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Hi all ! I was beach combing in Brooklyn today and found half a marble. The inside is clear translucent. The outside has a large purple surface with what looks like a full ribbon of white and then and a small amount of yellow. Any ideas ? Thanks for any help

Wow Alan those patches are brilliant !

Great ! Thanks guys !

Hi all ! Do either of these vintage corkscrews point to any maker ? Thanks for any replies!

I thought I would share photos of my most active marbles under florescent light here , the yellow / clear one on the left is an Akro Lemonade . The two on the top right are Corkscrews, I'm not sure what the blazing shooter mib is - but it's screaming yellow under the UV light ! I have a few Popeyes that glow orange on the yellow colored swirls.

One of the best things about this display is there's really no wasted space, the mibs sit right next to eachother. I will probably order these myself soon as well.

Thanks Steph for your insights ! very appreciated

Upon further in-hand inspection ,I can clearly see the tail on about half of these as I follow the swirl around the marble , fascinating !

Here's the set 1/4 turned ,

Thankyou Steph for your help ! Love this lot , the colors are fabulous!

Thankyou for your informative reply Steph ! I will quarter turn that lineup of 6 and take photos , then quarter turn again for a back photo. I’m curious now to see if they are hand gathered ! I believe “hand gathered” means that each gob was hand gathered one at a time from a punty , then cut to size and dropped into the roller ?

Hi all, I got this bunch of colorful vintage pastel marbles today. At first I thought they were Marble Kings but I'm not so sure. Maybe just the odd green/black/red one is ? I need experienced eyes ! Please let me know what you think , thankyou !

Hi all ! , I got three new lots today from a local , super nice price and mibs are in amazing condition. I would like to get help looking at the first lot. The blues are an out-of-this-world deep blue . I don't think the lighting was right to really see it .Anyway I think I have a bunch of Christensen slags here . They are definitely machine made, please tell me what you think . I picked out what looks like the 9's first Thanks !

I just did a websearch on Cairo Novelty Company, interesting story and quite possibly what this marble is. Thanks !

Thanks Steph for your help ! I think I understand now that : a "slag" has a transparent base with an opaque white swirl inside the core of the marble , interesting !

Hi all ! I picked this up yesterday. Here’s a vintage marble that looks like a left handed Turkey Swirl . Could it just be a happy accident? Maybe an Akro slag ? It’s in great condition. Thanks for any replies!

Peltier peerless it is 👍

Good eye Craig ! That was one of the few oddballs in my entire lot. A real busted up marble with a translucent aqua blue base and a perfect corkscrew winding all around it. I’m not sure who the maker would be but it’s a good candidate for a rock tumbler treatment imo .

Aha Vitro makes sense .OK thanks Steph !