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20 minutes ago, Fire1981 said:

It’s a Vitro. I don’t know if there’s an ID name attached to it 🔥

RAR

Yay, thanks! 

Vitro, akro?

21/32

MK, pelt?

5/8

Any ideas welcome, thanks folks...

5 hours ago, Ric said:

It's a little odd but it's an older (patch and ribbon) type.

Aha, yes - I missed the picture that clearly shows the full patch.

1 hour ago, Noodleloaf said:

I feel like that’s a Pelt where the wide ribbons merged. 

I'm still new to this, but pelt was my first instinct...

2 hours ago, marblemanvintagemarbles said:

I believe this is a DAS marble. I have about 10 or 20 of these types of marbles up for grabs. You can find my contact info on here. 

Haha, thanks, but after the tax bill and vehicle costs I've had this week, I'm out of the market for a while! 

Nope, very round, if you ignore the missing bit. Here's another picture I took earlier- can't get access now as it's in my kids room and don't want to wake anyone up! 

2 hours ago, Alan said:

If the edge is somewhat rounded (appears like it might be), it is an annealing flaw where the missing piece popped off.  It doesn't appear to be flat-spotted.

Yeah, from the little I know about these things "annealing fracture " was something I thought, as it's such a clean edge...

13 hours ago, Fire1981 said:

Question: What size is it 🔥

RAR

Oops - 5/8

Sammy's, Jabo, who knows, beautiful little bits of glass anyway.

Range from this one directly below at a smidgen above 9/16 to the red-brown one at the bottom being 21/32.

Edited to add sizing.

So these were all sold as Sammy's, but I definitely think at least 2 are Jabo classic, 1 is DAS, and maybe more are jabo contract runs, but I don't quite know how to distinguish. If anyone can ID the run of any of these, I'd love to hear suggestions...

The white, yellow and brown one below is 3/4 so I'm pretty sure it's DAS, and the other picture here is the glamour shot of the damaged one I put up on the ID thread. The rest to follow.

And here's a band I had fun putting together a while ago...

On 1/21/2025 at 11:28 PM, akroorka said:

I like this stuff Ric,

As you know, I am into Lego.

I have a big south facing window that I set up in . I soak up the sun along with my dogs, listen to music and keep the mind busy.

Great stuff!

Marble--On!!

You might like this then - me (mostly) and my son made this around Halloween last year. It was really tricky getting the roof of the crypt to open properly but I figured it out eventually. It's was also quite tricky to capture it with photos but I tried my best.

1 hour ago, Fire1981 said:

I like this marble. It got thrown off the rollers because the next marble behind it kicked it into the pit or something like that. Sure it’s a misfit but it’s still a nice little piece of almost round glass. Now ? What Run and When🔥

RAR

Yeah, luckily we can see the charm of the little one having its insides on show. And yep, it definitely means it can easily be displayed anywhere without rolling away...

Seriously- how on earth would this happen?

In UK there isn't much opportunity to buy Sammy's, so when I spotted 15 for sale, I excitedly purchased them...

Well, I was slightly mislead, as 2-3 appear to be Jabo, this one is damaged. The others are absolutely stunning, so I'm still very happy with them, but I'm pretty sure they are a mix of Sammy's and DAS. I'll put pictures up later.

I had this mixed in with a load that are paler warm shades and probably nothing interesting, however this one stands out to me a little. 

Just under 5/8

On 1/28/2025 at 2:27 AM, Ric said:

Yes, One way you can tell it is newer is that the colors of the polar patches match. On older patch and ribbon style Marble Kings, you might have a polar patch color that matches the two equatorial ribbons (a single color Rainbow), or you could have one color on the polar cap and another color for the equatorial ribbons (two color Rainbow), or the colors of the polar patch and each of the equatorial ribbons might be different (a Tricolor Rainbow). Of course, there are many variations of this basic scheme, with different bases, lots of different hybrids and blends, and many of the more colorful styles are named. But one thing is usually true, the colors of the polar regions on the older marbles will be different, and on the newer ones they will usually be the same.

Of course, this is just how I understand it.

🙂

Thanks for that, I have about 40 that I've set aside as MK, I'll further sort to see what patterns emerge for me.

4 hours ago, akroorka said:

It is not an Akro Sparkler--nuf said.

It does look like an English (UK) made marble imho.

Bloody cool damage with this one.

It took a beating and kept on ticking.

Marble--On!!

Would that suggest Whispler?

Great,  thanks, it's good to get confirmation 

Just under 11/16.

11/16

17 hours ago, VaMarbles said:

Try trading for an Ox Blood marble from a good collector.  That way you have one in hand to compare.  That’s how I got my start.  

Great suggestion, thanks.

15 hours ago, Alan said:

Here are some examples of what oxblood looks like.  Note the density and color.

 

 

Thanks ,yes, that gives me a bit more of an idea. I think the left hand one very much looks like dried blood swirls to me, so that's why I went in that direction. 

5 hours ago, VaMarbles said:

I don’t see Ox Blood on either of these.  

Ok cool, still learning and not quite figured that one out yet in person.