YasudaCollector Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 I recently got a whole bunch of these marbles together in a big jar (mixed in with mostly game marbles). They look foreign, but a little different from the Asian cat's eyes I have (the base glass looks very shiny and is pretty grayish). The vein colors look very dingy too (even more so than the Taiwan and India cat's eyes I've seen). I was wondering if they could be some sort of Mexican product, since Mexico was the largest producer of foreign cats eyes besides Asia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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YasudaCollector Posted September 16 Author Report Share Posted September 16 I also found this guy (in the same store, but in a different group of marbles): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YasudaCollector Posted September 16 Author Report Share Posted September 16 This guy has a definite orange peel texture to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 I think Vacor on the last guy. I don't know what the earliest Vacor cats looked like. Have been curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojo Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 2 hours ago, Steph said: I think Vacor on the last guy. I don't know what the earliest Vacor cats looked like. Have been curious. they look like this 😃 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 7 minutes ago, Mojo said: they look like this 😃 Those do not look early to me. I'm talking about the ones from the 1940's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojo Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 1 hour ago, Steph said: Those do not look early to me. I'm talking about the ones from the 1940's. Then these are the El Aguila ones 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 12 hours ago, Mojo said: Then these are the El Aguila ones I would put those in the 1960's. Would you agree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojo Posted September 17 Report Share Posted September 17 8 hours ago, Steph said: I would put those in the 1960's. Would you agree? You have examples of the 1940 ones ? , these 1960 ? No idea 😵💫✌🏻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YasudaCollector Posted September 17 Author Report Share Posted September 17 Interesting marbles! They look almost like master or vitro patch marbles made with Euro sparkler glass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YasudaCollector Posted September 17 Author Report Share Posted September 17 I found another one of those interesting orange peel cat's eyes: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YasudaCollector Posted September 17 Author Report Share Posted September 17 Here are some others (not cats eyes though). Are they earlier vacor imperials? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YasudaCollector Posted September 17 Author Report Share Posted September 17 The dark green guy actually has these cool whispy threads of opaque glass all through the center. It didn't quite come through I think in the photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YasudaCollector Posted September 17 Author Report Share Posted September 17 My brother also has this one: The colors seem way to bright and crisp for a West Virginia swirl. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted September 17 Report Share Posted September 17 All I have is crossthroughs, I think these are Japanese but I'm not sure ?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted September 17 Report Share Posted September 17 4 hours ago, YasudaCollector said: My brother also has this one: This one is an Akro-- Marble--On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 18 Report Share Posted September 18 22 hours ago, Mojo said: You have examples of the 1940 ones ? , No, I don't have examples. That's what I'm saying. I don't know what the 1940's version looked like. Perhaps Elizabeth has them in her book, but I have misplaced my copy, so I cannot check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 18 Report Share Posted September 18 10 hours ago, YasudaCollector said: My brother also has this one: The colors seem way to bright and crisp for a West Virginia swirl. Probably Vacor Banana Swirl Oh, Art says Akro. I could see that too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 18 Report Share Posted September 18 9 hours ago, Chad G. said: All I have is crossthroughs, I think these are Japanese but I'm not sure ?? I agree with Japanese. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussie Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 I have a 1977 bag of 50 cat's eyes Made in Mexico distributed by Imperial. They range from 2 floating vanes, 3 4 and 5 vanes up to the standard 3 colour 6 vanes. A mix of pastel and bright colours, one with a little green aventurine,. straight vane and the common S shaped vanes of Vacor. Without the header label you would never pick half of them as Vacor. I would assume they were having problems with blocked holes in the crucibles. Sorry but I haven't learned how to take photos yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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