Steph

Gotta be Vitro. Some kinda Conqueror?

It's a Vitro Tri-Lite. 1930's. Question is whether it has a special collector's name. Is it a Buttermilk? http://www.joemarbles.com/3Marble Articles/Kevin Roberts/0002_vitro_buttermilks_and_buttermilk_variations.htm

Ah, the worlds biggest marble hunt ... that was one of the ones I knew about. I thought that the seller sent you a set with the understanding that part would be hidden. I kinda remembered another seller doing that before ... but it's a fuzzy memory. The other hunt I know of is more localized... in Washington State.

Thanks, John.

I don't think I know about this particular hider program. I know of a couple, but this doesn't sound like that.

ooooh, the snowball is pretty!

another unusual one ... you're bringing together a special collection

feeling blue?

I shall say "contemporary". But no idea of the artist.

I think this is Richard's bag. They're not hideous ... but not as sharp as Peltier. And if you want an American-made black banana ... you're looking for a Master.

Well, hello. I missed this post. I see what you mean about the groups.

I didn't think Jabo because of how the marble was worn. But other than the old-looking wear, I have no objections to the ID.

*sticks out tongue at Richard*

Thanks, Mike. I might not have believed it myself, Winnie, except I found it in a Pelt bag. (A Champion Jr. bag.)

I guess I wouldn't call the flamas uncommon. But they are popular. Foreign banana-like marbles without the special finish aren't as special. American bananas of course remain special.

I can't say not Alley. The alternative which came to my mind though was Cairo Novelty.

I've been thinking about this one a lot lately. It's definitely a contender for my favorite one which is actually mine. .

I hoped you might weigh in on this one. I wondered if that was the case. My NZ friend uses a lot of other UK words so I suspected you might share this word also. Our usage is very specialized. https://www.americanstationery.com https://www.papersource.com/stationery/other-stationery-set/all.html

That's gotta be the nicest Sunset I've seen, then. I do have quite a few of them in various sizes ... but they're not very easy to come by. At that size, with that glass combo ... a keeper.

In New Zealand, if it's coming to the end of their summer and a dad says he's buying stationery for his kids ... that doesn't mean he's sending them away and buying pretty paper and envelopes for them to write home with. Over there, at back to school time, "stationery" is a word for school supplies. I was confused for a moment, but then I remembered that in our part of the world "stationer" used to be the name for an office supply store. About a hundred years ago. The Rosenthals (who gave us Rosenthal boxes of marbles and who Berry Pink worked for before starting out on his own) -- they specialized in rubber items, including erasers -- so one could sometimes read about them in stationer trade publications. https://books.google.com/books?id=TmBYAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA20-PA8#v=onepage&q=rosenthal&f=false

The Ravenswood coral is different. It's like we call it a coral because it's the closest thing to coral in the Ravenswood family. Not because it really fits all that well in with the others.

Rub it in!!!

oh my. Well .... maybe ..... a Vacor Sunset? Akro or Vacor are the only things which come to mind for me at that size. But it's not fitting any definite patterns that I recognize for that size. Edit: to me it seems so uncommon that I'm gonna move it to the main chat area to get more eyes on it. It's beautiful.

Of course! Thanks, Bob.