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Last group for the day! The two in the middle almost look like someone used a paintbrush on them. Is the fourth a Vitro? Thanks!

Sizes: .62, .58, .61, .60

32 minutes ago, akroorka said:

I blew up that image of the second in from the right and fixed the image a bit.

Is that dark streak red or brown?

Marble--On!!

The streak is brown. 

They look similar to a previously identified one. Have I learned anything? Hah!

Sizes: .65, .70, .66

Is the 1st one a Master? Cloudy or Comet? No idea, I just really wanted to guess! 😄 

Sizes: .65, .63, .60

17 minutes ago, Ric said:

It's hard to tell from these views what # 1 and #4 might be.

Do these pics help any? Me taking decent pics is still a work in progress! Black with white and red with darker red seems to be difficult!

I really appreciate all the help. Thanks so much!

Sizes: .53, .60, .61, .51

2 hours ago, Ric said:

First group, two Vitro TriLites on the outside and a Master in the middle. All Vitros in the second group.

TriLites are great marbles. I especially like it when they have a lot of clear glass - These are nice ones IMO.

Thanks for the info, Ric.

Would the Master be considered a Sunburst?

More pics of the middle one, if that helps?

If nothing else, they sure are pretty. Thanks for the help!

Sizes:

.59, .63, .62, .59

.60, .62, .61, .62

I think these look really cool!

Sizes:

.63, .60, .63

.61, .67, .62

I have 3 books to pour over and feel like I'm still mostly lost! Thanks!

Sizes: .57, .56, .61

What an amazing video! Makes me want to find and go to a marble show! Thanks for sharing. 

I was fortunate enough to pick up a copy of Marble Mania, edited by Stanley Block, based on a recommendation from here in the group. This is the revised and expanded 2nd edition published in 2010.

It's loaded with pictures, has an excellent glossary and index. It's chock full of information!  I'm guessing the prices from then are most surely outdated today. Maybe now I'll be able to begin getting a decent grasp on the terminology and on identifying these lil spherical beauties!

I think this book would be beneficial to anyone collecting marbles and especially good for those new to collecting.

In my search for a copy I found the price ran the gamut of what I felt was reasonable to fairly expensive. The big auction place currently has a couple in the $30 plus range. I was lucky enough to procure one for less than $20! 

Enough bloviating! I have a book to get back to. 😁

1 minute ago, Tommy said:

What a game .....down to the wire .....I was cheering for the Nederlands like always....

The USA is out, so I've been cheering for all the, supposed, underdogs. I was leaning toward the Netherlands, but I'll admit a part of me would like to see Messi win one.

3 hours ago, Chad G. said:

x3, NLR Zebra, 39/64 (almost 5/8ths) common size, I see hvy av in the thin black ribbons, probably also present in the bronze colored ones, almost a checkerboard pattern but not quite, still a nice mib Al.

May I ask what 'av' stands for, please? Thanks in advance! 

Totally different than any of my other marbles. Is this a contemporary one? The size is .57

Thanks!

On 12/5/2022 at 4:21 PM, I'llhavethat1 said:

The green one far right in first pic and blue/white 2nd from right in second group are not Alley as they are slags. 

Are they Akro or Peltier slags, or something else? Thanks!

Morocco?? For real! No way I ever would've thought that would happen against Spain!

My smaller ones. No peewee though. I think the first yellow is an alley? Thanks for the help!

Sizes:

.53, .54, .53

.54, .54, .52

Are some of these Royals or Moss agates? Thanks!

Sizes:

.69, .60, .63

.60, .61, .62, .59

Ugh! I was pulling hard for the good ol' USA. 🇺🇸  The Netherlands 🇳🇱 were just too good! I may have to pull for them the rest of the way. Oh, and Morocco 🇲🇦! 😄

Are most/all of these Alley swirls? These are some of my favorite style. Is "style" the right word?

Thanks!

Sizes:

.64, .60, .62, .65

.59, .64, .63, .60

.61, .63, .62, .66

1 hour ago, wvrons said:

Akro corkscrews are the easiest machine made marble to identify. This is the first thing I teach kids to identify when doing seminars for kids groups. 

The color stripe begins on one pole or the top of the marble. It turns and twist steady unbroken in a corkscrew pattern to the opposite pole or bottom of the marble and it never crosses itself.  Corks come in all different machine made sizes. Corks can be two colors or three or four or five or six. You can collect them a lifetime and never get them all. 

Other companies made a few accidental corkscrews. Akro was the only company to produce corkscrews as standard steady production.  

Thanks so much for the info, Ron! I really appreciate it. One of my goals is not to ask you folks to identify all my common marbles! Maybe I'll get there.

2 minutes ago, Chad G. said:

First 3 are Akro corks, last one looks like a Pelt MCS (Multi color Swirl) IMO

Well, go me! Three out of four. I'll take it! I really did wonder about that last one.

With all the help of you wonderful folks here, I might actually learn something! However, I'm thinking Akro Corks might be some of the easiest to identify? 

Thanks, Chad.

Are these considered Akro Corkscrews? I wasn't going to guess for fear of looking like a dingbat, but why not? It's never stopped me before! Plus, it's in the interest of my education. 😄

Sizes: .63, .65, .63, .65

Are the pics too dark?