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I now own an extremely rare 1984 small Noble Effort. It is like a Holy Grail of Contemporary Marbles IMO

I had one. They are very cool. 16 were given out each year, Mine was from 1927

Transitional, possibly European

The Yellow Jacket is a fairly hard marble to find

Look Alley to me

I would put the second one somewhere else

Alloway- Great bang for the buck and many many others.... Find the one you like.. I try and buy one from the contemp artists that come to the marble shows I attend. Would love to own a Noble Effort

The one comment I made was just my way of saying that just because there was a patent does not mean it was used. At the speeds and number per minute mentioned above, it appears hand gathering was possibly a part of production going on at the same time the gob feeders were being used. And which I believe was the case. I just wish there was something that would help me understand how the Guineas and a lot of the single and two seam marbles were made. None of the drawings or writings available help me understand it at all. I would love to know how something like this was possible, They are made like a patch and patch, put your palms together with your elbows out and grip your fingers together, That is how the glass is layered? and helps account for the S so often seen on one end of CACs (and very rarely on any other 2 seam marble. If you chip the glass away on one side of the seam the pattern from the other half is submerged under it and the opposite at the other seam???? Crazy stuff for sure. Darn it, my free hosting site just went paid

Most do look like Alley. And the others( except maybe bottom center ) Look like West Virginians

John if you thought I was attacking you I apologize. But I do find your post slightly offensive as you ask several slightly attacking questions that you already know the answer and there really was no need for that. I do know for a fact that many patents that are granted a number can be just like the drawings or vary any where from a little amount to a great amount(even the MFC pantent was altered in production) from what was actually used in production, if at all . And there are photos of many of the machines and set ups from many sites(sorry but my hard drive fried and I have not replaced them)but nothing from CAC. Also I have not seen any actual same time writing about how things were being done at CAC. I have for MFC Akro Peltier and was lucky enough to visit Jabo for a run. So I am placing my OPINION on CAC by very little factual evidence at all. So yes IMO almost evreything being written about CAC manufacturing processes are nothing but assumptions and many are poor ones in my OPINION. I have no problem with anyone believing whatever they want. I would just love to see some factual evidence on how many of the marbles were made at CAC., Heck if someone wants to think that Cambridge glass was wheeled across the street to CAC melted into a cane, then marbles made from a cane good for them. I just do not have to believe it. Respectfully, Galen W. Wilcox

I sure would not rule it out with those pics

Absolutely Bulgarian I now have dozens of the handgathered types Even filled a solitaire board with a bunch. Hard to pass up for a couple bucks a piece

Alley Agate was not used on any packaging for Alley Agate Marbles

The blue base bubble gum does it for me

Never seen one that big! It is a joy to behold.

Do you have any factual evidence on what type of rounding machines , furnaces, shears or any other equipment that was used at the Christensen Agate Company?? If so I would love to study it. I think almost all the info about CAC is assumption except they were the first to use gob feeders if my memory has not failed me completely. I have examined numerous patents dealing with marble making that were never actually used any where

MFC strived to have 60-70% white glass and most others strived for that percentage of transparent glass. That is why you can not see through many MFC marbles. Akro had Arnold Fiedler as a handgather teacher and mixer and I do not believe he liked the 9 pattern and taught a different type of gathering (dip and pull rather than swirling). I believe that is why most Akros' Early Pelts and many CAC handgathered marbles do no exhibit a strong 9. He worked and taught handgathering at all 3 places

Vacor IMO

Outstanding marble but Why call it a Cyclone? I really wish Brian had not have made up all those names

I thought everyone knew it is captured moon light

Anything made from a cane would look the same on both sides after rounding IMO. Not round globs on one side and stretched globs on the other. But after hours of discussions with many folks I will make the assumption that many were "possibly" handgathered.

At 1 inch Asian or Mexican

I believe the second to be a Euro Sparkler Type

Also called a banded transparent