Steph

Those are some nice marbles from the 1940's to 1960's. Maybe some from 1930's. I don't see pricey ones. It's a solidly vintage group though. That's a good sign. And someone might recognize more value in some of the swirls than I do. There's a red, green and white one near the top I'd like to see the other side of. (That's what I wrote in response to post #4 before I saw the notice for post #5.) In Post #5, at least two of those look like Vitro cat's eyes. Maybe all three. Cat's eyes are generally among the less valuable marbles, but you have a three color hybrid there and that raised the value of the cat eye. I'm not sure how much to. But treat that one nicely.

Check out the sizes of the "Acme"s listed in post #7 here: http://marbleconnection.com/topic/12733-acme-realers/?p=108127 _Looks like_ 9/16" up to 1". Some of the realers in the earlier posts look like a pretty bright orange. I can't find my patch box so I can't check what I have.

13 seconds before the auction ended and the euroswirl was still mine. Then boom! What a pretty marble.

Dayang. It didn't turn red out here. Maybe a little orange but not enough to see why it was called blood moon.

I have seen some roughly 1/2" marbles that I consider realers. Had them in my possession while trying to help ID someone's marbles. But I can't remember if I have any. I think all the ones I have might be 5/8".

Cave. With internet. That's for me.

When I look up Peltier Smilies I see something which was said to be a fantasy box from around the time of the Novas ... maybe? http://marbleconnection.com/topic/16969-peltier-smilies/

I thought the blue spotted handmade something was pretty cool ... and then I saw the euroswirl. OMG!

Thank you!

Jiminy Christmas. Where were you watching from? A lunar orbiter?

Got to see it. Without leaving home. That was very cool.

What he said!

From George's collection Marbles from Phil Cook, The Quaker Man

Here's the one I took a decent photo of and shared earlier. Rosenthal:

I've been wanting to start a thread with George's posters but have been putting it off because, well, you know me and picture taking. But here's one I had in digital form. So I'll use it to launch the thread and hopefully will be able to take okay photos of his other posters later. Peltier Comic Marbles:

Posted in another thread so adding here while I'm thinking of it

I follow! Some of those do have an American look though. I wouldn't doubt Akro or Vitro or Master on some if they were found here. Such as the one on the lower left corner. keeperthread

Hi Dusty, Welcome. You could post an overview of your collection and we might be able to give you a general feel for what you have. First thing to mention though is that when you're pulling the collection out take care not to bump the marbles around too much. Condition is paramount. One ding could reduce the value of a marble by more than half over its mint value.

Canadian. Cool.

"What does God need with a starship?"

"C'mon, nose spider!" Source spoiler: Leonard Hofstadter on Big Bang