The Nickel Guy

Jabo for me.

I have a handful of these but this one has the tightest equator of white out of them all. Received it as a gift recently. I am a fan of Cats Eyes, Marble King Rainbows and Vitro Black Line and All Reds. They were the ones I had in my marble bag ( or sock ) when I was a kid. This would have been one of my favorites back then and it is one of my favorites now just for the nostalgia.

Here's a little better collage of the same marble taken under different light. Seams are more visible.

Thak you in advance! No. 1 No. 2

Thank you. I have to think Vacor. It has a cold rolling creased area that is so typical of their larger than 1 inch Jumbo marbles.

I just looked into my Mega Marbles Vacor Bumblebee net bags and there are a few that strongly resemble Parmcats marble in post 1. I concur, it could very well be a Vacor Bumblebee. I believe it is.

They are beautiful!

Title changed to Sunburst style. Thanks Ric!

I am a mega marble nut case and still . . . sometimes we just don't know. I learned a lot studying the Vacor kind and acquired a lot too. I know they aren't the rich mans marble but I am having quite a fun time with them and have learned plenty. I must have asked about 10 or more marbles in the past 24 hours on here myself. Everyone was very kind.

Although there were some Vacor marbles in with a recent group I received, that doesn't mean this is an "Old Fashion" type. It is sharper than this collage of the different sides are showing that I post and very nice. I am thinking Alley. It has a translucent two tone brown swirl in places, round about on a white opaque base.

I am not sure, it has too much translucent yellow with the opaque yellow for a Vacor Bumblebee for me. The two tone brown defined swirl is unusual too. Sometimes Bumblebees are black swirls but sometimes they even can be a pretty lean and weak brown. I looked at many and this is a tough one to ID. Sorry. I lean to the not Vacor side of 50/50 on it but am not sure at all.

All very nice. I am a cat liker, not a cat lover but I really like these a lot.

There's no place like home. Very nice.

This is a way better interior swirl than any other I have seen in a Vacor transparent swirl marble. Purple with White solid continuous swirl throughout. Or am I wrong?

I can see that. The white part. I remember there was a thread about that ot too long ago.

Ah-ha! Is mine a Japanese Pincer? A look at this eBay listing has some very similar traits. The listing will go away someday but here's a link for now. ( Hope this is allowed )

That's funny it is the other way around for you Meep. I'll have to dig em out and post a group picture when my batteries are re-charged. Both in the camera and in me as well. It's late but it's nap time.

It was the gravy color that had me thinking Heaton. All those lines in a wave show up pretty neat under the UV. Kinda cool.

It was a recent gift of a mixture of all sorts of things. Not in a collection of sorts.

Ric, My batteries are dead but out of all the shots, these are my best two seams. Art yes, the marble glass is smooth as a baby's behind. I know what you mean by that.

Here is a group of the other seam. I tweaked these only because it was so hard to get a picture of the detail in the white/clear. I think I see that little thing on the gill of a bluegill or sunfish shape that Stephen bar points out in his Master Marble video on yooooo tube.

The thought did cross my mind. I agree. thanks Ric!

This 7/8th one is very bubbly. Neat but I haven't a clue what to call it or who might have made it. Can you please help and thank you!

Here's a shot with a UV light.

I have a bunch of Marble King 5/8 in players and none glow under UV. They are mostly white base Patch and Ribbon. I don't know why, but some of my shooters do. Now this one may not be a Patch and Ribbon of course but I am pretty sure it is a Marble King Patch. I have others that look just like it and do glow and others that do not. Without the UV light, it would be hard to tell. Just an observation.