ManofKent

We're all learning. Venturing a guess is good in that it forces you to focus on why it could be ______. Similarly buying 'unknown' marbles was a good learning experience for me (I'm still a relative newbie, and don't have real access to shows or other collectors). It's an id thread so post away - if people don't want to try and id marbles they know not to visit, but most here enjoy it.

Silly question, but why would marbles made in Holland be labelled as Made in West Germany?

I'd go Ravenswood on those dips, and that purplish black on white is quite a common colour for Ravenswood.

Thanks - I didn't intend to be away for so long, but redundancy, then a new job and life in general intervened...

Lovely cork.

Doesn't look European too me.

Season's Greetings to all. Life's been busy, but I'll catch up with you in the New Year. Richard

Gorgeous colours

Too tough a task for me.

I'm enjoying these, but I'd just like to point out that a Football is round: It's Rugby balls that are elongated:

Fentonacres - I love that subtle one.

Lovely collection Ed.

mesmerising

It's sitting in a corner nagging me to get back to it when the weather gets worse.

Nice!

Vitro

Ouch. I assumed they still accepted tracked delivery evidence. I think in the 17 years I've been using ebay I've had one international package not arrive (and a handful of UK packages out a few thousand transactions).

As a UK buyer I just wish sellers would do their own international shipping - using ebay's global shipping programme it's generally 18-20 USD on a 2 dollar marble and you can't combine shipping...

Keep them coming folks - I'm loving these

Lovely examples folks. There's something about Masters that says 'sophisticated'.

That is sweet.

Lovely slag

I'll be back on it as the weather turns. Too much to do in the garden for my wife to let me play at the moment

Marley 2008:

Another with a couple of colours: