rockgardenplants Posted March 18, 2023 Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 Not trying to make up names... thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted March 18, 2023 Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 No not even close to any Tater bug. All the Alley Lady marbles has a separate color of lavender or pink. There is no Red Lady. Every Alley Tater Bug has a yellow/tan opaque color base glass. Lady Tater 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockgardenplants Posted March 18, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 Got it. Thanks, Ron. What defines a "tater bug"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 18, 2023 Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 34 minutes ago, rockgardenplants said: Got it. Thanks, Ron. What defines a "tater bug"? Primarily, it's the "yellow/tan opaque color base glass" that Ron mentioned - there can be additional purple or green colors too and some have a rice-like piece of frit on them. Here are a couple of more . . . Lady Taters have the lavender/pink striping color . . . 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 18, 2023 Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 A couple of more pics, sorry they're not that great . . . 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockgardenplants Posted March 18, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 OK. I finally understand one more little piece of marble identification! It's a long process, but worth it. By the way, the marble I posted photos of has a piece of frit on the surface. It shows in the third photo from the top in the lower-left to left-center of the marble. I thought that's what defined a "tater bug". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockgardenplants Posted March 18, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 13 minutes ago, Ric said: A couple of more pics, sorry they're not that great . . . Yeah... those are beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 18, 2023 Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 14 minutes ago, rockgardenplants said: . . . By the way, the marble I posted photos of has a piece of frit on the surface. It shows in the third photo from the top in the lower-left to left-center of the marble. I thought that's what defined a "tater bug". Not all Tater Bugs have that bit of frit and I have found it on other types of marbles too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted March 18, 2023 Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 Here is the thing with the OP. It is a Jabo imho—maybe a contract run or maybe a “classic”—Size always matters. I just love the names that you WV folks came up with—“Lady Tator”—really?? Love it. I remember back a few years, these things were going wild on Ebay—just wild! I found one in a “junk drawer” lot for $15—not $300—lol. They are just killer marbles—just killer!! Marble—On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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