Steph

I think the mystery marble might be another newer one which slipped in. Made by Vacor de Mexico. That's my best guess anyway.

I thought Vitro too. The white made me think of a Wedding Cake. But I couldn't get my head around how long and twisty the ribbon was.

Could only dream ....

Cool. Thanks for the adds!

Neat.

wow wow wow This was a huge and wonderful surprise. What were the strings for?

Just saw the halves again in the gallery and noticed the feathering .... ... which also shows up on your top picture but I didn't notice it before ...

There are some other interesting marbles here. The blue and white with yellow stripes on the bottom right is unusual. Looks sort of Pelt-y but a little different. Just above the red/white/blue that I mentioned earlier is a possible 7-Up. If it is a 7-Up it would be one of the relatively few Rainbos with a special name. (The 7-up has a transparent green base with red and white ribbons.) I like the brownish Rainbo up there too. The Pelt Rainbos are nice for collectors. Not necessarily worth much money (I once sold four sparkly green 7-Ups for $20 but most Rainbos wouldn't do that well). Nice to have though.

Finally updated the Wildwood winner list with last years winners. Found this page for marble players in their area: http://www.frederickcountyknucklers.com/home.html

Check here: http://marbleconnection.com/topic/20223-new-member-old-collection-3/

Not sure about ideal backlighting. You mean for checking fire? Or for checking translucence? I keep saying I want a penlight for backlighting but haven't followed through. I check for fire by looking toward lamp or the overhead light. (But a penlight could help you be more sure about any hints of orange .... I really gotta get one.) One problem with the notion of hybrid is that sometimes you'll see a band of color which came from two colors blending, not from a separate stream of that color. When glass blends the resulting colors can be different from when paint blends. So yellow and green wouldn't necessarily make yellow-green ... could make brownish. (The definite hybrid for the popeye would be when there was a definite third color and not a blend.) I wanted those two to be hybrids but I'm on the fence right now. Popeyes are great marbles no matter what.

I'm not sure what to say about the big one. Does that have an iridescent coating? If so, then it looks like maybe another modern marble slipped into the collection. Edit: From here it looks like the pearly is on the outside -- that's what I mean by iridescent coating.

Fire could be any bit of glow. Any orange showing through which isn't reflected from a ribbon. The more fire the better, but any orange counts. Some Ace pix: http://marbleconnection.com/topic/17380-akro-aces-early-1930s

I never really understood the attraction of indoor plants ... starting to see it.

Some of those corks with the white base look definitely translucent. Some with the more solid-looking white base might possibly show themselves to be translucent if you hold them to a light. If you can see orange glow in the base of the white-ish ones, then those are Akro Aces. If you can't see fire and it's basically a solid white base, then those are called Akro Prize Names. (Some of the marbles we will call Prize Names were probably actually sold as Akro Aces but if you can't see the orange then safest not to hope or claim they'e Aces.) The Prize Name was introduced in 1930 (or possibly late 1929, but I think 1930). That was the beginning of Akro's cork line.

And I'm curious to know what the Pelt specialists think about that bigger Multicolor up front. For me that would be a keeper for sure. Looks like also a somewhat oversized Multicolor in the middle section ... didn't knock my socks off at first like the big one did in front, but I like it.

Me too! (Mystery to me.)

You've done such a great job of sorting, Sara, that I almost hate to ask this ... I will though ... are you sure that one is a corkscrew? Maybe it's just the chips which are making it seem odd but the ribbons don't quite seem corky. I was wondering if it might a Peltier instead.

Right. What Cheese said. That's a later Rainbo. Rainbos rarely have names other than "Rainbo". Cub Scout would be from the National Line era. The marble just to the left of that one looks pretty cool. I don't recognize it in that view. I'd like to see more.

There's a red, white and blue just above center. That could be an Akro cork. Akro's name for it would have been Tri-Color Agate. Collector's name for it would be a "Special", if it turns out to be an Akro cork.

In the top right I think you have an Akro Carnelian. (Red brown on a translucent tan base -- base probably glows under blacklight)

The top middle (green patch) might be another Acme Realer. The bottom middle (green/white/brown) is a later Vitro Tiger Eye. (Solid base rather than clear.) It's not uncommon but it's nice to sort those out from the much more common Vitro All-Reds.

Toward the right there is one with transparent blue on one side and white with a red stripe on the other. That's a Vitro Helmet. From the 1930's. A popular marble. On the right edge, there might be two with oxblood. I stress might. They sort of fit the pattern of some Akro patches made with ox.