Al Oregon

I don't think Steph sarted a thread on metallics pictures. I have collected these off and on since I started collecting back in 1998-99 time frame. Probaby have 150 different ones. Most companies had some. Misstakes in most cases like a wrench/tool dropped into the furnace or workers tossed a beer (or soda) can or two into the mix. Of course, we have Dave tearing an armchair apart at Jabo to makde the "lawnchair Jabo metallics). Here is a picture of the Peltier metallics that I have. Let's see some of your metallics.

Agree

No idea here. Neat items!

Very nice story. I had visited Alan at his house when we were vacationing in Florida. I remember working with him on "exposing" the fake marble bags. Both of us worked with Antique & Reproduction News for a couple articles they did on the fake bags.

Agreed

Agree

Here is a Tiger Eye type chart for info.

Nice ones.

Nice one.

I would say no on the transparent swirls (as Steph says - hard to tell). Lower left looks Alley. Upper right - ? - another view?

The old sailing ships used marbles as ballast or for moving items in the holds. Maybe you can dive an old shipwreck down there. Of course, those would not be cat's-eyes but....

There are a lot of colorful foreign cat's-eyes.

Whoa! Nice one.

I'll be checking in on Thursday. Looking forward to it.

By the way, I guessed before I began to look for pictures. Here is a Salco Box but different type. Posted by Alan back in 2007.

Dyed clays

Agree with Steph on her observations. I'd say 13 is Akro.

3 looks Jabo. 1 also could be. 2 looks foreign. 5 is Vitro. 6 is probably Vitro Whitie. 4 is one made by most companies - looks like it may have been in water for a log time or something to give it that "frosted" look.

Yes, nice ones.

Gutta Percha?

Nice groups.

Almost all of those are slag marbles - far right on 4th rown down is only ?

Yes, nice one.

My avatar is a coincidental OR (for Oregon)

As far as when CHampion quit making marbles, I got this bag from Mike Johnson (one of the authors of the marble book you are buying) and this wass from 2005 - no fancy marbles - just basic clearie types.