Steph

Yes, that would fit in the swirly version of the Akro Moss Agate family.

Would like more views of the first one. Master seems like a good guess for it. But need to see cutlines. Bruce, I don't have a good feel for yours. More views could help on that also ... but might not do any good. There are some unusual base glass bananas which are attributed to Peltier though I'm unaware of packaging or provenance. But Master and foreign are also possibilities for the general style.

Ooooh. Hey ... I think you could be onto something! P.s., that base did look pelty to me from the start -- that's why I was asking leading questions about it.

Are you on a computer? (as opposed to a smartphone, which I don't have so I don't know how they work) Do you have a Windows system? If so, can you find the Windows Paint program? That is what I use to resize pictures. But for now, I've given you one of your Masters as an avatar.

That's one of the nice things about the water-soluble polymer finish. If you don't like it and wish you had left the marble alone, you can undo it. Not as heavy a decision as it would be with one of the irreversible reconditioning methods. You could practice on a different marble if you were still worried about what would be involved.

I wish I had never parted with a single aggie. I haven't had a lot, but the veterans with all the moons? I sold some of those on ebay. Wish I never sold a marble. Well, selling Jabos did help me make the down payment for my house. But I wish I still had most of the rest of the marbles I ever sold.

That blue one is showing a "cutline". That's sort of the "top" of the marble. The glass was sheared there. And then the marble went down rollers and they didn't fully smooth out the pinched place. On the white ones, I'm not sure if I'm seeing a cutline or a different kind of crease. But the crease I see is called a "cold roll". Again, the rollers didn't fully smooth it out. And it gets the name "cold roll" because the reason it wouldn't smooth out fully is that the molten glass just just a little bit too cool when it dropped onto the rollers. But I can't give you a good answer on production errors being valuable. There are some which would be. And probably most would not be.

Oddballs can be fascinating.

If you try it and it works out, show us the before and after.

That was Stefan's question. More than one of us Stephs/Stefs floating around. So, no, I don't have any extra info about brands.

Oh, the clearies could possibly be older but we can't be sure. The giant clearies are interesting to me no matter how old.

Hi. Welcome. Those are modern foreign marbles (mostly Asian) which are still in production. So they're worth about as much as it would cost to buy them new at a toy store. However, this style is fairly popular ... especially the turquoise with the oxblood streaks:

Those are Vacors. That would be a Picasso on the left. I don't recognize the color combo on the right but still pretty sure Vacor. https://www.billes-en-tete.com/liste_billes.php

Click on your name, and then when you get to your profile there's a little picture icon. If you click on that you should have the option of uploading a marble picture from your computer. After you upload your photo, if you hit "continue", there will be a tool which will let you crop the photo if you want or need to. That lets you center the marble. If you play with it and still have questions, ask away.

So no particular opalescence? I'm with Al. Can't think of anything other than "Akro or a different MK".

Welcome, Gary. Those are modern marbles made in Mexico. Vacor de Mexico was one of the names the company which made them went by, so we call them Vacors. The modern Vacor styles started being made in the 1980s, with assortment sets being sold in the 1990's. They started being sold in nets with colorful style names maybe in the late 1990's but at least by 2000. They company is still in business. No significant monetary value but larger marbles can be hard to find. Here are some marbles made by the same company available for sale on ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=vacor+marbles&_sacat=0 Here is a page with a comprehensive list of named styles and date information. (Some of the styles are discontinued and thus could be worth a little more.) Not an official site but a very helpful one -- a labor of love by a collector. https://www.billes-en-tete.com/liste_billes.php

Interesting. I see why there might be reluctance to call Berry Pink on it. Is anyone suggesting alternatives? If it were smaller I might be pushing hard in the Peltier direction. But at 1" ... I'm not familiar with such large patches from Pelt. Is that opalescence I'm seeing in the base? Very interesting marble.

Picture didn't show for me either. The address says it's from google mail. Maybe it's a matter of not having permissions to read the account.

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I think I've seen some oxblood in modern marble kings. Maybe on green vanes? I have a bad memory for colors. I'd guess accidental oxblood could show up on marbles with turquoise vanes ... like it does on so many other marbles with turquoise.

Thank you.

Yes, all bananas. Yes, seam. (And thank you, Al. )

Imposter? Is one a Vitro Whitie? I don't know which one for sure -- I see three or four I'd wonder about.

This is one of my favorite rainbos.