Steph

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!

I know someone in Tennessee who used to collect marbles. I'm not sure if she's still into it. Did you ever know Carole Shockley?

Yes, that's exactly it. Well, I think it collects in a little cup first before it goes to the rollers. .... but we have a lot of people who have seen marbles being made in person. I'm not one of them. Maybe they can add.

fantastic pictures of interesting marbles

(Love the big blue and yellow cork.)

(I'm not seeing oxblood on #7)

21/32" on #6. Hmmmm ... It's not an ordinary game marble. I agree with That1. Alley would be my guess. In this view it looks sorta swirly. Randomly swirly. What I'm curious about is if it has any more distinct patterns in other views. On the 15/16" ... stick with "Akro corkscrew". "Turkey" is used fairly exclusively for CAC's.

I'm not up on the German handmade terminology. But I think this one is "naked" because it just has the one layer of action, in the inner core. No extra action at/near the surface.

Hmmmm ... might need more views. But I'll take a shot at guessing. 1. West Virginia swirl. I'll make a further guess of Alley. 2. If vintage, then West Virginia swirl. Again, I'll be bold and say Alley. (Some chance of it being a modern Vacor Old Fashioned. But I have one like it that's old.) 3. Peltier Rainbo. Peltier might have sold it in a box marked Bloodies. 4. West Virginia swirl 5. ??? Not getting a good feel for whether this is old or new. 6. Pretty color. What size? 7. More views please. Could be a Peltier Peerless Patch. Or might turn into something else if you turn it around! 8. Transparent swirl. In the West Virginia swirl family. I don't try to guess makers on transparent swirls. 9. Christensen Agate. .... I also don't usually give Christensen as a guess, preferring to leave that to CAC collectors. But I think good chance. Again, more views could change things.

Agreed. Machine made. Peltier. Popped air bubble.

simply gorgeous

These would be modern. Made by Vacor de Mexico.

With Tom Petty's passing

so lovely ... a nice interlude

Thanks for the notice.