Steph

It's in our interest to help sellers make responsible marble IDs.   

I don't consider Chocomibs a lost cause.   I can let bygones be bygones.   So it is disappointing that he's still pretending he's someone else and not yet resolving to post and sell in good faith in the future.  

 

Looks like oxblood to me.  

So are we looking at Akro, or do we need to consider an Alley oxblood or ??

I've _heard_ of Alley oxbloods, but I'm not sure how to ID them.  

 

Gotta be Peltier.  

I'm going with accidental hybrid, or other acciddent where the color went off somehow since the gray isn't a standard Pelt color. 

4 minutes ago, Melissa said:

This is so cringey.  

Yeah. 

 

4 minutes ago, Melissa said:

is the right vitro?

Don't know.  I could still see it being Pelt.  But I just don't know.  Vitro, Akro and modern have all crossed my mind. 

For the Pelt question, I'm trying to see a second green ribbon on the opposite side from the first obvious one.  Do you see any hint of a green ribbon on that other side?

9 hours ago, Fire1981 said:

Good deal ! You just saved yourself $19.00 That’s just where I’m at with this one. 🔥

RAR

LOL ... 

I'd value it at more than a dollar.  It's a _nice_ 1930's Vitro Tri-Lite.  Can't be sure of condition but looks to be at least NM+ and it sure displays well.  Too bad the seller is someone who overreaches and doesn't play it straight. 

8 hours ago, mibby wonka said:

I was going to buy it but if it's not a real buttermilk I will pass. 

left yes. 

Right ?

🤔

The blue is a Vacor Neptune.  Modern.

The red does look older.  A West Virginia swirl.   My guess for which WV manufacturer would include Alley, Heaton and Cairo Novelty.  

Fun!!



And welcome to Marble Connection.  

2 hours ago, Melissa said:

Why sell it as a buttermilk if everyone here is telling you it’s not a buttermilk? 🙄

1 hour ago, Fire1981 said:

Because they are full of $hit and don’t care what anyone says. You have to remember there are Bidders out there that aren’t on the Boards and flat out don’t know what valid IDs are. 🔥

RAR

You have to remember that this is Chocomibs, the guy with the gazillion dollar "cobra guinea".  Help him for as long as it is entertaining to you.  He's not going to let our cautious ID discussions get in the way of his auction descriptions.  

Agree with Vitro.  

Tri-Lite.  

However, not Buttermilk.  

Alley x 3

What size is it?  Is it bigger than "game marble" size? I'm guessing it is, or else you wouldn't feel a need to ask what it is.

Looks like a very basic marble made by some West Virginia swirl maker.  

5 minutes ago, schmoozer said:

Tried that, it tends to get soft when it’s warm.

Good to know.

9 hours ago, Kimbernugs said:

So this might be a totally crazy idea, but I was thinking about buying some clear resin and some spherical-shaped silicone molds in order to encase damaged/rough marbles that don't really have any monetary value, per se. The idea is that the marble gets a super shiny coating and might get a new life in the old display case. It obviously would negate any potential $ value, but would it work? Has anyone ever seen anyone do this? Am I completely off my rocker? 

A similar idea which someone else had success with:  coat it with polymer floor wax.  

1 hour ago, Canica Chica said:

 

Here are a few marbles that I’ve unearthed. Still trying to figure out how to pinpoint their age and type? If anyone can help with that… I’d surely appreciate it! 

I posted this in the other thread ... moving it here. 


On the left, from top to bottom, from the best I can tell with one view:

1960's Vitro All-Red
1940's Alley Agate
Late 1930's to 1960's Peltier Rainbo. 

On the right, with the same disclaimer:

Green Chinese Checkers marble, 1930's to whatever date you dug it up.  (Edit: what Chad said.  )
White Chinese Checkers marble, ditto on the date
1940's Alley Agate



 

I'm not saying that I think you have a Vacor Red Baron or Old Fashion (DETAILED INFORMATION (billes-en-tete.com)  

But that one view with two ribbons meeting at a single point and then heading off for swirliness is one sign of a possible Vacor. 

Just now, Kimbernugs said:

Nope - just one red ribbon. The pics show the start and follows thru to the end. I'm thinking it doesn't really cork as much as wind its way around the base. More like a snail trail.

Puzzling.  I'm seeing what looks like it should be two.  A pair starting here

then maybe sort of trailing off here


 

Two ribbons total?

The Peltier Blue Angels were named for the Navy's Blue Angels Squadron.  That's why they have both the blue and the yellow.  The Red Angels and Green Angels obviously didn't have the Blue, but they have to have the yellow.








 

In addition to other issues stopping that from being an Angel, note that Angels have distinctly yellow ribbons.  

21 minutes ago, Pinx said:

Hi Steph, I am not home right now, so don’t have access to my research files right now. My recollection is that I found this information in a Spanish language article written by an Argentinian man who was lamenting the loss of the popularly of marbles, a game he enjoyed in his youth. He recalled that his country once had five marble factories and every kid played marbles (sounds like the U.S.!). I don’t believe he named any of the factories. It was more of a memoir than a reported article.

thanks for answering so soon while you're away   

41 minutes ago, Melissa said:

@Steph yes, pee wee size. What was your first guess?

Marble King seems a good guess, but Vitro also came to mind, also Peltier (in other words, the same problem which always comes up with "game marble" id).   It's just that with the dark stripes, game pieces is what wouldn't have been my  first guess ... unless there was some other clue.  Which of course there was -- the size.   

Peewee, huh?