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I said Master (mostly because I can't keep MK and Master straight) and alley. thanks Bruce

I think they're all Pelts. Pix 2 &3 are the same mib. Thanks Bruce

YAY Akro Friday is here again. A couple of egg yolks I got in a shop at the Pike Market long ago. So long ago I didn't know they were Akro, or egg yolks. I thought oxblood was a color of shoes I didn't want to wear when I was a kid. All I knew was I liked 'em and at a buck each I could afford them. I think at that point I still thought that I was the only marble collector in the world. Ahh , those were the days. Thanks Bruce

Glass that looks red in hand, but when held up to the sun shows a definite orange tint is called "Pidgeon blood". Generally a much darker red than most slags, but I have seen some dark enough. I have read/been told that the old red glass required gold as part of the formula. I think that may be why some marble manufacturers did not make red slags. At least until a different ingredient could be found. Thanks Bruce

Sorry about the mis-information. Turns out the Block's book was mostly right. I should have read more closely and been less distracted by the pictures. Thanks Bruce

According to my 5th ed. Block's book a parrot needs to be Vitro and 3/4ths to 1 inch, 4 patches of color the less white showing the better. Parakeets are the smaller ones. They (parrots and parakeets) may or may not have AV. These are mine. The 1st pic is the closest I have to a parrot. The 2nd pic the two on the left are parakeets. Any of this may have changed since it was written. Someone will come along with an updated definition. Thanks Bruce

Used ta be that a 9 and tail meant MFC automatically. As you can see from the above responses, that is no longer the case. It made for easier IDs even if it was wrong. My Block's book says that Akro made more slags than MFC, CAC, and Pelt, combined. Don't know if that applies to the hand gathered era, but I suspect it's not too far off the mark. Anyway that's a really nice bunch of slags. Thanks Bruce

I have this one; Dark amber with a red banana. The pix could be better and the amber actually looks darker in hand. Thanks Bruce

That pic of the box is a real help too. I see I have at least one comet that is in the wrong place. Thanks Bruce

OK The one I was pretty sure about is the one on the right. I saw a pic of one ID'd as a CAC American agate. I remember thinking at the time that I thought they were redder, but they were the experts. As for the center one does "no comment" mean yer right, yer way off, or I can't tell. I thought I was on pretty safe ground with an Alley guess. I'll try to get better pix of the 3rd one but it may be a while. Thanks Bruce

There seem to be a lot of new names. To be fair most are given to groups of dug marbles that the average collector will never even see, let alone own. There is a thing about named mibs and value/price. A named marble seems to sell for more than an unnamed one. For example I have a green and orange Pelt Rainbo If I was to call it say... Peas and Carrots I'm sure it would be more likely to sell and for more money than the green and orange Bo. Thanks Bruce

Ok maybe not too alike. The colors are kinda close. But they are from 3 different makers. L to R I have them at CAC, Alley, and Maybe Akro? How close did I get?

I have some CACs, some suspected CACs, and some CAC wannabes, none of which can hold a candle to the stuff above. Here are some of mine anyway. Thanks Bruce I still can't figure out why some load upside down.

Jeeze, I was just kiddin". Thanks Bruce

Maybe we should let him name it. I kinda like "Smokinstiner Rex". I hope I spelled it right. Gotta hand it to 'ol Rocks, He truly likes 'em all. Thanks Bruce

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwii_Ye2yMvzAhUTJjQIHaiIDYwQ3e4CegQIEBAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DFjn7vwkprSk&usg=AOvVaw2dctUGk4IbZvIKp2CwurWR I have never done a link before. I'll try this after I post it. If It will not work I'll try again. Thanks Bruce

Rocks Cousteau posted a video yesterday (I know some of you have problems with him). In the video he digs up a marble out of a dump that looks like a Jabo. It's a swirl with AV. This mib has been buried since the 50s or 60s, so it's not a Jabo. Can anyone ID it? Thanks Bruce

All marbles always deserve "further inspection" . That said, I think some of your painted chinas are actually mill balls and "further inspection" will reveal that they are decorated with felt pens. They were made to deceive and many people were fooled by them. They seem to have reacched the secondary market. Most were sold to antiques dealers originally. This is a photo I saved that was posted when I had a question about them. Thanks Bruce

Thanks Chad. Is the OP mib the same? Thanks Bruce

I have one similar. Very dark red. Transparent but it needs a pretty bright light to show thru. Lots'a bubbles including several surface pops. I have always had it with pelts, but not really sure. Thanks Bruce

Look like antler points to me. Nice display I don't have enough spectacular mibs to fill it though. Thanks Bruce

I hope You're not giving up so soon. You say you are overwhelmed with the IDing process. So stop. I've collected for 30 years, and over most of that time I couldn't have cared less who made them. Beyond some pretty basic stuff I'm still behind the 8 ball on most IDs. If you enjoy them for what they are (little lumps of colored glass that were made as toys) pick through them, hold 'em up to the light etc. Sometimes I find myself just holding one in my hand while reading or something. Eventually you will find one that you want to know more about, That's where the board comes in. You have a nice mix there (the cat seems to like 'em) so enjoy them. The scholarly approach to marble collecting is not for everyone Sorry about the long screed, especially if I mis-interpreted your intent. Thanks Bruce

I can't let another Akro Friday go by without a post. I think most of these have been posted before in other threads, but here goes anyway.... Thanks Bruce

Like the cars, the real one and the slag one. I have a couple of glass cars, but no slag ones. Somethin' else to look for. Thanks Bruce

Nice marble. It does look like wood grain. The photo on the right looks a bit orange peel-y to be stone. That makes it interesting as well as beautiful. Thanks Bruce