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On the tangent of chalkies, the story above isn't how they came to be. It was supposed that it was possible until we found out that the chalk IS the ribbon inside and out. A chalky broken in half has chalk on the inside. In fact, a chalky was put into an acid and it ate out the chalk and left a marble full of wormholes where the chalk was. I wish I could find a pic. The chalk was in the tank and coming out with the stream of glass. I don't know if it was a component of glass that didn't get mixed, someone goofing around with lime or something similar, an accident, glops of mortar that fell in during tank repairs, who knows. But it does go throughout the marble, not just on the surface as it would be from rolling on lime or a reaction from the ground they were buried in.

St. Mary's Alley.

I'd pass at 500. I agree, the Carnival isn't ideal condition-wise. I might pay 300 for the whole jar but I'm a little picky these days. There are some nice marbles in there and pieced out one at a time, they could get 500 but that takes time and time is money, and you don't buy a jar of marbles for individual retail under normal circumstances.

Nice, it's a carnival for sure.

St. Mary's Alley.

Correct

I agree ^

I'd say they could be dug but at Ravenswood rather than Jackson.

Unless they have provenance proving they came from Jackson I would not say Jackson for any of them. Really even if they do have provenance I would question its' credibility.

I remember that discussion. I can sympathize with Ron in that discussion, he sold both of what he had to avoid the confusion.

Superb Vitro IMO.

Looks like an AI rendering.

Yes

X 2, or 3 or whatever, I agree

Good hunch. Alley did make transparent red base swirls, but look at the 9/16" size, which points to Champ, and the thin skim-milk white on yours and the thready falling apart ribbon, then compare to Alley's richer red, stronger white, and more solid ribbon here (5/8" dug at Pennsboro):

Sistersville Alleys.

x 3 Alley

RW to me.

Probably Champion IMO.

Thanks Ric!

It's a later Champ, a new old fashioned.

Can anyone tell me which one is the "Lady Gaia"? I have only heard/seen reference to it in this article, which has been published multiple places.

Here are some pics of some from St. Mary's location. Found in Big Dime and Big Shot boxes.

I've never seen a big one. I heard there were some with red base glass too but haven't seen one so I'm not sure if that's correct. Some of the ones I have seem to have brighter colors than most I've seen too, for some reason.

Vacor.