Steph

Hi. Welcome. Let's see what folks are able to do with these. For future reference though, things will be easier to identify if you just post a few marbles per thread. I'll start with this picture: That's a circa 1960 Marble King Rainbow Red on the right. On the left, I think probably two game marbles. Can't see if anything interesting is happening in those two but in this view they look basically single-colored and they appear to be a typical size for game marbles.

I think it's an Akro corkscrew.

Well played! Just 2 more to go.

Yes, marbles are surprisingly complicated. A simple little toy .... Welcome to our world.

Abracadabra! A recipe thread! And it's pinned to the top.

Agree. Moss Agate and Royal.

There used to be photos there which made the single words make more sense. I don't know why they disappeared.

It is a beautiful booklet. I hope others will take advantage of this offer.

Hard to guess what the intention was all those years ago -- whether it was meant to be sold as opaque, or if it was meant to be something of a lighter color and came out darker than expected.

Okay, not seeing anything in the amber now besides some tiny bubbles, so I'll stick with "clearie". Could be vintage. Clearies are one of the kinds of marble that almost everyone made, and they're still being made, so it's very hard to pin down. They're "common". I love them. But "common". I had wondered if the red and green frit might have turned out to be modern handmades. I'm not seeing signs of that now. So I'll stick with what I said above -- about modern Asian or Mexican and will specify machine-made.

On second viewing, the one with the green and red dots in your first picture stands out as different from the usual frit marble. It would like to see a couple more photos of that one. Maybe a couple more views of the amber one on the left in the second photo. That looks like it has more going on inside than I first noticed. Probably still modern or at least in the general "clearie" family , given the marbles it is with, but I want to make sure.

It's easy to fall in love with marbles. P.s., I used to collect antique books also. I still have many.

Hello. Welcome. I'm going with all modern. Some Asian. And probably also some Mexican. The most well known Mexican manufacturer is Vacor, also known as Glasfirma. They have been marketed under the name Mega at least in the U.S. I have a Canadian package with Vacors distributed under the Montrose brand. I don't know the names of any of the Asian companies which made those types. Maybe someone does, but I think the Asian marbles tend to come to North America without much branding. Edit: Oh duh, many of the Asian marbles were distributed by the Imperial Toy Co. That's why you will often hear modern Asian marbles being called Imperials.

Is the purple handgathered? That wouldn't stop it from being Akro, but it does make me pause.

Hi. Welcome. The marbles from that era were handgathered. Handgathered marbles have a distinct pattern, which does take time to learn to recognize.

One more consideration is the context of where it was found -- in Canada, right?, and which marbles it was found with.

I agree it's unusual. I'm not feeling Akro. Not a swirl to me. Closer to a patch. If it were a German version, I guess it might be "striped opaque." But I don't have a guess for maker.

Welcome. Beautiful marbles. That's a run that I hadn't previously heard of. Now I've read a little about it.

Hello friend! Wanted to get you all approved and say hi. Gotta run now but will be back soon to love on your marbles.

Hiya Nancie!

Hello. Welcome. Yes, a well-known name. I have at least one of his books. Thank you for visiting us.

The middle one sure has the CAC look

LOL ... you guys are cute

Oh, I almost missed this, Stan. Email sent.

Love it all. Great information. Sweet marbles. You are going to miss Standing Stone so much, aren't you. I wish I could get out there to Rolley Hole. Maybe some day. Maybe you'll be there visiting. Or retire there.