Steph Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 Here's a thread for the benefit of newbies and maybe not so newbies. What examples do you have and/or know about of marbles which you think could be mistaken for old? Here are a couple of my favorites, these pix from Schusserland.de. Clownfish sometimes taken to be Master: And not sure of the name, but some like the two-seamers in this batch have been questioned in the past as possibly vintage: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 A little slow tonight. Hope no one minds if I try to get some more action in this topic.Some "Imperials". Some with strands of oxblood-looking color, at least one with aventurine.And some of Vacor's modern clay marbles: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Green Glass Sulphide, 1.25" Made by Norbert Geitner of Lauscha, Germany. Here is a more ambitious attempt for marbles in this general category (the intentional repros): Mostly Pix - " Fakes ", Reproductions, Fantasy, Etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba1 Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 should you throw those pics of the new pelt comics in here?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Good idea. Bennett Reproduction Comics on Modern Marble King Rainbows vs. Original Picture Marbles on Peltier Peerless Patches Here are the pix from the recent thread discussing them. The first to show the two patches on the 1990's reproductions. The 2nd to show that the new images differ in varying degrees from the originals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Here are some Vacors posted by Albert at LOM. Including some which look like CAC's. I'm pretty sure they came from one or more Mega Sampler bags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 This is a clip from a Vacor pic posted by Sandy. Is it the same style as the one at the bottom of Albert's photo. I think some of its kin have been mistaken for Pelt Cubscouts. I don't know the style name of this one. Any help on getting that name would be appreciated. Thanks. update: I've been informed that it is called a Wave Breaker. If that's correct, it is another example of a style which has varied significantly over time. This is the Wave Breaker example from emarbles.com. further update: Apparently that name is still uncertain. Another possibility is Van Gogh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Vacor "Old Fashion" Here's the pic from emarbles.com. Other colors are available also. I'll try to get some more pix to show more variation. That's a tricky thing about Vacors - how variable a single style can be, with some looking more nearly vintage and some being more obviously new. Here's more of the same. Still looking for a pic showing brown ones at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Here are some more Vacors patches which I think could be taken for old. Sometimes the cutlines are v-shaped and it's easy to guess that they're modern. But when the cutlines are straighter they start to look more like Akros and Vitros. Interesting-looking variations exist but we don't often see them on the boards, so I don't know how common they are. That's one of the downfalls of vintage collecting - we collect VINTAGE. We don't know all that much about the modern ones. Always a surprise coming forward. (Schmoozer posted. I think he found them on the web.) Here's another set. I'm not sure if these are Vacor. However, they are foreign. Chris posted them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Vacor also makes marbles which are sometimes taken for older slags: Source: Schusserland.de Online Shop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Jabos. Sometimes. [space reserved for examples] [have a sort of 'silver oxblood' pic - just need to put it here, and then Galen's ox pics would be good too] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 Vacor SunsetsI believe these are an example. It's Joeager's photo, which he posted for ID. It shows a lot of the variation. I think there are still others. For example, I need to confirm but I believe I remember some which were practically all white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 Steph ,do you mind if I posted a marble here that I bought this week in a toy-store which has that vintage look.? winnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 That would be awesome! Please do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 Here it is,it could easy be an old mib although I don't know of which company it reminds me LOL If you think it don't fit here you can delete it. winnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 oh wow, yeah, that one is a great example! I don't know that I would have guessed new on that one. I think probably I would have guessed old. Yeah, double checking, I'm pretty sure I would have guessed older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idigjars Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Very informative post. Thank you to all for helping all of us. Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 You're most welcome. And thank you, Paul. ( : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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danthemarbleman Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 Vacor also makes marbles which are sometimes taken for older slags:Source: Schusserland.de Online Shop roosters and bluejays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthemarbleman Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 Are those imatation guinea's ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 The ones Galen (lstmmrbls) posted? Yes, those resemble CAC Guineas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggie Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Some best of my Vacors, left a first generation Michelangelo.. the name of the others... i don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Thanks! The middle pair might be Hurricanes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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