Steph

I do love Imperials with long seams.

I think Alley on the first. Nice one there too. Is that the one called a West Virginian?

Yes. Vacor for both. Pretty sure the second one is a Vacor Hurricane.

Agree. Beautiful Akro corkscrew.

I could see that being either WV swirl or a Vacor. But with no cutlines showing, I guess I'll lean WV swirl.

Some Alley photos Larry posted:

Eeek! I think there may be new evidence, saying that even the clear based ones are Alley, not Champ. Something Larry Alley said on Facebook about someone else's clear-based green one. Backed up with reference to p. 58 of his book.

Thanks. Back to gazing now.

So very much -- a veritable feast -- I feel silly asking about a simple clay -- but does one of those clays have a special symbol on it?

oh my goodness oh my goodness!

Mike, that tunnel look on your K&M is something else. Am I seeing Peerless Patch boulders up there? Bill, thank you for the underwater picture. Looks like a sea creature. Very interesting. Thanks for the Bennie, Bumblebee. I have some clays I could fish out. But mostly I wish I could find the long ago article which described a game they played with boulders a hundred years ago.

And a few more. (these were posted by BobandPat)

And a few more:

How about a few simple Rainbos?

The Bloody Mary was one of the first I went out of my way to acquire.

Ah .... mint x 2 refers to color and condition? Or two marbles? (I'm slow. )

Not saying worthless at all. Just not so easy to pick things to comment on out of big groups. I think there is a Peltier NLR near the bottom right here. Nickname: Ketchup and Mustard. Also a Vitro Tri-Lite at the very bottom. Also some Peltier Peerless Patches elsewhere in the mix. So far, all I see is American.

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Still a mystery to me.

Just for the historical narrative, I started to single out one amber slag. That appears to be M.F.Christensen, i.e., one of the first American machine-made marbles. But then I widened my screenshot to take in that Akro oxblood John mentioned. That one could be worth what you spent on the whole lot (or more). A nice way to start an American machine-made collection. The big translucent with red is an Akro Moss Agate (more common collector's name: Akro Ace). I think the blue boulder will likely turn out to be a Peltier Rainbo.

You got in your Hot Wheels and went hunting, eh?

What kind of marbles did you find it with? What country?

LOVING the boxes!