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Jabo marbles. Some Jabo can have oxblood but not these. These are red, not oxblood. These are one cent to ten cents each at the most. Modern machine made not vintage marbles. Many times it is better to learn basic marbles then buy. Sort what you have and learn them. Then study more before spending much money until you have some idea what you are buying. There are pictures of oxblood here and all over the internet. Once you have a good oxblood marble in hand, there is not much doubt after that.

You cannot age a marble by a blacklight. Old marbles and new marbles both can glow under a blacklight. Marbles made in the last couple years can also glow. Certain named marbles are required to glow under blacklight to be that known marble. An Alley Pistachio marble needs to glow. Akro Lemonade needs to glow, etc. . You have some marble killer ball bearings in the group. Remove any ball bearings as they damage marbles every time they come in contact. A key for marble value is #1 condition, condition, condition, not matter how old or rare.

Very common St.Marys Alley swirl.

Vitro Conqueror.

Probably Jabo.

I also think they may all be Jabo.

It sure looks Akro/Master, more Akro with those seams or cuts. But that size is just crazy for anything USA machine made and even extreme at 1.63 inches for any machine made. Akro and Master made 7/8 and one inch. Akro, Alley, MK, Vitro all made some over one inch but no where near 1.63 inches, round and smooth. At 1 1/2 inch and over is handmades vintage or contemporary. At 1 1/2 inch that would be one huge set of machine rolls. It would take four hours running to get heat built up in the rolls. At Jabo with the 7/8 size machine it would take at least one hour or most times two hours of making junk to get the rolls hot to make a round marble and they would have roll marks. The largest set of rolls which I have heard of is 1 1/4 inch.

Need more views, some of the sides. Bogard a good choice.

Left = Alley -made at St. Marys location. Right = Probably Alox

Akro error cork.

Alley

It was produced by Vitro Agate in Parkersburg WV. Time frame is probably from early 1940's to about 1960's. Vitro Agate was in business at Parkersburg from 1931 until 1986. They produced millions of marbles per week, 24hrs. a day, seven days a week.

The right or second one is Alley. I have dug those and the matching cullet at Alley Pennsboro site, Not sure the left one is oxblood or red ? May need some more pictures maybe not as close and different view. Might be CAC or a chance of Ravenswood ? Would be odd pattern for Akro. The blue thins but the red stays more solid.

Popeye needs white.

Master

Akro Agate Convention July 12 -13 & 14, 2018. Held at Days Inn 112 Tolley Drive Bridgeport(Clarksburg)WV. Hotel phone 1-304-842-7371 mention Akro convention. Lots of drillers and pipeline workers in the area. The hotel may fill up fast ? A auction will be held at the same location Saturday July 14. The auction will contain Akroware, Westite, Houze glassware and some marbles. Info can be found at auctionzip.com and at akroauction.tripod.com .

Thanks for the update Chad.

Another use which I had never heard of.

Sent you a message. Email sent.

Looks more like a transitional or a cork.

Master Foreign Peltier Ravenswood Red Raven

CAC

My mistake. I had Nova in my mind for some reason. But this is not a Root Beer Float. I think the Root Beer Float and Nova's were made about the same time in 1988. About every machine made company made clearies and colored clearies, in many sizes. Which are difficult or some impossible to separate. A big reason why they have no or little value with collectors.

Vacor

Almost or every company made 1/2 inch marbles, plus red translucent and red transparent marbles. Without any pattern or cut lines, these are almost impossible to identify accurate by pictures and most cannot be identified accurate in hand. This is why they have little or no value to most collectors. In the first three I see two that look the same and one that is different. What companies ? Could be several ??