Steph

Good morning! Nice effect. Like crisp clean sheets in springtime.

Source: Bob Block auction some years ago

Before I got into marbles, I dabbled in buttons. Sold most of my interesting ones already but I saved a couple back because I wanted to learn more about them before I got rid of them. This one on the front left has a spherical look. Glass. With lutz and mother of pearl chips inside. The one on the front right is the other one I consider mysterious. The ones in back aren't mysterious -- I just like them.

They need to get a new subtitler. That cat is clearly laughing.

Looks like you may have some Pelt Rainbos in there which are have translucent white bases and red ribbons. Those are called Bloodies.

Based on the size, I'll go with more Akros for D & E.

Still think you might have a Pelt 7-Up in there. The fourth one from the left ... undernearth the red and white boulder which I just labeled B .... I'm pushing for 7-Up on that. On that same row ... the row right under the boulders .... all the way the to the right ... I'm calling that a Vitro Tri-Lite ... from the 1930's.

For the boulders in the middle: I think A is a Peltier Rainbo. I think B is some kind of Akro patch. Do C and F both form a corksrew? If so, C would be an Akro Prize Name. I'm not sure from the pic here (and other pix in the other thread) what Akro's name for F would have been. I may have to look at the other threads to get a better idea on D and E. Do they cork or they patches?

Welcome Trista. Thanks for stopping in.

Thanks! New one to me! Glad you and Bob were able to visit.

Here are a couple more pix Sara sent. Big attachments here. This first set are the ones which have gotten the most comments already, newly sorted. And here are some more for extra comments. I have a larger version on my computer. I could post clips from it separately if anyone asks.

If you find a name for it, please share.

Cool. Do you have a link?

That base makes me think of some marbles seen in an Imperial box. But I'm not sure if they've been seen in an Imperial box which wasn't backfilled. (Imperial boxes appear to have been sold with different types of marbles in them over the years.)

I do not know which name Akro sold that particular style under.

Here are those pics with the Green Tiger for easy reference:

"Mib" mean "marble". Some say it's Latin for "marble". I don't know if that's true. It goes back a long time though.

Many people have a fondness for them. However, they're not generally worth more than a few cents apiece unless they have nice color combos. And when they're mixed in with vintage lots they can actually suppress the bidding on the lot. When they have more than one color in the vanes they are called hybrids. Some hybrids or some with certain numbers of vanes or some with bases which are a different color (e.g. blue) can bring more ... or of course when they're in the original packaging that's also good.

Can you read any of the story or is the print too small?

Bunnies!!!, the trailer: Not to hawk it or anything but my step-cousin is the illustrator of the adorable monsters and Bunnies!!! is his new book which will be released later this month.

thank you

Thanks for all the nice bumps. I did a newspaper search to try to find a date for the Weather Bird promotions but haven't yet.

Really? That's the one from the upper left in that first pic? That's not the one from the lower right?

Well even though I sorta didn't want to know, I just did a quick ebay check on rebels and see that for mine (in near-mint-plus condition) I might expect between $20 and $50.

Will be interesting to learn what the appraiser says. As I expected, folks aren't saying much about specific values. The rebel(s) and liberty add to the few ballparks I mentioned in our email. I saw many of your NLR's but I didn't notice the rebels or liberty. I have one rebel myself ... just got it as part of an amazing gift ... and would like to know a value ... but maybe it's best if I don't since I don't plan to sell mine.