The Nickel Guy

My last two group pictures here, a bit more colorful. Each lot has a banded clay, how they did that I have no clue unless the dye was lost some rolling along the way while still wet when made. I do like these, common or not, I still think they are cool. Please post yours if you like. It has been awhile since I posted anything with pictures. I am getting near the end of my current collection to share here.

Four more groups of clays, a couple white lined clays. Somewhat faded lines, maybe they fade over time? Other red dyed clays. All of these are around a half inch in diameter and some a bit larger.

Fancy Benningtons pair in this picture amidst clays that average a half inch or so in diameter.

This might be a very boring thread to some but these always fascinated me being so old and sometimes quite fancy. I'll be adding on here but start out with my common colored blue Bennington marbles. The largest in this group is a bit over 1 1/3 inches in diameter. That awful looking crater on the side of it isn't really as bad as it looks. The smallest dark one is probably a dyed clay but in hand it is somewhat dark blue. Here's some Brown Benningtons with a couple more fancy examples. The largest being just about 1 1/4 inches in diameter. The tiny one is my smallest sphere of all being a tiger eye. It is quite small but it is not a bead and is not holed. Maybe about 1/5 inch in diameter? I partial to that one in the bottom left. It isn't a Bennington glazed marble though.

I found this gray clay that I am pretty sure was in this batch as well that my friend gave me but I didn't add it earlier. There are streaks of silver in it as well as many sparkles evenly spaced apart throughout. I think it is about 7/8 inch in diameter.

This was cool to watch. I bet that is fun. You fly it well.

I wouldn't mind adding these I generated to my collection but they don't exist!

I don't deserve it but I am going to be in Heaven forever someday. That is because Jesus came here and died and suffered on the cross and shed his blood to wash away my sins. He was buried and rose again after 3 days. He is going to come back in all His glory to take us believers home someday soon. I am also looking forward to a new super body. This one is pretty worn out! LOL

Just some of my "other" Akro Agate glass. There's a couple lamp parts in here and a pumpkin colored vase that may be Alro or Westite (last). I also have two floor lamps, two boudoir lamps and a smoking stand not shown. Childrens dish and tumblers. Lamp parts Westite sometimes used Akro glass molds as well as their own.

Guess these are my best Akro's and also some of my very favorite marbles.

Welcome Kt ! Not the busiest forum but a great one with awesome people.

This is No 4 and I have "tweaked" the image some to sharpen it up. Trust me, this is the best I can present this particular marble. Had a very tough time with these images. I can see there are bruises and small chips. They are quite obvious now due to editing. It really brings out the damage. There is also a series of much thinner lines near the top of the top right image here. They seem to follow the same path as the thicker ones below them.

I will try using a black background. It does have numerous thin lines but it does not glow. Be back very soon. Thanks

Thanks again folks!

Thanks for responding people. None reacted to my blacklight. I don't know what VVVHT is an abbreviation for and I will try to get more images of No 4 in the near future. White is so hard for my camera to focus on.

Here are 5 different white slags or swirls or a combination of the two. These have been posted before but the topic was a bit different. I think they are a mix of both. My best guess is that No 3 and 5 are swirls. Please help me understand. This has to be a common hurdle for a lot of us new learners to figure out. I have two other white marbles I will folllow up with and see how I do after hopefully learning more.

I think Peltier slag marbles might be the easiest for me to identify. I think I have picked out some cobalt Peltier slags here. Am I ever gonna get this? Please tell me how many out of 8 I got right and what those numbers I got wrong are. Thank you!

I dunno? I just saw some resemblance. I was stumped myself.

Sure looks a lot like one I just posted earlier today. They thought it was a Peltier Rainbo LINK https://marbleconnection.com/topic/38238-a-marble-with-a-bubbly-personality-~-id-please/#comment-327312

Not sure anymore but I think these are three Slag Marbles. My recent studies have made me doubt what I thought were slag marbles. Since joining this forum and finding they turned out to be swirls sometimes, but I'll learn eventually. And then there is another one what we called a "Crystal" as a kid. Others call them "Clearies" I think. Almost can imagine a faint 9 in the middle one?

LOL Oh boy, I've struck gold! Thanks for the comments. Indeed, it is odd. All these years I thought it was glass. I guess as a novelty, it is worth having. It's not ugly anyway.

Thank you both for your further attention about this little feller. It would be cool to have an Akro Sweet Pea or Swea Pea. I am glad it is in good shape. Maybe we shall see. I have seen Ron Shepherd in yooooo tube videos with Stephen Bahr. I recently learned Ron had passed away. That Stephen Bahr sure is funny sometimes. I like his pinch of humor. They sure know and knew their stuff.

These turned out pretty good. Thank you very much!

I will follow up with more better pictures in the near future. It's kinda tough to photograph. Thank you very much.

One is larger than the other two. They all show that orange glow when held to the light and have that opalescent appearance. Some people like these moonies a lot. Me, they never really rocked my boat, but 3 is better than none. Mercury has Zero moons, Earth has One, Mars has Two but Me, I got Three!