Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Helmet
This is a Helmet. This type of patch was made by both Akro and Vitro agate companies. It is 5/8" in diameter and is white opaque based with a green translucent patch on one side. When turned at this angle it looks like white football helmet, hence the name.
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Blackie
This is a Vitro Blackie. It is 5/8" in diameter with a wet mint look. It is stylized by being white based marble with an orange patch at the top and bottom and with a black patch encircling the marble at the equator.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Sunburst
This is prime example of a Sunburst. This is probable a Master Marble. The translucent orange mixed with the orange strands are quite brilliant. It has the classic "U" seam. At 5/8" in diameter this marble has a wet mint look.
Monday, January 23, 2006
Vitro Conqueror
This is a Vitro Conqueror. It is 3/4" in diameter with a few hits on it. It is a clear based with a orange brushed patch that covers 1/4 of the marble and it is shaped like a "V". This makes it a Victory, but since the remaining 3/4 is covered with a white brushed patch, it becomes a Conqueror.
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Champion Jr.
This one is a classic Peltier Champion Jr. It has a transparent dark blue base with white and yellow ribbons. It is basically a tricolor rainbo. This marble is 5/8" in diameter with lots of playing time on it.
Friday, January 20, 2006
Vitro Patch
The is a Vitro Patch. It has straight seems on either side of the marble. 5/8" in diameter and can be considered a tricolor patch. With black on one side, white in the middle, and a green on the other side. This marble could be also considered a sort of Helmet. Although not a traditional helmet, the black at one pole and the green at the other pole give it a look of a helmet.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
National Line Rainbo
This is a Peltier national line rainbo marble. The color is similiar to a bloodie. The make up is a white opaque base with orange ribbons. It is about 5/8" in diameter. I believe this is a type two national line rainbo. The ribbons seem to run straight from pole to pole.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Sunburst
This is a Master Made Sunburst. About 3/4" in diameter this sunburst was made sometme in 1930's. It was their attempt to make a copy of handmade onion skins. It does have the "U" or "V" shape seam. The filaments run from pole to pole. This type of sunburst maybe a Tiger Eye. It has the three colors that make up a Tiger Eye; white, black, and orange, but I doubt it.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Fiber Optic
This marble I got at a garage sale. It is made out of glass. The lines in it make a complete circle all the way around it like a stone agate. The dark lines are translucent and the beige bands are to cloudy to see through. It almost looks like Jupiter.
My research from a book reports this might be a marble made out of fiber optic cable. Reportedly made in the 1980's. The attributes of such a marble are that you can not see through it, but if you place it over some text from a book you can see the text. A sort of contact clarity, not clear but has the ability to see through it. This marble has that attributes.
My research from a book reports this might be a marble made out of fiber optic cable. Reportedly made in the 1980's. The attributes of such a marble are that you can not see through it, but if you place it over some text from a book you can see the text. A sort of contact clarity, not clear but has the ability to see through it. This marble has that attributes.
Monday, January 16, 2006
Turkey
This is one my finds at a garage sale. It is a Turkey. 5/8" in diameter. There are four varied colors; blue, gray, yellow, and orange. At first I thought that this was a Christensen Agate, but some research of various books and the net has me to believe it maybe a modern marble. I have found some modern examples of Turkeys. They are not hard to replicate. The light blue color looks old, but the orange and yellow appear to similar to some modern marbles I have seen. I maybe wrong, I wish.
Friday, January 13, 2006
Marble King Tiger
I got this marble from Santa last year, but he had to bring it back on his second round. It seems that his little elves were playing marbles with my first present a SuperMan marble and got a bad hit on it, so he had to replace it with this one.
This Marble King marble is about 5/8" in diameter has few flea bites. It is called a Tiger. I guess because of the two colors, orange and black. The stripping is a classic style for this style of Marble King marble and is an easy identifier.
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Jabo Shooter
Here is example of a modern day marble. Manufactered by Jabo, this 1" shooter is has lots of swirling of the different color glass. It seems that Jabo and Vacor are making more of these types these days. And a lot of people on Ebay are trying to pass off these modern marble as old ones. I have learned that color is a big key in identifing marbles. These modern marbles are very nice and colorful in their own right.
My wish is that those marble identication books would start to identify the new and modern marbles. People out here need to know what has been produced and what is being produced in our modern era.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Superman
This is definitely an Akro agate. It's called a Superman in the marble world. This corkscrew marble was probably made anywhere from the early to the mid 1900's. It seems that no one can be sure when certain marbles where made. Just it was made sometime while the company was in operation.
Santa got me this marble in 2004. He sure knew what I wanted that year. It is about 3/4" in diameter and has three colors, yellow, blue, and translucent red.
Santa got me this marble in 2004. He sure knew what I wanted that year. It is about 3/4" in diameter and has three colors, yellow, blue, and translucent red.
Monday, January 09, 2006
Peach Flame Marble
Here is interesting marble I pick up. It looks like a peach based flame. 5/8" in diameter and has an light peach base with some white striping. The white strands of glass are swirled through the marble giving it a flame look on one side and a swirly look on the other. It appears to be old, but I have not seen any examples any in books nor the net.
This could very well be what some call a wire pull.
Sunday, January 08, 2006
A present from Santa
This is one marble I got from Santa. His little helper said that was made in the early 1900's by Christensen Agate Company. And if it was, then I believe it is called a sandlayer. Santa must have kept it in a box of rocks because it sure was scuffed up. I have polished it and it has turn out to be very pretty to me. Although I am not finished polishing it yet.
If anyone could tell me if this is a real Christensen marble I would sure like to know. I do not think Santa is even sure. It is just under 5/8". It has a diaper fold with a crease line on the other side. And I can see some depth in the dark glass as if it was translusent, but does not show any light through in through though.
If anyone could tell me if this is a real Christensen marble I would sure like to know. I do not think Santa is even sure. It is just under 5/8". It has a diaper fold with a crease line on the other side. And I can see some depth in the dark glass as if it was translusent, but does not show any light through in through though.
Saturday, January 07, 2006
I would hope some old widow woman out there has boxes and boxes of marbles such as these. She would have so many she gets tried of them and lets me obtain them all of them for a small sum of cash. Her only requirement, take all of them.
My morning ebay search has resulting in a pretend bid on some corkscrews. Of course I mean pretend bid because I bid an amount and some fool always outbids.
My morning ebay search has resulting in a pretend bid on some corkscrews. Of course I mean pretend bid because I bid an amount and some fool always outbids.
Friday, January 06, 2006
1-05-2006 Marble quest
I am not crazy, but those people out there holding on to their marbles think that they are made gold are. Local junk shops place a bunch of new Mexican or Chinese marbles in old mason jar, puff, an antique find. Where are the old marbles? I shall start my quest.