Fire1981 Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 I went NUTZ when I was gifted this marble. I thanked them for sending me a Hybrid Pelt Cats Eye. Get this. It’s not a Pelt. Guess what this is. I had no idea these were made by the company that made them. It’s not Foreign 🔥 RAR 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 Gropper & pelt are synonymous "I Think " ?? OP Vitro ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 15 minutes ago, Chad G. said: OP Vitro ?? I agree with Chad-- Marble--On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted December 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 NOPE 🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted December 8, 2023 Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 This mustardy color combo, as far as I know, is exclusive to that one company too. I won't spoil it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted December 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 So you and one other person know. I appreciate you holding back on the guessing game 🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted December 8, 2023 Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 Reminds me of a Vitro Horseshoe style cat's-eye. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris64 Posted December 8, 2023 Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 Horseshoe cat has my vote 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted December 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 NOPE 🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted December 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 It's not a Master🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted December 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 OK ! Here we go. It's a..................! Heaton🔥 RAR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted December 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 This one blindsided me big time🔥 RAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris64 Posted December 9, 2023 Report Share Posted December 9, 2023 augh.......I didnt even now Heaton made cat eyes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted December 9, 2023 Report Share Posted December 9, 2023 I recognized these marbles as Heatons for a very long time (had a heck of a time convincing Bill they weren't Peltier) so I was really happy to see the color combination show up in Chuck's dug Heaton stuff. Here's a pic of a dug example he posted elsewhere. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted December 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2023 I think this might have been the hardest marble to ID and really lucky to have one for sure 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted December 10, 2023 Report Share Posted December 10, 2023 Three more in this pic for reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted December 10, 2023 Report Share Posted December 10, 2023 They have to be one of Heaton's best Cat's Eyes, and production models are not that easy to find, at least in my experience. @cheese Do you know about how many of this type came out of the digs? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted December 10, 2023 Report Share Posted December 10, 2023 I don't know. I maybe found ten but I knew an area where they were more concentrated and focused on that for a while. They were closer to the surface. I don't think anyone found a large quantity, at least not that I know of. I searched that area until I got enough examples to suit me and then went back to the swirls. The area with these was also full of clearies and other cateyes that look to me like Heatons, and what they call Heaton Sulphides. Whether these are Heaton or Bogard isn't clear to me. I think Heaton is possible based on the fact that they are also found with the wider vanes more like MK cats, which is what Heaton made, but then you also find them in this banana cat style, which somewhat matches the green ones Jack reportedly dumped at the side of the loading dock because he couldn't sell them. But I don't recall finding one single marble that I could say was 100% for certain a Bogard in that area. The large number of industrial clearies found in that area and all closer to the surface might suggest Bogard. Down deeper in the Heaton swirls, there were plenty of similar looking clearies too, so I guess Heaton made plenty of those too. Heaton made a very few patch types as well, as evidenced by the digs and also found in packaging (I have some that match dug examples in Bogard labeled packaging containing apparent Heaton marbles). In this post on AAM you can see several different examples including this type we're discussing and another variation of the same marble but with orange replacing the mustard yellow. They are even harder to find. https://www.allaboutmarbles.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=6761 Check out both pages if you want to see some related paperwork I have pertaining to Bogard and cateyes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted December 11, 2023 Report Share Posted December 11, 2023 Here's a pic I have on file of another, less banana style 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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