Steph

That's a beauty. Gotta be Vitro.

Yes, Pelt. NLR on the one with darker ribbons. Possibly NLR on the one with brighter ribbons. The first view looked NLR. The 2nd one looked like it could be Rainbo. Can be harder to be sure with the basic red and white.

Here's a batch of dug Akros which Lizzy posted ... which is probably the closest thing I'm going to be able to find right now for why I thought Akro on #3. . My thought was that your marble was supposed to be blue and white and that the brown was accidental. So that's why I'm still sitting here on fence on that one.

I'm the one who mentioned Anacortes, in connection with the first one. Because I remember an Anacortes with a transparent yellow base. So, no not about a horseshoe pattern. When I said "third guess", it was my third guess for the first marble. If #3 is Vitro, then I think it would be earlier than Anacortes. Anacortes is 1980's to early 1990's. I'm not sold on Vitro, but if it is Vitro, then I think earlier than that.

I think slag. I'm not seeing a clear nine or a cutline and the third shot looks zigzaggy. So I'll say Akro.

I got some nice marble mail today. Here's some from the Sears portion of the package. To be continued ....

May 1954 Back cover

More Albright ... with the Professional name. This box used to be Ron Schleser's. Well, it said Albright on top. Said Christensen on the side.

Here's an Albright from a Morphy auction.

P.s., my guess is Vitro.

Well, like I said, I'm not totally sure I'm seeing it right, but the splattery look that I think I'm seeing reminds me of some in Al's post here: http://marbleconnection.com/topic/23359-i-want-to-seeolder-vacor/?do=findComment&comment=209872

The ribbon is wide than I would generally expect on a silver oxblood, and those shades don't look right -- that thinning brown on the edge. I don't think it's a good chance.

Not the views I'm used to seeing. Makes it harder to be sure. I'm leaning Vacor here. Would be good to have some regular light photos at different angles to make sure.

Mondo cool. Had to look really hard to see the guinea line. What a find.

Modern with a white base?

If on a white base, I think you got it. wow

I was looking for something else at Google Books ... and found this snippet from 1959. Printers' Ink, Volume 266, page 44. "Berry Pink Industries, the leading maker of marbles, has switched to postcards as a substitute for samples. Marble can weigh as much as a pound per bag. Berry Pink's line became too large for salesmen to carry around and too heavy to send ... " https://books.google.com/books?id=fN4TAQAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=berry+pink Interesting to have a date. I would have guessed a few years earlier if they're the ones I'm thinking of. Anyone have any of the postcards?

Without the brown, I'd be solid Akro. Don't know what to make of the brown.

(I also have a niggling "foreign" thought on #1. As my third guess i wondered about Anacortes Vitro but I think I'm thinking of something a little more yellow and not so amber.)

Amber base on the first? I'll throw a Master guess into the mix. Wondering about Akro on #3.

This is one I think of from time to time, especially when peewees are mentioned. "No larger than a good-sized marrowfat pea." 1883 Marbles, and Where They Come From, by A. W. Roberts https://books.google.com/books?id=9Fg_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA379 If you haven't seen that one yet, do check it out. It's informative and charming. And illustrated.

What did that "big boy" go for?

Ha! Someone besides me bumped this. I can't tell you how happy that makes me! I haven't learned anything recently.