Steph

#1 could be an unusual Vitro. How many yellow patches on #2? If only one, then I'm stumped. If two yellow patches, then I'll put in another tentative Marble King. If one yellow patch and one patch of some other color then I understand a Vitro guess on it, but would still question it based on the shape of the yellow. Sticking with Marble King on #4 and Vitro Conqueror on #3. Not gonna place any bets on the Marble King for #4, but it looks familiar to me. If I recall correctly, I got similar marbles in a Marble King horseshoe blister pack.

Vacor Galaxy

These are most definitely dug. I think there was another thread I wanted to post these in, but now I don't remember which one it was. My head is a bit foggy. For all I know there's another odd akro thread already going and I should merge this into that one.

I think I decided that this was a dug Akro. I'm not sure anyone else ever agreed with me but I think I saw something like it in someone else's definitely dug group. Amber in hand but a haze of white filaments made themselves more prominent in the photo. The red was concentrated in one view and a thin film at another angle. I think the structure qualified as "buttcrack".

Check out that opalescence. That's what I'm talkin' about.

Does have some transitional feel ... the glass quality and the little corky motion visible in the first view fit ... just not seeing quite enough of the structure I want to see. Um, could it be an actual cork?

Not at this time.

Oh, did I forget to say welcome?! Hi! And Welcome. I like your avatar.

Patch is an okay description for least #2,3 and 4. Probably okay for #1 also. #3 is a Vitro Conqueror, from the 1940's. #4 might be a somewhat newer Marble King. (Possibly from the 70's, maybe later.) More views could help. (And larger if possible.)

More views please (and a little larger if possible). I think you're on the right track with the middle two. Some would not call it an Indian Blanket because they would say it has the wrong pattern. However, many would agree that it is an Indian Blanket. In this view, the left marble looks like a Vacor -- a newer marble, from Mexico.

The glass looks older to me. But I don't have a good guess. (The thin red ribbon looks like something I've seen on Alleys -- so that's part of why it looks older to me.)

Pics like so:

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Thanks, Ron. Champions make more sense now with the Alleys removed from the mix. A lot of commonality in the pictures you showed. A softness in the swirls. keeperthread

Thanks, everyone. I do take comfort in Brother knowing he was loved. He showed to the very end how much he trusted us and loved us back. ♥

Yeah, prolly Venus then.

Only in the Southern Hemisphere? My husband came home a couple of nights ago and said there was something particularly bright above the moon. I guess it could have just been one of the usual planets but he doesn't usually find those remarkable enough to comment on. I didn't get to see it. When I went out, I couldn't even find the moon. Not sure where in town hubby was when he saw it. Guess it wasn't at our house.

Thank you.

My buddy is gone. He ate well yesterday. Then he slept between us last night. We slept lightly to see if he needed anything. He had a heart attack while using the litter box this morning. He lasted long enough for me to call my husband in. Hubby said a beautiful goodbye. But we've really been saying goodbye for several days now. Now only two cats to spoil -- except they're going on a diet to trim what they put on eating all those leftovers.

Pretty area. Could think of worse places to be on a hot summer day. How concentrated are the marbles? Looks out of the way. How do people discover where to dig? Just random until they hit a vein?

So the three closest to the left are the ones which stay in the Champion tray ....

I'm not sure which year. I could probably find out. . The care package you sent actually had a lot of Pennsboro Alleys, including some tater bugs and chalkies. And then it baggies with smaller amounts labeled Ravenswood, Jackson, Heaton, Cairo Novelty and Champion. From 10 to 15 in each of those baggies. Found the date! It was October 2008. Searched my email for "chalkies" and there it was.

My mother was. And her college friends. Consciousness of that is always wrapped up in my viewing of R&B.

Greetings and salutations.