Steph

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Thanks to you both, Jay and Bill. Congrats to Bill. If you PM me with your vitals, Bill, I'll mail it on Monday.

beautiful, Burt

ends today at 8 central

Not mine! Marblealan sold it. The blue and amber is a famous CAC ... the part I'm fuzzy about is whether the striped transparent version is called Blue Lace. Or if only the swirl version is called Blue Lace. So did Pelt have a similar color version? Or were you sold a CAC by mistake? I don't know the answer to that. Don't know what happened to my "click to enlarge" option. Here's a bigger version.

Do you think of the bottom one as Chinese?

I see it!

This one is an Akro corkscrew. A very popular marble style. Some can be valuable. Again, condition is very important. So this one is probably in the "cool, it's a cork" category, not in the "cool, it's valuable" category.

Well, I will bid $10. If I win, I save on shipping.

Well, I finally bit. At $8 for 6, if I ever want any no time like the present. My 6 are on their way.

I wouldn't do a reserve. Some people start everything low and count on people getting sucked in by the potentially inexpensive marbles. My general recommendation is that you start your listings at $9.99. You could have a group of 20 plain WV swirls, or you could have a single cork. One very tricky thing about auctions is grading the marble's condition. And another thing is giving accurate sizes. This becomes more important if you're selling single marbles than if you're selling a group. For a single marble you need to give a really good description with good pictures. You get to list 50 auctions for free per month, so if you price something too high and it doesn't sell, you're not out the listing fee. But if you put a reserve, I'm pretty sure that costs.

I don't see anything I would call eggyolk. #1 WV Swirl, probably Alley #2 could be an Akro Corkscrew -- nice twisty one if so #3 leaning Alley with these views but that really wide ribbon is making me doubt #4. Leaning Vitro #5. Akro Moss Agate #6. Probably Alley

Not seeing that ....

you saved the blingiest for last well played

Dang! Thanks for the update!

#1 ?? Vitro, I guess ... I don't think it is a named one ... so maybe for a generic Vitro lot ... as to age, I'm wondering if it might be from the last 1980's or early 1990's ... that is I'm wondering if it is an Anacortes Vitro ... but for now just go with generic Vitro of undetermined age #2 Akro Corkscrew? -- 1930's if I'm seeing it right ... not a common #4 Made in Amsterdam by Veiligglas -- it's a "wirepull". Some of the orange ones do look funky inside. Start a Veiligglas pile. These aren't terribly rare but not that common and they're desirable. #5. West Virginia swirl -- I'm not sure if it has any special name besides that

1. Very nice Pelt -- wouldn't be surprised if it sold for more than $10 2. ???? West Virginia swirl?? 4. West Virginia swirl pile 5. Transparent swirl pile

Hi Reilly. Welcome. You're right about 1930s or thereabouts. I think the second one is a Peltier. (Hard to say from just one view but I think that's what it is.) It's a popular style. With the damage it probably isn't worth much, but in mint condition a marble like that would be desirable. The first one looks like that timeframe but I'd like to see another view before I make a guess. Thanks!

Yes ... "Transparent swirls". In the WV Swirl category. But it might be interesting to make a lot just with Transparent Swirls and see what people make of it. Oh wait, I see your issue with #2. That could be a messed up cat eye. So, yes, I'd pull #2 out and move it over to the cat eyes. And, yes, they're mostly "common". But I might try a lot with just plain transparent swirls on the theory that "what do you have to lose".

Yup ... it has happened to most of us! The top ones are Asian cat's eyes. Could be from as early as the 1970's. Very common. The bottom ones are clearies. Most companies made them. Again common. And pretty much impossible to tell which company or even which decade they might have come from.

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.