Steph

My first thought was Akro. But if someone else thinks Vitro, I would not argue.

Hi there. Welcome. A 2nd picture might help with this one. The colors say Vitro to me. Right now I don't recognize the pattern right with those colors though.

I'll get some pix. The little Tower box contains the shedded shell of a praying mantis ... and a baby mantis. Don't ask!

I have a cat with some pretty debris, which I could never photograph ... but I haven't tried it since I got my current camera .... time to dig it out again.

And with that impetus, I finally started my dedicated Mike Barton box. (It's about time.) Now to gather up all of my Barton's beauties.

I was going to post this in my looooong Jabo thread, but I decided to give it a thread of its own. This month's contender for "cutest thing ever besides kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews, pets and little bitty neverbugs". A little wooden crate handmade by Mr. Mike Barton to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Peltier Mansion run at Jabo.

oh that green is beautiful

Very close to the center? That looks like a place where there's a depression in the white glass and so there was more room for green glass so the color seems more concentrated. I don't see a chunk.

I took a bazillion pictures of this cat's eye because at every angle it looked like a different marble . Ordinary six-vane arrangement but a central gap and strange striping made it wild.

Not seeing what you might mean for aventurine.

This listing says one marble of the seller's choice. http://www.landofmarbles.com/hom018.html But the seller is Peter Caparalli, aka Pete, a marble friend, not just some coldhearted businessman. And if you write him, I bet he would make sure to get you the best assortment he could. Looks like one color of glow, but a variety of designs.

The B-roll? Is that the marble in 2nd place? Very nice production. I nudged my facebook peeps again hoping for more subscribers. See you next time.

Oy. I think WV Swirl. I think in the middle (and top) picture, we see the end of the ribbon on the right. And on the left the part which looks like two ribbons coming into a seam is them taking a dive right there and then the glass suturing itself back together as it went down the rollers.

I read about the categories in Bob Block's Price Guide. Maybe he came up with the numbers. I don't know. The numbers aren't in common use. For Type I and Type II NLR's, those are common patterns, so we just say NLR and don't give the pattern much thought. I think the Type IV is what we call a Broken Cork, which is more remarkable. But we call it a Broken Cork ... so it doesn't need a number. The Type III is an unusual pattern, but it never got a name that I know of, so its name became Type III. (p.s. Wanna see a nice display of broken cork ribbons? ... check this out: http://marbleconnection.com/topic/6786-mostly-pix-peltier/?do=findComment&comment=189627)

cool

I agree with Stephen. Peltier Dragon. An NLR. As a side note, I think the seam arrangement is what has been called a "Type III". Do the ribbons form one continuous loop, like the stitching on a baseball? Instead of forming two separate rings? That's not a common pattern.

Al, do you go to that show? What can you say about the vintage marbles there? @Al Oregon

Hi there. There is an Orange County Marble Show in Fullerton. Tends to happen in the first part of the year. Would that be doable for you?

Here's mine. ANCO bottle with a blue marble. I think mine's newish. I'm okay with that.

oh nooooo .... do you know who has it?

Yes, I think it's a Tri-Lite.

I don't remember ever finding marbles at a thrift store. I bought a couple of articles of clothing and a bookshelf at Goodwill today. The clothes cost more than I would expect at a thrift store, but less than new and I liked them. Goodwill gets a bad rap for how they use their money but I gather it's a regional problem and a friend of mine worked at the local Goodwill so I give them the benefit of the doubt and occasionally shop there. I usually shop at St. Vincent de Paul (a Catholic chain) or a big store downtown which seems not to be part of any chain. I have no idea where any of the money goes. Maybe some day I'll ask.

My vote is Vitro.