Steph

They're Jabos.

I'm just trying to decided how confident to sound when I suggest that they're made from Fenton cullet.

Wow. Gorgeous.

I tried simply to watch. But I got caught up in imagining the people who first picked this kind up. That must have been like nothing else they'd seen. LOL. There I go again.

Beautiful marble. Thank you for sharing!

Don't jump to any conclusions, Gene.

I'm sure Dave will stop by and give some insight to his moderation style.

Lou

I gave Lou fair warning when I agreed to do this that I was a hard-ass. I am real sure we are on the same page here.

THANK YOU Sue !

Can't say that enough!

LOL. Death threats.

Welcome to the fun, Dave.

I'm thinkin your marbles are Jabos. The ones in my Army, Navy, Air Force bags are modern marble kings.

I didn't think there were any real ones to compare these to. I was under the impression that Alox never did the Army, Navy, Air Force bags at all.

(am open to correction if I have that wrong - thanks)

Fascinating. Thanks!

Gene, I have a set of the Army, Navy, Air Force fantasy bags.

Wow, Pat. Have you ever tried to get a separate ID on the green, gold and white - or the red, white and blue - independent of the box?

Just sayin'

What's confusing is the pictures of Alox marbles at the Joe's marbles site. There is 1 page of them and they (in my eyes) look like slags. Can you guys help me understand the difference with those pictures of the marbles and the slags I own? Thanks for your help.

Since I hijacked your thread with the patches, I will try to get it back. Your question appears to be about the difference between Slags and Transparent Swirls. I don't trust my ability to explain it in words. However, here are some photos which might facilitate the discussion.

Here's an example of a slag from Joe's MFC section and a transparent swirl from his Alox section.

Here's a side by side comparison of Slags versus Transparent Swirls which Dani posted in a thread Felicia started on the subject.

Clueless About Slags

I made this post elsewhere today. Figured I should add it here also.

There are patches in this bag of Nancy's.

Mr. Bales once posted individual shots of the marbles in this box:

(click to enlarge)

Some examples:

Rich, I see that you've posted a refinement of your question. So my post already in progress doesn't appear to be relevant. However, someone might find it interesting so I'll go ahead and hit submit.

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There are patches in this bag of Nancy's.

Mr. Bales once posted individual shots of the marbles in this box:

(click to enlarge)

Some examples:

I'm going away to do some errands. If anyone has anything I need to hear, I'll have to catch you later.

Please try not to burn the board down. Thanks all!

Psychodelic!

I'll get my suggestion out of the way. I've never been to a show. But I've heard that you should take a flashlight in case the rooms aren't well lit!

'kay, that's all I got.

Hope you have a blast!

Hi Gary.

Hmmmm .... is 5/8" a ballot marble size?

Are the bands on the black ones silver? ??? (or is that just an interesting reflection? or ???)

Love your trophies too.

Hi! Welcome!

I have facebook! I'm still looking at the album. I got kinda sidetracked by the Squarbles. lol

That's a cool batch of oddballs.

How cool! You dun gud!

Great story! That's some good karma!

To me the surface looks sort of like enamel, like the decorations on some pennies my mother has from her youth.

Was that ever done to spherical objects?

really?? you seen a pile of them somewhere have you then???

Fakes: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250691934462

That seller sells lots of green ones also. This is the seller with the eagle bennies.

Here's one of their sketchy lots, including a green:

Not mine. Mentioned in the buy-sell-trade forum, but with only a day left on some of them, here ya go:

http://shop.ebay.com/bucca/m.html?_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1

What a wonderful story!