Steph

Hi Paul. Sounds familiar. Welcome. ... but what is a striker? (I'm always up for learning new regional/historical marble names.)

spectacular

The pix in that article are a little fuzzy. Hoping we can gin up some more pix in this new thread I started: http://marbleconnection.com/topic/22953-vitro-tiger-eyes/

The Tiger Eye was a veneered style. Could have white or clear in the middle. With the colored ribbons layered over the base. Most had white on the surface. Not all did though. This article was written some years back by a Vitro guru who was studying the different types of Tiger Eyes Vitro made in the 50's. http://joemarbles.com/3Marble Articles/Chuck Brandstetter/What is a Vitro Tiger Eye.htm Description of four Tiger Eye combos from the article: *Type 1…A clear base glass with a color patch on top, a white patch on the bottom and a two color (half & half) ribbon in the middle (Photo 1). *Type 2…A clear base glass with a color patch on top, a different color patch on the bottom and a one color (half & half) ribbon in the middle (Photo 2). *Type 3…A clear base glass with a color patch on top, a different color patch on the bottom and a white (half & half) ribbon in the middle (Photo 3). Type 4…An opaque white base glass with a color patch on top, a different color patch on the bottom and a white (half & half) ribbon in the middle. (Photo 4).

Our pictures seem to mostly be missing from the last Tiger Eye thread I found. Let's see your Tiger Eyes!

I think I see enough now. Thanks. I'm not sure which era it came from though. Might be a Vitro Tri-Lite, from the 1930's.

More Tiger Eyes

Would like to see larger photos of the seams .

Ah, I thought all three were in the same post last time. This is also a Vitro Tiger Eye.

Vitro Tiger Eyes 1950's.

Well hi. Pretty mibs there. Thanks for posting the link.

I'm totally going with Cloudy! Keeper!

Google definitely wants us to go over there to see the photo. Don't see a way to make it show here. It's worth the click. Straight seams, huh? Maybe not a slam dunk Master but still my best guess with that glass consistency and no glow. Master Cloudys are like Easter Eggs. Hidden away among the solid colored marbles which don't have a glow. Anyway ... I think there's something special about your two, especially since they were found in that group.

What a nice little haul. Slaggalicious. What are the translucent white ones in the back right? (Wondering if they could be Master Cloudys, (edit: if they're machine-made))

With the vanes being smoothly rounded, that makes me think American in spite of the tint of the base glass. But I could be wrong. My marbles are still packed away so I'm not able to pull out my Master or Cairo or Bogard cats to check their base glass.

Good find.

Well, these are pretty much only worth the quarter I paid for 'em, but hey, marbles! From a yard sale! ... still all I've found and I have spent all my yard sale money for awhile.

Yes, I think Peltier would have sold that in a Bloodies box.

Is that two different black cat's eyes? Both could be Masters.

Congratulations to Sierra Ricci and Eli Murphy, both of Allegheny Co, PA. (Photo from Debra Stanley-Lapic)

I don't know if we could tell if the blue is Ravenswood. I think there are many WV companies who might have made similar.

The Akro Popeyes would be good for your child's collection. They do have some value, but probably not so much that you would feel compelled to sell them. E.g., Picture 4, Row 8, Marble #4. And possibly Marble #5 in the same row. And Picture 5, Row 8, Marble #5.

The last pic, Row 6 #4 ... need more pix of that. That _might_ be something rare,