Steph

Was that 9:30 tonight?

lol ..... Perfect.

Pigs are highly intelligent, misunderstood beings. (And I know you're generous. )

My first thought is that the colors look like Vacor. [Edit: I'm not sure if the swirl pattern does though.] And how did I miss this post before? Thanks Darla for bumping it.

Someone reminded me about these marbles from Argentina ... http://marbleconnection.com/topic/16895-argentina But maybe they look most like the ones sold in Argentina but maybe made in Japan.

I truly don't know. I've definitely seen it more than one way. Just don't know how wide a net the various definitions would cover. Maybe someone who actually used the term "baseballs" for their marbles back in the day will weigh in.

Photobucket should work. On your photobucket page do you see something which looks like {img}address.jpg{/img} ... but with square brackets instead of curly brackets? Looks like you have a Bennington in there, which is an older style. The solid colors are usually labeled as "game marbles" even if they're larger than the average size used for Chinese Checkers. Separate those out and post a closer of view of the remaining marbles, preferably in lines so we can easily point out which ones we're commenting on. (Does look like at least some of those will be oldish.) (Some solids are considered collectible but it's hard to describe what to look for.)

And then that purpley one .... hmmmmm One picture note: textured carpet often makes the camera focus on it instead of on the marble. Smooth gray background helps the camera set its automatic features to something close to what we're seeing with the eye.

No guess on the brown swirl -- other than WV Swirl. (Well, brown often suggests Ravenswood, but I'm not sure.) Likewise unsure on the reddish and whitish swirl. For now would have it in with general WV Swirls.

There's another cork -- can't quite make out the colors -- is that purple and red? It's a Prize Name. The slags aren't shouting out to me about who their makers are. The red and yellow patch could be Akro. I'm not 100% on it since other companies made red/yellow but straight seams makes Akro a good chance.

Could the blue disk be an oddball Peltier banana?

What do you count as baseballs? I remember a day when one definition required four blue ribbons ... and I think required them to be connected into two rings, but I can't remember for sure. I just made sure mine were connected to be safe. And then elsewhere other people called 'em baseballs with other colors than blue, and I don't think everyone was worried about 'em being neatly aligned.

(p.s., super cool finds, John) :)

Yup. Also from Morphy:

Edit ... waitaminnit ... John has the box version, doesn't he ... not the foldover version .... *off to look to see if I have open box pic*

Sold by Morphy:

I think the clear blue based ones are called Blue Boys. The name which comes to mind for at least some of the others is Poor Man's Watermelon.

Yes, I think Imperial. Like this group:

Hello. Welcome Mouchette. One view can be difficult to go by. However, this one view of this particular marble makes me think of it as modern (after 1970). Made in Asia. Called an "Imperial" because of a toy company known for distributing that style. More views might make me change my mind. The reddish ribbon is striking. That looks like oxblood. I've seen oxblood on blue marbles from the Imperial family but I'm not familiar with them on green, and that's a nice solid band, so that's cool.

I still don't have a better guess than Champ for the pair in the first grouping but foreign and Cairo Novelty both flitted through my mind. In the 2nd, my votes are #1. Vacor Picasso #2. Peltier Rainbo -- but because the ribbons aren't quite a standard configuration, someone might be able to talk me into Kokomo -- but that's a really low chance based on the numbers #3. I like but I do not know. It looks foreign (and relatively modern) but perhaps not a common version #4. Transparent Swirl (in the West Virginia Swirl family)

The swirl emanating from the seam in the first view isn't what I think of as a "nine" since it appears to be coming from a cutline and not from inside the marble. So for the time being I am leaning away from handgathered. Sorry for not replying earlier. I usually stand back and wait for Galen when I see a slag question.

Malted milk ball!

Silver lining: it's educational to be able to see inside the classic marbles. Sometimes people get marble halves and post them for that purpose.

mystery to me.

I mostly agree with Dave's assessment. However, slags could go into the Champion bag. Here's one which is intact. http://marbleconnection.com/topic/9363-berry-pink-double-compartment-mesh-bag/ Wide assortment ... including a couple of slags.