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The flameyness makes me think of Alley. The apparent translucence of the base glass (if I'm seeing that right) makes me think of Heaton. (Could make me think if Cairo Novelty, but they're famous for a different type of swirl shape.) I'll put a tentative Heaton guess in. But I don't know. Normal size?

These are called Benningtons. Well, at least some are. Benningtons are famous for their eyes. You can see two nice ones on the right end of the middle row. On the top row, the two on the right look like they might not be Benningtons but some other kind of ceramic. Maybe.

There is a story about Berry Pink doing on the spot surveys with boys. Taking marbles out of his pocket and letting them choose and that's how he knew that red was most popular .... or something like that ......

Thanks, Edna.

P.s., those are probably good marble books to start with but at least two of them are ones I don't have so I can't compare them with the ones I do have. The kids books are ahdorable!

I uploaded more of Bigc's pics into an album in the gallery. I'm still a bit punchy from a couple of busy days so I'm just gonna post the album for now and hopefully others will browse it and maybe add some helpful comments. There's a mixture of old and new, with many common, and maybe some not quite so common. This photo, for example, has some vintage marbles in it. The middle jar has many Marble Kings in it, which are on the common side but still are classics. (It looks like it may also have some other vintage patches in it.)

Marbles counter weighted repeating mouse trap Also mentioning marbles 1936: Rodent trap 1987: Animal trap

From p.33 of the Robert W. Kellogg Co. Gifts catalog. It's only about 2 inches wide in person.

Are they both corkscrews? The marble on the left looks a little odd to me but probably it's just the angles. I see why you wanna say Popeye for the one on the right but I'm not sure I'm seeing the make-up right. Is it a clear base? Does it have white filaments. Or is it a red base? This is a case were I might like to see flash photos, or underwater photos, to try to get a better look at what is happening inside the mibs.

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.