Steph

This one has a sizable chip in it -- which you get a glimpse of at the bottom of this view. But if it were in better shape I probably wouldn't have been able to get it. And from most angles there's no heartbreak at all.

Hi Barb. Welcome. Identifying is easier than assigning value. One way is watch ebay sales. An important thing to keep in mind is that condition is paramount. One ding can cut a marble's value in half. If you want to post a group pic we can get a feel for what you have. For ID's, generally post a few marbles per thread. That's the most manageable way.

I don't think so. But I don't know what the middle one is. I think maybe a plain corkscrew. The box is so fragile I don't even want to pull the tab out once to check to see what it is for sure. Three that I can see are pretty beat up -- one of those is a simple German handmade. Box was sent by a friend who knew I would appreciate it no matter the condition. The marbles were just filler.

A facebook game I play has contests on its fanpage. The prizes are things you can use in the game. This time they asked us to submit our symbols of spring. I gave marbles a plug. (The card was required to show you actually took the picture.) The assignment was to draw or make something, so I drew a marble ring for the follow-up photo ... didn't have chalk ... used my chubby colored pencil.

Jason? This one is for you. @bumblebee

LOL, no it doesn't! That's perfect for a quarantine name.

Here's the thread, folks: https://marbleconnection.com/topic/25570-what-are-these-2-called

Someone at another forum I go to is playing a game where they say your quarantine name is the last thing you ate followed by the name of your high school mascot. And it was only then, after all these many years, that I remembered our high school team name and connected it with marbles. We were the Jackson Aggies. lol

Wow. They look really nice and unusual. I want the first to be Christensen, but going back to maybe Leighton on the second. @I'llhavethat1 ... any thoughts? Am I just making stuff up?

Ooooh ... I'll go with scrumptious Akro corkscrew. A very frilly auger.

Mike, I didn't mean to slight you when I tagged Alan. I know you have some great marbles. I just wasn't remembering the extent of your specialties.

I tried to follow along with clockwise, but got confused and now I realize I went counterclockwise. Doh.

I see why you might think of Vitro. I'm between Master and foreign -- but not limiting to "Imperial" -- wondering about European or Mexican also.

Yeah, I don't know. I wonder if one of our contemporary collectors might recognize it as an early contemp ... or might recognize it as a much earlier handmade. @Alan, does it ring bells with you?

I'm going to go left to right, top to bottom: Maybe a Champion. Then Akro Onyx ... with the neat and numerous twists it might be the kind which was sold in a "Perfection" box. Maybe another Champion? Then on the bottom right is a Peltier. I think it's an NLR and I'll go out on a limb and say it is a Superman.

what a nice display piece

fascinating

First note is that the dragons are NLR's. Your golden marbles there are later era Rainbos. I think that once upon a time I saw them referred to as golden bloodies, but maybe only a time or two, about 13 years ago, and so it appears the name didn't catch on. Thus, the only name I know for your golden ones is "Rainbo".

I don't do this often enough to remember which way will work. I just throw everything on the wall and see what sticks. I clicked on your picture and now I'm going to paste the address that showed up in my address bar. *fingers crossed* Looks like it worked.

At that size, going with European or a 1950's Master. But a bit more colorful than I expect for the Master I have in mind, so leaning European.

This one ... I wish I still had this sweet, clean mystery marble with the beautiful turkey head but the red glass which didn't look at all Christensen to me. It wasn't quite mint, but that was hard to see that because the few tiny dings were in the outer layer of clear base which completely enclosed the ribbons.

Gotta love that part of the apocalypse. Gives a smile to think about how this will be one fond memory people have from this period. Bet there will be a lot of young (or older?) marble racers setting up tracks in their livingrooms and backyards now too.