Steph

I can't swear not Master, but my first thought was Asian because of the texture, the little snowflakes near the surface, and that pinched cut mark.

Good book!

Nice to meet you, Eron.

It's complicated. He could be plenty nice. He ended his shock-jock website and reached out to some of the people that he had hurt the worst with the insults there. For example, he apologized to Edna Eaton and as far as I know she felt he was sincere and accepted the apology. Life dealt him some serious blows in his later years and I think he handled them with humility and dignity.

fun fossil

The Bogard version is more of a cats eye than a swirl.

Thanks. As I suspected -- many Japanese marble makers. So Yasuda was one of the largest. But I'm not yet satisfied with everything being called Yasuda. I will keep reading.

It was a Wales type that I saw called Yasuda today. Wales of course was the name on the header, not necessarily the manufacturer. So maybe the manufacturer was Yasuda. But marbles were made in Japan for many decades. And it's great to know one manufacturer ... but hard to believe that's the only one. I know someone has done a bunch of research on it and I'm behind. So is the verdict "actually truly all Yasuda"? Or are all the usual Japanese marbles at least actually truly Yasuda? Or is Yasuda a cool name which is now being used more than it should be?

Are all Japanese marbles now called Yasuda? I'm seeing Yasuda in ID's everywhere but surely that wasn't the only Japanese marble manufacturer?

It's what it looks like -- an ordinary clearie. But the UV does give a clue about what kind of machine it was made on. Marble King seems a good possibility. Remember, the manufacturers were going for the general appearance in their mass-produced toys. Not worrying about colors of their clearies not being perfectly blended.

You bought it, right?!

Welcome. I am seeing mostly Marble King and Akro. But also some Vitro abd maybe foreign on that very last marble. If you post small groups and start a separate thread for each group, it will be easier to keep track and get IDs.

More good insight

This was shared on Facebook. Another legend lost. Condolences to his loved ones.

@akroorka ?

Not an athlete. But I coulda been a contenda! Childhood was the early 70's in Alabama and my mom discouraged me from going out for little league. And in high school I did the geeky things. Didn't even have to have PE. The marching band counted for that requirement. Flashforward to college years and a rare Oklahoma snowfall. While out on a walk that morning, I made myself a snowball and decided it must be thrown. The problem was that I was standing on main street. But it had to be thrown. So I picked out an electric pole and I let 'er rip. Right before I released the snowball I was conscious that, if I missed, I could be in some trouble with that car's windshield right behind the pole. But I nailed it. Then I looked around for police cars. ... Now it's the evening of that snowy day and I'm attending a performance of a touring folk duo. After the show I walk up with my friend to talk to the performers. While my friend is purchasing a recording from one of them, the other looks at me and says "Nice arm." Ah, glory days.

JABO bought Vitro Agate in 1992, including the right to use the name. All the marbles made after that were JABO-Vitro. I called them once around 2010 I think and that's how they answered the phone -- "JABO Vitro". Vitro had been operating out of Anacortes, Washington at the time of the purchase. JABO brought the Vitro machines and surplus marbles to Ohio. That's where the Classics in that bag were made. I saw on Facebook where Josh said that Jim King did that packaging. I knew that Jim had ties to JABO -- he was was a key figure in JABO's transition from the Classics to the contract runs. I probably knew once upon a time that he did some packaging of Classics.

Oh, you didn't get to see if it says anything on the back, did you? Some creative bags were made by non-Jabo people who were selling Jabos back when the classics were still in production. With this one being called "Camouflage", I suspect it would have been made later than most ... after collectors got more into naming? Hopefully some of our more knowledgeable Jabo-philes will have interesting things to say about it.

Beach ball ????

Agree with Tommy. Peltier. But is it old enough to be a cub scout or is it "just" a cool rainbo?

Read about it in old newspaper articles. Used to have fun searching archives for anything related to marble history.

Oops, I did mean it was the stone marbles which were soaked in lard to get a renewed appearance. Glass marbles can get moons but no they wouldn't survive with all the little moons which the prized stone aggies could sustain through the years.

Good catch!

The crescents from impact with other marbles were well known to kids back in the day. It was a common thing to put shooters in lard overnight to diminish the appearance of damage.