Steph

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.

Not handmade. The indentations are cold rolls. Where the molten glass was just a little too cool to be completely rounded on the rollers. Here's a GIF of the rollers in action

oooooooooh *delight*

Here we go .... the top left one definitely says Jabo or DAS to me, made in a special contract run after 2007. Seems a good chance of Jabo (or a related marble) on the rest. The bottom left stands out as potentially different. Need some of our Jabo experts in here.

Nice reminder. I've just moved that thread to the marble friends memorial forum.

What a sweet remembrance. Yes, I think of him often. I can't bring myself to get rid of a marble mailer he sent. I use it to store marbles in. He's still my "facebook friend". And thank you for thinking of the site.

that's different

I just hope the winners are happy. Looks like two bidders dominating the four auctions, duking it out. But one of the winners has low feedback, so I guess it could have been a shill who was trying to get that other guy to go higher.

Hi, David. Welcome. Do you see the paperclip attachment option at the lower left of the reply window? You can add pictures there, as long as they're small enough kilobytes. I think around 425 kb. Might be a little higher. Or you can choose another host such as pinterest and post the picture address and the software usually automatically turns it into a picture. You can also post in our gallery, and get the address from there to post in your threads.

Sounds like a fantastic guy. Another wonderful project you picked.

I'll go with Alley. As That1 notes, we expect the white to be more solid with CAC.

Thanks. Yes, it does make 'em look flat ... trade off to see what's inside. Gosh, I do so like these.

If it's vintage, then it's Alley. 1940's.

That's neat. My two guesses are Peltier and Master.

We have seams! We have some interesting color coming through. I hadn't caught the two-toned look before in the purple. Need more size in general, but I can tell you it wouldn't help me. I think I "see" you marble pretty clearly with the combination of all the views and basically I do not know what it is. I can't remember ever seeing another one sufficiently similar to it.