Carowill Posted January 15, 2023 Report Share Posted January 15, 2023 59 minutes ago, I'llhavethat1 said: Day early. I had the camera out and don't typically collect MK, but this one stood out Very cool 😎! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff54 Posted January 23, 2023 Report Share Posted January 23, 2023 3 marbles on the right: and A little story behind these: Over 20 years ago, A marble collector friend in small country town antique and junk store (It and Main St was wiped out by Tornado, like 15 years ago) had an old 2' x 3' toy box of new old stock, 5/8" Marble Kings and Peltier 7/8" Champion Jr style Big Boys about 6" deep. 100's of bulk new old stock for 25 cent MKs and 50 cents for the Big Boys. Of the Big Boy's I found only 1 that was special. Big Champ Jr style like a K & M, but the red had blended into Pink, no red. The MK's were almost all just regular white base, but digging down in the bottom an almost matched set that have a smidgen of Oxblood, while some more others with less and less that I passed on. I would have passed on them all except I could see they were same run, each having less and less blue and Oxblood. I already had the 1st, on the left with Oxblood so, I grabbed them because: I thought it cool to show 'Range of Variation' where the blue is thinning out, illustrating essentially, not the best desirable yet, none the less, they are all Spiderman and even the 1st, on left, is a match.. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 Happy MK Monday♥ 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 On 1/9/2023 at 12:57 PM, Ric said: Amazing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff54 Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 MK Dragonfly variations: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave 13 Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 Happy MK Monday Nice ones Gladys & Jeff Here is a more modern Dragonfly 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jzoook6 Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 Happy Monday!!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted February 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 "HAPPY MK MONDAY" BERRY PINK / MARBLE KING BACK: LAWRENCE ALLEY COMPANIES Marble King was started in 1949 by Berry Pink and Sellers Peltier in St. Mary’s, West Virginia. The machinery was purchased from the Alley Glass Company. It was moved to Paden City, West Virginia, in 1958 after a fire destroyed the original plant. Berry Pink had also been jobbing marbles since the 1920s under the trade name “Berry Pink, Inc.”. Marble King continues to produce marbles today. Marble King produced ribboned, patch & ribboned, cat’s-eye, and swirl marbles. Most are collectible today. Marble King appears to have had different machinery that produced at least three separate seam marks. One type of machine produced a seam on the other side of the equator that was straight and at a perpendicular angle to the poles. A second type of seam has a “U” shape on either side of the equator. However, unlike Master Marbles that have the two “U”s going in the same direction around the marble, Marble King “U”s point towards each other. This seam design appears to be from an earlier machine and only shows up on Marble King marbles. A third seam type produces a seam on either side of the equator. One seam is straight and the other is “U” shaped. This seam type shows up on Marble King and Vitro Agate marbles. Patch & ribbon marbles have a patch on one pole, a ribbon of a second color encircling the marble, a ribbon of the same color as the top patch encircling the marble, and finally a patch of the second color on the bottom pole. The marbles have two seams. They are made using a veneering method which puts a thin layer of the colored glass on a base of white glass. These marbles were produced until about 1975 and were marketed under the name “Rainbows”. The most common Rainbow is white alternating with another color. The second color is usually red, blue, brown or green. There are Rainbows that are white with a color ribbon and patch consisting of two or three different colors. These are not quite as common. The most collectible Rainbows are two different alternating colors (not white). Over the past fifteen years, a wide variety of color varieties have been found. These have descriptive names that have been given to them by collectors. A representative sample, in ascending order of rarity: Bumblebee (yellow & black), Wasp (red & black), Cub Scout (blue & yellow), Girl Scout (green & yellow), Tiger (orange & yellow), Spiderman (red & blue), Green Hornet (green & black), Watermelon (red & green), Dragonfly (green and blue). There are also hybrid examples that consist of three or more colors. Spidermen, Green Hornets, Watermelons, and Dragonflies have only been found in the 5/8” size. Girl Scouts and Tigers have only been found up to 3/4”. Larger examples (up to 1”) exist of Bumblebees, Wasps, Cub Scouts, and Bengal Tigers. Most of the more esoteric color combinations have only been found in the 5/8” size, indicating that many of these may have been short run. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A marble similar to the Rainbow is called the Blended Rainbow, because it is a patch and ribbon type and many of the color combinations are similar to Rainbows. In these marbles, the colors are blended together. These marbles are usually about 5/8” or smaller. There are also Rainbow patches, which are an opaque white base with two different colored patches covering the surface. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Another collectible Marble King marble is the Rainbow Red. This is a white base marble with an equatorial ribbon of red and a second equatorial ribbon of a different color, rather than a patch. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Since about 1975, there have been several types of new marbles produced that are very similar to vintage Rainbows in terms of color and pattern. These include two-patch Rainbows in opaque, translucent and transparent base, patch and ribbon Rainbows in translucent or transparent base, and marbles that are missing the patch but have the equatorial ribbon. Most of these are still in production. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Marble King has also produced a wide variety of clearies, opaques, and cat’s eyes. The most collectible are the four-vane multicolor cat’s eyes produced at St. Mary’s. Cat’s eyes produced at Paden City have little value, due to their abundance. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lastfling Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 Hope all are having a great MK Monday 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe2 Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 Vary nice Cross~Tru 💙💛💙💛 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 Happy MK Monday♥ 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted February 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 4 minutes ago, Gladys said: Happy MK Monday♥ Nice shot Gladys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 59 minutes ago, Chad G. said: Nice shot Gladys X2--excellant shot!! Marble--On!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe2 Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe2 Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 7)8" shootershooter's 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff54 Posted February 13, 2023 Report Share Posted February 13, 2023 The missed Marble Kings nobody noticed, wanted or knew existed: In the late 90's Julian was digging in areas that all were considered to be dumped from Paden city. She'd sell boxes of unsearched fresh dirt covered MK,s and these came in most. So, I assembled a set of each color: Black-grey, red, orange, green, blue and yellow. The base is not exactly white, rather an unusual light tannish-grey: 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newton Posted February 13, 2023 Report Share Posted February 13, 2023 Thanks for sharing that story and the marbles. One of the things I like about the marble connection is every marble has a story and members here readily share the history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted February 14, 2023 Report Share Posted February 14, 2023 My favorite MK Shooter🔥 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoozer Posted February 14, 2023 Report Share Posted February 14, 2023 2 golden boys that are UV, plus a bee. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted February 14, 2023 Report Share Posted February 14, 2023 10 hours ago, Jeff54 said: The missed Marble Kings nobody noticed, wanted or knew existed . . . Those are interesting, Jeff. Are there only two ribbons of color on each? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted February 14, 2023 Report Share Posted February 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Fire1981 said: My favorite MK Shooter🔥 I like the way the colors shifted to leave the white base showing - almost like an extra white ribbon - nice size too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted February 14, 2023 Report Share Posted February 14, 2023 I feel pretty lucky to have it 🔥 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted February 14, 2023 Report Share Posted February 14, 2023 🔥 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojo Posted February 14, 2023 Report Share Posted February 14, 2023 MK Monday 🤹♂️ 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe2 Posted February 14, 2023 Report Share Posted February 14, 2023 3 hours ago, Fire1981 said: 🔥 Is this a dug? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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