ManofKent

Nice - I'm sure you can spare that last one ;-)

I'd also go with Champion - slightly out of round is pretty common for Champs

Champion sounds like a good call to me - inconsistency of size and shape is pretty common.

Congratulations!

Initial guess would be Vitro on the left (odd All Red?) and Peltier on the right (odd Rainbo?)

Rams Horns makes perfect sense to me - thanks!

Pretty classic WVS:

Nice finds

Thank you both, that makes sense (although I'm sure spending some time with that old demonstration marble would further improve my understanding if I gave you my address...)

I'd go with a Conqueror variant.

Agreed

If you've stopped sniggering... Can anyone explain how butt-cracks are formed? I know they're common on Jabo, and not uncommon on Champion, Heaton and Cairo, but I've never really understood what causes them.

Thanks folks - I ought to have guessed that. I must get more Jabo so I'm more familiar with them.

Thanks Al - (oddly I'd have never have guessed Alley for the second row far right). Scooby - Champions are nearly always more messy/complex in their swirls

Ouch that sucks.

Thanks Steph. There are some of the green stripe and white stripe on black variants in the lot too and they're similar to the red stripe/black widow. I've got some of the modern (well 80's/90's striped ones) and the ones from this lot are similar but not the same - it could be batch variation but the ones from this lot are almost slightly cruder and less 'polished' than the newer ones. My gut feeling is I've picked up a split bag that's probably an early run of the more modern types - probably early 70's (I don't know how well documented the introduction dates of the newer styles is). I'll try and contact the person I bought them from to see if they've got any idea of the date.

Useful id tip - they can be sods to separate from Ravenswoods and Champions (not to mention some Cairo) for those of us who really struggle with swirls. 'Folded up' is how I tend to think of SOME examples, but the 'ear' image makes it even clearer.

Any more takers?

Not great photos (black marbles...) but the same one (and companion) front and rear:

I'm certain they're MK - there's a few others in the 100 odd lot that I'm 95% sure is a split tournament bag. I've seen the same ones in photos of other bags. They do look peltish at first glance though - in the hand you can see the glass difference, but it doesn't jump out.

Have a look at cheese's last post here (I agree the colour's are very Akro though): (

Thank you - that's a lot later than I guessed. The Girl Scout (above) which came with the pink based didn't look like one of the really modern Girl Scout's to me (more early 70's). From the assortment of contents (different sizes) it looked like an emptied tournament bag, rather than of mixed origin.

Thanks Steph. The ribbons didn't really seem to 'dive' enough for Ravenswood, but it does probably require more thought... Anyone else?

Agreed. I'm pretty sure Ravenswood did too.

Thanks - with fellow travellers: