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At $15.00 each that is the top high price for these. These are later made not antique Codd bottles. Many of these were made and used in Cuba and else where. These more plain ones with no writing found in the US are about $5.00 to $10.00 each and plentiful. Again price or value can depend highly on your location and what is available. A lot of the very old Codd bottles come from the UK and Europe. Codd is last name of the man who had the idea or invented this bottle with the glass marble stopper. Lots of info about him and the bottles on the internet.

The Ebay listings are Larry Wells. I am friends with him and see him two or three times a year. Yes Akro made candle holders. They made solid colors and some that were marbleized. One of the more rare color is opaque black. A pair would probably be over $1000.00. Certain colors are more rare than others. You need to be educated with these. Very slight differences makes a big change in price. Also Westite bought the Akro molds and made these after Akro closed. If you notice Larry's listing it is Westite/Akro . Westite bought the shell ash tray molds and other Akro molds. Some they took the crow marking off of the molds. Even the marking on the bottoms are not always 100% true.

Everything in the case is Kokomo. Chuck had the largest collection or variety of Kokomo marbles that I have seen. He had the original mesh bags and original box sets. Many are the same traits as Peltier like the white/blue ones bottom right corner. Some reminded me of Vitro Anacortes. Some single ribbons were close to Parkersburg Vitros. Many of what Chuck had were dug at the factory site. I think some were from a past employee. He had a few pistol cases of them.

All Heaton Agate.

Not all Exotic but CAC.

That was another hot day digging.

Just keep sharing it forward.

The Figure Eight marbles have a name. A specific name for a specific marble, not a wide group name. They also went for the last 20 plus years with no name. The name was tried and it stuck. That is the way with any name unless the company named it. If people have the marbles and the name fits the certain marble. The name may be used by collectors every where and stick. The problems happen when the name does not fit the marble. Or the name is backwards or reverse of the actual marble looks.. Or the name has already been used for another marble. I can name a few marbles that only I have and super hard for collectors to find. But will that name mean anything to anyone but myself ? History is a big factor for named marbles. I don't like it but marble collectors buy or collect by companies and names. If the true history were known on the figure eight marbles ? The popularity and the value would increase two to five times. How many collectors have or even know of the figure eight marbles ? From what I see over the years is maybe three or four out of every 100 collectors know what a figure eight marble looks like or ever heard of the name. The keys are the name fits the marble correct and it has not already been used or over used. If a new name is attached to a marble. It is either used regular by the majority of collectors or not. I don't think every marble deserves a name, just my opinion. Twenty five years ago if a marble had a name, I always thought if the marble had a name it was a special marble, one to hunt for. But that it no longer applies or is the case today. Named marbles 20-25 years ago had more value than today. Because even $1.00 and less marbles now have names. The named marbles list is impossible for any collector to keep track of or think of remembering or knowing the names. I have problems braking old habits, because most of the time they worked well. That is how they become a habit. I don't think every marble above is special and needs a name. But one or two of the marbles above are nice and they deserve to be hunted more and their history discovered. How many collectors have the marbles above in their collections ? If more was known about them, maybe more of them would show up ? For the value on most things the market needs to be created. If the need or desire is there the value will follow. Now just a name for a marble will not create a market or value. Those days are gone. Today far to many common plain marbles with names. Collectors will decided what happens for the future. More confusion or less ? More facts or more myths and guesses ? Values increasing or dropping ? All just my opinions and we all have them.

Vitro but not a helmet.

Foreign to the USA cat eye. Probably Asian. They are found every where, in most groups of marbles.

That marble already has a name. I named it about 20 years ago. It is a Ravenswood Green Raven. These do not have aventurine. Damage is not aventurine.

These Alley Tater Bug marbles were dug at the Alley Pennsboro WV site in Sept. and Oct. 2008. These are dug. Many have the fingernail odd piece of glass. This is why they may have been discarded ? I have never found out how that odd piece of glass could end up on the surface across the swirl pattern. These Tater Bugs are finally beginning to show up with collectors the last five years. Some can have the fingernail clip and some do not. A few with the fingernail clip did escape and out to the public.

Alley and Akro slag.

Yes a weak Tater Bug. There are four versions. All have the similar base. But there are four different colors of swirls. Orange- Brown- Green- and light Blue or lavender. One trait found on many is the small translucent white fingernail piece of glass usually laying across the swirl color stripe or opposite of the the swirl direction.

Jabo

Hey Tommy I think you have a Alley Halloween there.

Vitro

We know what greenvwbug likes. Nice bunch of boxes.

I saw a lot more Vacor from Mexico than Jabos.

Near one inch and over, machine made swirl odds are Vacor or Jabo and vintage is Alley. I have lots of Jabo keepers, all sizes 1/4 inch and less to over a inch.

The browns and earthtones are very common with Master.

With the size and this marble color combo. About the only two choices are Alley or Jabo. Not many WV swirl companies made any numbers of this size marbles. Alley is the only vintage company that made numbers of this size swirls.

The fold in the shape of a C or S can be found a lot with Cairo Novelty, later St.Marys Alleys and some Heaton. These are the most common found swirls with this fold. Others can have it but the numbers fall to the four in the order of the most is Jabo classics, Cairo Novelty, Late St.Marys Alleys and Heaton. The Alley Tater bugs can be found in sizes of 9/16 to 3/4 inch with most being 5/8 inch.