ann Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Would you consider this one I just got to be a mossy swirl? Don't know from mossys, myself . . . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Looks like it would be a lemonade with a little twist ... yes? So that would have been made in a Moss Agate run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Yay! First Mossy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeperman Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 And a beauty it is, Ann! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Great thread! Moss Agate corkscrews Although I'm not too certain about the blue at the bottom center, it has whispy white.... not sure. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Coolness! So much gaze-able beauty. And I'll say good chance on the bottom one. Moss Agates did occur with white as a second color. Looking at the official Akro names which could be responsible for the "ringers" with their whispy white, it seems most likely that they were moss agates, and that some just looked really nearly clear inside, leading them to be confused with popeyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 I thought this was an Ace from the photos, but no opalescence, ah well. I think it fits in well here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted April 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 (edited) That's a tricky one. I could see it maybe having come from an Ace run but one with little white. Might need some of the white in there to get the opalescence. Have you seen the Peerless peewees which almost have a clear base ... just a wisp of white? [Very late edit: I'm pretty sure I would have meant to say Acme Realers there, rather than Peerless Patches.] Since we don't see Aces identified very often, I've often wondered how short the production time was, and if it was short then why that might have been so. And one of my guesses was that it was hard to control the consistency of the Ace base. Edited February 6, 2021 by Steph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 I haven't seen the Peerless peewees, but I will search them out now . I think that is great speculation on the short run of Aces, too much white = opaque? Not enough white = above marble? I really like the mooney-type base with bubbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Ding Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 On January 27, 2016 at 3:17 PM, ann said: Would you consider this one I just got to be a mossy swirl? Don't know from mossys, myself . . . Ann, I really dig this style too. My example is a little less filled than yours, and even has the green ribbon. I'm crazy about this marble. Also, super nice mossy ones up there Jessica! Wow, that grouping is great! Couldn't we say moss corks or moss snakes with these? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Moonsnakes. Yes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 LOL! John, I must have been staring so hard at those gorgeous yellow/green Moss Agates, I didn't even see what you wrote, until just now Tunnel vision Anyway, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 A thought on looking through this thread again. I'd REALLY like to see a White Moss Agate. Has anyone seen one of those? I bet that would look spectacular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 It would be possible. There were some with white and a color, on the "moonstone" base. If the color ran out then voila! A quest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 Definitely a quest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marbles Lost and Found Posted April 14, 2021 Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 On 7/25/2015 at 7:52 PM, sclsu said: $70 in 1933 equals $1285 today. I would certainly buy 14000 akro agate marbles for that price 🙂 Anyone got 14k marbles they can sell us for $70?...we will pick them up in person with cash in hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marbles Lost and Found Posted April 14, 2021 Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 Just now, Marbles Lost and Found said: Anyone got 14k marbles they can sell us for $70?...we will pick them up in person with cash in hand. Anyone have 14k akro agate marbles they can sell us for 1200 bucks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagocyclist Posted August 11, 2022 Report Share Posted August 11, 2022 On 7/25/2015 at 8:25 PM, Steph said: "Price per M. marbles" = Price per thousand, I think. Correct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagocyclist Posted August 11, 2022 Report Share Posted August 11, 2022 Great thread full of fascinating and rich with information. I believe I've been able to identify my Moss Agate as properly identified. Far as the cost of these to the consumer...remember the times very tough in the 1930s. For me, the only marbles ever bought by my parents were a bag of 50 All Reds, in the early 1960s. Money was super tight even then and new marbles were considered a luxury. Those are the only new marbles we ever saw and we didn't even like them! Obviously they're all in wet mint condition today, still not worth anything, except the boulders that we used with the WristRocket to fire down the new asphalt street. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nantucketdink Posted May 1, 2023 Report Share Posted May 1, 2023 I haven't figured out a reliable way to tell the moss agate Masters and Akros apart (hasn't been a real area of interest for me yet). Is there a relaible way? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2023 4 hours ago, Nantucketdink said: I haven't figured out a reliable way to tell the moss agate Masters and Akros apart (hasn't been a real area of interest for me yet). Is there a relaible way? Not 100%. Mostly it's to try to figure out the seams, with a gentle reminder that most of us would just put them all together and not worry about it too much. Uranium base will get Akro. Blending of colors in the patch can point to Master. Another example of the blurred lines of trying to ID marbles made by people who were integral to the work at one company and then went over and started making marbles at another company. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted May 1, 2023 Report Share Posted May 1, 2023 4 hours ago, Steph said: Not 100%. Mostly it's to try to figure out the seams, with a gentle reminder that most of us would just put them all together and not worry about it too much. I agree with Steph. The thing with Akro is the cutline does not always follow the stretch of the colors to a point; you may be able to discern a “C” type cutoff beyond the colors pointed end in the matrix. Generally Master Made Marbles do cutoff to a point with the colors—generally at least. This is the way for me. Most will be right—some—maybe not but if I cannot tell, who cares really. Then you get into Master Glass Marbles which may have been using Akro Machinery. We will find out some day. Marble—On!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jjsmibs Posted May 18, 2023 Report Share Posted May 18, 2023 Are moss agates white/color and clear/color? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted May 19, 2023 Report Share Posted May 19, 2023 The "moss" part of Moss Agate refers to the cloudy, often bubbly, translucent base glass, which sometimes can have some yellowish color or fluorescence to it. I think the marble you recently posted in the ID section is a Moss Agate. Beyond the base, Moss Agates can have transparent, translucent or opaque patches or striping. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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