Steph

Okay, I'm ready to guess here and I think it'll probably get "Exotic Conqueror" also, with special mention for that drizzle!

Crazy cool Vitro ... but I am horrible at the names from this era. Will wait for people who know more .....

I'm GUESSING that this one will come up as "Exotic Conqueror".

I think this one is past Conqueror. I don't know if it's all the way to the official Tiger Eye time. Or if it's part of an intermediate time.

King Tut Lost His Marbles?

Ghostly.... I think Champion.

I will backlight whatever Galaxies I come across! Maybe I'll find something or maybe I'll convince myself I must have been mistaken. I remember conversations from Land of Marbles about the stuff inside. Even if we could find the conversations, those pictures would be gone. But it would still be cool to have a way to search on the Wayback Machine for those lost threads.

I think there is general agreement now that it is Akro. I have probably seen it called some name other than "Akro patch", but I don't think the name has caught on. Or maybe some name has caught on more than I know. I'll wait with you!

I've noticed more and more marbles being called woodies. I remain distantly fascinated by the ebb and flow of collector names. Collectors will come up with a name for a very specific type of marble, such as a "fruit cocktail", and then over the years more and more marbles will slide under that name. But I've also seen it reversed. Alley Pistachio for instance. Lately it seems that a UV-reactive base is required to get a Pistachio ID. When I was brand new and just trying to sort that out, I read a marble elder say that about 50% of Pistachios will have UV-reactive bases. In the years since then that definition has tightened up. Woodie is a marble that seemed pretty exclusive when I started out. Not to mention elusive. I never felt sure about the definition of it. And now I'm less sure.

Before cat's eyes. First half of 20th century, but I can't swear to the decade.

p.s., yes, nice to see manufacturer names!

super cute

Waiting for @Nantucketdink

No idea about exotics.

I think this is another of the Tri-Lites known as Superior.

I think that might have earned an "Elite".

I don't think Vitro. I'll say Master.

Yes, a Superior! Older Vitro Marbles (Tri-Lites) (marbleconnection.com)

Yes. Maybe also a Superior?

I disagree about taking the opaque description literally. Something can be opaque for practical purposes, but maybe not precisely opaque when a strong backlight comes into play. I won't keep arguing about it. Maybe I wasn't looking looking inside a real honest-to-gosh Galaxy when I discovered mysteries within. But I sure thought I was looking at one. *backs quietly out of the door*

That is such great news. .... but 72 staples .... wow ... one time I about had a fit trying to let a nurse remove two stitches from my pinkie ...... I would need anesthesia for the removal of 72 staples.

Vacor Galaxies sometimes have things inside. I don't know if the Galaxy is the right style name here. I expect something more paint looking with the color on a Galaxy. But yes, have seen such things as cat's eyes inside Galaxies.

From here it looks like it could be an Akro cork with accidental oxblood.

Nice number of twists.

I'll say Alley.