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kinda looks like mfc green brick with a lazy pattern. I see what you're thinking though. Does any light pass through it? The only CAC with oxblood I've heard of was one Ron posted a while back

A couple of the slags are interesting...condition looks OK from a single pic. Maybe different angles would show something that's not seen in this pic?? but what it really comes down to is how much somebody wants to pay for something...and you get two people that want it, drives up the price. Lots of people with lots of money pay way more money than what I would pay. Reminds me of a 80's rubber toy m.u.s.c.l.e figure I sold (years ago) for hundreds of dollars ( i think it was 3 or 4 hundred). But it had been sitting in a bucket in my basement for 20+ years and in that same bucket at my parents place many years prior to that. Probably cost pennies back in the day and I guess that's similar to marbles.

Killer pattern and Aventurine to boot? nice marble

They typically have a good handle on what a marble is sold as, what did they think it was? (or was that the "couple different opinions")

Agreed, and it's interesting how the shear marks show in more detail under UV

Some decent looking machinemades. And I'm not sure how Alley boxed their later marbles, but if all from a single source (lets just call it gramps original marble bag) I'd think there is a pretty good chance they weren't too far apart. But interesting thought, since most of the boxed sets I've seen (Pelt, Akro, Alley salesman sample) have some pretty consistent marbles. Maybe they stored them out in a barrel or boxcar for years and picked them out when it was time to fill a box? I don't know

There could be at least one (top) ...rest looks like swirls to me.

Pitcher looks nice, but no doubt you've got a keeper there

Rainbo? with odd bleeding of colors and wonky pattern? What's the size? Might be something else entirely

Any German marble is a good looking marble, in my opinion. You're not using a Zeiss lens on your camera are you? I like the dice too...

Literally. Was moving some dirt around a jobsite to install a small section of fence, and this popped out. I also found the neck of an old busted bottle among all kinds of busted glass and pottery Anyhow, measures 9/16 and when I got home and cleaned it up, noticed there is metallic along the edges of the blue swirls. Surprisingly good shape, there is a bit of a coldroll crease. But small things like this make my day go better.

Can't tell if that's a pepper shaker or flashlight (backlit) it's sitting on? Definitely new pics could help

Did you check those Pelts for Aventurine before packing them away?

Vitro was my first thought

This one here looks like it could especially be interesting. What's the red and white to it's 10 o'clock? Shrunken core onionskin?

How about the mib @ 1 o'clock in the second pic? Kinda looks like a pearlized patch?

Nice tight patterns on those. How small are they? Any evidence of pontils (on the opposite side of the 9's? The 3 other mibs you might want to take closer pics of and post in a new thread as well.

Nice, but odd that the polished mineral spheres and (presumably) newer Asian ones on the left got mixed in. I get it, people sort things if it's round it goes in the marble bin etc. I once got a gumball in a lot of vintage marbles, lol

To me, first looks like a Pelt (that may have been polished, looks a bit wonky) 2nd is a common Pelt

Pretty sure it needs to be on a Peltier Peerless Patch, and a certain size (among other things) to be legit.

I attempted to do this with an old window but it would have only fit pee-wee's. As long as the glass (or plastic) is thick enough you should be fine. I've heard stories of things going "smash" in the night

These are pics previously posted (none of the marbles are mine) but might be referred to as what's requested in the thread title. No idea who coined the name. Please feel free to post your marbles Jessieproulx

And they may even wince when you tell them you cracked it in half lol

Interesting. With those views I'd go with "concretion". But yeah, someone with archeology background should be able to make the call

That's a nice collection of boards (and marbles)! Thanks for sharing your photo's.