Steph

Day 17 Look at all the colors.

muy bueno

understood ... I took a leap and sent some special marbles to my nieces and nephews and didn't even hear back from them, not about the marbles. About other things. They're good kids. But not about the marbles. It was an exercise to detach myself from thinking about the ones which might have still been in my Akro box.

Day 16 ❤️ My favorite song of the season ... good King Wenceslas

Ah, supposedly I can do an old attachment, or an old gallery photo. Testing. Here is one of my old attachments: Here is one of my gallery photos:

Hi. Good luck in your efforts. Down at the bottom of my reply window I see and "insert other media" button. When I click on that, I see that supposedly I can pull up one of my old attachments. Here's the screenshot of that. In the next post I will see if I can actually access one of those old attachments.

niiiiice

I need to keep taking a daily marble picture when this is over. Just think how much nicer life would be if everyone took a marble picture a day.

I got there too late for most of the auctions. Congrats on the sales. I see most had takers. I probably wouldn't have bid because I'm not buying much these days ... but I would have spent a coupla minutes thinking about this one. It's wild! https://www.ebay.com/itm/MARBLES-EXTREME-SPAGHETTI-SWIRLING-BLUE-ON-WHITE-13-16-034-MINT-/372863499454?hash=item56d0657cbe%3Ag%3AxB8AAOSw0w9d5v1C&nma=true&si=91sxhr5wMimzoJSiFnoWmhYfkFM%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

I think the chunky cat is Pelt. And I think Jabo on the shooter.

Welcome back. What a fun day that looked like. Nice run elements ... I liked the wheels. And I want the giant marble!

Saturday brunch ♪ carol of the bells ♪

Size? Gonna say no on rarity ... unless it's a big marble. One thing black bennies were used for was ballot boxes -- like at men's clubs.

A typical way to measure marbles is with plastic calipers. You're trying to measure the diameter. A quick and easy way to give us an idea is to include a ruler or a coin with your marble photos. Calipers:

I was wondering also. I have not seen many of those even in photos.

Again as noted on the other thread, giving the marble size can help with making IDs. p.s., hi and welcome

Possibly a vintage "West Virginia swirl" here. Possibly Heaton or Cairo Novelty but there are other possibly WV companies who could have made it.

I am leaning Jabo here.

What I see of this makes me think if vintage "transparent swirl"

This one has the Jabo-like fold but I see some vintage possibilities. Maybe Vitro or dug Akro. (but not getting rid of Jabo as a possibility)

The rippling orange peel texture and what I can see of the white glass both make this look like a Vacor.

The orange and yellow swirl could be Alley or Champion. The colors on the next marble down look a little Akro-y and I see a hint of a long seam which could point that way, but the swirl is a bit wild, so I don't know. The green and red marble has a fold which would make some think Jabo, but occasionally other makers end up with that fold also. What sizes are the marbles? That's important. Also, a better resolution which would show us the texture of the surface could help with ID's.

Brad, it really is a brilliant idea, isn't it. I didn't think it up. And with that, on day 13 once again I am blown away. To all my santas and secret santas, thank you again for making this happen.

There are old marbles with white figures inside which can look a little silvery because of the air trapped around them (I think). The modern name for that old style of marble is "sulfide". And there are modern marbles made with figures inside. I have very little experience with either of them. I don't know of any that look as silver as yours does.

Day 12 Both of the vitis backlight sweetly. One day I shall show you. For now I must fly.