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I have one with similar colors that somebody once told me was Champion so

Don't feel like you need to hesitate - throw it out there, if a differing opinion comes up it will lead to discussion and we'll all learn. I agree the left one is handgathered, with (what appears to be, from the pics) a very different than normal cutline.

^^my initial thought as well. Definitely handgathered, and that color green had me thinking that way.

Those would probably be some of the better popeye patch examples I recall seeing.

Haven't heard of a cypher marble before, is that a collector term? What are the sizes? The pontils look different than what I'd expect on a vintage German, but it's hard to tell from the pics. A background with less "texture" should allow your camera to focus better. There were some similar looking handgathered marbles that came out more recently from Bulgaria. Nice Clambroths in the first pic.

Not seeing any oxblood, and the one @ 1 o'clock is probably not Akro

I see it now. Sandwich glass? Any markings?

ooo, that's nice. Is a bowl (of a different sort, lol)?

Condition isn't good, if that's what you're asking. Looks to be a couple bricks, which is somewhat ironic, since they got their nickname from being in that condition (and look like a brick). If that's a Pelt in the top Left it's a good size

I've seen similar colors on a run of Akro's leading up to oxblood, and I don't want to be the guy continually asking what it looks like backlit (ie: is it a green base?)

Yeah, I don't know much about them either. Spongeware comes to mind but I don't know if that was related to where they were made or a regional nickname

The shed was at a homestead in Canada. The carpet bowls were probably in better condition than the shed. The lawn bowls are WAY heavier than they look. Real dense wood. The inlays might be ivory?

lol. Here's another old pic of some carpet bowls that a friend found in her shed

No problem, 23/32" is still bigger than the ones I've seen. Hey, found some old Master pics. The purple one was my fav but went MIA

Here's an older pic, I think the larger ones were ~3/4"

3/4" is a big size for that type of Akro, the ones I have are ~5/8". If I recall correctly, somebody at some time dug a couple at the old Alley plant, which spurred the conversation years ago. Definitely not a Master. Awesome marble.

Yeah here too, any white based corkscrew (to me) is a corkscrew. Two colors (other than white) makes it a bit harder to find. but If anyone has a third column, second row, I'd love to see it.

I'm thinking blue/black and green/black are harder to find (for me anyways).

It's odd to see a couple nice German Handmades in the mix of newer marbles (I'm guessing mostly Vacor and Imperial)... No Idea on the eyeball other than it's creepy cool

Glad the pics work, and thanks for the complement. In my case it was louvered window blinds (southern exposure light). It's an old pic.

This is one of the displays I put together years ago and am gladly looking forward to putting 'er back on the wall (terrible focus I know). Nice marbles Chad. Digging the Pelts and Handmades. Let me know if this pic works.

Lawn bowls (a bit of a stretch to be marble related... but hey, they're round!)

Odd, shows up on my screen and also in your quoted response. Anybody else not able to see it? Try this:

Since I was starting to unpack ( I know it's a mixed bag, thought the pic turned out OK though and didn't want to hijack Chad's other thread). Cheers

Sorry, don't mind the hodge-podge. (In the process of unpacking. ) Green one was the one I was thinking of