Steph

3 hours ago, Nantucketdink said:

Steph-would love to see the cat hiding inside something like that.  That really would be quite the surprise and a very fun discovery

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.

Phone number 737!   Love it.

Great news!   

Good luck on Wednesday!  Get you some food!

Modern MK.  Small pink.  Much fire inside.  Sometimes are assumed to be Akro Moonies.

I think these are Vacor de Mexico. 

My answer is based on the sometimes sharp vanes and sometimes seeing more than four vane.  It's the crystal clear base glass which makes me choose Vacor rather than Asian.  

7 hours ago, Marbleized said:

Amazing what and where you can find things now days! Lychee! And so fun to sip!

I've been looking at the bottle tonight and wondering whether to open or not!  It being lychee made me decide ... not yet.   Never had lychee and am a bit wary about exotic fruit flavors.   I shall wait at least until I get a second bottle.   Then I will take a chance and taste it.

The legendary Andy Davis of the Davis dynasty of marble makers and glass workers has passed away at age 95, Linda Moore Simmons has announced on Facebook.