The Nickel Guy

Think you know who made it? Added Edit - This is .71 inches in diameter. I'd appreciate your answer. Thank you!

Thanks Alan. Good theory. It is in mangled mint condition anyway.

I think it could be double ingot. Obviously a Jabo?

,68 or .70 inch depending on where I measure. Thank you for your interest in my post Alan.

Wow Nantucketdink Great effort there. And the Jabos you show do have that sheen like Vacors. Hmmm, looks durn close. Thank you!

Both are about 5/8th inch. On the left it looks like an older Jabo classic to me. Maybe more red than orange I suppose. On the right, I am seeing an Akro Agate Corkscrew but it is kind of blurry and undefined as far as the two colors go. They look somewhat blended. What do ya think? Could I have these both right? Thanks so much!

Thanks Fire! Akro it is then.

This is one freak for sure but it is not damaged other than it's defective as made condition. It looks like it might have been an interesting marble production but this is sad. LOL It has a Jabo look to it maybe?

These two look in pretty good shape. If I had to guess, I'd say the red and yellow was Akro Agate around 3/4 inches. The blue and yellow I thought might be Master Marble and is also about 3/4 inches in diameter. But the simpler the marble, the dumber I get. I don't think these come from the same company though.

I agree but the consensus is Vacor. That was my first thought but was kinda hoping for more vintage. I'd like to know what it is but I'll be happy to have it.

Well I like that it is a Peltier Peerless Patch and it is presenting itself nicely. Thank you all very much!

Welp. Here it is. Both ends of the stripe. Thanks so much!

Yes it does, that stripe only makes it halfway around the marble. I'll take another picture here. Thank you! PPP sounds exciting.

The patch thing crossed my mind, honest. Just having that ever so perfect swipe on one side had me think that for a bit but I never would have known any more.

Perhaps a Peltier. Definitely more bright in yellow and blue than Marble King colors. One on the left is taken in window light, the one on right with flash. It is a sharp looking marble of age in my opinion. Thank you!

I suppose they are about 3/4 inches. Certainly look like family. Other side is blank and transparent dark green.

Thanks Akroorka, and you other guys. I just got done looking at a whole lotta Vacors here and there. Hundreds of net bags and nothing came close. A lot of the Vacors look oily, sometimes even rainbow oily, like gas floating on water. This is shiny but not like that. I do like it no matter what it is.

Wonder who made this one? It's a typical player size at about 5/8th. Only one like it that I have. Left is with a flash, right side without.

You know, I just did a search for Fiber Optic Marble and found that they make these. Saw one that looked just like mine and was described as such and another like mine of course as rare mineral. Even the ones that look more natural can be man made. The ones with the grain and tight cracks. I saw one broken and inside it looked like there was some kind of metal disc. Well, I have had a big learning day! Thanks LATE EDIT - Not that I don't like it as much as I did at first. It still is an impressive sphere. Still a keeper for me.

How did you know how big my stocking was?

I just measured those two small ones. The 5 color is .54 Just over, the other is .49 though. Still nice lil fellers. I got another small one, in the batch too just a smidge larger than those. And a Red and White that is UVR I have several red and white but only this one glows.

Oh boy! I've got a good one.

Thanks! I think it's the one pee wee of the two I posted up there. Here I turned it and the yellow seems to be the same stripe. This is one cool marble. One of the best in the bunch for sure. I think it is Akro and I bet it's quite scarce. Here it lay in my hand same position. Then the next collage shows it turned. Hard to show the screw but it goes from top to bottom.

Thank you kindly!

Went back to my online auction source. There were 5 lots, I won three. You never know what they will look like but they go cheap. Here are the ones I won. Last night I cleaned them up and sorted them. Got some neat marbles, some brought a tear to my eye as they were damaged but did it have to be those ones that were messed up? Over all I did real good for the money. This is the same auctioneer who has a lot of my antiques consigned. I go down there and pick up my no sales. It's a 90 mile round trip I guess. Yesterday was ugly snow, for and rain. I'll post my sorted images later today. OK so that didn't take long. Here is how they sit right now before they get mixed in with their own kind in my collection. A cool pair of corkscrews. Just about 1/2 inch or smaller. I think this score yielded 17 corks in all. A few unusual ones for sure. Down there at 7 o'clock I see a Peltier feathered slag on brown transparent glass in great shape. Cats eyes were filler marbles but I like them. Shooters and boulders and the overflow. I made another post about these guys and Vacor ID today. There are 5 with hits here in the corner. There were others in worse shape that are in the junk box. That sunburst shooter I think is a Master Marble and it is sad that it has a hit. It is almost OK but it sure was pretty.