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Nice Pelts, always good to see some nice ones. Yellow/white in post #2 seems unusual, can't say I've seen one like that before

So, did you get it? From the pics that big chip looks something to do with the construction (fold). It's a big fault tho, but I'd be happy with a chipped GR, rather than no GR. Bob, sounds like a good way to pay it forward, a classy thing to do.

It might be a good opportunity until a nicer one comes along. Not everyone can afford the premium these seem to bring mint. Some will say to hold out for a M one but your call. Ditto on the polishing, you'd probably remove too much of the good stuff (aventurine, red turns to orange etc)

Cool marble and looks like good symmetry with the pattern. I've only seen one other latticino with lutz but it was such a fine band I doubt it was intentional, Yours definitely looks intentional. I've also seen a clear banded lutz with purple bands and a red solid core (ok, it was really more like thick strand than a core) but still unusual for that type of marble. Hard to tell from the pics, what size is that beaut?

The thru hole by the swans neck adds to the detail

Ok, any aventurine? Not that I question Pelt, just because nobody else asked yet

Looks like a nice blue/red Pelt in the one auction. Should be some fun sorting through them all with your Kid

Coolio, interested to see more of the marbles in the box. Nice haul on the other ones as well

I'm thinking more about what marbles would have nested on that board over the years, wow. German Tactics font/pattern/colors seem more predominant, maybe lends a clue to age + origin

I'd agree the OP doesn't look CAC, does it by chance have an opalescent base (ie messed up Vitro?) ...other than the obvious slags as well j/k I'm sure that's what you meant

I'd bet that's what a lot of kids tried to do long ago, smash the marble to 'free' the animal

Nice pickup, any date mentioned in the packaging?

Nice stash, were you tempted to roll in it? lol I think I have a 1" vaseline around but haven't seen too many in good condition.

Almost looks like a two-tone blue. Assuming the aventurine is accidental, were there other Alley marbles this showed up in other than green?

I'd think Joseph's coat is probably the closest category, although it doesn't seem colorful enough (I do see yellow in there). were corkscrews intended to imitate a handgathered pattern?

Interesting. Most of the opaque swirls I've come across are 5/8" and white/green/purple seems to be a common combo. The bags from Germany have a range of wirepull sizes. Haven't seen opaque swirls in any sort of packaging before. Winnie, I think your clear/blue/white marble could have been made on the same machine if you picture the 'clear' glass replaced by opaque white glass. here's some different color combo's 5/8"

Those are sweet. I always liked the wirepulls, but don't see too many that color red. 13/16 is a good size for the opaque swirls (white/green/purple). I wonder if they all came from a solitaire set?

Maybe wirepulls will come to be generalized as the 'West Virginia Swirls' from Europe until more is known (ie: not bad thing). Here's a blue/green/white I thought was pretty cool

Your first cat has a tail like a tadpole, check out this swimmer lol

Most of the green sparkly stuff is probably aventurine and a by-product from the ingredients used in the glass (ie: not intentional). Still looks pretty cool though especially on a sunny day. The second one with the streak on the surface was likely caused by aluminum or some other soft metal in the batch. There are stories about beer cans etc getting tossed in the furnace and results in that metallic streak. Here's a huge one with a bit of aventurine beside a smaller one for scale.

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Company names aside, aren't the ones with the cork pattern originating from the middle of the marble sometimes referred to as augers? and the ones with the pattern closer to the surface are snakes? or is that just confusing the matter

Marbles for Christmas are top of the list, Merry Christmas to all (and if Santa brings good marbles, the tree will look even more festive-er next year!)

Winnie, this post got me to thinking if the factory/equipment in Netherlands was somehow connected with the Hopf factory in Germany. What do you think?

Maybe it wasn't as exciting as I thought it was then...could just be a boring 3-1/2" ball made out of resin or something and not glass. bumpity bump