Roberto

Marble King

Marble king

Left Vitro, right Peltier

Probably cage cats Vacor

2 hours ago, aussie said:

 It just irks me a little the mob in all countries who have just blindly followed.

I agree with this. I think you are completely right!

Agate

A - it looks like a divided core

B- onionskin

C- it still seems like a divided core

D- seems like a latticinio

E - opaque German

10 hours ago, aussie said:

Interesting that people often mention the Irene Opaques are less common than the Irene Wisplers. Out here in Australia I have collected 4 or 5 times as many of the opaques as I have of the Wisplers. Unless we were somehow getting beautiful Asians in the 1950s 60s? If that was the case then I don't know who was making or distributing them. Imperial Toy Corporation only started 1969 and distributed Vacors during the 1970s before shifting to Asians in the 1980s.

In any case, I have always noticed more transparent w"h"isplers rather than opaque ones...I don't know..

10 hours ago, aussie said:

Roberto. Please note the correct name is Wispler. In 2011, on the other forum, the esteemed Canadian collector Roger Browse (browse4antiques) posted that he had named them years prior (from WISPy sparkLER). A "proper" English dictionary did not even contain the word "whispy" at that stage (not sure about now?) I think "whispy" might be the only word in the American language where they have actually added a letter to an English word rather than their usual practice of subtracting one or more letters LOL. I believe that he who comes first retains the naming right.

Yes, well.., personally I would also be fine with wispler (without the H), but since the word whispler (with the H) is also used in the United Kingdom, where they are also listed for sale, I will continue to use the latter.

That does not take away from the fact that what was said above is correct

Correct

Extraordinary cultural information about historic marbles, Chad, thank you!

Wow!!!!! I won!

Now will you give them all to me? 🤣

You're welcome 😉

It almost seems like seeing mine. Black, but 'pulled' takes on a beautiful emerald green tone

They call it 'experimental green' number 5, but it is handmade

The first one looks like a marble made in China, the second one like a Vacor bumblebee

5 minutes ago, laero21 said:

Grazie

It's battered but has beautiful colors, I like it..

Akro

3 minutes ago, laero21 said:

I have a few of the uv fenton marbs this one doesn't glow 🙂‍↕️

Ok, anyway it's very cute

Fourth photo and last two look like Akro

The first one seems jabo

See if it reacts to UV light; Jabo also used Fenton UV rose glass.

1 minute ago, laero21 said:

You can't ever reveal to much !! That's awesome looking

Oops..now I corrected it

40 minutes ago, laero21 said:

I have a lot of jabos but this is the only one I have like this do you know what run this one is?

I wouldn't know if it is part of a run, with that amber color

There has been a jabo run with a pink similar to yours, and it is called 'pink flamingo,' and it is very valuable, but it does not have a base or amber part, it contains only oxblood.

 It was a run called jabo'Peltier Mansion' which also included marbles with silver...but maybe I'm digressing too much.

Here is the pink flamingo with ox

8 minutes ago, laero21 said:

Right what's the difference with opaque and translucent?

Well, opaque is any color where no light passes through at all, not even with a very strong flashlight

Translucent is like op, where light passes through, without being completely transparent

It can also have different shades and even turn black, if it has been kept in the oven furnace a long time

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