Steph

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Modern Marble Kings. These belong to Edna. Gifts from Randy Gossett.

Leaning more and more to modern Marble King for the one on the right. (Still vintage Vitro on the left. )

neato! that's all I have to say. Don't know about the bead.

Do folks put their own marbles into the run?

I like the musical one. And glow in the dark is always fun.

The left one looks like a modern MK to me -- last 20 years. That right one is wild. I'd guess either Vitro or some modern MK which I'm not familiar with. I need to go through the photos that Edna has posted of the modern Marble Kings which she got from Randy Gossett.

I suppose that could be as early as the 1960's. I'm not sure. (Seems possible it could also be modern but the blending leaves the door open for a little older.)

The left one looks like a Vitro Whitie, with a little hybrid action going. The right one? With that color combo I sorta wanna say Vitro again but the structure does look more like Marble King, as you say. I don't recognize it.

Not too easy to come by, no.

Thanks, king. I understand the confidentiality and appreciate even just knowing that they exist.

ONE DAY someone is going to come up with a complete set so we can be sure of what that cue looked like. Gotta happen.

They're made in Germany. 1800's or early 1900's.

Welcome, Kelly. Nice to meet you. Hope we can help. Will be fun trying.

lolololol Lou said to keep reminding him but I'm gonna wait a bit. Clearly you know where to find the ones you need.

That's a honey.

Awwwww. I really really like earthenware. Just think was that little splash of color meant to kids 150 years ago.

Oh yah! Now that actually looks like one which was meant to be a pop! Cool!

Yes, congratulations. Be careful when packaging it for transit. Want to protect the marbles from damage. Damage from both outside impact and inside impact.

Loving the show!

Gorgeous marble. Good luck!

Hi. Welcome. Thoughts? First thought: That's a very high starting price for four pounds of marbles. [Edit: I see that you had a very low starting price, not the $585 that the bid is now at. Sorry about that confusion.] Second thought: The steelie shouldn't be stored with them, and should not be allowed to touch them during shipping. Third thought: There are some _very_ nice marbles there. However, you'll probably have better luck reaching your monetary target if you sell some of the nicer ones separately, with good individual pictures so that people can make informed judgments about condition. There's a big difference in value between truly mint marbles and those in near mint condition. Hope this helps!

Love your fill-in-the-blank, Galen. Well-posed question.

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Odd shade but it looks like a Moss Agate to me. The swirly kind.