Steph

LOVE!!! 😍

Wait! You said shooter? What size? The closer a vintage swirl gets to one inch, the closer it gets to being a slam dunk Alley.

It's what is known as a West Virginia Swirl. That much is for sure. But there were about ten companies in West Virginia making swirls, including the Alley Agate company. (Ron would know the exact number. I haven't counted them up in awhile.) So it can be tricky to know which of the swirl companies made it. I think "good chance Alley" but that's the best I would be able to do even with more pictures. Others are better at swirls than I am!

You are correct about some of them being moss agates. The top marble is a Peltier Rainbo. The second marble is a clearie. Then you have three moss agates. Then the swirl with the aqua ribbons might be an Alley. And the last marble is technically another moss agate. That's what Akro called it. But modern collectors might call it a blue eggyolk.

We had a buy/sell/trade forum but it wasn't being used so we got rid of it. A couple of people who were liquidating their whole collections posted them in this general chat area. But if there is interest in renewing the trade forum .... Jason? @bumblebee What are your thoughts?

I'm going to call that a good deal no matter what it is or who made it or when. It is a beautiful piece.

Stone is different from china and stoneware. China and stoneware are types of ceramic. Not actually stone.

Very pretty. The clarity of the glass in the second makes it look Akro to me but it's not fitting any definite pattern in my head, so I'll watch with interest.

It is gorgeous and new to me. Is it stone? That's what it looks like on my monitor. 2.165 inches is nice size for a conversation piece.

Then you know that I don't know! I CANNOT keep the names straight. SOME kind of Ade, but I don't know which fruit!

Nice jar. And nice to have nets! Well-rounded collection.

With both yellow and white ribbons, Vacor is a possibility.

I believe you are correct.

Sweeeeeeeeet!!!! Way to stay on your toes! We caught a few sales last weekend, but no marbles until I got to the antique mall. That's not very wild. But it was better than nothing. Here was my take from last Saturday. At least most of the cat's eyes were cross-throughs.

Another installment in the series of "you might be a marble collector if everything in the world looks like marbles to you!" It took me a couple of seconds before I realized I was looking at a bowl of fruit and not marbles!

On the big ones with the ox, I'll say Akro. Not JUST because they have ox. But that helps. With all the colors involved, including the brown, I am mildly concerned someone might say they're a Jabo contract run. But I'll hold out for vintage and will say Akro.

That's a rock?!!!! Yes, sweeeeet clearie.

Hi. I agree. All machine-made. Two possibly vintage American cat's eyes and one modern Asian marble.

So cool. Only $25??!!!!!!

I agree with Vacor on that iridescent one. This one also has a strong Vacor feel to it. I think Vacor Old Fashion:

I'm not at all sure on the second one. Swirly Vitro or unswirly WV swirl? I don't recognize it. I was spitballing.

*nods*

I did it! I stopped in at the antique mall. Well, hubby and I didn't just stop in. We spent quite a long time going up and down all the aisles. He was helping me find marbles. I found so many actually that I chose to leave some behind. They weren't fantastic. The best thing I left behind was vintage bag of Marble King cat's eyes. If it was the only thing I found I would have gotten it and counted myself lucky, but it was priced a bit high, and I already found this bunch for $25. And that was enough. One jar of "stuff" which was priced at $5 and had a few marbles, including the shooter bumblebee, and a ceramic figurine from Japan, and other fun non-marble things. Then there was a $20 jar which was half full of big red clearies ... and I LOVE clearies. And it had other decent marbles, including a bunch of cross-through cat's eyes. And the jar itself was a blue mason jar with a zinc lid. So it was a good day. I'm gonna need to research that marble with the green center ribbon and the red and blue patches on the ends. I get a Vitro feel from it, though the colors seem more Marble King-ish.

I hope you can get some trading partners. But as I mentioned in another thread, I hope you don't get rid of something that you'll regret not having later. I have a smallish collection myself. Thousands of marbles, true, but a much smaller set which would be worth sending to someone in the Netherlands, and most of those nicer ones were gifts. So, that's why I didn't jump in right away to say how fun this idea really does sound.