The Nickel Guy

I think in hand thge colors look identical. The one closest in the image may not be exactly the same but I think they look much moore alike in person. It might be different to some degree. They all seem to have their own pattern.

If I were a tree I would be a Giant Sequoia and live a couple thousand years and be the biggest and tallest of all.

That is one beautiful cat.

All I see is an audio player bar and it sounds like Sesame Street Elmo and his favorite scientist?

I don't know but it sure is neat looking.

I'll just take a gut instinct feeling it's a Master Marble but 50/50 I'm wrong. Someone will help out soon and WELCOME to the forums.

Nice! I gave up somewhat on figuring out the basic one color on white swirls. I just sort them by the look they have. I am pretty good at pigion holing swirls of the same color shades. I'll learn it later. I watched this Stephen Bahr and Jack Hahn video here and saw our red white and blues a couple times in there. I read someplace too that Champion made RW&B in 1976 for the Bicentenial. I dunno.

Thank you good people! I'll have to look at some Champion stuff and see. Oh, I believe ya, but I don't have any Champion marbles except these ID-ed at least as best I know. Maybe I have others of different kind Champions.

These four 5/8th ish marbles are probably as old as me at least, and they are eye catching pretty but I have no idea who made them. Obviously from the same batch of glass combination. Among my favorites in a recent purchase as far as eye appeal goes, value, I really don't care but would like to know who made them and if they have a name, I'd appreciate it. Thank you!

So I won 8 lots on hibid at the end of last month. They finally arrived yesterday. Here are the auction pictures. Over 400 marbles and no damage was mentioned but for the Akro shooter. There were probably 100 that were chipped, fractured or had multiple pin pricks or were heavily played with. Terrible. Other lots were listed as having damage so I thought these should be a lot better. Of course some will get by the seller sometimes but my last experience with this seller was awesome. Oh well, I still think I got my moneys worth and there were a few goodies but nothing to jump up and down about. I am not going to complain to the seller. I just won't go back. Here are the survivors that are acceptable to me that have made it to thier final resting place with thier own kind. There are some I need to ID yet but most are safe and snug at home with thier kin. and these are not in the picture but are all Peltier Cats. I don't think they all qualify to be Bananas, but there are some in this lot of 50 I made up. ( Not the same as the Pelts in the top left corner ). Thanks for looking, it's always good to have more marbles to add to the collection.

Swirls are my favorites too when they look like that. Nice one. I have no sure idea who made it but it looks like some Ravenswood I have seen.

This marble ended up dead center in one of my Jabo misc 5/8th size better marble frames and after looking for it and found in that Riker Display, it looks quite at home. It is a little less shiny than the original image in post 1. Thanks all. I do think it came from the same run as those posted by Nantucketdink.

Now doesn't that look like a happy bunch of people? Marbles are FUN! Thanks for the post Stephen and those dollar chance prizes were absolutely over the top.

Haha. I can't believe we both wrote that. Makes me feel better.

I don't think I would have guessed, and I mean guessed it was Vacor. Are those bubbles or teenie contact marks? Wish I could help but it's beyond me. OK I'll guess either Vitro or Peltier. Isn't there a cosmic rainbow that looks similar?

Held to a light, is it transluscent? Very Nice!

This might work for ya https://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/for/d/marysville-if-you-bought-marbles-at/7847454877.html

I WOW-ed this one. Can't help you with that but whatever it turns out to be it sure is a beauty.

This may also be known as Red Beard I think.

Thanks a lot . . . again!

Out of my 3700 or so Vacor made marbles, I have only one of each of these kind. I think this might be a more recent 5/8 version of a Michelangelo with a more relaxed swirl. Am I correct? and this, I think it is a fairly scarce 5/8 Arctic Bear? Thank you kindly for your thoughts. Both are pretty neat marbles in nice condition.

Never saw these powder blue and white patches and I don't know the name. They have a brownish green accent strip on one patch edge. They all showed up in one or two Hobby Lobby bags last week. I like them. Hope I can put together a set of 24 plus 1. Anyone know? Thank you!

Sorry Fire. I only have one of these. This came out of a recent assorted Hobby Lobby net bag. I'll watch for more.

Thank you Melissa. Much appreciated.

Welcome to the forum Kristina and that is a beautiful group of marbles!