with opinionated experts coming to fisticuffs over the nature of seams and the meaning of "mint".

Condition was why I did not bid but I sure wish I had gotten that hot pink strip one. I'm still amazed at what auctions I missed despite several minutes daily of browsing mib auctions.

HOS.COM - space music! I listen to about three shows on an average week day.

If it's any consolation, I promise not to outbid anyone. Heck, I won't even bid if it makes you feel better.

Wow, this is how I picture marbles in heaven with perfect resurrected bodies. No flaws. Maybe jeroen is posting from a higher altitude?

I take it the CAC heads are silent due to OpSec. Of course a wise counter-intelligence move would be to spread doubt as to these marbles so as to scare of the deep pockets.

I think somebody needs cash and QUICK.

I'm getting a strange vibe from these, particularly the striped opaques: http://www.ebay.com/...=p2047675.l2562 Maybe my vibe is envy? Or is it just the quality of the photos throwing things off? If so he's not doing them justice.

I would much prefer this style in Jabo colors over the spaghetti chaos swirls, but on second thought the last thing we need is more Jabos in the Pre-1970 category on eBay.

I've come up with a new name for this mib: Fried Egg Green Guinea Rainbo Multi-Color Swirl

Strange. It looks like a heavily polished Pelt christmas tree.

Here is another Pelt from my collection.

It's no wonder that color is rare. I doubt many boys in those days were proudly hoisting forth a handful of pink Bennies, crying, "Who wants to play for keeps?"

Hmmm...that fried egg definitely has a guinea spot look to it. It's definitely a neater marble now. I'm still on the fence, not being a CAC guy, so I'll hold my tongue. Anyone else care to chime in now that the egg has fried?