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Hey Jon! Welcome to the hobby! Personally I’d pass for that price. You could get a few stunners for $55. Not that there’s anything wrong with these, they’re just common as stated previously. Hope the hobby brings you lots of joy!

I see Alley here

I’m never sure when these ones are swirls or flames. But this is 🔥🔥🔥 For colors, I guess I see 3. But obviously I’m no expert. Curious about what others say.

I completely agree. I think this one is gonna sell for $200-$250

https://ebay.us/m/4WgUjl

Agreed. I do love this but I have several Alley flames that look just like it in terms of the flame style, so I don’t think it’s a CAC

I just posted this one! I do believe this is an alley although it’s being sold as a CAC on eBay!

This looks vitro to me, but I’m no expert

Considering buying this one. It’s .63 in size.

This looks just like my Alleys. Yours is amazing though 🤩

Size is 5/8

Size is .57

Size is .7

Ahh that makes sense! These are awesome! Thank you!

Both are .6

The blue on my ghosts is more transparent

Yours almost reminds me of this one in my collection. It took a lot of direct light to bring out the red, but in room lighting it actually looks just as dark as yours. Your base is more blue/green than mine though. Is possible that yours is some less common Pelt or Kokomo?

The other thing that struck me was the depth of the white. On previous posts, especially my CAC white/orange striped opaque, the white was pointed out as being especially white and a known sign of CAC. This white seems very dense, and it pops. Many of my white+ Alleys have a far less intense white as the base. That said, if @cheese says it’s Alley, just shiny, I trust that. But that’s what I noticed that made me ask

No, this is perfect! Any opportunity for us to learn and become better at identifying, that’s why I’m here. I have white/red alleys and this one stands out. I actually started looking at Vacors before I posted because it seemed so shiny I figured it might be more modern. Always happy to have you guys on my thread, helping me sort them out 🙏👍

Pretty sure this is an alley, it just seems almost too shiny. Possibly polished? Size is .64

To be honest, I don’t know. They’re on eBay and that’s sort of become my main source for marble photos at this point because my marble books don’t have a ton of large photos and when I look them up there, I usually get enough spread in the images to get a good idea of the variation. But I was reading about Moonies in my American Machine Mades book and went down a rabbit hole

Also, I had noticed another one with the exact same marks so that made me wonder 🤔

Awesome! I thought I read something about parallel | | type seams or something somewhere so that’s why I asked. I definitely appreciate the info! Thank you both! 🙏

Hello! Question about Moonies. I know these are a complete pain to identify, and for that reason I’m not really asking for an ID necessarily. I’m mostly asking if these are cutlines and if so, are they indicative of one maker over another. Do they tell you anything about whether it’s more likely one over another? Just trying to educate myself. the size is .77

Thank you! I did buy this one! I’m pretty sure I’ve developed a marble addiction. I’m not buying anymore for a little while 😂