sfera78 Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Hello everyone! I have this marble, 5/8, transparent base and cobalt blue and white colors.It could be a akro? thanks for the answers alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 If not Akro, I don't know what it could be. Unusual looking though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 I am with Steph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Just an odd, perhaps more interesting, one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclsu Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Is the white brushed on the surface or is it into the glass at all? I feel like vitro is a possibility Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfera78 Posted September 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 the white is inside together to blue. it's hard to take a picture!I thought it might be some kind of popeye or corkscrew, but are not experienced enough and I do not know color combinations ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 It matches the requirements for a "Ringer". A Ringer is a mysterious marble since we're not aware of Akro ever making quite that style on purpose. But a Ringer is a corkscrew and it is like a Popeye, but with white and one other color in a clear base. (A Popeye has white and two other colors in a clear base.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Does the name "Ringer" refer more to the game and the box the marbles were packaged in, rather than the marbles themselves? Did all Ringer boxes have the same type of marbles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Does the name "Ringer" refer more to the game and the box the marbles were packaged in, rather than the marbles themselves? Did all Ringer boxes have the same type of marbles? Of course you are correct. And I'm pretty sure different marbles came in the Ringer boxes. Just saying that if there was ever a marble which fit the collector's Ringer description, Alex's marble does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck G Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Alex, here is my take on the akro "Ringers". With various examples akro produced the corkscrews and along with that, they made patches that matched the corkscrews color combo. I have examples of these which match exactly on the colors. One of these is a purple "Ringer" with the patch marble that matches the "Ringer". Akro"Ringers"-a cloudy transp/transl base with (some) white whispyness and one single color, (mostly) opaque cork. I do have some (opinions) towards these and gonna wait till more provinance "rolls' out that is correct. I do remember a photo of a box of akro "Ringers" and maybe someone will post this photo for us. Certain "Ringer" colors are a bit harder to find than some of the regular colors. Hope this helps. Chuck G-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfera78 Posted September 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 thanks to all of you are very kind, your help has been providential! I put the little along with other akro !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 I like Steph consider single color with white stringers and a clear transparent base "Ringers". Or desribed as a single color Popeye type. it is a collectors term that apparently means different marbles to different people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclsu Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 I like Steph consider single color with white stringers and a clear transparent base "Ringers". Or desribed as a single color Popeye type. it is a collectors term that apparently means different marbles to different people Didn't akro call them onyx? I have seen tri-onyx when referring to a popeye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Onyx was white ribbon in transparent base, usually colored, base. Slag were the first "onyx". So onyx corkscrews are the corkscrew version of slags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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