Steph

What general family of Imperials do you mean? This family?

I was admire the red, white and blues on the side when suddenly I noticed the blue and green flames in the middle. That one gave me chills. Wonderful.

Hello. Welcome. These look mostly modern, where "modern" means "made after 1970". There are Asian cat's eyes in the tall jar. Most of the larger marbles appear to be Jabo Classics. Jabo is a company in Ohio which mostly makes industrial marbles but would used to have a couple of runs of play marbles every year. Starting around 1991. Some of the smaller ones look like Jabo Classics also. (The smaller one on the left in the last photo is a Jabo Classic.) The speckled ones are likely from Asia, or they could be from Mexico. Most of the ones with three thin stripes are from Asia. We often call that style "Imperial" because the Imperial Toy Co. sold them. In those in your hand, the two reddish ones closest to the middle look like they could possibly have a chance of being older. More views might help. In the jar on the right I spy one large-ish marble with red and green bands. That one might be from about 1960. Mighte be a Marble King Rainbow Red.

Found in the wild in Amsterdam?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321572471867 http://www.ebay.com/itm/321572475002

Trying to remember if black on green means Ravenswood or Alley.

Or the top right one here:

Any thoughts on who made this one?

Nice!

Be sure to post a link!

I could see the front one as being Alley. Dunno.

Thanks, Alyce.

oh boy!

That would have been my thought. Small size for a rubber ball though. Dunno what to make of it. First thought would not be gutta.

Are you sure those are new? Nice work! I quack me up.

Some patches in it, eh? That's interesting too.

Congrats. Nice find. And nice to see.

Yes, Vacor Sunsets in my post. Neato to see so many Alleys surface in Holland.

Yes, newbie mica! I had a horribly damaged marble, like a solid layer of damage around the outside. Wanted that to be mica. At least you still had a cool marble left over after you found out it wasn't mica.

I should have at least thought of putting something Halloweeny in the calendar yesterday. lol. It didn't cross my mind. http://marbleconnection.com/gallery/image/2385-vacor-sunsets/

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Circa 1930's. My guess would be "more than I could afford". But that's as close as I can get!