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I wonder if anyone was allowed or bothered to take the extra time to fiddle around with the machinery To try and make patterns at the time they were simply making marbles to stuff in bags or boxes for kids to beat up?? Personally I do not believe so. Heck even Jabo (until recently for collectors) or Champion hardly tried to manipulate for fancy patterns.. Even the cool wirepulls made at Champion were a happy accident. IMO If patterns were a sought after product I would have to believe multiswirled corks would be more common than single twists Or flames would be more common than simple swirls. I think it is just the collector that places a real value to the killer patterns not so much kid putting them in the ring. I could be totally off base but it just seems like it was the adults that really gave(give) value to killer patterns.

And that is an incredible CAC !!!!!!

Sounds great Sami! Will be there for sure.

It is the fact that pure randomness could form such an exotic pattern that gets me

They are relatively new as is that marble IMO

The big arrowheads I suspect are new

81 yesterday 95 today and may get to a hundred Fri and Sat. for the first time since I moved to this area almost 30 years ago. It was 105 30 miles away at a job site today/ Only 85 now at 7:46

If you have the time and patience many swirls can be IDed. Many are common between several companies and even have the experts ?????

All of the above but still not a positive ID on my part, Swirls were made on similar machines of similar glass and colors by many makers. And sometimes the same glass and same machines were used by different manufacturers, It can take many years for most to just get fair at identifying swirls. Heck I have been at this going on 30 years and many swirls still get a big ??? from me.

Chromium oxide is used to make much green glass I believe?

Just because there is a patant on something, does not mean it was ever produced or used. I think the main (and only real difference between machine made slags and swirls is the glass. Very clear transparant base and a nice hard white glass for slags. Less clear and softer white for swirls. Thats about the best I can do. . It is something you find easier to see the more you look at in hand

Alley might be the best guess

Modern machine made yes, Contemporary is usually used for modern handmades

yes Champion IMO

Ravenswood might be a good guess.

Colors and composition, The clear base glass is more Euro also. I have similar Euros some where in the home

I think European

I really like the look of the one on the left

The twist off is even obvious, Folks should know more when spending that kind of money http://www.ebay.com/itm/L-K-TOY-MARBLE-3-PELTIER-AKRO-CHRISTENSEN-/391828956329?hash=item5b3ad364a9:g:XmsAAOSwLsBZVkAM http://www.ebay.com/itm/L-K-TOY-MARBLE-8-PELTIER-AKRO-CHRISTENSEN-/391828958972?hash=item5b3ad36efc:g:XXUAAOSwpONZVkEH

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Nice find, I wonder why the tiny marbles on that board?

I see it