Steph

I agree. Vacor. Colors are right for a Picasso.

Thank you for articulating that. It's what I was thinking.

The orange glow is a bit of a puzzle, but that sure does look Akro.

That's an eyeful! Thanks for photographing and sharing.

Here are some presumably legit boxes with graphics which have more of a stamped look to them. I have that "Brian" posted these. I shared them in one of the threads about that hoaxer Pavcraz So, I'm thinking Brian would be Brian Graham. This is the picture from an auction which prompted the discussion. I think these are legit. Is this rubber stamp or not? I have to guess not, but still a little sloppy looking, eh? Here was the Pavcraz fake which made people so suspicious of the boxes above. He was a one-man wrecking crew to faith in Akro boxes.

I'm not sure why I didn't do this search earlier. I certainly thought of the seller's name. But I've done the search now. Here's an example of a scammer who used stamps and caused quite a furore. It was actually a family of scammers from both coasts. Fake boxes (including supposed Akro and Christensen packaging) came from the East Coast. A fake Eagle Bennington and other fake Benningtons came from the West Coast. And the sellers vouched for each other, without telling of the family connection of course. They took their show to the different forums to try to build up some backstory for their fake goods. Like, "Look what I found at a flea market -- what can you tell me about it?" Then the person from the opposite coast would say he found something similar on his side of the country. Stuff like that. Took some digging to bring the whole picture to light. https://marbleconnection.com/topic/12999-akro-box-izzit-for-real/ Stamp looks different on yours on this particular box. I could probably dig up more examples of that guy's work to see if any of his boxes were a closer match. But stamps just raise red flags for me. Akro started out as jobbers, not makers, as of course you know. I'm just observing that from the beginning they were very attentive to professional presentation. I am given to understand that Craig Snider is now the person to go to if you want a definitive answer on Akro boxes. If he has weighed in on some other venue, I would go with whatever he said.

Such a wonderful person. He was so sweet and helpful to me. I hadn't heard back from him in email in some time. I knew things had to be bad.

LOL ... now that you mention it ... if it doesn't fit the patch makers maybe it's because it's an unswirled swirl. Jabo did it. Why not Alley?

Then I'll say that my first impression was Akro, but if that Pelty green went all the way through I would have completely abandoned that thought. Now I'm still entertaining the thought but have no strong feelings either way. Might run it by Dani if I wanted to pursue the Akro possibility more.

You can see all the way through to the opposite side when you look into the green ribbon in view #2?

I've seen a couple of different size charts in old ads. So yeah, #5 could be different sizes ... all large. But I agree with Ric that No. 5 here would refer to the box style, not size.

My first thought was Vitro ... for what it's worth.

Akro made quality boxes with quality graphics. Calling "fake" on this one.

At Gina's urging, a Thursday thread. This one is for your German marbles and related items -- Thüringen being the cradle of the glass marble making industry in Germany in the 1800's.

I'm gonna go for it. (Thuringen Thursday) Gina, hope to hear from you soon! You have us worried.

The rest of my Aces are sadly jumbled up with other Jabos from 2008. I had all the 2008 marbles in sections in a box that was 12" x 12" x 2". The 2" was just enough room for all the marbles to jump their boundaries when I tripped over something. They've remained in that same box for all these years. I still plan to sort them out ... someday.

Still curious what you would choose!

Thuringen Thursday? For all things German?

This album has some marbles made by Scott Patrick, some with big chunks of mica.

Of course! If the right people pass through, you should get an eyeful.

I don't remember ever hearing of that comic before. That's a cute caption.

very nice

The famous yellow/green glow is from uranium, of course. But other chemicals can do other colors. I'm hesitant to say much because I stumble over the chemical names and the oxides, but I remember calcium being involved somehow in an eery blue glow that I quite enjoy. I have seen it in some of my modern Marble King cat's eyes, and in a vintage jar. I once had a popeye with three or four colors of glow, including blue. But I sold it. Darn it!