I'llhavethat1

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

I'd wager the mass production of the items probably lent little time/desire to 'fiddle around with the machinery' and specifically tweak the patterns Where the neat patterns/value came into play, would be on the schoolyard, or trading marbles. Back in my day (geez I'm starting to sound like and old man) a cool pattern/color was more desirable than a plain(er) type even from the same manufacturer. Hence, some of the nice pattern ones were damaged because they saw a lot of action as some kids favorite. But I'd estimate 1/100 or even 1/1000 from some manufacturers really stood out compared to their more generic counterparts.

sweet pattern, lovin' it

This is an awesome looking marble, damage and all. Thanks for posting it again.

Yeah, I'll just stand this one out. Good question and I'm sure the members here can point the way

last one looks like a Pelt, nice!

Lol, my first thought was Pelt before even reading the comments. Although looking at it more starting to wonder if Maybe Kokomo (the bright red) or else Foreign (mainly due to colors and base glass). I think Winnie posted some that kind of looked like Pelt with a similar base glass.

that's awesome. It's like the gift that keeps on giving and you got to enjoy it in the meantime. I now have plans for the coffee table my wife got...

Interesting, never seen it before. Probably could have bought a Ford in those days for that price. With items like these it's always interesting to think what type of marbles would have 'graced' it over the years

Some handmades that look better under water due to surface issues but love the patterns

yeah, ironic that when the performance of the site really slowed down from ads, the pop-ups for ad-free memberships appeared

Guess we're all responding to a 6 year old thread at the same time lol. Yes, EdNargel thats a cool Pelt variation.

Nice grouping Dfay, most of them look like Pelts (except the separate one marked 43/64). Recipes and ratios varied between (and within) batches and companies so colors didn't always look the same whether it was in the same batch or a different company altogether.

Those Bulgarian's are getting better by the day, sheesh Nice one Galen!

Nice pics, awesome selection and a few "unfinished/end of cane/beginning of cane" marbles that (even at a small percentage) stand out. Very cool

I picked up some old books for 50 cents ea, and some old bottles for 5 cents each. Couldn't pass them up for that price. One of the old medical books had an invitation in it from 1866 to other local doctors to discuss a new medical act. Need to do some more research on that.

You're right it would probably expand (rust/oxidize) and crack the glass if it were much more than just on the surface under most conditions it it were a mild steel

Sounds gross, but that's a lot of white for a snotty isn't it?

Hadn't thought about it sooner until the thread got bumped, but could it be a finial of some type? Maybe a backlit pic?

Nice purple, had to do a double take

Good question? It certainly looks similar in terms of colors and cutoffs, maybe your second marble can shed some light from the recent posters? nice marble by the way

My thoughts (with marbles or anything, for that matter) is to spend within budget. If your mind is set on owning a _____ and set aside X-amount every day for the sole purpose of acquiring a ______ then go for it.