Chad G.

I was going to say M.K. on the one w/ the straight seam also but so hard to tell on these gamers, are they old ? new ? I would prefer to look through the older one's, I believe these to be newer just going on the fact I'm having difficulty in I.D. ing them. Went through thousand's of them and generally can tell, not so w/ these.

Here's the correct insulator made by Alley @ the Pennsboro location between 1934-1937, made on the so dubbed corn cobb machine info courtesy of Ron S. , I believe I have the correct one this time, makes for an excellent display. I put two 31/32nds Alley mibs in it, a good stand, wish I would have bought them all, went back to get the rest, notta, Oh well @ least I have this one.

Some boxes I converted into marble cases using dimple foam, my favorite is the backgammon case w/ a spot for my loupe a cleaning cloth and some spare mib bags. The others are old airtight humidor boxes with locking capabilities, I could drop this box out of my car doing 55 and not harm the mibs inside, a good box if your a fumble fingers like me, I took a couple pics. ( one more ) a very old skeleton key lock box, just added dimple foam, for a little larger mibs. Locking mechanism a must have in my case, can't afford to drop me treasure

Tater tot's, tater salad, tater liciouse, great pics Bill, very nice man !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A bunch of manufacturers made clearies =, as far as I.D. for these someone else will pick up the slack !!

Akro slag, a couple more colors and you'll have the whole family. Nice!!

Nearly all companies made gaming marbles @ one time or another, from what I gather Bruce also pics of 2 different mibs ?? here's a gamer I held onto from Alley's early beginnings. I call an Alley monochrome ( Def. two different shades of the same color ) I would like to make a guess on yours but need pics of both seems on either side of one mib to get a good idea, many I've found I couldn't I.D. no traits distinctive of the maker, master gaming marbles are probably the easiest for me to pick out, Yes I've gone through thousand's of them also, very enjoyable but extremely hard on the back. Found some goodies though !!

Great German's De Roberto, I was beginning to think I was the only one that still collected them. Excellent marbles every one , appreciate the pics, I started collecting German hand mades in the 90's the prices then where considerably more but I was and still am fascinated by them. "Good post" The clown is outstanding, not an easy one to find in any shape.

You're very welcome. An excellent group Your avatar looks like it's alive, you certainly picked a good one, great benny.

Look's Akroish to me, nice one Bruce, I'd definitely keep it. Looks like a blue egg yolk ace on steroids !!

Here's another av. wall Steph !! or whomever the case may be, who made this mib ??? Another big atta boy ( or girl ) to the winner !! clue= yes black and green av. on a white opaque base w/ blue.... I know this one is driving you The big reveal is on Oct. 31st MAYBE ANOTHER MORE REVEALING PIC WILL HELP !!!!! REMEMBER THE MANUFACTURER I.D. OF THIS MIB IS ALLREADY ON THIS THREAD !! ONE DAY REMAINING, ONE MORE CLUE, This may or may not have been made at " St. Marys W. Va. " BETTER HURRY ONLY 21 HRS. TO GO !! The answer to the riddle is in my " second post " ONLY 9 HRS. TO GO !!!!!!!!!! Double time, " HUT " SOLVED BY I'LLHAVETHAT1 AN " ALLEY SWIRL" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! " Atta Boy " crack that whip !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOLVED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Better to throw out your best guess and be wrong than not to learn anything @ all, nothing ventured nothing gained. Besides when you miss you never forget it, @ least in my case anyway. Those book's also have an alluring power, one is never enough !! One of my favorite all around I.D. books is marble mania by the late Stanley block, good pics and realistic prices. A big hard cover book has paid for itself many times over for me, Baumann also makes an excellent I.D and price guide book. This one has a mix old hand mades, machine mades, packaging a little of everything, and some excellent pics.

I don't know why any nobody collects old German mibs any more, I love em, Thank you for the pics again !!

Nice "bug's" Chuck, thanks for steppin up w/ the info, great pics, appreciate it every bit !! Ah I see the little fold look's like the tail end of a tater bug when it's rolled up, gotcha

I knew it was comin, no cuts, sorry for the mislead I tried, and I thought I was good @ alley I.D. !!! , I must need glasses reeeel bad !! pls. excuse the mislead !!

Thanks Steph. the smaller the better and they do make them 1 size smaller, I don't have any " yet " vhtf

MMMMM I love them hand mades, not sure where the affinity has gone but it sure hasn't left me. Nice pics, thank you !! The 2 lutze's and the baby onion skin got me

Finally I made it through an I.D. without a mistake, what a relief. Need to go w/ my first intuition and quit second guessing myself.

Good job !!! if you want a smiley face look just above your text before you submit your reply, there's a pic of a smiley face, left click on the face, the emoji menu will pop up in a sec. or two, scroll up and down until you find the one you want, a couple 100 or so of them so be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom, it will stop you when you reach the bottom, when you find the one you like (L) click once on it ,the emoji menu will disappear and the emoji will appear where you left off w/ your text, submit your reply and you're done A couple try's and will become old hat, Have fun !!

Made by Alley and a little on the rare side, @ least as far as me getting ahold of any. Adopted collectors name's "lady taters " ,"tater bug's " Steph has a good selection as well as Ron S. He posted a pic of one of his good one's somewhere in here I forget where, a bit confusing I.D. ing them @ first as w/ alot of W.Va. mibs. and I'm an Alley freak. I'm an in hand man pictures can be misleading for me. Ron could probably tell ya in a flat second where the name came from and all the other detail's as well. I'm having enough trouble as is, I'll put out my best guess, if I have no idea I'll just wait for someone who does, I've been wrong before and more than likely will be again, nothing ventured nothing gained !! great deal putting it out there Bruce

The one on the right look's to be Christensen, the left not positive, actually not 100% on either but pretty sure about the one on the right, get a good second on this one. They're most likely both Christensen the only reason I hesitate is the colors on the (L) don't pop like the ones on the right, Christensen color's popped more than almost any marble in the time, they had their own glass recipe and more than one divulgement over it. The color's will stand out ( pop ) more than almost any marble of the same time period. These most definitely are not Akro of that I am sure. If any one has something to add I'm here to learn, just part of the never ending curve. Thanks for the pics !! Chad G.

And here I sit w/o even 1, don't figure !! Nice one's, thanks for the pics !!

Purple, blue, white are Akro slag's, the white base w/ orange type flame tip's Alley maybe W. Va. swirl, red and yellow maybe vacor (not sure )

Some nice glassware, love the duck !!

Yes an Alley flame, Good one very nice !! Alley's are probably one of the most diversified marble type's you'll run into. As far as that goes W, Va. in general.