Steph Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 This pretty, slightly undersized, two-tone marble came in a lot which was almost entirely modern. (There was a single blackline All-Red plus a bunch of Vacors and modern Asians.) I checked our favorite Vacor site for matches. If it was there I missed it. What do you think? The darker brown seems just a little darker or more solid in hand than I'm seeing it on the monitor but overall I think I got the picture close to right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Looks older to me but...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DINDO Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 It is a nice 1. For me it would be a displayer. It may be an older ' modern' or may be vintage 😊 . Did you get a bag at the thrift store? If so welcome to my world. . I have been thinking for awhile , that there is a lot of older moderns . They can look more vintage and are undocumented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 Actually, a friend's father gave him the marbles. And my friend sent them home with me to ID them ... and then .... *hanging head* .... I kept them so long that they got lost back in my labyrinthine office area and when I found them again my friend had already moved to Colorado and he didn't really want them (which I already knew) and so now they're mine. But we will never speak of this again. I don't know where the father picked them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 Color look right for Alley. Would need more pictures and angles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 Thanks, I'll try to rustle up a few more pix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2018 I'm having a really hard time getting the contrast between the two shades. The hues are close here (on my monitor). This was too bright but it's the setting where I got the most angles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted October 29, 2018 Report Share Posted October 29, 2018 It is Alley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2018 Thanks! That's funny. The opposite of how a few new marbles almost always slip into old lots. Somehow two older marbles slipped into my friend's new lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted October 29, 2018 Report Share Posted October 29, 2018 More often than not, most lots or groups 25 or 100 end up mixed old and new. You are correct usually more old and one or three newer ones. Or they are all newer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 Kinda funny how marbles seem to migrate together. Looks vintage to me based on the similar ones I've come across, and vintage Alley would have been my first guess. As a side note - A family member recently brought me some childhood marbles and I mentioned the 'modern' word. Modern for a lot of people, doesn't mean 40-60 years ago, is how the conversation went, and we joked about getting older. I enjoyed that visit. Good times and some marbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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