Steph

I posted this elsewhere, so I'll add it here. I call it my favorite nickel marble -- which usually lets me pull it up in the search engine -- hunting for "nickel" -- but not today ... so now I'll add the word "nickel" again a couple more times and hopefully I'll be able to find it the next time I want it.

I just stumbled across this picture in a photobucket folder. Based on the almost Master-like structure, I am GUESSING it is Imperial. I seem to recall it's around an inch in size. It mostly looks like a black marble, but there's a white streak, and if you look deeper, there's more interesting stuff happening. (Flash photo on right.) Not sure where I have the marble now -- but I was quite fascinated by it for awhile. You have any fun ones? I know Winnie does!

... the hunt is on .....

What's that about lavender? Is that the request? Or is that hidden in your marble, Bill?

I'm not aware of Masters that large in that style. It does look like it could be vintage though. Could it be an Akro?

Champion is a good guess. But I am not able to rule out another maker, such as Alley.

that's a dandy!

Definitely new. Save your money. The bottom left was made this century. Vacor Halloween.

#11 now looks like a Vitro. Maybe from the 1950's. #15 now looks Asian. An uncommon version of the marble style that we call Imperial. I don't have a guess for the decade. Good odds it's after 1970, but I don't know. Jabos often have a U-shaped swirl. Here are some sample pix of Jabos -- at a good reference site: http://joemarbles.com/1Marble Picture Pages/10Jabo/Jabo 001/Jabo, Inc. 1.htm

Hi Jacob, welcome. Looks like you have a mix of new and old. For ID-ing I like to see the seams of a marble, if the marble has seams. We used to have a seam tutorial. I accidentally deleted it. I need to redo that. Putting it on my list now. (In #1, the first view is part of the seam.) I think #1 will turn out to be a hybrid Vitro All-Red. From the 1960's. #10 might turn out to be Akro. From the 1940's. #11 is interesting. I'd like to see more of the ends of the blue patch. It does look vintage. #4 and #5 look almost like Akro corkscrews, from the 1930's, but I suspect they will turn out to be Jabos, from after 1990. #2 might be a West Virginia swirl, but I think it will also turn out to be a Jabo. I think Jabo on #6, 9, 12, 13. Maybe others, such as #7 and #14. I think WV Swirl on #3. (Say, 1930's through 1950's.) #8 might be a modern marble from Asia. #15 looks like it will turn out to be vintage. More views needed.

That would be a fun one to have, sure enough.

Congrats, Jess. That's quite a looker.

interesting orbs, Winnie

Well, that was fun. Gold star for Al!

colorful Imperials which look more like Akros than like modern Imperials

Wirepulls?

Here's my facebook address. Send me a friend request and I'll try to hook you two up. https://www.facebook.com/stephanie.harrison.528

Are you on facebook?

pretty We do have a coupla members who might be able to pin down dates. I only know a few runs on sight. Those aren't them.

Where in TN?

Popeye ... light blue and light yellow. Next .... furnace chunks!