Steph

I like. A nice way to see inside the cloudy ones. Also, the water flattens it out and makes it look like a painting.

This could get controversial but let's have some fun. What are the marbles which have stricter and looser definitions. For example ... these beautiful Akros which Patry Denton posted long ago. Many would consider both to be Indian Blankets. Some would only consider the marble on the right to be an Indian Blanket because the red ribbon is supposed to be in the middle of the yellow ribbon. P.s. Once upon a time, I saw someone say that an Indian Blanket could also be red, white and black. [edit: yes, I checked just now -- Alan said it at his website.] What examples can you think of where some folks will restrict the names more than others?

Post underwater marble shots Here are some Jabo Tribute to Friendships.

They're not missing. You can still see them in the albums if you can get past the avalanche of ads and glitchy page-loading. But photobucket says it will cost $400 a year in order to be allowed to post photos directly into threads such as this. $10 a month will supposedly free you from the new obnoxious ads. But it won't be enough to give you the ability to post your images on other sites. https://petapixel.com/2017/07/01/photobucket-just-broke-billions-photos-embedded-web/

My main marble account seems still to be in the clear. My general purpose account is a goner. For example: http://marbleconnection.com/topic/15429-lolcats-and-other-critters/?do=findComment&comment=133120 Now I'm in limbo.

Can you see this? It's hosted at Photobucket. I'm noticing some Photobucket pictures disappearing and some still here ... for now. I _wanted_ to start a thread about Indian Blankets and other marbles where purists have strict definitions but others may let more marbles into that name. But now I just want to know if you can still _see_ the marbles ... whatever they're called.

Any updates on the information here? I just learned what ZIP means -- Zone Improvement Plan.

Congratulations!

P.s., Jelle, I gotta thank you. My nieces and nephews have decided I'm cool, because I know "the marble run guy".

Jelle, your narrator is brilliant!

Marble maker Sonny Miller passed away this morning. He leaves an illustrious legacy. Condolences to his family and friends.

Well, similar in one sense. They are two-seam marbles with patches and/or ribbons. That's a good early sort to make. Pulling those out from the swirls. A variety of makers are represented here. Age range 1930's to 1960's. Top row, left to right: #1 Vitro blackline all-red, #2 maybe Master patch -- possibly an Akro patch, but I'm leaning toward Master, #3 Peltier Rainbo Bottom row: #1 Vitro all-red, #2 not sure -- maybe Vitro -- a closer look at the white area could shed more light, #3 Marble King Tri-Color Rainbow

Ha! Yeah, I got stuck on that part, too.

Sweet! Good find. Thank you. Cat's eyes are pétalos.

http://www.revistacabal.coop/actualidad/tinka-la-unica-fabrica-de-bolitas-de-la-argentina ^^ That article about the Tinka marble company in Argentina suggests that there were at least three marble factories there at one time. Only Tinka now (assuming Tinka is still around).

nice array

thanks

I think modern.

One more from my Photobucket ... a bag Marblealan sold:

Still haven't uploaded my old pictures onto my "new" computer, but I found this in my Photobucket account. "Fancy Tiger Eyes" Posted by Craig:

A2 and B2 are Alley Agates. From the 1940's. All four marbles are in the general category of "West Virginia Swirls". There were about 10 companies in West Virginia which made similar-looking swirls. (There was also a company in Missouri which had WV machines and usually is included in this group because it's hard to distinguish.) Sometimes the swirl pattern or color combos or size are distinct enough that we can nail a company down, or at least narrow down the choices, but it's tricky. So often the ID answer will be "WV Swirl" and we have to leave it at that. There's also some possibility of a swirl turning out to be Christensen Agate, which is not a WV Swirl. Your first marble, A1, I said was a WV swirl, but I can't swear it's not Christensen. Just odds say it's not. Maybe someone else will feel more positive about it. My first thought is Champion for B1, but maybe Alley. (So to be safe, sticking with "WV Swirl".) Swirls like A1 are sometimes also/instead lumped into the "Transparent Swirl" category. That covers both the Christensen and Alox possibilities as well as all the WV choices.

If it's a marble with two seams/poles/cutlines/pontils, the two most important views are those two ends (in my opinion). If it's a swirl, then it's naturally more random. One to four marbles per thread is a good idea. If you think you're on a roll and wanna check to see if some photo is all Akro corkscrews or all Marble King Rainbows or something like that which we might be able to deal with quickly, then you could post more at a time. Still best to have them in some clearly identifiable array -- so we can easily identify which ones we're singling out.