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That sounds a bit scary, hope they pack everything well so nothing gets damaged

They look to be old and original antique German handmade marbles. Probably 100 years old +/- 20 years. Value range is subjective and higher prices are generally for unique colors/patterns/sizes. And condition plays an important factor as well.

There are a couple yellow/red ones in the back row that might be worth a closer look. I'm digging the blue glass on the jar, did it come with the marbles?

Nice Dog. If anything like my dog, make sure it gets lots of walks and keep sorted marbles off the floor. They wont think twice about coming over to play when you least expect it

Sorry if I missed it, but what's the size?

If that's green aventurine on the blue flame it would most certainly point to Alley

Once located, find a camera, and a decent host site, I'll see what I can do.

Based on the translucency I'd guess Alley. And yes sometimes a fold/pattern can look like a turkey head, and sometimes it's the color combo that leans towards a certain manufacturer. Not a cut and dry ID unfortunately

It must be the $12.50 shipping, what a bargain!

I've found this forum and knowledge from other seasoned collectors as being helpful. Completed auctions on eBay can give an idea of what somebody paid, but values are soooo subjective. For example, without seeing the marbles in hand, or else a bunch of highly detailed pictures, some people might consider those above marbles to be contemporary and not value them nearly as high as a vintage marble (not saying that's the case here). Marble shows are a good place to get input. Show them to a couple people and see what they say. In my opinion this community is pretty close-knit and a consensus might be reached in terms of rarity/value.

My 2 cents worth, is they look a lot more like twisted up Marble Kings than Alley. Seems to be a lot more distinct separation between the red/green/yellow/blue and white. But I think that's what you're getting at ...glass recipes vs machine they were made on.

Out of the 3 batches pictured, I'd say the majority of non-vintage marbles are in the third batch

LindPW, can't fault your pictures, focus/camera looks better than I can dig up with my 5MP

Here are some larger handmades, no outer decoration or banding, which are sometimes referred to as 'naked solid cores'. I'd consider "naked" latts to be less common

#3, I agree #6, I'd go with Alley based on the tone of blue, but hard to say #7, Steph might have nailed it, although I wouldn't have guessed that from the first pic #9, most likely a CAC, and even the 'elusive' turkey from the second angle Nice group overall!

Nice! I remember seeing one a while back but missed out. Wanted to get a yellow one too. Ended up finding a white Latt with a few fine outer yellow bands but that's as close as I've come (the yellow bands only cover ~2/3 so it looks kind of naked from the right angle)

hmm... is Master a possibility? (re: the wispy white) Kind of hard to tell what's going on with that thing. What's the size?

look at the size of the Mica in the green one. Interesting grab bag, 5 total? What'd the rest look like?

Vitro would be my guess

I'd go with Pelt. First view had me thinking Alley as a possibility with those flame tips (moreso than feathering). Pic #2 I could see how CAC could be a guess based on the cutline(fold), but based on the the aqua color and bubble pops I'll stick with Pelt. Haven't seen CAC or Alley with this this color aqua.

bubbles and cut lines make me think Peltier related. Is that a white patch at one end? Hard to tell. Same with the darker striations, brown or red? Just curious. Nice marble. Can't say I've seen one quite like what the pictures show

So nobody else thinks that looks like a pontil (or cutoff) on William's marble? Years ago I picked up a white and blue one similar to this (with a busier pattern) and after seeing it inhand figured it was Chinese or Bulgarian. I'm pretty sure it was handgathered/torchmade of some type.

Sure, on the opposite 'pole' from pic #2, there should be evidence of a hand gathered 'nine' pattern (might have been lost in the white). In a nutshell: as the glass is gathered, a 'nine' pattern wraps around the marble before reducing to a 'tail' at the cut-off. Sometimes the tail will run across the existing pattern, which is what I'm seeing here.

Don't know what happened to the post #'s (so I could say in post # __ ), but anyhow: the green and white one looks like it's a hand-gathered transitional, with a tail

See if this works: Akro patches 7 Alley/Unknown Akro Old German w/ faceted pontils