JABO Classic Question

[Ric]

I've been playing with Jake's JABO collection lately and came upon something I am not used to seeing on Classics - a reflective mirror-like finish. I'm sure most of you know what I'm talking about. It's a little hard to detect in the photos for some reason but it's really obvious in hand. These sure look like the same marbles with or without the "mirror" finish that you see on the outer two - he had those in a bag apart from the others. You might best be able to detect the difference by looking at the light reflections on the marbles. The small one is a 1/2" peewee. The others are 9/16" to just under 5/8".

Does anyone know about these "mirrored" types. It sure looks like Dave sprayed some of them. I am guessing they aren't too common but I really have no idea.

Any thoughts will be appreciated!

[Ric]

Just calling out @Nantucketdink before this post gets buried.

[Ric]

You can see the reflective surface treatment (and pretty much everything else in the room) much better in this photo.

Pretty sure these are from 2005.

 

[The Nickel Guy]

They strongly resemble an earlier Serpent Vacor marble. But that's just my reaction. Not an opinion.

(They are neat!)

[akroorka]

6 hours ago, Ric said:

Pretty sure these are from 2005.

 

Good Job @Ric getting this sheen on an image ID--- an almost impossible thing to do ( I ahve tried many times to no avail).
I often wondered about some of the later "Vintage" marbles such as Champion, Vitro, MK and of course Jabo that had this sheen to them.
Vacor does their own thing.
I wonder if it may have come from cullet of some sort. 
I know, it was supposed to be a spray on the marbles while on the rollers, that created this sheen but so many later versions had this sheen--it just makes me think--what if?
@Alan usually has an answer--let’s call him up 
Marble--On!!