Olddude Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 Last week, I opened a box to discover my father's marbles, from when he was a boy in the 1930's. Since then, I've spent quite a bit of time online, learning all about marbles - had no idea - I was immediately captivated by how beautiful some of these are. I've been able to ID quite a few from online sources, but others are still a mystery. So I hope you'll indulge my "please ID these marbles" request, and help me out with any information you might have. I'm debating whether to sell or not - they're kind of cool -, but if there's any that are particularly rare or desired, I think that would be important to know. I know there are a lot in these photos; there were over 100 marbles in the box. . .. Thanks to all. All are roughly 5/8", except the 2nd image, which are 1", the 3rd image (3/4")and the last image where 1 is around 7/8"and the other two sized in comparison 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 These are stone aggies. These were prized by marble players in your father's day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 You have a lot of Akro Agates, the most popular glass marble of the 1930's. And you have a few West Virginia swirls. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 Top right here is an Akro Limeade. Middle could be an Akro Blue Eggyolk (something is making me hold back on saying for sure with just one view). Bottom left is an Akro Oxblood marble whose collector's name I don't recall. Those are are valuable marbles today. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 Nice mibs ..carnelian oxblood. Is the one red one on the bottom steph hit the rest 💥💥 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 "Welcome to Marble Connection Olddude" Nice bunch of Vintage mibs, the aggies are my favorites but I like em all Again, "Welcome" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olddude Posted July 25 Author Report Share Posted July 25 3 hours ago, Steph said: These are stone aggies. These were prized by marble players in your father's day. Thx. Is "Stone" the manufacturer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olddude Posted July 25 Author Report Share Posted July 25 Apologies; I just looked up Stone Agates: hadn't heard of them until now. The ones I have do show facets that can be seen under bright light with a magnifying glass; faint but clear. Would machine-made agates have facets like that? This one is 3/4", with a small "impact crater" in one spot: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olddude Posted July 25 Author Report Share Posted July 25 3 hours ago, Tommy said: Nice mibs ..carnelian oxblood. Is the one red one on the bottom steph hit the rest 💥💥 OK thanks for that. As a total newbie, I read that Akro Oxblood looked like these . Guess there's a few varieties. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olddude Posted July 25 Author Report Share Posted July 25 4 hours ago, Steph said: Top right here is an Akro Limeade. Middle could be an Akro Blue Eggyolk (something is making me hold back on saying for sure with just one view). Bottom left is an Akro Oxblood marble whose collector's name I don't recall. Those are are valuable marbles today. Here's another view of the possible blue eggyolk (next to the (West Virginia Swirl?)). Also, here's the Limeaid next to a larger one of the same (?) Also valuable? What's a good way to learn the value of "valuable" marbles? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olddude Posted July 25 Author Report Share Posted July 25 3 hours ago, Chad G. said: "Welcome to Marble Connection Olddude" Nice bunch of Vintage mibs, the aggies are my favorites but I like em all Again, "Welcome" thx. It's a slippery slope this world you've got here. I'm treading carefully but am really impressed by the variety as well as the beauty of some of these. Happy to have found this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 Hit the Limeades with UV and watch them Pop 🔥 RAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 3 hours ago, Olddude said: Apologies; I just looked up Stone Agates: hadn't heard of them until now. The ones I have do show facets that can be seen under bright light with a magnifying glass; faint but clear. Would machine-made agates have facets like that? This one is 3/4", with a small "impact crater" in one spot: From that time period, I am reasonably sure that you have hand-faceted aggies. There were some onyx marbles in California rounded by machine, but I think your agates are from Germany and hand-faceted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 Confident of Akro Blue Eggyolk on the right. Not sure if we have Akro or some more traditional West Virginia swirl on the left. The blues and whites are so close between the two marbles that I am really wondering about the left possibly also being Akro. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olddude Posted July 26 Author Report Share Posted July 26 1 hour ago, Steph said: From that time period, I am reasonably sure that you have hand-faceted aggies. There were some onyx marbles in California rounded by machine, but I think your agates are from Germany and hand-faceted. Nice. Thanks. That said, the big one is actually partially translucent when held to the light. But I can definitely see faint facet marks ... is it still agate, or is that glass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olddude Posted July 26 Author Report Share Posted July 26 1 hour ago, Steph said: Confident of Akro Blue Eggyolk on the right. Not sure if we have Akro or some more traditional West Virginia swirl on the left. The blues and whites are so close between the two marbles that I am really wondering about the left possibly also being Akro. thx again. Sure is a lot to learn here. .. . Any thoughts on the big 1" ones, the blue and the white/brown? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 16 minutes ago, Olddude said: Nice. Thanks. That said, the big one is actually partially translucent when held to the light. But I can definitely see faint facet marks ... is it still agate, or is that glass? It's stone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 11 minutes ago, Olddude said: thx again. Sure is a lot to learn here. .. . Any thoughts on the big 1" ones, the blue and the white/brown? The blue and whites could all be Akro Moss Agates. I don't recognize the brown one and it's not a view I'm comfortable with ID-ing from. I suppose it could Akro also. The other thing I would consider is Vitro. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 Akro Moss Agate on the red/white here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YasudaCollector Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 Very nice marbles! I think its incredible to see original collections like these. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 12 hours ago, Steph said: Top right here is an Akro Limeade. Middle could be an Akro Blue Eggyolk (something is making me hold back on saying for sure with just one view). Bottom left is an Akro Oxblood marble whose collector's name I don't recall. Those are are valuable marbles today. Bottom left is a nice mib let's see some shots of its condition. Most of yours are looking in good condition 👌 👍🏼 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olddude Posted July 26 Author Report Share Posted July 26 11 hours ago, Steph said: It's stone. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olddude Posted July 26 Author Report Share Posted July 26 12 hours ago, Steph said: The blue and whites could all be Akro Moss Agates. I don't recognize the brown one and it's not a view I'm comfortable with ID-ing from. I suppose it could Akro also. The other thing I would consider is Vitro. Couple more shots of the brown one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olddude Posted July 26 Author Report Share Posted July 26 10 hours ago, Tommy said: Bottom left is a nice mib let's see some shots of its condition. Most of yours are looking in good condition 👌 👍🏼 Here you go. Ya almost all of them are in great condition. I suspect they weren't actually used much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olddude Posted July 26 Author Report Share Posted July 26 10 hours ago, YasudaCollector said: Very nice marbles! I think its incredible to see original collections like these. 🙂 They were in a cloth bag at the bottom of a box of stuff that I suspect hadn't been opened since he was a child. Here's what I saw when I poured out the bag. The "skate key" I think is a fun addition.. .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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