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Is that gold metallic? Killer marble Ric.

Vitro Agate

That is a very nice wet looking Parrot Jeremy.

Great find newbie!!

OH, Tuff one buddy, Either Akro or CAC imho. Nice marble!! Marble--On!!

I will just be honest on this one Fire. If it is a Pelt MCS- I have never seen one like it color wise. The blue is not what I would consider to be common in a pelt of this nature. I could not ID this one as anything else however. (vitro???) I just call them like I see them on my PC. This one is worth a bump up and more opinions. I will usually get a retort---I love em!! Marble--On!!

I will post another today, I feel like I have been slacking on the images for posts lately. I do not even know what to call this one. I will leave it up to the Pelt collector folks to assign a name. Just a hair or two over 5/8”, no AV just pocket wear. Marble—On!!

The one on the left looks like an Akro Agate "Moss Agate", it may light up under black light. It could be a Master "Cloudie"(they called them "moss agates" too--for awhile anyhow). Like Ron says, clearity with images is much better or easier to ID. Nice wood though, knotty pine? Marble--On!!

This is a tuff one my friend. Not a Master Made. Akro did make some wierdo's, a lot of them. Ric could have this one nailed. It does remind me of some Vitros that I have seen, they were Buttermilks though and larger ones at that. If this is 5/8", I will have to call it an Akro. The images are quite dark on my PC however and I could not correct them. Marble--On!!

This is an odd one Fire. I would say Pelt. As always better to ID in hand, but I will stick with Pelt. Marble--On!!!

I am glad that you stuck around Fire, Lets kick the bucket some more. I worked on this awhile. Here is a big red Master Made marble, 15/16”. I do not even know what to call it, Master Made works for me. Gold “salts”, a solution of dissolved gold has been used in glass making in many, many, really many years past. I would not doubt that in the early years, marble makers used the same recipes involving such. In my research, this would have not been the most expensive color to make. ( pure gold was used in/on some glass—way back when) I remember my mother in law “keeping” an old beer bottle made of red glass because it was “made with gold” and family members “claiming it” when she died---what a farce and a disgrace. I love red glass and many other colors including none as well. My wife loves to collect seashells, which took more time and effort to make? Which is more beautiful or older, it is all up to the collector’s eye. Marble—On!!

Here is one that I had tagged in a stash of Pelts as a “Pine Needle”???? Nice AV non-the-less. Fitting, because we finally got the Christmas tree taken down today. What a fight with the “not covid bug” we have had since then---Grandkids, gotta love-em. Excuse the nose hair, old habits die hard—LOL. Marble—On!!

Well, the middle one looks like a Comet, these are opaque on opaque. The other two are more than likely "Meteors" Translucent/transparent on an opaque base. Both are Master Marble marketed/company names. The black on white ones are easy to mix up because of the deepness of the black on the meteors. All colors can be mixed up quite frankley, some combinations are more obvious.

Not just the fancy hand-mades bumblebee. Any lot with any handmade on the ebay site commands pretty tough money for me to compete with. I really think that Vacors are getting collected more and more. Cateyes are holding steady and are still affordable. Some cat bags are tuff to get a bid in on. Right now Pokémon character marbles are getting some good money it could be a fad, but it has been going on for awhile.

Master "Brushed" Patch, a collectors name I think. A nice one. I like the blue transparent based like this, almost a cobalt blue sometimes. The red based ones are pretty cool too. More than often they are on a clear base. Marble--On!!

Imperial x2.

I have a box of 100 Comets that I just dug through. The yellow based red ones do spread thin over a white looking base. They all display some red that turns to orange as it is thinned over the yellow part. I only see orange in yours, but that could be splitting hairs. I do not know if Master made any orange on yellow Comets. It is not Akro, doubt that it is a Vitro I do not think that it is MK, Lets roll with Master on this one, a Comet. Marble--On!!

I will call it a Master Made "Comet".

My brain always locks in on this color and says Vitro. Could be MK Marble--On!!

Is the white translucent with swirls visible on this one? Marble--On!!

This one looks to be a veneered marble from the images. Veneered meaning the colors are spread thin over a white base(on this one ) If this is the case with this one, an ID will be a tad easier. Marble--On!!

I found one link Mojo, interesting. https://pbase.com/bkbowden/var505 Marble—On!!

I have seen Akro opaques/solids with this look. Some game marbles will have it also. Akro marketed their opaque colored marbles under the name ”Opals”. You may have to do some searching but there are a few boxes of 100 out there on the web. If you take a bright “penlight” and shine it throw the holes side to side and it does not get though at all, it is probably an “Opal”. Sometimes Flinties just have an outer glow to them like the sun during a full eclipse Check the lot that these came out of for more opaque marbles of different colors for this size. Marble—On!!

https://www.billes-en-tete.com/liste_billes.php Here is a great link that shows a few of the ones that you show here. Hunting is fun and this link shows alot of marbles that were made in Mexico by Vacor. Marble--On!!

Good stuff Joe. There is nothing like planting a seed and watching it grow to become in many cases, a fruitful venture. At the end of my season, when I am cutting up my plants from the garden and putting them into the compost bed, I feel sad and thankfull at the same time. I have planted many trees in my lifetime, and I continue to do so. My kids are in a very nice place visiting what they helped to grow and plant. Garden--On!!