Steph

What kind of feedback are you getting on that last one (Mr. "^^^^came together")? Interesting colors. Has anyone jumped up to say, "Oh yeah, I have one of those too"? Are they saying, "gimme gimme gimme"?

I don't know how to age Marble King bags at all. Maybe Al can help with that. My first thought was it might be newer but then I let the "No age/swallowing notices" comment sink in and that could put it in the year range you mention. But no, I couldn't tell the difference between a 60's or 70's MK cat's eye. I likely wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a 50's and a 90's MK cat's eye. Some of their cat's eyes now have different colors and textures (some samples) but I'm under the general impression that they made about the same kind of cat's eye for decades. Would need a closer look at the Peltier bag. What style of marble is in them? If it's a four vaned cat eye, then yes, it's likely Marble King. Peltier and Marble King had a close relationship. However, if it's bananas, then they're Peltiers. The Peltier bags with Marble Kings in them are nice oddities to have. The Peltier bags with bananas in them are nice ones to have. So either way, cool.

There might be a 7-up in the mix. However, that's the only possible named one I recognize at this time. Most Rainbos are not named anything other than Rainbo. Names are usually reserved for the NLR's. (NLR = National Line Rainbo -- so they're still Rainbos, eh? They're an older style though, which came from the late 20's and early 30's. And often appear in boxes which say National Line on them. And that's where you'll have a better chance of having named ones, such as Zebra, Christmas Tree, John Deere, etc.)

one big happy family

Vintage. Most of 'em would be Peltier Rainbos. A style introduced in the mid-1930's. Made for a long time after that. Not sure that they didn't cross into the 70's, but you may safely call them vintage.

And after the Danny Thomas reboot, of course I gotta see the Ozzie and Harriet reboot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cg9Tc6nXGI

That's a good Champ size.

No kidding! Some folks have dedicated marble rooms. Maybe I can at least set up a nook when we move. Priorities, eh?

Ooooooh! I'm going with European Sparkler for that. Assuming it's vintage. If it's modern, I'm not familiar with who could have made it. And oooooh again! Nice pairing with the big and the little.

This one is blurry small size ... so I'll definitely just link it to YouTube where you can see it littler than here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBy83LjbqzY (Make Room for Granddaddy -- with Frank Sinatra)

That is gorgeous. Ohmigosh, that must blaze under blacklight. Beautiful in any light.

Alley I'm 99.99% on that.

What size? If in the standard playing size, then good chance of Champion.

I'm pretty sure I know the answer to that one -- from memory -- but now I have to go back and remind myself the logic of why it works. It's a good 'un. Edit: yup! I got it. It's just a little bit slippery. I needed a diagram.

Not a sparkler. Not sure it's Akro. The colors look Akro but the structure looks a little Master-ish in that view. For comparison, here are some Sparklers which Alan posted.

Maybe Peltier Peerless Patches. Other views could change my mind, but you do have a number of PPP's. So it fits.

I really do love that kind of riddle. It's close to a kind of riddle that my brother introduced me for killing time on a trip down to Mexico. Where someone poses a simple-sounding situation and then you ask lots and lots of yes-or-no questions to try to figure out what the real story is. This type ... http://www.destination-innovation.com/articles/the-top-ten-lateral-thinking-puzzles/

This is an art use ... but with the marbles being a tool in the art, not a final part of it. Okay ... steelies ... you may not call them marbles. But wow. "In a 21st century take on the traditional Zen sand garden, artist Bruce Shapiro invented the Sisyphus Machine, an elaborate kinetic drawing machine that uses magnets to drag rolling steel marbles through a thin layer of sand to create complicated mandala-like patterns." Bruce Shapiro’s Mesmerizing Kinetic Sand Drawing Machines

Some subtle, ingenious, mesmerizing stuff happening here.

So much history to be learned while pondering these little bits of glass. (I also learned quite a bit about European economics in the 1800's just in the course of studying marbles.) (Some of that history may have influenced my ancestors' migration to Wisconsin a century and a half ago.)

Not seeing any oxblood. When I think of white-based Heatons, I think of a softer, more translucent -- less expensive -- looking base. The softest, most nearly translucent base that I see in Shell's photo is probably the front right but those ribbons are well-defined -- much sharper than I associate with Heaton. Heatons may have had a range -- at least one of the bags in the link posted below have fairly well-defined ribbons -- but my general feeling is that Shell's still fall outside of the Heaton range ... not to mention that Heaton was a smallish company founded in 1946 -- which is after the period that I think the main portion of Shell's collection was assembled. http://marbleconnection.com/topic/6790-mostly-pix-heaton

Nice name (I also liked your "Earths" ) So, it's a West Virginia swirl. My first guess is Alley, but without confirmation, I'd leave it in with the other Transparent Swirls.

Aw, sad but sweet example.

Love the bright shade of green. Not all that easy to come by the bright ones.