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Ah, this may solve the mystery of the 3 vane single color cat’s eye (as seen in Steph’s link). Most marbles I’ve seen that were identified as being from India were single vanes, globular, with very seedy base glass. Great thread.

Love that turquoise color, Steph! What an unusual marble.

Interesting marbles, Ric! I can see Al’s point about the first and third marbles being different in some ways from the center one. However, the colors in all three are a match, so I think they have the same origin. My hunch is that they are dug MKs. I have a blue/yellow/white with 2 blue vanes and a green/yellow/white with 2 green vanes. Also, a 3 vane blue, yellow, yellow with the vane placement like a “T” indicating one vane is clearly missing. My recollection is that I acquired all of these in a lot of dug MKs. These strange combinations were probably done at the end of a run when they ran out of frit in one color and they substituted with what they had available (or, in the case of the 3 vane, finished with only 3 chambers in the crucible filled.) Sorry, I’m not at home so I can’t take photos. And, in case y’all are thinking what a great memory I have, I got the info from my book, page 33. Haha! Thanks for sharing, Ric. I haven’t seen these color combos before.

Hi Steph, I am not home right now, so don’t have access to my research files right now. My recollection is that I found this information in a Spanish language article written by an Argentinian man who was lamenting the loss of the popularly of marbles, a game he enjoyed in his youth. He recalled that his country once had five marble factories and every kid played marbles (sounds like the U.S.!). I don’t believe he named any of the factories. It was more of a memoir than a reported article.

Melissa, yours was mailed this morning!

Yeah, it’s a shame that it’s gone. It seems like that was back in the dinosaur era! I could have used some of the reference material when I was writing my book.

Thanks for the kind words from those who have purchased my book! If anyone is interested in buying a copy, message me here on the board to buy direct. It will save you a couple of dollars compared to eBay. Thanks for your interest!

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The yellow ones are probably Marble King. Heaton's "usually" don't meet completely in the middle, but since there are few hard and fast rules in marble IDs, Heaton is still a possibility.

There were five marble manufacturers in Argentina at one time, as well as factories in Brazil, and Bolivia.

Here is a photo of banana shaped cat's eyes from three different companies. All were taken from original bags by me. The top two rows are Peltier. Rows 3 and 4 are Master. Row 5 is Bogard. You'll notice that some of the Peltiers don't look much like bananas, but are actually stripes stuck to the side of the glass. If you look at a bag of Peltier cats, you will see that many are not banana shaped at all. Some have ridges that give the appearance of multiple vanes that didn't form. Some are circular discs that look like Frisbees. In this photo, there are both Master and Bogard "bananas" that are likely four vane cat's eyes with very short vanes. Perhaps they were at the end of the run when the pot of colored glass was running low.

HNJ — Thanks for your interest in my book. I currently have them listed on ebay. My seller name is pinx43. Elizabeth

Howdy, Steph! ✌️

Ditto, arriving Wednesday night!

I'll be there starting Wednesday night. My first Iowa Show since my grandmother died 7 years ago. She lived in Des Moines. I'll have lots of marbles in original packaging for sale. Hope to see lots of old friends there! Elizabeth