I believe I saw something from Alley that looked similar but can't find it so not sure. Thanks!

[NeozLilBallz]

[Da Roberto]

Alley

[Chad G.]

x2, agree w/  Alley

[William]

Must be becoming a new thing too 😲

[Carowill]

32 minutes ago, William said:

Must be becoming a new thing too 😲

Looks similar to an Alley orange lady.

[cheese]

It's a Pennsboro Alley.

Orange lady? Never heard of it.

[Carowill]

30 minutes ago, cheese said:

It's a Pennsboro Alley.

Orange lady? Never heard of it.

It’s a Alley lady (lavender) with orange rather than blue (lady sky).  It’s a Pennsboro marble.

[cheese]

Have you seen one? I've never seen or heard of it. Orange ribbon on purple base or the other way around? The lady family marbles all have a lavender to pink ribbon on whatever base, so I assume it's supposed to be a lavender ribbon on an orange base?

 

[cheese]

Oh, I see who has one on ebay... that's not the name. It's a made up name for ebay sales. It's an unnamed marble and not related to the lady family. The made up names on ebay confuse new collectors all the time.

[Carowill]

This is a renown collector who has written several marble books.  Not someone who is a a marble charlatan.  Easy to criticize when you don’t have all the facts!!

[cheese]

I know exactly who it is and he knows me. It's not a real Alley name. Sorry. What facts do you assume I'm missing?

[cheese]

And I haven't criticized, but this conversation shows the confusion and negative impact that arbitrary names cause for new collectors.

I didn't just fall off the marble truck either. You don't have to take my word for it since you don't know me, take a look on a google search for a "orange lady Alley marble" and see, the one single mention of one is the ebay listing we are discussing. It will also bring up the discussions about the Alley lady line where you can read what is included in that lineup and who named them.

[jhomer2172]

A-men!!! Love that name game!! And all 1000+ Christensens on eBay are really CACs!! Uh huh 

Jon

[Chad G.]

ALLEY BLUE SKIES AND BLUSH LINE LINK FROM AAM :    https://www.allaboutmarbles.com/viewtopic.php?t=3991

[wvrons]

I started the Lady name with Alley marbles and the lavender or pink is always the ribbon or swirl color, never the base.  The blue base and pink swirl was my x wife's favorite Alley marble. The blue lady was the first Alley Lady marble named by me for her. ALL the Lady Alley marbles should have lavender or pink swirl or ribbon.  I know of no orange base Alley with pink or lavender ribbon.  Marble names should have a reason and a background as why they have the name.  Anyone can call or list on ebay, a yellow and green Alley as a green lady. But it will not be called or labeled that by me, ever.  There is no blue lady sky.  A Blue Lady and Blue Sky are different marbles.  The Blue Sky marble was the first Alley that I named. It was at a Sistersville show many years ago. About eight or ten Alley collectors were together and ask me again as in past years to name some Alley marbles. Later I was walking down the street.  I pulled out a Alley from my pocket. Looked up at the nice blue sky and white fluffy clouds and I decided that Alley marble would be Blue Sky for me. It was blue base and white swirl or ribbon from the Pennsboro location. About one more block down the street I pulled another Alley from my pocket.  It was a blue base and pink or lavender swirl form Pennsboro location. I looked down the street and there sat my X wife talking with collectors. So I decided that I would call that Alley marble Blue Lady. That was also the same time that the Tater Bug and Lady Tater were named. I used the names along with those other serious Alley collectors. With time the names were accepted and stuck with collectors. Marbles should have names for reasons other than just more money in the bank. Marbles should have names to be more recognized and learned. Marble names should fit the marbles. Marbles should have a reason or history for the name.  More and more every year, every marble has to have a name and the name means nothing. Even the older long standing named marbles have lost all their original meaning. Naming marbles should be done with respect and a reason other than just to raise the price.  That should apply to any marble and person. I don't even know who started Alley Orange Lady. But it would be interesting to know why and the history why. Maybe if we knew that, the name would be accepted better ?  When there are too many named marbles, which is now, no human can possibly every remember them all.  So then the names have very little value any longer.  Even old long time accepted company and collector names for marbles are now being changed regularly. The name game continues and any name mean less and less.  Name any marble what ever you like.  Change the name next month if you like. I have bought a marble only because of a name or even a company name, with regrets later. Most of us have done it if we are honest. But I will do my best to not do it again. I will not buy it because it is from a certain company or a certain name.  We should buy the marble for what it is. 

[NeozLilBallz]

3 minutes ago, wvrons said:

I started the Lady name with Alley marbles and the lavender or pink is always the ribbon or swirl color, never the base.  The blue base and pink swirl was my x wife's favorite Alley marble. The blue lady was the first Alley Lady marble named by me for her. ALL the Lady Alley marbles should have lavender or pink swirl or ribbon.  I know of no orange base Alley with pink or lavender ribbon.  Marble names should have a reason and a background as why they have the name.  Anyone can call or list on ebay, a yellow and green Alley as a green lady. But it will not be called or labeled that by me, ever.  There is no blue lady sky.  A Blue Lady and Blue Sky are different marbles.  The Blue Sky marble was the first Alley that I named. It was at a Sistersville show many years ago. About eight or ten Alley collectors were together and ask me again as in past years to name some Alley marbles. Later I was walking down the street.  I pulled out a Alley from my pocket. Looked up at the nice blue sky and white fluffy clouds and dTatwrecided that Alley would be Blue Sky for me. It was blue base and white swirl or ribbon from the Pennsboro location. About one more block down the street I pulled another Alley from my pocket.  It was a blue base and pink or lavender swirl form Pennsboro location. I looked down the street and there sat my X wife talking with collectors. So I decided that I would call that Alley marble Blue Lady. That was also the same time that the Tater Bug and Lady Tater were named. I used the names along with those other serious Alley collectors. With time the names were accepted and stuck with collectors. Marbles should have names for reasons other than just more money in the bank. Marbles should have names to be more recognized and learned. Marble names should fit the marbles. Marbles should have a reason or history for the name.  More and more every year, every marble has to have a name and the name means nothing. Even the older long standing named marbles have lost all their original meaning. Naming marbles should be done with respect and a reason other than just to raise the price.  That should apply to any marble and person. I don't even know who started Alley Orange Lady. But it would be interesting to know why and the history why. Maybe if we knew that, the name would be accepted better ?  When there are too many named marbles, which is now, no human can possibly every remember them all.  So then the names have very little value any longer.  Even old long time accepted company and collector names for marbles are now being changed regularly. The name game continues and any name mean less and less.  Name any marble what ever you like.  Change the name next month if you like. I have bought a marble only because of a name or even a company name, with regrets later. Most of us have done it if we are honest. But I will do my best to not do it again. I will not buy it because it is from a certain company or a certain name.  We should buy the marble for what it is. 

I was waiting and hoping you would chime in, thank you for the clarification, your passion and willingness to selflessly share your history and knowledge as it is most appreciated.

[wvrons]

I think the original marble here is a Alley which was made at Sistersville and Pennsboro locations. I also think it is a white base with orange swirls or ribbons. Where the orange bleeds over into or all through the white making the white look more slight pink or lavender.  I do not think anyone at Alley made up a pink or lavender and white base glass. Or a pink or lavender with white striping color to be added to a orange base. Common Alley base colors are white, clear, blue, green, yellow, dark purple, brown. Orange would be a unusual base color for Alley.  The Alley Lady family all have pink or lavender swirling. Not the base color or any bleed color.  At the Pennsboro Alley site, we dug many of the marbles above right beside of the same orange with nice pure white base. One certain area contained only and nothing else but these white and orange or white, pink and orange Alleys.  Nola has a glass rolling pin on her coffee table full of them from that one area.  It is 80% pure white base with orange swirl and 20% white pinkish base with orange swirl.  These either one, are normally about a $1.00-$3.00 marble. Call it a Alley Orange Lady and hope someone thinks it is a special marble for some reason and hope for $10.00-$20.00.  Add rare to it and hope for $25.00. Add experimental to it and hope for $35.00 . That is the name game, for a $1.00-$3.00 marble. 

[NeozLilBallz]

I understand completely and after reading your message I took a good hard look and I could easily see that its possible the orange is mixing with the white to look pink but of course it also really looks like the light pink, orange and white are all separate colors lol but I know that starring at a marble for too long can play some tricks. I listed the marble just explaining what I see and nothing more, if it sells for the .99 starting bid I'm ok with it I just want to be as honest yet accurate as possible which in the world of marbles I am finding that to be a lot more difficult than I ever imagined but I love it. Thank you again time's a million honestly I super appreciate it

[cheese]

Thanks Ron, the names for money gig is ever present.