Steph

"UM blue and white swirls clear center" The first one here, #42, is a West Virginia swirl. WV swirl for short. Around 10 companies in West Virginia made similar marbles, so we often lump them together under that name. Sometimes we'll try to narrow down the company. It's an inexact science though. #42 could be from the Ravenswood or Alley company. I was having trouble getting a vibe from the next two. But now I think the middle one, #18, might be a Peltier. The last one, #10, is still not speaking to me.

Goodness ... look how fuzzy those letters are. Like a mohair sweater.

nice colors

You're on the money with your "MK p&r green and white" being Marble King. Your "P&r (maybe) red-orange and white" are also Marble King patch and ribbons. This style was called "Rainbow" by Marble King. With the basic white plus one other color they're not as valuable as the Bumble Bee or other styles with special names (such as Wasp, Tiger, Cub Scout, Girl Scout, Dragonfly, etc.) With the plain white the value is less than $1 apiece. The others I mentioned with the special names start getting a little pricier. I haven't seen those in your group though. Your "P&r (maybe) blue and white" need another look. Ah, now I see how the numbers work. The blues are #48, 22, 58, 71 and then #53 in photos by itself. Well, #71 appears to be Marble King P&R. The others I don't think so. #22 and 58 might be Akro patches. Specifically Akro Royals. I'm leaning Vitro for #53. #48 might be a more modern Marble King style. Not a traditional "patch and ribbon" pattern. Well, those are my thoughts on the first three folders. I'll take a breather now.

That's a nice direction to go.

Hi Emma, welcome. The pictures are nicely ordered, lots of view. But a lot to tackle at once. I looked at a bunch of the pictures. So far they almost all look to be from the 1930s through 1960's. With most in the 1950's and 60's range. I saw a couple (so far) which might be a little older or a little newer. You are on the right track with your MK patch and ribbons. Did you figure out yet that the yellow and brown patch and ribbons are called Bumble Bees? Very popular marbles. Everyone needs a bumblebee! Worth a dollar or two apiece. (So far I'm not seeing high dollar marbles. But a solid vintage group.) I'll try to drop back in soon. Hopefully someone else will play along while I'm gone.

"killer" is the word

fantastic ... I see some of the different shades

(and is a great marble too)

Looks like it to me.

Some interesting elements. Did the clothes pins spring open? What happened during that element that made the marble bounce a time or two?

Oh, duh, did we ever get the Bulgarians in here? My six: More: http://marbleconnection.com/topic/19858-bulgarian/ http://marbleconnection.com/topic/19543-bulgarian-curiosities/

Any new entries in this category?

Here's something in the item holder category -- holding order tickets. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tab-Grabber-Bill-Ticket-Receipt-Holder-Rack-Kitchen-Bar-Pub-Order-Rack-24-034-60cm-/152054134989

intriguing

And coyotes take buses. What a wonderful world.

Nice. Beautiful scenery. Soothing to watch. Sorted by color? How did you get that effect to work?

Good luck! Hope you get some good ones.

Yowza! I think it's a wild and wonderful double ingot Pelt. With the tail being a beautiful addition to all the accidents which happened on the way to getting those two marbles stuck together.

hopefully forever!

Hi, Bo

Remembered some lovely brown stones my father had -- polished petrified wood. Tried to find a picture of petrified wood spheres but they weren't coming up as lovely as my memory. So here's a Tiger Eye which came up on my search.