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12 hours ago, Tommy said:

Are those patches Akro?.  So Alox would buy stock from anywhere to fill orders 🤔 

I think they're actually Alox patches.   The founder's granddaughter confidently describes how Mr. Frier tinkered around until he managed to get patches from his machines.  She thought they were the big one-inchers.    I think they are the ones in the tit-tat-toe games.  

Lucky marble collector who has that bag!

Weird to see so many of one color combination together.  I guess that was somebody's favorite combo.   Possibly Akro Tri-Color Agates.  I'm not sure. 

^^ well, MOST are slags in that compartment in the center.    The blue one near the bottom of that compartment might be what we call a transparent swirl, a little later than most slags.    And the marbles to the right are something else. 

These are called slags.   The companies would have called them "onyx" back when they were made in the early 1900's.  But the collector name for them now is "slag".

5 hours ago, Fire1981 said:

You should have PM me and see who might go next. 🤪

That's how confused you had me.  That Taz looked pretty old, but I knew it couldn't be before 1954.  But that would still be a little old.   You had my mind going every which way.  

46 minutes ago, Fire1981 said:

You should have PM me and see who might go next. 🤪

I should have!  Doh!

Hi Bill!

Hi Wally!

I used to have a house panther.  ❤️  

agree with Marble King

It's a fun one though!

*tries to think of something to say about cartoon character sulphide*

*then looks at calendar*

That does look enjoyable.  The ability to draw paths is a fun-looking difference from usual games. 

Refreshing!

Interesting ... that you did it.  

And that this 79-year-old man thought it was interesting enough to study and write an article about and encourage further study of. 

Yeah ... makes the head hurt, doesn't it.

Jabo Last Dance  -- guessing this combo would be hard to acquire  (edit: oh, I do see one available in a group from Bermar on ebay)

Bear Eyes   

The second is Vitro to me.

The first looks like a modern swirl.  The cutline in the first view immediately struck me as non-American.  I started to say Vacor, but I realize there are some Asian competitors in circulation now and I don't know their characteristics.  I did consider Jabo briefly, but I was leaning strongly enough Vacor that I went to check the Billes page for possible styles. The closest I could see was Bald Eagle.

DETAILS (billes-en-tete.com)

I suspect Vacor Scorpion.

DETAILS (billes-en-tete.com)

Cat Eye Love!

And I find that shade of blue particularly appealing.

Yes.  And I mostly wanted to know when he began, so thanks for that info, but any other information would be welcome.  

When was Tom Thornburgh making his ceramic marbles?  

Is he still with us? 

 

Mibology had to start somewhere.  Interesting look at an early stage of the understanding of the subject.  

We've come a long way, baby.  

The damage on that one is strangely appealing.  It looks like a really fancy hunk of mineral.