Steph

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.

Spectacular, stupendous, amazing, neat, priceless ....

And what a great experience to do that with your son.

No worry about earthquakes?

..... strolling through some stone marble pix and saw these again

Yes, Roger.

Ruth Gordon is one of my favorite people for a little game I play where I picture old people when they were six in their old-fashioned little clothes and imagine them imagining their future .... "when I grow up I want to be a famous actress who says risque things and pretends to have an affair with a teenager" .... something like that.

It was while watching Harold and Maude that I began that game 30 years ago.

Ah ... so three marbles apiece on the bottoms.

Innnnnttterreeeessting.

cool!