Steph

After catching up with this thread, somehow this thing I thought I wanted to post seems completely off-topic but here it is anyway. lol

Pelt

(((hug))) Take care of yourself. I hope tomorrow has good news for you.

Very well-disciplined for a 1-incher. How many vanes?

asian and modern (and that color is my favorite from the modern asians)

Pretty. Maybe Alley. One of those WV swirl makers.

Marble King. I see how you count six colors. Oddly, I would have thought of it as a two color marble. Just the red and "brown". I often count white as a color, but I wouldn't have thought of it here because I was only seeing what I thought Marble King _meant_ to have -- which was two veneered colors covering a white base.

Sounds like a good choice to me. Big 'uns get crazy.

❤️ For what it's worth, I would bet that one was from about 1930 ... from the first Sunburst days. About 25 years before the official cat's eyes.

"marblehistorian" for the record ... for future keyword searches

The second is definitely Jabo. What size is the first?

This question is prompted specifically by a pair of "marine crystals" mesh bags and I can't remember who made them. But could be interesting to gather together the names each company used.

Marble King would not have my guess. But I can't swear it isn't. Patch on only one side and what looks like a transparent base. These are things that make me want to leave the conversation open awhile.

Almost all in your group photo are clearly Akro corkscrews. There are a couple I would like to see more views of before I was sure. Basically the top riw, especially the top left and top right.

Hello. Welcome. Yes, only Akro made corkscrews. It is possible that other marbles could be confused with Akro corks. For example, a Japanese transitional might resemble a corkscrew. However, when we say something is a corkscrew, we are saying it is Akro.

Even though there is a resemblance to Peltiers, you have two patches. The originals were on Peltier's Peerless Patches. Peerless Patches have a single patch. I apologize for not making that explicit before. I assumed you knew what a Peerless Patch style was.

You have a wide mixture of marbles in your last post. Bottom line: There is old Tom Mix and modern Tom Mix. The old Tom Mix is on Peltier Peerless Patches. The modern Tom Mix is on modern marbles. Yours is a modern Tom Mix.

Akro did some logo marbles, but as far as I know only Peltier did the Tom Mix back then. Your marble doesn't look like Akro. Your online searches are coming up with questionable results. This marble in the middle here which was called a Vitro -- that is a Marble King from 1955 to 1965. Your marble is not the 1960's version. The modern Marble Kings have two patches -- the only difference between yours and standard modern Marble Kings is that the standard pattern is for the two patches to be on opposite ends. But I am still reasonably sure that yours is a modern Marble King. And I am positive that it is not a vintage Peltier or Akro.

Hello Garrett. Welcome. The original comic marbles were on Peltier Peerless Patches. Your marble is not a Peltier. I think it's a Marble King. So yours is a modern reproduction.

Love to hear about people actually playing. I've practiced shooting a little, but my husband laughs at me. Not because I'm good or bad. But because it's so hard for me to pick a marble that I'm willing to chip. I have a small group though just for practicing.

Hi, Has. Welcome. I think these are modern and probably not valuable. Likely made in Asia. However I don't recognize the characters at all. They might be valuable to someone who recognizes them.

Bah ... yes, you are correct, sir! My great-uncle Charlie Sears was an architect for the Sears Tower, now called the Willis Tower. How cool would it have been if Charlie's brother Willis Sears had been the one to do the work!

My great-uncle helped design the Sears Tower. My step-cousin created Microsoft's Clippy. My brother-in-law was Secretary of State in Oklahoma.

Congratulations! You'll have fun sorting.

Do you know what the pink UVs are? Those are one of the most popular Jabo Classics -- made with Fenton Burmese Glass cullet.