Steph

There are some Vitro All-Reds, some modern Asians, some Vacors, maybe some earlier Vitros, at least a bit of Akro, modern Marble King, and maybe a bit of older Marble King.

For anyone who might want to have the German book for their own, bookfinder.com shows many copies available for under $20 including shipping to the U.S.. (Some of the covers look different, but I'm still guessing the same.) Does this link work?

My Fred Ferretti book arrived. Next project ... go outside and practice the games!

The rest are mostly modern Asian. We call the style "Imperial" because the Imperial Toy Company was one of the companies which packaged them for sale in the United States. Not sure when the style started being made. I'd guess after 1970. The style is still being made today. We don't know the name(s) of the Asian companies who make them.

This group is Mexican, made by the Vacor company. Dates could range from the 1980s into th3 2000's. [Edit: I suppose some could be modern Asian, but Vacor is known for this style.]

I think maybe modern Marble King on the middle. (Ric, I'm seeing a partial blue outline rather than a "blackline")

The Master Cloudy is like the Akro Ace in that it can be confusing to use in an identification because it's both a company name and a collector name ... but the company used it for a different type of marble than what collectors tend to use it for. That state of affairs helps make my ID answers very wordy, as if I needed any encouragement in that department!

For the second case, the Master Cloudy versus the Master Opaque. Master's Cloudy was a translucent single-color marble. Master's two-color translucent marbles were called Meteors. At some point collectors started calling the single color translucents "Opaques" and the Cloudy name was switched over to the Meteor. Here is a Master sample box posted by Joanne Singleton.

I was just looking at a rich red Peltier Rainbo on facebook and thinking I might tell the collector that it was a Pelt Bloodie. But then I remembered (a) that some collectors can be quite strict about which marbles qualify for the Bloodie label, including if I recall correctly, that the base be opalescent, and (b) that I hardly ever see anyone use the name at all, so maybe the name has completely gone out of fashion for any marble, so I passed on adding my comment. But for what it's worth, I _THINK_ Peltier wasn't (always) picky about which Rainbos with red ribbons and white bases went into their Bloodies boxes. The Bloodies lasted as a Pelt option for decades and I'm pretty sure that over the years the consistency of the base glass varied considerably. Am I wrong?

What a great day! There's an antique mall on my way to work. One of these days I need to stop in. But that's soooooo dangerous!

"Shooter" can mean different things. Currently I try to reserve "shooter" for marbles that are about 3/4". But I know it is common to refer to marbles as shooters when they are about an inch. 3/4" doesn't seem like that much different from 1", but in marble ID's it's an important difference. I'll say Jabo on #1, #2 and #5. I think you're correct with Vacor on #4. #3 could be Alley.

I think Jabo on all.

Not seeing Akro. At that size, Jabo is likely. The vintage option would be Alley.

Cool. I don't remember seeing black Japanese Pinchers much, if ever. But there you go!

crazy cool picture.

That particular style of game marble is known as a Japanese Pincher. (Edit: The white ones at least. Do the black ones also have the transparent interior?) Maybe from the 1960's.

I'm with Bruce. Maybe Vitro on bottom but ?

I'll go with Akro slag on that one.

WV Swirl Vitro Conqueror Modern Asian

Not sure if vintage or modern on top. Vitro All-Red in the middle. (Some hybridization going on there) WV swirl on the bottom.

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"Prize Name" is what Akro ended up naming their basic two-color opaque corks. (There was a contest to name them. But they never got called by the winning name. The contest label stuck. The winning name was "Fire Opal" which was later used on solid color marbles.) The fourth marble in your group has a bit of a Jabo look in some views, and in at least one view it looks like a slag. ????

1. Akro 2. I mostly want to say Akro. But lots of others thoughts passed through my mind, including Master and even Peltier. 3. If it is American, I would consider Vitro or Peltier. The shade of blue makes me think of a Vitro Whitie. But I'm not sure it's American.

I'm leaning Akro on the bottom. And I am about 50-50 on Vitro or Akro on top.