Steph

I got some info. I'll PM it to you.

If you can master one type, you can whittle down the unknowns. You do have a mixture of new and old. To me the ones on the top three rows here are a distinctive type. If you can pull out all the ones which you think look like this, you could give us a group shot and we could say yes or no to whether you let some other type slip in. And that would take a big bite out of your unknowns. (You have some of those in the photos above -- and also a golden version of that style.)

He meant the Marble ID forum: http://marbleconnection.com/forum/22-marble-ids/ Best to start a new thread for each group. Less confusing that way. Ten marbles would be a lot for one thread, though sometimes manageable. Four times ten marbles is ... not as manageable. Always glad to help, of course.

I don't know the number .... The question would be whether Bogard made opaque swirls. (or any swirls)

What part is UV reactive? The white or the pink?

Would like to see more of how the red ribbon(s) work their way to their ends. Is that hot pink? At that size I would not be inclined to pick Cairo -- also Cairo's "buttcrack" often looks like a shepherd's crook. I think not usually so very cheeky. So, with that shade and the size and the buttcrack, I'll guess Jabo unless more views change my mind. Maybe more views could turn it into a Pelt Rainbo.

Pretty sure I would have gotten that one correct ... But I was an academic in a former life. Season 27 ????? You are ten seasons ahead of me since I just have the DVD's.

You're welcome. Least I can do. Don't know about values.

Upload them to the gallery. Then they'll automatically be made smaller. (I use Windows Paint to resize, but if you upload to the gallery you can skip that step.)

Besides the white glass now appearing to drift in the wrong direction, it sure looks like polishing compound in the pits in the glass. At least that is how it is coming across over the monitor.

Polished.

American Machine-Made Marbles says they made opaque swirls, but attributes that information to Dennis Webb (and says no individual Bogard swirls had been identified as such). It seems a little out of line with what is said in the main text of the Bogard chapter. So where did Webb get the information? Was it from seeing what was in bags, or was it from talking to someone who worked at Bogard. And heck, isn't Jack Bogard still alive? He certainly was when AMMM was written. Yeah, do that!

Nifty bag.

Did you mean to post a photo? Did it not load?

Soooooo ... now that we've knocked about the definition of WV swirl, what does anyone know about larger sizes? A Ravenswood article claimed they made large marbles, but does anyone have any? Recently we appear to have established that Champion made some shooter-size marbles. Does anyone have any they might share?

Can you paraphrase? Did Al include any modern swirls in his explanation for what a WV swirl was?

Could they have been leftover Heatons? (Of course I would call them WV swirls.) Edit: When the Bogards purchased Heaton the purchase did include some old stock. Some of the old stock was already in bags and the Bogard label was stapled over the Heaton label. But I gather some of the old stock was not already backed with the Heaton label.

I wasn't aware that Bogard made any swirls. I was only aware of their cat's eyes, chinese checker marbles and industrial marbles.

What did they say?

Uh oh. I defer my answer until after I find out if most people include Mid-Atlantics as WV swirls.

I don't know whether others consider modern Champions to be WV swirls. I just can't imagine not including them, so I do. I'm not sure what others do about modern Champs. And I don't now if others include Mid-Atlantic swirls in with WV swirls. Beyond that, I only knowingly include marbles actually made in WV. Amsterdam swirls are made in Amsterdam, so they're not WV swirls. Vacors are made in Mexico, so they're not WV swirls.

The cut-off line for "modern" is usually 1970.

I wouldn't even in a joking way consider including Vacors as WV swirls. Sometimes if I want to get philosophical I might muse about the WV influence on Alox or on European swirls or even on Jabos. But when I say WV Swirls, I mean swirls made in West Virginia. Alox only gets included in that sometimes because I can't tell the difference between the Alox swirls and the WV swirls. I count Champions as WV swirls no matter whether it's vintage Champion or modern.