Steph

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?

I'm leaning toward Vacor.

Supposedly the clear glass on older sulphides glows a little under blacklight and on modern ones it doesn't.

Modern Asian

You have many cat's eyes. They are common. The angel figure is called a sulphide. It is the most interesting marble. Do you have a blacklight? A blacklight can help determine if it is an older marble or a newer marble.

Good question. Suddenly I can't remember seeing a 3/4" popeye.

The texture makes me think it could be foreign.

smokin' cigarettes and watchin' Captain Kangaroo don't tell me I've nothin' to dooooooooo ♪ ♫

"Patch" is a pretty safe descriptor.

It's modern. At that size my first thought is Vacor. With that structure, I suppose it's possible that it's Marble King.

Part of me thought of Vitro. But I think I'm seeing a Pelt flip-flop. Vancecrash, what we need to see is the seams, to be able to count how many ribbons there are, and how they join up to each other. Note to self: replace seam tutorial that I accidentally deleted.

West Virginia Swirl. Specifically, I believe that the West Virginia company which made this one was Alley. Even if WV swirls have turkey-like shapes, we usually save that description for Christensen Agates.