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A group of them that stayed together all these years, 3/4", most show eyes but not all.

The inside of a 3/4" flintie, dug at Akro. Shows more of what's behind that "fish eye".

I agree, both OP marbles are older Imperials IMO.

I agree Steph. Kokomo didn't make marbles that long and many marbles that people say might be Kokos are Pelts IMO. Some types are well known to be kokomo but the majority of rainbo looking marbles with sooty bubbles and dirty base glass are probably still rainbos IMO. I'm not an authority on them, but I feel like you do when I see the "might be kokomo" comment so much, especially on facebook. And if it looks like one of the types that Kokomo and Peltier both made, then maybe it could be Kokomo, but chances are very likely it's not just because of the numbers. But it does depend on who said it when judging how much weight the comment carries.

Thanks Ron, I always thought this one was a little different. Now I know why. Headed to move mine to the right spot in my collection now.

Last one is Champion? I have one from a known swirl collector and author (don't want to say his name) that was sold to me as Ravenswood many years ago so that's where I always kept it and although the thought of Champ crossed my mind I've kept it with the Ravenswoods. I need to go move it. Here's mine:

There are some tough ones in that group. I would probably call them all Alley except #2 which I would put with later Ravenswood.

Euro, Alley, Alley, nice Ravenswood.

There has been a lot more information coming to light about Yasuda and other Japanese marble companies lately, thanks to a new collector over there who has been doing some research and legwork. If interested, here are some links: Yasuda factory spotted https://www.allaboutmarbles.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=49502 Duck marbles in Japan https://www.allaboutmarbles.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=49569

Thanks Chad! Good eye on the Toucan ID Dave, not many of them around. For a long time mine and two others were the only ones publicly known, now there are 7 or 8 I think.

Happy Birthday!!

Heaton agate on our Christmas tree. Our tree is different, it's a memory tree. We have ornaments from our travels across the country, different places we've been, ones that were handmade by friends and family, ones that belonged to our ancestors, etc... not just ornaments for a tree. One got added recently... someone at the Heaton agate factory made me a Christmas ornament and buried it. 70 years later I dug it up and cleaned it and put it in it's rightful place

Not IMO. Maybe Ravenswood, Alley, and ??? not sure.

I would think Ravenswood and maybe 3 Alleys.

Here are just a few nice minty ones. I need to use cotton gloves when handling for photos, sometimes my fingers make marks and smudges.

Master on the first two, but Akro on the second two.

Akro here.

Transparent base, white veneer, yellow/orange patch conqueror. I have several just like it.

HA! Maybe not, maybe I should take down the evidence 🤣

Akro, Vitro, Pelt.