Alan

So I think the question is..... Is it a regular tranny - or a flaming tranny?

Tranny thread. <Not that there is anything wrong with that>

They are fried marbles. We fried more than a few in my youth....

Cornhusk. I like 'em!

Thats one heck of a Lightning Bolt.

Contemporary

Yes - its just seedy glass.

Akro was certainly making oxblood dishware until the end of their operations. The dishware pile slightly uphill from the gate and on the right was clearly the last dump pile they contributed to. It seemed to be mostly children's dish set pieces.

100% Jabo.

Vitro Sparkler Brushed Oxblood Popeye. Its in the Second Edition of "Fantastic and Rare Vintage Marbles That Are Destined To Triple in Value".

Yell its a Bill Murray - you have an experienced eye. I wish Bill was still making marbles. He had the gift.

They certainly have a Sparkler-esque thing going on. Nice.

I don't use the term myself because I don't think its helpful. I think you'll find the common usage is a solid core with high transparency, like:

Generally +20% in smaller sizes. As you approach/pass 1" dia. the percentage can increase. This assumes that they are mint.

The seller also says that it is a "Cobra".

Imperials:

To the first pic - its likely dug. The glass was not to temp - resulting in bubbles in the clear.

Its a "plunger". I have a few.

Not Akro - but I understand the comparisons that have been made to large, Akro experimentals.

His hands were shaking so much from emotion when he handed them to me - I told his adult son that I didn't want to take them away from him. He had a lot of memories tied up in the box. They had to have a family discussion and the gentleman smiled and told me that he was ready to pass them on to someone else. His memory of pulling the box out as a boy and looking at it were vivid.

Cool background on that box: I purchased the box from the elderly gentleman who received them for Christmas when he was "7 or 8 years old". He had kept the box all these years.