Steph

yes, a pretty cool group

Not a popeye. That's an odd one. If it's machine-made, then I think it got it's twisting from being hung up in the machinery. But I'm not even sure it's machine-made right now. I think it's modern. Size?

With this view and that size, I'm gonna suggest Jabo.

I think maybe a slightly later MK Rainbow on #4. Maybe an Akro on #2. Not seeing MK there.

cool

Measurements are done with calipers. General advice is to avoid metal calipers, to protect the glass from scratches. Your bird is a "sulphide". It is a handmade marble made in Germany in the 1800's or early 1900's. The next two marbles are also handmades, from Germany, from that time range. I'm no good with giving the names of handmade styles. They can get very technical. The one that's not cracked might be a "divided ribbon core", but do not take my word for that! As well as I can tell with the views given, the black and white marbles is an Akro "corkscrew". From the 1930's. Below that is a stone marble. With that pattern it could be called a bullseye agate. It looks like it may have been someone's favorite shooter. (It has many hit marks on it -- which add character to a shooter -- but not monetary value, you'll understand.) Likely from Germany, possibly from the same time period as your other Germans. The solid reddish marble also has quite a few hits. I thought it looked like glass but with it surviving that many hits maybe I'm wrong about that. The rest of the marbles are called slags . At least one is what is called "handgathered", where someone dipped the glass out of a pot on a punty and then snipped it off and sent it down the mechanized rollers. The slags are from the around 1903 to around 1930. During this time the marble-making process switched from handgathering to a more fully-automated gob-feeding method. These are made in America.

#2 Peltier Rainbo #3 ... that underwater view is interesting. I was thinking Akro until I saw that. That put Master in the mix for me, but I have to admit I haven't seen a lot of Akros from that point of view #4 I think that's a Vitro. The kind sometimes called Transparent Whitie. In the Tiger Eye family. WV swirl on left and right

Nice. I am also unfamiliar with the Sunset name for MKs. Is that pale yellow on the top one. Laughing at myself for focusing on the simplest one ... but bees and bee-like marbles are special to me.

Master did black bananas. There are also some Asian ones which sometimes find their way into banana photos.

Jason? @bumblebee

How weird. p.s., you have an eagle eye to see that little birdie in time to catch a picture.

I can't remember if they all came from one bag, but about ten years ago someone posted a picture of a set with many oddball "bananas" including several with a slender surface band of color.

oh, that's a good question ... maybe that's why I haven't been able to figure out where in the Vitro timeline those go! lol

Doh. I knew that was in position #12. But when I look at the board all I see is the 2 .... maybe that's why I said 2. Alley on 12. Maybe a Vitro Whitie on 2 ... but I'm not sure.

That moment when you're looking at your Peltier banana bag that you bought months ago and congratulating yourself on your willpower in not opening it .... and then you see that one you hadn't noticed before with the slender blue stripe seeming to be on the surface ..... I saw someone post about them before but didn't have my own. Now I do but it's trapped!

#2 is Alley #4 is a Vitro Conqueror

#12 is a Tiger Eye. #6 is a Conqueror #9 and 10 are All-Reds. #12 I think could be an unusual blackline All-Red. I'm pretty sure that I've seen them with a white patch on the end where we expect a colored patch. So that's my thought on that one. I think #2 through 5 are in the Conqueror family. Get confirmation. I wish I knew more about #1. I have some and have never been quite sure what to call them ... or even which decade they might be from.

That is a West Virginia swirl. But which company? We have a couple of swirl guys who post here from time to time. Hopefully one will see that.

Hybrid on 1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12 In general I'm more likely to think "debris" on a stray strand of black than I am to think "hybrid." So on 5, I might say "debris". Or "oddball". Not sure about the others. Not seeing the details which would make me say "hybrid".

#11 is Vitro. #9 is Asian ... I know that "8 vane" is sort of a magic number, but I'm not aware of a demand for a one-color Asian. But wait for a second opinion ... @Al Oregon do you know of a demand for that style cat? #7 looks Vitro-y to me but with only one view I won't commit on it.

I hear ya! I don't know what that is . What size?

Can't argue with that!

There are some lavender Alleys and Vitros which are considered harder to find. I don't always recognize them. I'm wondering if this might be one of the good ones. But I wouldn't have a clue as to value. In general value for vintage marbles is measured in the cents. To me the one which is standing out the most in this group is this one, but I don't know what it is. I'd guess Vitro. This is also interesting to me, but again, I don't know what it is. This one is a 1940's Vitro Conqueror. Being a larger size adds value. But since the basic Vitro Conqueror is considered a "common", I wouldn't expect a large one to be worth more than $5 (if that) even in mint condition.

I'm seeing Vitro. Might be in the "fancy Vitro Conqueror" family.

I think Christensen on the first one. I don't know how rare. The pictures of the red one aren't coming across as oxblood to me (so I'm not seeing a brick). Also the pattern doesn't stand out as Christensen. Could be a WV swirl. (But maybe it really is ox and I'm just not seeing it right.)