Steph

Are you sure? That looks like red glass washing over the edge of the white in this view. (The credit for the bump goes to the fact that I was looking at this thread wondering if it might contain something similar to what Bill posted here: http://marbleconnection.com/topic/20457-help-please ) (help please )

Say it ain't so! (No offense to John. )

Gathering up the dated threads Marbles And Where They Come From, 1883 1892: Spangles??? 1904 1907 - Marbles Imported From Japan 1912 1914: Certficate Of Incorporation A Bit More Early Akro Documentation 1914 1923 French Paper On Making Marbles 1924: Latticinio Cataloged 1925 1926: Ring Men 1927 1927 -- Akro V. Peltier 1928 1929 Marble Vending Machines (vending machine marked marbles, plus unexpected assortment of marbles) 1930 Akro Boxes 1930 1931 -- The Teaser "1931" Collection National Line Rainbos Vs. Sunsets -- 1931 1932 1933 (from 2007, didn't find it in time so I started a new one) 1933 (started in 2015) 1934 1936 1937 1938 1938 Mesh Bags --- Wide And Narrow Netting 1938 Newsreel 1938 Owens Corning Marbles? Cant Find Them Online?anyone? 1939 New York Worlds Fair 1940 Very Interesting Marble Article From 1942! (reminder to self: early use of term "sulphide" in reference to figure marbles) 1942 1945 1947 Vfw Champion Marble Trophy At Kc Tmm 1949 1953 Marbles Article, 1955 1957 1962 -- Mk Moonies? 1963 National Marbles Champ Video 1968 Berry Pink Marbles In 1973? 1976 - Camel Brand Cat's Eyes Conglomeration: Dragons' Blood And Urinous Lixivium Patents Old Catalogs Marble Vocabulary From The Past & From Other Countries

By the way ---- LOL

Yeah. A big difference from the last time I saw it listed. I put it on my watchlist. Will be interesting to see where that one goes.

That was a sad situation.

Okay, now that's weird. They really kinda could sorta look like sky now that you mention it.

So those are my guesses for this initial group. If you have the other marbles in a central location, maybe you could take a picture of the whole group and we could get an idea of whether it's all newer or a mix of old and new. p.s., I'm going to move this thread to the main chat area so that more people familiar with contemps might see it ...

This one is a little different. It has a bit of a look of a slag (a type of vintage marble). I'm still going to guess contemporary but the simplicity of the style is intriguing.

I don't have a guess for the maker of this one but it definitely looks contemporary to me.

It looks like you might have inherited a contemporary collection. "Contemporary" is a name given to art glass marbles made in the last 40 or so years. (I think I have that number roughly right but maybe someone else will correct me.) I'm not an expert. The name which comes to mind for me with this one is a Snakeskin made by someone name Gibson. Hopefully someone else will come in and confirm or correct.

All nice. The figurine is adorable.

kitty!

Well, it is beautiful.

Hmmmm. Still wish I could see more. This pic is only 62 Kb. The size limit is supposed to be somewhere around 450 kb. Well, okay, let's see. The green one looks like it could be a modern machine-made. (Maybe made in the last 20 years in Mexico.) The middle one could possibly be a a modern one which was made by hand -- if it is glass. For the brownish one on the right I think I see some circular motion which is interesting, but I can't see enough to make a guess. Maybe more views might help. (Also, I better double check to see if this one is glass, as opposed to stone.)

Hello. Welcome. That photo is a little small. The marbles look interesting. A bigger photo could help a lot. p.s. Adding a ruler to the photo could also help so we can see how close to 2 inches.

Thanks!

George has spoiled me soooooo bad. He sent me this 1945 Science and Mechanics, with the Ravenswood article with so much detail in it -- Glass Marbles by the Million, by Bill Random -- and I put the magazine away for "later" before I recognized its significance. Luckily later came today. Here's the text of the article: http://mm.bglances.com/1-06-05-00%20Ravenswood%20Glass%20Novelty%20Works.htm

I hadn't noticed that. Who do we know who did three marbles to a box? That could be Japanese or Alley, right?

California Agates and Picture Marbles still available.

Was looking for a particular ad from 1933 and found this pic from Charles along the way. What do you think the Blood Agate shooters were? http://marbleconnection.com/topic/16542-sell-those-magizines-boys