Steph

Can anyone help out on this? Is this one of the identifiable combos? Or did too many people make similar?

funtastic

very nice

Size? Do you think that's a now-banned material? Interesting.

At least one lyric of that is different from what I remember from camping. One of the lines we sang was, "Silently flows the river to the sea; And the barges too go silently."

look at those nines!

very nice

So Galen's has purple in it?

Good luck, Chad.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/163178332/vintage-christmas-toy-marbles-on

Dark purple base glass?

bahaha My Walmart doesn't have nice bags like that ....

Could they be the kind of Akro moonie which they had before the fish-eye version?

Well, it's lovely. And Alley sounds right. Oh, one more question. Is the base translucent?

layers of chocolate

Gray base? Pattern looks like an Alley.

flameriffic

I'm not much of a handmade person. I think that's an onionskin. I'll let someone else confirm (or correct) and comment on repairs.

Hi again. More views needed on the top left. #2 on the top left is a Peltier. #5 on the top row is Peltier. #6 looks like it might be also. Most of those are West Virginia Swirls. Named West Virginia Swirls because there were more than 10 marble making companies in West Virginia making somewhat similar styles of marbles. I think most or all of your WV Swirls were made by the Alley company. I'm about to run off to do an errand. Maybe someone else will take the book question. If not I'll try to remember to look up a few references for you soon. In the meantime, Joemarbles.com is a good place to check out.

Rick Davis http://www.pbase.com/bkbowden/image/53875860

Brian Bowden's Christmas Jar http://www.pbase.com/bkbowden/image/53875864

Thanks! Way cool. Was the special look of the abalones caused by being buried? Or did they come like that fresh off the rollers?

Why do you think koko? Any provenance?