Steph

And the winner is ... Jimmy Collins!

Not identical but looks related. Maybe they had different designs in different years. Looks like a box of Rainbos, doesn't it. Source: Tacoma Public Library Image Archives

Christensen

Cairo Novelty From Rinesmarbles' dug Cairo auctions: From Marbelalan's old Cairo page:

Alox Jill Marie's bag: (click to enlarge) Posted at MCC: Awesome swirl (and cool patch): 3rd photo from David Chamberlain's Alox article at Marble Mental

Ravenswood from David Chamberlain's Ravenswood article at Marble Mental

Diaperfolds were a different type of marble. Single seam CACs. I think once upon a time this one might have been called a diaperfold: . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . .

How's this one? (christensen)

I know there are better CAC examples out there, but here's one for starters: A Christensen buttcrack would be a ButtCAC. ;-)

Pelt butt from marblealan auction.

Here is the ebay photo of my first Peltier Mansion. It has mica.

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More red and yellow cats. 2 aren't mine.

I think this might be about playing marbles in Spain From Burgos, Juegos Populares, by Fray Valentín de la Cruz, 1993: (source) AltaVista Babel Fish Translation:

Well, I've just discovered that there is a limit on number of images for a single post.

Not a trick question: do any of Rick's dug pelts have the filaments and clear which would suggest Vitro to you if you saw them in a marble which wasn't already obviously pelt? edit: trying to "get" what seems Vitro at times like this. There are other maybe similar examples which seem to get a split Vitro/Pelt vote and I don't usually see the Vitro side. Yet the Superiors were once thought to most likely be Pelt, if I recall the story correctly.

What do I think? I think I can see why someone would be tempted to call it a citrus. And I guess I can see why others would object. I personally wouldn't try to tweak the boundaries on a citrus i.d. The laws differ from state to state but usually there are stiff penalties for tweaking without a license. (Comparison mibs are Steve's, Charles' and Craig's) On the other hand, I thought you'd have a much easier time getting a citrus confirmation on your 2nd one. (comparison mibs are Charles' and Craig's)

What is your conclusion? Sounds like you've decided not pelt in spite of all the pelt-like signs. ??

This brushed patch is the style which is known as Wales. (Pics below are from various posts and auctions. Some are clickable to enlarge.) (Paula) The name comes from this particular distributor's name: (Al) It should be noted that Wales sold other types: And other companies sold what we call the Wale's type. (Bo) The small, usually single colored types are known by other names such as "Japanese pincher", "Japanese pincer", and "Mt. Fuji Peewee". They're in the "game marble" category: (Don) And for fun, here's a pretty one which was put up for i.d. The consensus opinion was Wales type. (Cairlinne)

Here's an Akro Pat dug. (I finally remembered where I'd put this one.)

Thanks! I love the Akros! Here's one Susan posted. I believe the consensus opinion was Vacor on this. That is the one which I think might give insight into how Vacors sometimes manage to resemble NLRs -- complete with seams -- but then when you look a little closer, something seems not quite right. Maybe some ribbons are actually hitting seams, but other ribbons which look like they're connecting turn back too soon. Sorta like on this one posted a while back: Cool, I just noticed that Randy's has a real/false seam thing going on too. I'll have to remember this one for that Vacor study I want to do "someday".

Then what? Please edify.

My guess on that one would have been Jabo. I'm looking for more buttcracks! CAC? Pelt? some colorful Akros? I've seen 'em. But I can never find 'em when I want them!

A beautiful marble not often seen. Patry's Christensen Orange Peel:

Peerlesses are mostly known for their unusual patch shapes. But I think some can be more normal looking. How can one be sure though? How does one get a positive peerless i.d. for a neatly shaped patch? Well, it was the peerlesses which were used for the picture marbles, and for few others like the Cotes Master Loaf advertising marble at the beginning of this post. So I thought it could be fun and useful to collect a photo bank of picture marbles to show a range of possibilities. Feel free to add other peerless pix or info, picture marbles or otherwise. The ones I post are most likely from auctions. There may be some exceptions. Some identifiers can be found in the pic names. Some pix may be clickable for larger images.