ManofKent Posted March 4, 2018 Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 Coral I'm guessing Champion from the mix of transparent and non-transparent, but I'd appreciate confirmation from someone who knows their corals! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 4, 2018 Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 We used to think Champion. I'm pretty sure we have moved these over into Alley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManofKent Posted March 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 On 04/03/2018 at 6:06 AM, Steph said: We used to think Champion. I'm pretty sure we have moved these over into Alley. Thanks Steph, I thought it was the solid green ones that were moved to Alley but wasn't sure on the semi-transparents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 Someone'll surely be by soon to straighten me out ....... *hint hint hint* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManofKent Posted March 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 Anyone else out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 Yo, Paul! @jeeperman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Ron? @wvrons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Yes it is Alley. Probably most all of the Coral colored or striped marbles have now been attributed to Alley or CAC. The majority being attributed to Alley. The majority of those being produced at the St.Marys WV location. More information came about from the collections of two L.E. Alley grandsons. More information came about from more recent excavations at the St.Marys site. Champion and Alley factories were located within a few yards of each other at different years. Champion used the old alley building for storage and packaging. Champion packaged lots of WV marbles from many companies. So years ago what evidence there was pointed to Champion for most of the corals. But more and new evidence has changed most of the corals towards being produced by Alley. Alley corals can be opaque or transparent. Pictures can be found in the book L.E. Alley "Father of West Virginia Swirls" . Some are now named Alley Exotic Coral. There is also one with the similar bright transparent green base with only yellow. This one is named the Alley Mountain Dew. I also believe there are some CAC coral marbles. I think those are few or rare. If you find a cut line or double cut lines, you probably have a CAC coral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Thanks, Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManofKent Posted March 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Thank you Ron - much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeperman Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 Sorry, I guess I missed the call. Looks like you got a much more in depth answer than I could have given! Win Win! =} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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