Steph

That's what I meant to say, but I'm wobbly over what it means to be "older" if you're an Imperial.

How about a picture of the miracle-working eraser!

The green glob side looks like a Jabo. The stripe looks like it could be older. Do you have a blacklight? On a red marble, a blacklight can sometimes show you hidden structure -- can show if it has a Vitro-like structure with long straight seams or a Master-like structure with short U-shaped or V-shaped seams. Or if it is has a more swirly construction.

I don't see Vitro. What is happening in the bottom view? Looks like a greenish part.

I agree that it's probably modern. But maybe a little bit older? (It's not one I recognize specifically.)

For the two-color St. Marys, that is the intended pattern. The divisions aren't always sharp and some people like the sort of hybrid look. I was trained to think the clean divisions were ideal. There were also four-color St. Marys. I posted one of course. Pretty sure there were other combinations. If I recall correctly, Don (Poplarhead) has a wide variety. Could have been someone else. Maybe Mike? (mmuehlba) Here's what a collector named Joe Schlemmer posted on behalf of the Marleys investors back in 2010: Mary E. Knudsen, Al W. Sumner, & Richard M. See have joined with Jabo, inc., with the wonderful assistance of Dave McCullough & Joanne Argabrite, to produce our own limited edition run Called Jabo Marley. Marley is an old english word for marbles. By happy coincidence, the name also represents we three investors M = Mary A = Al R = Rick add the "l-e-y-s" and we have the jabo marleys

My Calla Lilys

Won't say no to that, Dave!

Hard to stump Ron.

Here's an old pic which I thought of as my tulips. The "leaves" wrapped around the back on the second one.

Not a citrus. It's a Rainbo. Here's a famous picture of the Citrus family. (I believe the photo is Smitty's.) (So, need more color for a Citrus, and more ribbons.)

None.

I used to have free access to NewspaperArchive.com. I would have gotten started over there by looking for marbles stories during the war years. But my library's subscription to that ended in July. Darn it.

I saw it as All-Red my first time through the thread. I figured it was twisted somehow to make the orange patch look unusual.

Thanks for touching base, Grant. Congratulations to all.

Oh I love old cloth marble bags .I wish I had rescued my father's before he decided it was too ragged and threw it away. I would have found a way to display it forever. Just didn't think of it in time. Oh, yes the marbles are sweet too!

Fun .... that's some small fruit or some big marbles.

Yes.

Master. Gotta be.

This is the kind of cat's eye which is often called a St. Marys. There are other combos which are legit St. Marys. And there are some modern ones which are reminiscent of the vintage St. Marys, but I'll leave it at this for now. Maybe someone else can show more pix or give an explanation. Do you have any particular marbles that you had questions about?

A marble friend, Don, sent me these pictures as examples of what collectors may call Aces: The base is sort of milky, but doesn't have the orange glow which the official Akro company Ace had: Here are the ones he showed as basic Ace shooters. Here's a more fancy variety. He called these Tomato Ace Cork Shooters. The name that Akro sold them under was Moss Agate. (For Akro, Moss Agates could be patches, or they could swirly/corky marbles.) But it's a pretty solid tradition for collectors to call this kind Aces.

In the first picture I was thinking vintage. But, yep, that orange strip says modern to me. Pretty solid modern vote here.

However, for collectors a different kind of marble is frequently called an Ace. I need to go find a picture or a link. Be right back.

Ace can be a tough question. For Akro, the Ace was one of these: If you hold an Ace up to the light, the white should have some orange glow inside. More Ace pictures here: http://marbleconnection.com/topic/17380-akro-aces-early-1930s