Steph

I just saw someone in a facebook gaming group make a plea for people to be sensitive to the fact that there were Nigerian members in the group.  Apparently there had been a lot of talk about Nigerian scammers, which had led to a broad sense of disrespect toward Nigerians, which was sad for the Nigerian fans of the game.  

That got me wishing we could get some marble collecting perspective from Bulgarians which would somehow get us deeper into the marble history of that part of the world than we have been able to get so far with the presumably contemporary Bulgarian handmades.  



 

Most of these last ones are solidly Marble King. A couple of them are leaning a little more toward a Vitro pattern, but I still think could be MK on all.

The blackish background behind the probable Rooster is probably adding to the overexposed look.  

A neutral (light to medium) gray background works best as a general rule.    That helps cameras not try too much to overcompensate.  

I'd say the photos are good enough to be sure.

Some views are a bit odd, maybe overexposed.  But in total, we're getting some good looks at the marbles.  

I am leaning Vacor Rooster on the red and white.

There are some MK's and Akros which do look like Vitro All-Reds.  But if it looks enough like an All-Red to make me unsure, then it goes in with the Vitro All-Reds.  The odds say Vitro at that point.

Well, I do have a box of patches which I've simply given up on so they all live together in harmony.  So maybe a fence-sitting All-Red lookalike would go in with that bunch.  

But yours in this thread are classic Vitro. 

1. Peltier Rainbo

2. Vitro Tiger Eye

3. Possibly Champion

4.  More pictures?  I am leaning non-American but ???

5.  Vitro

6. Vacor or modern Asian

7.  Master?  Bogard?  Or not American?  Vintage though. 

MK Rainbows on top.

Vitro All Reds on bottom.

3 hours ago, Marbleized said:

Thanks for the photos Chad! My Vitro looks NOTHING like those. I think mine is a Vitro rotten pea. LOL. Yours are definitely the fresh variety! Well, here is my rotten pea that I think Akroorka wanted to see if it were a real sweet pea. (Just for laughs.)

Closest thing I can think of is Tiger Eye.

West Virginia companies exported a lot of marbles.  I've seen some Vitros end up over there which didn't match the usual marbles seen in America.  Based on that, I could imagine some interesting Marble Kings being sent over there which didn't necessarily match the typical marbles sold in packaging here.

Beautiful.  

I am all in on Marble King.  

Exceptional Rainbow on that top one.   Really earns the Rainbow name!  

Hate to stir things up if they're considered settled, but at that size, with an indistinct pattern, I would be considering Jabo.

Nifty.

I don't know exactly what styles of handmades I've seen photographed with other canes in the core.     But I know  folks have discovered similar things under their outer layers  and shown them off to us.    I actually haven't ever checked my handmades for that. I don't have many.  It would be a short search.  

(agreeing with Chad)

A little rebel?   (not quite a peewee   )  

If Akro then I'm guessing one made near the end of their production time.  I could see that based on structure and base glass, though I don't recognize the patch color.  

I used to be a Girl Scout.

Submarines used to be made in my area ... and then side-launched into Lake Michigan to get to whatever ocean they were supposed to end up in.  

Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company - Wikipedia

I think not American.  



Maybe Vacor Old Fashion?  

The colors and the base glass texture made me think Peltier.  

The pattern ... no idea.

Wouldn't be too surprised if it did turn out to be MK.    But wouldn't be surprised at Akro or Vitro either.

There's good most everywhere, but this is a very nice thing for you to say.

Thanks to all who have gotten this place lively again.  

Hop to it!

37 minutes ago, akroorka said:

OP ID

Opie Taylor is a 6-year-old from Mayberry, North Carolina.

He is the main reason that we find marbles in the middle of corn fields.

Bahahahaha!  Good one!






Rick, OP = Original Post in a thread ... or Original Poster who started the thread.