Steph

The bottom marble is pretty. It's helpful to show where the ribbons join up on a marble like this. But on this view I'm going to say Asian and modern. But it's definitely a cool one. Might be able to pull a dollar or two just for being so pretty. (Is it a "normal" 5/8" diameter? If bigger -- closer to 1" diameter -- it could get more.) The top might be vintage. Need more views please.

The top group appears to be made by Jabo, in Reno, Ohio. Sometime between 1991 and 2007. The bottom one might be an industrial marble. They aren't made for play so they are allowed to get by with some funky anomalies. Again, no significant value. Since the Jabos of that style aren't being made anymore, they're technically collectible, but I'd be very surprised if they pulled even a dollar apiece. Would take some creative marketing, I think.

They're not worth a lot of money, sorry to say. For comparison, this batch of moderns is 320 marbles for ten dollars. http://www.target.com/p/marble-bonanza-320-marbles/-/A-17071861?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&CPNG=PLA_Toys+Shopping&adgroup=SC_Toys&LID=700000001170770pgs&network=g&device=c&location=9019117&gclid=Cj0KEQjwxPbHBRCdxJLF3qen3dYBEiQAMRyxS4pmLtq9cHh2TBXEL4Eo5RkIc89lUN2QANG-FrNhj44aAnWb8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

Hi there. Welcome. These are foreign, modern marbles. Made in Asia or Mexico. Probably Asia. They're styles which are still currently being made as far as I know.

(From ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Norman-Rockwell-The-Saturday-Evening-Post-Round-Tin-made-in-England-/322492796864)

Blast from the past circa 1935

I'm not seeing oxblood. Everything looks transparent or translucent. For education sake, try the experiment Sean suggested. Get one more more of your Akro oxbloods and put them next to this marble. I'm trying to think of a good adjective to describe the Akro oxblood texture, and failing. But I _think_ you'll see the difference.

What Galen said. The larger swirly ones are among those which look like Jabos. For a little bit of timeline help, Jabos were made after 1990. They're not made anymore, so sometimes you can get a few dollars for them. Still not a lot though.

I don't see oxblood. Well, maybe on marble #6. Maybe more views in different light? The rest would be general West Virginia swirls. Good chance Alley, but I'd just put them in the general lots which I don't worry about making much off of. The first important thing to note is that oxblood is opaque. So, that's one thing that you/we need to check on #6. In the other marbles the red is easily letting light get through. Now, there _are_ some marbles with both transparent red and opaque oxblood, and those get tricky when ID-ing them on a computer monitor, but for this lot, rule out the first five, and let's see a little more of #6.

You'll have to twist my arm! It's educational!

I made it to an antique store today. No marbles but at least I got out and did some hunting. A step in the right direction. Also bought two tomato seedlings, from a Future Farmer's service project. So my garden is officially started.

Something else. Going with Imperial here -- relatively modern -- made in Asia -- similar marbles still being made

how very charming

@James Goetz is in Iowa. That's a good three hours from him though. On the border of three states. Folks from Missouri or Illinois might want in on that too.

I don't remember hearing of this game before ... at least under this name. Picking the plums https://books.google.com/books?id=sgcfAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA412#v=onepage&q="picking the plums"&f=false

This auction is for the second book from the donated pair. (Thank you, again.) This book took a harder bump on the back bottom left corner than the first one did so there's a set of scans to show detail in the next post. Same procedure as usual. Winner will send winning bid to the forum donation box. I'll pay for shipping in a cushioned, corrrugated mailer. Auction will end on Saturday, April 29, 8 p.m. central time. Enjoy.

1. Transparent swirl -- in the general WV swirl category 2. Akro Popeye 3. Akro Cork 4. is one of those which looks a little slaggy and a little swirly. I'm leaning toward "transparent swirl". I don't recognize #5 or #6. "Luckily" for you, they don't look valuable to me and they both appear to have damage so if you're thinking about sale, I'd put them in a reject pile and not waste time with them. If you're just itching to learn the manufacturer for the sake of learning, hopefully someone else will recognize. (The colors on #6 make me think of Master but the long, straight seam is very non-standard for Master so I don't know.)

Hi pigeon. Hopefully you can find those settings on your camera. I resize pictures on Windows Paint on my computer. Another option if you can't find those camera settings is to upload to an external host such as Photobucket and post the picture from there.

Okay, not Carnelian. ,#4 is what Akro would have called a "moss agate". (There are both cork and patch versions of "moss agate".) Collectors have a different name for it. Might be a "cherry-ade". But I can't remember if cherry-ades are also supposed to glow. I'll wait for someone else to help out with that one. I'll stick with Vitro on #5.

Thank you, Scott! PM me with your address.

I wondered why so quiet! Good luck! I'm looking forward to some marble jaunts also, if Mike hasn't bought up all the marbles in the state.

All corks are good but Carnelians and Popeyes stand out.

Well done. All except for #5 are corkscrews. Some have other names also. #1 is called a Popeye. #2 is a Spiral #3 is an Onyx #4 might be a Carnelian Agate -- does it have a tan base which glows green under blacklight? #6 looks like it might be a hybrid. of some kind with the trace of green along the orange. #5 might be a Vitro. Pictures of the seams would be good here.

In the first photo, #1, 2 and 5 have seams showing. That's the feature we're looking for on these patch style marbles. #1. Vitro blackline all-red -- this is from the 1950's, earlier and more desirable than the most common all-red which doesn't have the "black line" #2. Peltier Rainbo -- an attractive one #3. Another Pelt Rainbo probably (but has similar colors to a well-known Alley swirl, so this is an example of why it's good to know if the marble has seams) #4. I think Transparent Swirl (which is in the WV Swirl category). I say "I think" because it's close to looking like a slag, but I do think swirl. #5. Marble King Tri-color Rainbow #6. I think this one is a slag -- machine-made slags are from the 1900's to about 1930.