Steph

Not usually very valuable. Some color combos are more valuable than others. And Ravenswood is a popular company ... if it does turn out to be that.

Mostly Vitro Agate. Mostly 1960's. Some All Reds Some Tiger Eyes Not sure of the pattern on the big marble, so don't have a name or decade. In the last photo, I think I see some 1940's Vitro Conquerors in addition to some more 1960's marbles. And I also think I see some modern Jabos. That line of marbles at the top left of the last photo look like Jabos in this view.

Is this 5/8"? I'd say it's a West Virginia swirl. With the tan base, Ravenswood comes to mind, but wait for more opinions.

This has turned into a very interesting thread! Thanks, everyone!

Agree with Jabo. Jabo Classic: Between 1991 and 2007.

Here are some examples of so-called Imperials.

Some people call them "Imperial". Marbles made in various Asian countries from the 1960's until now can have a Master-like appearance.

This one is interesting looking. I don't really have a guess for it though.

This one might be a vintage West Virginia swirl.

I suspect modern Asian on this one because of the colors. The structure is similar to vintage Master though.

Hi. The lavender one is a Jabo Classic. (Made after 1991 and before 2008.)

that's crazy! What do they do when the road isn't covered with water? Do they have some other path to the same destination? Or are these on that path to those sad hay fields?

I just took pix of four of my five Black Widows for someone. I might as well post them here. The front right one was dug by Jill Spencer at her 1960's era Marble King dumpsite. I don't have the back story on how the other three were acquired, but they came with some nice vintage marbles. I'm confident they're all old. The fifth one has a slight more brown patch, but it didn't show up on time for picture day, so maybe another time. A patch on either side. So they do resemble newer MK's.

I'm getting a Pelty vibe.

I don't actually have an opinion on whether this is handmade or not. The cutlines look machine-made to me though the glass makes me hope it is handmade. My answer was purely about areas from which I know handmade marbles to come.

Boyd Miller passed away on the 9th. He was part of a glass artist dynasty. His brother is John Hamon-Miller. I got the news today from Scott Patrick. I know that Boyd was a great favorite of Edna Eaton. She has shared his glass art many times. He will be missed by many. Condolences to his family and friends. Boyd Allen Miller | Obituaries | wvgazettemail.com

aventurine and oxblood? crazy!

Wait? What? The top one glows orange? Maybe not a lemonade. Hmmmm .....

Akro on both. "Lemonade" on the top.

Handmade could be American or Asian as well as German. Edit: Handmade could also be Bulgarian. Maybe others. I don't know what this one is. Just adding my 1.5 cents while waiting for That1.

WV swirl. I once tried really hard to pin down black and white WV swirls by ribbon texture and base color. I collected all the identified examples I could find and laid them out side by side to try to pin down distinctive features. I got nowhere.

Any chance of Vitro cage style cat's eye on the right?

Yeah, the listing was pretty straightforward.

(Bloody Mary is not the marble type I was thinking of earlier, when I spoke of "an abundance of irregularly distributed ribbons". The one I had in mind which I owned was NLR glass ... but yours does look like Rainbo base ... so maybe a really true tweener.)