RosalieR

Not MK - KM — Chinese company not the American company first time I heard of them was when I was looking for an ID for the exact same marble as you will see at the top of this thread:

Did you look into King Marbles? Chinese company, they look a lot like Vacor and go just as big. https://kingmarbles.com/classic-marbles/ I don’t see this combination but that’s my guess. Vacor is much better documented… I have one I thought was Vacor but it was just off of Fiesta colors - green instead of the blue ribbon. The ribbons also had more pointy angles rather than squared off. Finally found a king marbles photo that matched. this page also talks about Chinese marbles https://www.marblecollecting.com/marble-reference/online-marble-id-guide/foreign-manufacturers/

I love them so much, and I picked up this jar that had several — the others much more subdued than this one.

I never explored the Joe Marbles site before - the reference photos are incredible and I found a few bright red / mostly red sunsets so I feel more comfortable with that ID now. I appreciate everyone’s responses and helping me persist in trying to find similar examples! https://marbleconnection.com/joemarbles/1Marble Picture Pages/14Master/Master 011/1 Master Large Pages/Master Marble-Glass Co. 11-18.html https://marbleconnection.com/joemarbles/1Marble Picture Pages/14Master/Master 008/1 Master Large Pages/Master Marble 8-04.html https://marbleconnection.com/joemarbles/1Marble Picture Pages/14Master/Master 008/1 Master Large Pages/Master Marble 8-13.html

It was with some Masters AND some Akro… I think it’s kind of spectacular. The transparent area is bright orange-red. Somewhere between mariscino cherry and safety vest. I just thought it was too bright for Master but then I found a few examples that include a very bright orange-red. https://www.peltiermarbles.info/mastermarbles Some wedges of these beauties are also very bright https://www.westvirginiamarblecollectorsclub.com/master Think I’ll call it that for now! Thank you!

This marble has bright red/orange base glass with striations and small strands of yellow or black. Size is 5/8” photos are in cloudy day sunlight followed by strong indoor lamp to show the structure better.

Very cool. Looks like something out of Tolkien / a very unusual conqueror 😃

Jealous! I do know what the really nice ones look like — I just wasn’t sure if mine even qualifies! It does have av, in a sad sort of Charlie Brown Christmas tree kind of way 🤣

Thanks! (I guess) just kidding I sincerely do appreciate it. The photo on EBay made it appear much nicer — in person it’s sort of a clove of garlic with a green halo. 🧄😇

This was sold to me as a French Sparkler, but does not match the photo I bid based on. However it does appear to have Aventurine in it. Anyone have any insight on this one?

Responding more than a year later to thank you for helping me ID mine!

Found this thread looking for a comparable to one of mine. FWIW Elizabeth Kempski referred- via Facebook- identified mine as a Peltier. She said earlier cats/bananas looked all kinds of ways with filaments and things and that pink base glass is known but HTF . Mine has more bubbles than yours but just figured I’d share - few different backgrounds and lighting .

Apologies- I looked again and the orange green and white was labeled (early) Vacor after all. Dang, I was so excited! I’m really getting into these marbles and appreciate your taking the time to respond.

Also the far left is definitely Vacor I just wondered date and name. Red could be Asian.

The two on the right are specifically shown in the Stephen Bahr video - the middle one I’m pretty sure as well - precisely those exact ones. What’s the tip off that they were manufactured later?