Steph

I hope you're sitting down. (posted with permission)

As far as I know that is a real advertisement from the 1950's. I have two theories -- Berry Pink selling new old stock while waiting for his own product to be ready to go. Or, with the new marbles not ready yet, someone just reached for whatever pretty marbles they could find in order to get an attractive picture to entice buyers with. The Pelts and Alleys were natural for Berry Pink to have on hand. And he did sell them under his Marble King brand. The Akros are the mystery.

oh gosh ... What a name.

that drizzle is wicked

Ohmigosh, Josh, those shaped ones are great. Dindo, when Imperial started, I think they had Vitros in the packaging. Our use of Imperial to describe the modern Asians is a bit of a contrivance for convenience. It leaves room for confusion. Paula ( @marblemover ) is trying to get us to move away from calling the modern Asians Imperial and just call them ... drumroll please ... modern Asian. Ah, that Kool-Aid package is something else!

Adorable! I cannot remember if I ever knew the date on those boxes. I think I thought earlier because I _think_ they have been found with transitionals. But ???? Anyway or anywhen I love them.

The one on the right looks like it spent some time in an aquarium. One of our main marble polishers, Leroy Johnson, passed away recently. Some people do their own buffing by hand with progressively finer grit. One person improves the looks of his with a water-soluble polymer. http://marbleconnection.com/topic/19143-open-core-latticno-would-you-polish-it/?tab=comments#comment-165686

Yep, that's my vote. Mr. Alley was the busiest marble maker of the era. Edit: well, I guess I don't know that! There was still Peltier and Vitro out there and they were doing big business. But as far as swirls go, Mr. Alley was very busy.

Hi. Welcome. This is going to be a marble from 2008 or later. Made as part of a special contract run by Jabo or Dave's Appalachian Swirls (also known as DAS) or a related enterprise. Someone might be able to help you narrow it down. I usually call Josh in for that. @Nantucketdink You can find many different shape issues with them. I call that divot a built-in marble stand.

This isn't an easy match to the usual makers. My first guess is that it was made on a Peltier Rainbo machine. Buttttt ... the bright yellow, with the yellow mostly on one side? And the seedy glass? Let's see what others have to say.

Marble King. A more clear patch and ribbon. The classic patch and ribbon has that pair of ribbons lining up to make a circle around the middle. And that's what you have here. "Patch" on the end. "Ribbon" around the middle. (Marbles without the connecting ring around the middle are still allowed to be called patch and ribbon, but the ring around the middle is the ideal.)

I'm going to give a softer "yes" to that. Someone else might quibble -- might recognize them from a different era -- but I'm saying yes.

Yes!

Cool! Love it! I wouldn't have guessed Mexico on the marbles so that's interesting in its own right. But that package is great.

Hi. Welcome. I think you have yourself some Alley Agates. Probably from the 1940's. http://joemarbles.com/1Marble Picture Pages/26Marble Pictures Home Page.htm Mr. Lawrence Alley didn't put his name on his marbles.

I don't think all Jabo. Really only that bottom one looks Jabo to me. Top right and bottom left definitely look like 1930's marbles to me. And top left still looks Vitro ... and maybe 1930's ... I'm just not getting as strong of a vibe from it. Sometimes new marbles and old marbles get mixed in together. It can help to know who they were found with, but that's no guarantee of having the same maker.

End of August, I think ....

I think your bottom right is a Jabo. Here are some of my helmets. A couple of non-helmets slipped into my group, too. (2nd from right on top two rows -- neither one of those would go into the next picture. Ooops.) But it's a start.

Have you seen Tish's orange latt with the blue ribbons? I got to see it on facebook today.

I think this goes in the vintage side. But other than that?

sweet pictures, everyone, and great stories

I don't know why I said "silent 'e'". That doesn't make sense at all. Don't know what I was thinking. Probably I meant silent 's'. But who knows. Ha! let me know when you find out. s'Sincerely, s'Steph

Oh no! Sorry about your basement. Not good. That's neat that each person could bring a module and the team can assemble it and -- voila! -- a marble run. Yes, probably a good idea for me considering my space available.

Mmmm, fresh baked bread. What kind?

Very nice ribbon action. Alley? Veiligglas? What kind did it come with?