Steph

It is beautiful and interesting and I don't know what it is. The bubbles and seam are kinda Pelty. The wispy flirty ribbons are more like Master. Vitro? PelVitSter?

Wow! New on me! Maybe a Pier 1 Import kinda of novelty offering from the 70's? We did use to get some fun items there. Nice find, whatever it is.

The brightness and apparent slickness of the blue threw me off early on, but it has that pelt flip flop in the white and yellow ribbons. So unless someone comes up with some other maker with that flip flop and a closer match on the base, I'm planting my flag firmly there.

I'm thinking of it as a Type 4 Tiger Eye. ...... oooorrrrrrr from an earlier "Shooter" package.

The patches are kinda wonky, aren't they. But strange things can happen with the larger sizes. I'd keep it with my Vitros.

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Best of luck!

Not Christensen. One of the West Virginia swirl companies. Alley or Ravenswood.

Hey, I got that patent page in the mail last week. It was used as wrapping for some photos from George. I wonder if he knew I needed it!

That "rainbo sunset" kinda looks like it has a blue ribbon, with a white base. Your marble has the typical Pelt "flip flop" so that's where I am for now. Note to self: Ooops, my pelt flip flop thread has photobucket pix in it. Those could disappear anytime. So I better switch 'em out. http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o151/modularforms/Peltier/PeltFlipFlop001_Marblealan.jpg

'kay ... I'll move the posts to ID.

Something bugs me, also. If the blue we're seeing is a transparent blue base glass with no color layered on top, then that's not a standard Tiger Eye style. Ya know ... it could be a Peltier Rainbo pattern.

Clicking through a couple or three times to get the bigger version of the picture .... Left to right Top row: #1 Vacor. I think Vacor on #2 also, and maybe #4. #3 might be a modern Marble King. More views could tell. Row #2: #1 ... there's an Alley which looks like that, and their a Vacor which looks like that. #2. Vacor. #3 Vacor. #4 I think Vacor. Row #3. #1 ... pretty sure Vacor. #2 ... old handmade. #3 ... more views would be good -- could be a Jabo. #4 ... could be a WV swirl (Alley) or could be modern.

Clicking on that a couple of times to make it a little bigger ...... Left to right Top row: #1 might be a Vacor ... there _are_ older styles which look like that also, but i'm leaning Vacor. #2 needs more views. #3 ... hard to tell with the red and white swirl ... could be old, could be new. #4 is a Vacor. Row 2: Vacor on #1. Not sure on #2. #3 could turn out to be an older marble -- an Alley -- but I suspect it is modern. More views could help. Not sure on #4 -- leaning modern. Row 3: #1 is modern, but i'm not placing the maker right now. #2 is an old German handmade. I think a latticinio again. #3 ... not sure. #4 not sure, leaning modern.

Yes, some nice flame action. Alley.

That's a Vacor Serpent.

I think this is the last group. We'll let this percolate. I'll be back in a bit ......

Here's that pic. I'm gonna take a break for a bit but I'll be back if no one else covers it.

Left to right Row 1: That big one is interesting. That's a vintage-looking pattern. If that's a vintage marble, I'd guess it was made by the Alley Agate Co. Alley is one of the several companies who made swirled marbles in West Virginia back in the heyday of American marble-making. But I don't recognize those colors. Maybe someone else will chime in. The second one looks like it could be a West Virginia swirl, but could also be newer. Hard to say with basic red and white. The third is a Vacor. Row 2: We start with a vintage German handmade. A latticinio. From the late 1800's or early 1900's. Then the next two marbles appear to be Vacors. Row 3: The first two marbles look like vintage WV Swirls. The third might turn out to be a Marble King. Maybe from around 1960. More views are needed. Row 4: Possibly a Jabo on the left?? Then possibly a Vacor in the middle?? And on the right ... I'm really not sure.

Left to right Row 1: I think the big one is a Jabo Classic ... which would have come after 1990 and before 2008. Next we probably have a cat's eye. And I think the third marble is a Vacor. Row 2: First is a handmade. I presume this is old. It's got such a lot of color and seems to be in such good shape, I hope it's old. Looks special to me, but I know little about what's common or not in handmades. The next marble appears to be a Vacor. And the last might be an Imperial. Vacors are modern marbles from Mexico. Imperials are modern marbles from Asia -- we call them Imperials because the Imperial Toy Co. is one of the companies which distributed them in the U.S. Rows 3 and 4 might all be Vacors.

Looking at your marbles in the gallery, I do see some range in the ages. Mostly modern but some handmades which I presume are older. They make me think your smaller white and brown one in your first picture might be a vintage West Virginia swirl. Possibly an Alley. Thank you for thinking of donating ... there's a link on the homepage -- http://marbleconnection.com/ Is it showing up? Over on the right? Best to start a new thread with each group of marbles, coz it gets confusing otherwise. So I'll start a new thread with one group and take a stab at them. Then see where to go from there.

Here is a thread discussing marble books .... http://marbleconnection.com/topic/23014-a-good-marble-book/ If I recall correctly, Mike was pleased with the book he chose to start with.