The Nickel Guy

I think a green slag is a bit harder to find than the other colors Akro made, yes it's a decent slag marble. Monetary value, I can't say, but I think it's pretty nice.

Blueberry Freeze Vacor Marble - I think that it is deliberately acid washed surface at factory.

You have impeccible taste when it comes to marbles. Nice snag.

I agree it looks like a Scorpiom 2016 but . . . it also looks shiny, a bit iridized and the Scorps I have are not. but . . . it happens sometimes there are both.

Moon Marble Order arrived a little while ago. Atom has changed these look a lot like Fiesta if not exactly the same Molecule looks like Dino or my Dino idea is wrong Astronaut is a new combo of pretty colors for me Rocket resembles Octopus but has white and orange swirls inside Axolotl I got just for the weird hang tag really, they are a clear orangish peach shiny crystal, pronounced Axe a lot el Eclipse are very nice but I cannot tell the difference yet if they are the same as the last version of Michelangelo Bigfoot reminds me of Jungle but are clear with green and brown swirls inside My 12 pack of Troll 1 inchers resemble Mermaid and also look a lot like Henry Hobbit Vacor Glasfirma Top Notch round tag marbles but not exact match for either. All of these marbles look to be in excellent shape. I seem to have problems with the Vacor transparent base glass now and then with pinpricks but these look very nice and with nice strong patterns.

I give you a tropy like. Thank you for that interesting write up. So neat!

I wouldn't be surprised to find that in a Mega Marbles asst bag. I think you're right. The pink might just be incidental very thin brown.

Thank you Fire. I had an inkling. I shall change the title a little.

I like this 5/8 marble I wanted to stow in with others of it's kind after sorting hundreds of mibs the past few days. It has me baffled. The seams can be seen fairly well in my picture. No help for me though, Please help me pigeon hole this one. Thanks

Very good and thanks for the response. There isn't any white patches on the 50 mibs.

I've seen antique blocks that were puzzles in a box with that period cartoons in antique shops rather inexpensive years ago. Never saw them with hollow boxes that held marbles. Very cool. One could make up similar toys with a printer I bet but that original age look would be hard to replicate. I'll have to keep an eye out for these. I bet they are quite scarce. I did a wow like for this one. Right down my alley. NICE!

Thanks so much you two. I assemble sets of 24 plus a shooter from asst bags and make up labels. This is my first non set, instead it is a count. I shall call these "Jarts" until I learn otherwise. My net bag card or tag.

Amazing collection there. Great photography. I put a trophy up on the likes button.

Has a common classic Jabo, played with, look to it for me.

Perhaps an older Vacor "Raven"?

Absolutely. Three color Rainbow

I ended up with exactly 50 of these 5/8th mibs in a somewhat older collection. An odd random number but almost makes me think that was a "count" in a original package for this batch, arriving at that total after sorting. They very much resemble Vacor type. They were all in great condition which I thought was unusual. I did not recognize the pattern in the Vacor named marbles, so I thought maybe they were an older version or discontinued. Having searched a lot, I give up. I have found them elsewhere but either ID-ed wrong or not ID-ed at all. Thanks so much. '

What an interesting and informative thread this is. Neat marbles too.

Thanks for posting. I suppose I have one from there as well. Had to do up a picture since you were so good to do so.

I was just lucky to see marbles at the two yard sales, luckier I didn't spend that 20 at stop one as well. I would have went right home. I see you are soaking some in that tupperware on the right. My new ones got a bath too. Half are already put away. I like those two swirls you got. The white base red and the orange base red. I got one like the orange base with about 7 or 8 flame tips in my lot today. I think it's an Alley.

It's me again. I went to three yard sales on the way home from the pool and first one actually had marbles. First one wanted "Twenty", I didn't even ask. The guy was so rude I left them lay without a haggle. Then I found two side by side yard sales. I asked if they had any marbles and they said no. But when I was about to leave the guy said he had some in the cellar. I said hey, I'll buy em. Well he went down and brought them up. This is my unpacked, two boxes on the table when I got home. I washed them up and pulled the usual chipped, cracked etc. Not many at all. Then I sorted them up. I got some Marble Kings Vitro's and a few Pelts. Some nice cate eyes and a lot of common ones too but they were nice. This one yellow net bag in the last picture has a lot of marbles in it from Mexico. The price was something like $1.49 on the sticker from the store. I will be posting it later for more info or to highlight it by itself mon another thread area. Then I love them Vacors ya know, and I think that I have exactly 50 nice cobalt base patches which I do think are an older issue of some kind of Vacor. A gandful of slags. A few really nice flames and who knows what else. I have more work to do. Yes there are some duds. A bunch of fried marbles which I detest but hey, it was a fun morning. I did good on the price too. Here's some more pics after I got them assessed. Thanks for looking.

Thrift Store this morning. Under 6 bucks. Atlas bail top quart jar full and they all appear to be Vacor. Some here I have not seen in asst bags and new to my inventory. Three different type Cats Eye boulder and super boulders. Not a pin prick,crack or chip. Finding any marbles in the wild like this is rare around here in yard sales or thrift stores and this is my first actual lucky day for this sort of find in the wild. They look a bit older than what I'm used to getting at Hobby Lobby, but maybe just better runs? Not exciting for everyone I know, but it made my day. Pictures are so so, but here they are.

Thank you Marble freinds.

When we arrived at the show there were numerous boxes donated by Mr. Alley for take away for free just inside the door. Mr. Alley had a made-over box on his table that said something with a note on it stating "What I do with the boxes" with marbles inside. I got two very similar boxes. Took them home and removed several stubborn stickers on each and it took me a couple months to get the top cut out. Finally I took them to the mirror and glass shop and a couple weeks later they had glass mounted in the lids. THANK YOU MR. ALLEY !!! I hope to show them to him when I meet him again at a future show. I ordered some bamboo flat pieces cheap on Amazon. I was going to use Balsa wood to section the interior off for rows of marbles but the Bamboo will do I hope. ___________________ Then I was at a yard sale recently and picked up a half dozen of these little kid toys. They are called Charvi Pop It Silicone Stress Relief Toys They are awesome for 5/8th marbles. It is so easy to pick them up and they stay in the position you place them without rolling around. I use them for sorting but one happened to just fit in my slightly larger of the two cigar boxes. I probably won't use these rainbow Pop It's in the boxes but here's a picture of some really nice Vacor Old Fashion Swirls in the box.

I kinda see the horse but I do see a genie.