Steph

Randy ... your turn is coming again pretty soon, I'm sure of it.

What the heck is right! They came with antique marbles? They're lovely but my guess would be painted ceramic or polymer clay. (and not very old)

That's adorable. And new to me. If you see a swirl structure in the marbles, then I'd agree Alley. That's a beauty.

Their Gropper box looks good, no? http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-VTG-PELTIER-M-GROPPER-SONS-CERISE-AGATES-NO-0-BOX-OF-25-NEAR-MINT-0-580-/152143181079

Is the stained glass old? Or you think repro there? And I just noticed it's a marbles purse. I don't remember seeing a purse before. You?

'kay .... just checking to make sure we were talking about standard sizes, not boulders. That would have changed the computations.

Was trying to get a feel for what shooter bananas were worth individually ... ran across these and got totally sidetracked? I _guess_ this was purchased for the stained glass box ....?? But the bananas ... they're frosted .... did Pelt ever do that on purpose? http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-PELTIER-GLASS-CO-BANANA-CAT-EYE-STAINED-GLASS-BOX-W-MARBLES-BAG-/152117497365 Anyone seen anything like this before?

Since they're shooters, that probably makes them a little less common. I don't know value. But at less than $15, that might make them attractive items for later trades?

Size?

Thanks Al .... we skipped Q .... that's why I was trying to remember the Australian marbles ... was wondering if they started with Q. ...... very very fuzzy memory ..... I was probably wrong .....

Me too (baffled). Jabo flits through the mind but what ribbons there are are a little more ribbon-y than Jabo. Also, these are from your family group, right? A minimal amount of ribboning can suggest Cairo Novelty. The orange one doesn't look so strange. It could probably slide in with the Alleys. But that green?? That deep transparent green ... I'm not placing that at all.

I remember a seed or nut or pod or some other natural item which was supposedly used as a playing marble in Australia. Does this ring a bell with anyone? You wouldn't happen to know what they were called, would you?

Such sweet colors. Mine is the classic red and white. Since they're Miller machine marbles, you can still say you're sticking with the vintage connections. Maybe you can slow your slide down that slippery slope.

Ed has saved the thread! Thanks, Ed!

Bump!

Yes, that was Akro's name for their red slag.

Alley looks good for the pattern on the blue. Maybe a photo in different lighting on the green one? And it looks like it could have seams ... does it? A pic of those would be good.

Just when you felt safe to go back into the Lake.

Swirl. I'm feeling Veiligglas in that pattern.

I understand. They count as solid-colored though. If they have a swirly pattern, that rules out the more valuable option. (The more valuable possibility for the reds would be an Akro Flinty, but I don't think that's what we have here.)

Picture #2 has Marble King Cub Scouts and Picture #3 had Marble King Bumble Bees. Those are from the 1950's or 1960's. They're very popular and could bring some more money. Edit: I answered too quickly about Picture #2. Five look like Marble Kings. Looks like there might be an older Akro there also, and then some kind of swirl that I don't recognize -- that could be much newer or ... well, I don't know from that view. Picture #4 looks like some 1940's Alley Agates plus maybe one Vitro Conqueror. Picture #5 with the blues are a range of makers. Picture #6 is mostly Vitros from the 1930's through maybe 1960's. Pretty sure the big marble in the group is newer. Maybe from the 1980's. Could be later. #11 has a modern one in it. Probably less than 20 years old. The big marble in #12 could be modern ... or could be an Akro from say the 1940's. Regarding #10, solid red colored marbles could be valuable if they were a certain type, but it's hard to identify them in a photo ... odds are those are "just game marbles". And there are more nice mixture in the other pictures. Sooooo ... mostly vintage. And there are a lot more than I first thought. You could maybe get more than $100 out of this.