Steph

Is that a water tower behind the house? Is that any kind of clue?

That is a bullseye china -- another ceramic from Germany from about the same time frame as the Bennington. Again worth having in a collection though not a high dollar marble.

Not seeing value or distinctly identifying marks in these two photos. Few solid color marbles are worth much. But there ARE some which are, so there's a tiny chance that more views of the green one could result in a higher estimate of value. The bottom could be a Jabo, made after 1990, or it could be something else, but none of the possibilities going through my mind carry a high price tag with them.

Hi. Welcome. The bottom looks like some kind of cat's eye. Cat's eyes aren't usually very valuable. (Most worth a nickel or less.) SOME worth more. More views might be able to turn this on into something worth up to a dollar. Not sure with just this side view. Also not sure with just the one view of the green one on top. That is, not sure if it's a mid-1900's American-made marble or a later Asian marble. But it doesn't look like it would be valuable either way.

The brown one with the "eye" is a Bennington. It's an antique ceramic marble from Germany. From the 1800's or early 1900's. Not worth a lot of money, but worth having in a marble collection. (Could possibly be worth a couple of dollars to the right person.) The speckled marble on the bottom right is modern. Made in Mexico or Asia. Probably Mexico. Made later in the 1900's or in this century.

that's a treasure terrific find

Looks rather lustrous in your photo. Aventurine? Pearly?

*sneaking back in* I suppose another choice could be Peltier Prima Agate http://marbleconnection.com/topic/21588-american-agate-or-prima/ *sneaking back out* *no one saw me, right?*

Hmmmm ... I guess I could get talked into thinking the 2nd end was an Akro seam instead of a handgathered cutline. The base looks mossy in this natural light photo. Okay, I'm all over the place here. Obvious I do not know! I'm gonna shut up now. No, really. I am.

That's what I was very vaguely wondering.

The last picture is the "cutline". That's what you'll often see on the opposite side from the "9 and tail". To me the colors in the last photo look sorta Japanese, but cutline is so clean and the spiral is so very nice, it seems too neat to be Japanese. And I don't know what to think about the clear.

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Hmmm. While I am not a handgathered expert, I know that MFC had a relatively limited number of colors/styles. I just don't see that fitting in with the MFC. Especially with such a bright red shade. I'd still wait for some more input.

@lstmmrbls, you around?

Interesting .... I hoped that would make it easier for me. But no. I'll sit out now and wait for a handgathered specialist to show up.

That thin line of red is a wonderful effect. What does the other end look like?

*waves at sclsu*

Anacortes Vitro?

Hi there. Welcome. I think that's a Master Marble, from the 1930's.

That is simply gorgeous. Thank you for sharing.

I _see_ the glow there. I don't know why this is so hard for me to remember. Maybe it will stick now. That circular action in the close up is very nice to see. Nice contrast to the marbles from, for example, Champion (I think) which are a cloudy white and have a glow but have a wadded up swirly action inside.

In case I didn't already get the difference between "regular" and "blue" that's a nice pic showing "regular". And the ball of aventurine would be nice to hold. ... someone could make that sound kinky if they wanted

*gasp*

I need to see a CAC Moon close up. Or find someone who is a genius at taking pictures and can capture the CAC characteristics in a photos. Well, this photo Bob posted in that other thread does show some nice CAC action.

Fenton shut down most of their operations 6 years ago. And now they're about to be gone for good -- the building is to be demolished. In commemoration, here is an interesting video. Marbles are mentioned -- when they talk about items which don't pass quality control, and so they get crushed and the glass would be turned into marbles. I know Jabo used some of that glass. Not sure about Marble King.