Steph

MFC closed in 1917. The machine Akro patented in 1915 was not significantly different from the machine MFC used. Horace Hill took the machine designs from MFC and tweaked them -- not to improve the design but to be able to claim that he had a machine sufficiently different so that he could get his own patent on the tech he stole from MFC. It was later determined by a court that his machine wasn't different enough from MFC's and Akro shouldn't have gotten that patent. If I recall correctly. Even if the U.S. did help Japan out in the postwar era maybe the help took the form of machine designs, not necessarily the machines themselves. Again, not sure where I got this impression, but for some reason I thought that part of the help the U.S. gave to other countries may have been in disseminating Hartford Empire tech. If that's the case with Japan then it could be that the help the U.S. gave to Japan was to help them change over from transitionals which they may have had pre-war to gob fed marbles postwar. And then Japan quickly jumped from that to cat's eyes.

The book could be erroneous. Or I suppose the light could have made the mossy base look orange. I guess it's possible. No mossy base on yours. Here are some Moss Agates.

Yeah, short with slight curve, with orange glow, could be Akro Moonie. And yeah black dots could be debris.

Thanks! Oh yeah, it was Darla who provided the name for Sara's. Not Dani.

Are they long? short? straight? v-shaped? Moonie-like marbles are notoriously difficult to ID across the internet.

Agreed. I wouldn't call them Heroes either. I think the style name could be Royal.

Nice combo.

Hold it up to a light. Do you see fire inside? If so, then also an Akro Ace.

It's not rare. It's still desirable. I can NEVER remember the name of it. Sara had some also. And Dani provided the name. And that wasn't very long ago. But I've already forgotten.

Thank you for keeping this going. I'm loving it. I gotta get a picture of my very best (quite amazing actually) non-Akro cork. It's on my desk now waiting for it's close-up.

And if that is oxblood riding on top of some of the black that is special.

What do its cutlines look like? (The places on the marble which we would call pontils on your handmades.)

A little confusing but mostly looks Akro.

Then let's assume Bloodie on this one, Amber, for now.

Somewhere I have an old photo of adults playing marbles on a table but I must be using the wrong terms to do my search. Couldn't find it.

Nice project!

Yes, I love it. Congratulations. I peeked at this one while I was on sabbatical and I so wanted to say something but I had to get my work done.

Yeah ... Pelt sounds good.

oh yeah

What Al said. O_o

Yes. Edit #1: Technically. Edit #2: Maybe. I think that modern collectors like to have the base me at least a little translucent. However, I think that Pelt could have sold that one in a Bloodies box. The main thing I wonder about is the shade of the red. That looks a little orangey to me in the photo and I'm a little fuzzy on what range of shades might have been in a Bloodies box. Moving this one to the main chat area also, since it's more of a name question. We have the Pelt part down. Now it's time for technicalities.

I think too cloudy to be in the Sunsets. I think I would have it with my Bloodies. Hmmmm ..... Moving this one to the main chat area for the Pelt name people to maybe weigh in on. Maybe they'll say Bloodie Sunset is really a thing.

That is allowed!

First thought Champion. Second thought Alley.

I'll say Peltier Rainbo. I wouldn't rule out any nice condition Pelt Rainbos being worth a dollar give or take to the right person. I don't know that this base would increase the value above that of an average Rainbo.