Steph

Good name!

I tried for the oxbloods. I stretched as far as I could. Lost but made the winning bidder work for it. Edit: pistachios are now mine.

I'd call the blue an "Ace". That was Akro's opalescent base corkscrew offering. The color I most often see for an Ace is the black ribbon. I think the orange ribbon maybe second. I don't often see blue ribbon ones with the fire identified inside. So congrats on that one.

nice effect

Here's that same marble with some two-color St. Marys cat's eyes -- also valuable though not as valuable as the 4-color.

Here is a valuable cat's eye -- 4-color Marble King St. Marys cat eye. I think I payed $25 for it. Last I checked I didn't see me being able to replace it with such a nice example for less. Mine is in the 5/8" range. A boulder version would be worth a lot more.

My husband's rolling toy -- about 10 inches tall -- it says 1961 (which makes it older than him -- maybe came from an older sister). It has clearies in its feet -- very worn clearies. I wetted one down a little for the picture.

Cat Eye still is looking like what I thought -- need you to confirm though from what you see in hand. But I'm gonna call it a keeper. (Or something to list separately if you're selling.) I think the most exciting marble in the bunch is still the white base handmade with the different colored ribbons.

Some German. Some Cat's Eyes. Germans: Row 1, #1 Row 2, #3 All of Row 3. Row 1, #1 looks special to me. Row 3, #2 may be valuable -- I think it's an Indian. But I'm not sure of values of Indians -- just know they're at least a little special. Row 2, #1 is a Vitro Cat's Eye. How many ribbons does it have? For Row 1, #3, my best guess is Mexican Cat's Eye. Row 1, #2 is a cat's eye -- does it have 4 white vanes? Are the vanes in this order -- green, white, green, white, yellow, white, yellow, white? If so, I think that's worth a little something. (And I think with that combo it would be Asian.) Row 2, #2 is Asian or Mexican ... but either way that's considered a common. Worth a few cents. When the color pairs are together -- e.g., green next to green, then white next to white, then yellow next to yellow -- that is common and not valuable. Gonna move this to the main forum so maybe more people will see it and might comment on the handmades.

I'll pass your praise along to Jill Marie.

p.s. If that fat banana is mint, you might be able to get a few dollars for it, if you wait for the right customer to show up. p.p.s. ... I can't make out the bottom right I'm wondering if it's a cage style cat's eye. Not sure. I meant to mention that above. But it's moot with the hitmarks.

Petlier Rainbos aren't particularly valuable. I think you'd be lucky to get $1 apiece.

Those metal-banded ones are interesting. Wonder what that was about. The top left one is an Akro Popeye and could have been valuable but in this condition, I don't think it is. The bottom middle is an interesting looking marble. Might be a Master with a fat version of a "banana". Or ??? Cool but I'm not sure it's particularly valuable. Because of condition or commonness or relative plainness (that bottom middle one being neat but sorta plain), I'm not seeing value here. But maybe someone will look at the handmade on the bottom right and see value in spite of the condition. Those metal bands remain intriguing.

It's mostly Akros (and some antique handmades) which are said to have eggyolk. And then only certain Akros. Other marbles could have what looks like the same yellow, but it's not described as eggyolk. Darla's Akro Eggyolk Oxblood:

Pretty colors in a transparent base -- winning combination.

I now have for real marble marbles. I'm ready to play. Two are definite "blood allies". No one can beat me today! (a little under 5/8")

I was searching for my lone CAC pastel and found this old pic by Jill Marie. Much prettier.

impromptu salmon patties ... hybrid of different recipes found online adapted to what I had in the kitchen. had no lemon juice -- used red wine vinegar. not bad but lemon juice is now on the shopping list.

Dig those kicks and knickers!

a well-rounded display

beautiful flowers

I can get that.

Row 1: Left marble could be Peltier or it could be Vitro -- a head on view of the seam(s) could help. Then WV swirl (maybe Alley). Then Peltier Rainbo. Row 2: In this view, looks like Peltier Rainbo. Then possibly an Akro corkscrew -- but more views needed. Then a Marble King Wasp. Row 3: I kinda wanna guess Ravenswood on the first one (but could be Alley), then looks like Alley on the 2nd. And then I think Alley on the third, but I wonder what Christensen Agate collectors would say about it.

Some of those marbles are very worn glass.