Olddude

19 hours ago, Tommy said:

Colors vary alot ,pattern is the key to narrow down...the way the glass flows , size,...lol...  

ya that seems to be what I'm learning. Thanks :-))

On 9/29/2024 at 1:47 AM, cheese said:

I'm with RW.

Thanks. Most votes here agree with you.

I found a few discussions about Ravenswood; none of the posted pictures or common color descriptions correspond to this marble, but the pattern does for sure agree.

On 9/27/2024 at 8:11 AM, William said:

Love it. 

One of my hobbies is going on digs at old abandoned farmhouses. The stuff One discovers is sometimes pretty amazing. I Live in Southern Minnesota so if one looks in the right places in Tri-state area they can be found. 

I actually have a thread in the Lounge titled "Iowa Digs" you might have fun checking out.

Oh, and as far as your marble is concerned, after the additional pictures, I am now thinking  a strong Ravenswood as well,  With a small chance of Heaton.

Definitely a keeper like I said, simply based on the memories alone 

Be Cool

👍😎

that sounds like a fun hobby for sure. I'm here in CA in the SF Bay area, so "old" is less old than where you are but there's still things to be found. In my work, I've had the chance to discover quite a few things. I'll check out your Iowa Digs.

As for the marble: it's sounding like there's no way to tell for sure, huh?

It's still fun to find out the possibilities. . . 🙂

6 hours ago, William said:

Alley, Heaton, Ravenswood...Swirls can be tough to ID sometimes. Would like to hear more about how you found it for sure. Either way, to echo Art's comment, Great find indeed!

Chuck should be able to nail it down for ya with the additional pics...

I've worked in construction for years. Can't remember exactly when this was, but the job was an old hillside home that had an ancient foundation that had failed, and was sinking into the dirt. we were excavating select areas to pour the new foundation and get the dirt away from the bottom of the house. I found quite a few interesting things on that job, like a few rim-fire large caliber bullet casings, a "Ball" canning jar without the threads for a screw top - just a smooth rim, and a sterling silver teaspoon. And this marble, too. Actually, I think the house was more from 1900 - 1910 now that I think about it. Old, anyway.

On 9/23/2024 at 2:18 PM, akroorka said:

I am not sure either but William is as close as it gets as far as I am concerned--

@cheese will have my final evaluation here. (It may be an Alley).

Nice find --nice marble!!

Marble--On!!

thx. It actually is a "find"; it was under a 1920's - era house I was working on. 🙂

On 9/23/2024 at 9:48 PM, cheese said:

What size is it? I think it's Alley or Ravenswood. In pic #3, if you could show the area right at 12:00 a little better it might help determine the maker.

Sorry for the delay responding - I had some, ah, "technical problems" this week and no online access.

Without calipers, I'd say it's roughly .6 " Here's a couple more shots; is this what you had in mind?

Hey folks, you've been great at helping this newbie; hoping you'll indulge another ID query. 

I've looked online at a lot of articles and pics, and I'm not sure. .. .

Any opinions are bound to be better than mine. 🙂 thanks.

Ya In my search, I saw your post from some years ago where you explained that. Was interesting & informative and made everything a bit less clear 🙂 . No blame though; I appreciate hearing from someone who has that sort of deep knowledge.

At the end of the day, it seems to just boil down to is it a cool marble and do people like it enough to want to spend money on it, no matter what it's called? I guess that's not such a bad thing. . 

Heh; I just spent 45 minutes looking up "ringers". .. 

Seems these could be ringers, or imperials, or even moss corkscrew, depending on which "absolute authority" on the internet you want to believe. Wow. I do get that Akro had one name and collectors have another sometimes, but even without that there's a lot of room to play.

"Carnelian", or "Red"?

Ah -  I should have been more specific . . . my apologies.

I do know they are Akro corkscrew. I was wondering what color they would be known as? thx.

Hi everyone. I'm curious what y'all would call these?

Thanks!

7 minutes ago, Steph said:

Hard To Find

Thanks. 🙂

1 hour ago, Chad G. said:

Correct all "Ade"  (Limeade, Cherryade, Lemonade etc...) marbles are U.V. reactive. Your OP is a Carnelian Oxblood IMO, appears to be a cork to boot, very nice mib, on the HTF side. Yes, the last one is a cork, looks like a so called "snake" type.

                                                                       

 

 

Thanks. Can you explain what you mean by "the HTF side"?

Thanks everyone for sharing your expertise here. It's been fascinating, learning about a world I knew nothing about.
Is there a good way to learn the monetary value of marbles? How do y'all figure out how much to pay for one that you want to buy?

On 7/26/2024 at 2:16 PM, Fire1981 said:

We'll see what others think. Nice marble for sure🔥

Is it true that all the "Ade" colors are UV reactive? I'm pretty sure I read that somewhere. . .   If so, then this one isn't Cherry Ade; it doesn't react at all. The Limeade ones definitely do.

As do some others. The big yellow/greenish one was a surprise; is there a name for that one?

There are two that glow a clean pure orange, not green (looks more purple/pink in the pic than it is. These colors were really hard to shoot). Wild.  Is that last one a ribbon corkscrew?

Fun stuff. . . 🙂

1 minute ago, Fire1981 said:

The marble you posted before the group pic is a Cherry Ade🔥

RAR

Hmm I looked that up; seems more likely than Carnelian Oxblood - from my very newbie perspective. 🙂

Guess I'll have to go get a blacklight and check for sure. . . .

Thanks

10 hours ago, YasudaCollector said:

Very nice marbles! I think its incredible to see original collections like these. 🙂

They were in a cloth bag at the bottom of a box of stuff that I suspect hadn't been opened since he was a child.

Here's what I saw when I poured out the bag. The "skate key" I think is a fun addition.. ..

10 hours ago, Tommy said:

Bottom left is a nice mib let's see some shots of its condition. Most of yours are looking in good condition 👌 👍🏼

Here you go. Ya almost all of them are in great condition. I suspect they weren't actually used much.

12 hours ago, Steph said:

The blue and whites could all be Akro Moss Agates.  I don't recognize the brown one and it's not a view I'm comfortable with ID-ing from.  I suppose it could Akro also.   The other thing I would consider is Vitro. 

Couple more shots of the brown one:

11 hours ago, Steph said:

It's stone. 

Thanks.

1 hour ago, Steph said:

Confident of Akro Blue Eggyolk on the right. 

Not sure if we have Akro or some more traditional West Virginia swirl on the left.   The blues and whites are so close between the two marbles that I am really wondering about the left possibly also being Akro.   


 

thx again. Sure is a lot to learn here. .. .

Any thoughts on the big 1" ones, the blue and the white/brown?

1 hour ago, Steph said:

From that time period, I am reasonably sure that you have hand-faceted aggies.  There were some onyx marbles in California rounded by machine, but I think your agates are from Germany and hand-faceted.



 

Nice. Thanks. That said, the big one is actually partially translucent when held to the light. But I can definitely see faint facet marks ... is it still agate, or is that glass?

3 hours ago, Chad G. said:

"Welcome to Marble Connection Olddude"  

                      Nice bunch of Vintage mibs, the aggies are my favorites but I like em all   

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thx. It's a slippery slope this world you've got here. I'm treading carefully but am really impressed by the variety as well as the beauty of some of these. Happy to have found this site.

4 hours ago, Steph said:

Top right here  is an Akro Limeade.  Middle could be an Akro Blue Eggyolk (something is making me hold back on saying for sure with just one view).   Bottom left is an Akro Oxblood marble whose collector's name I don't recall.   Those are are valuable marbles today. 

Here's another view of the possible blue eggyolk (next to the (West Virginia Swirl?)). Also, here's the Limeaid next to a larger one of the same (?) Also valuable?

What's a good way to learn the value of "valuable" marbles?

3 hours ago, Tommy said:

Nice mibs ..carnelian oxblood. Is the one red one on the bottom steph hit the rest 💥💥

OK thanks for that. As a total newbie, I read that Akro Oxblood looked like these . Guess there's a few varieties.