Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Blue Sunburst
This is a Master Glass Sunburst. It it 5/8" in diameter and has a few flea bites. It has the familiar glass filaments that run from one pole to pole. This one has opaque dark to light blue filaments with one black filament. The seam has a crimp mark in the shape of "V" which indicate more the modern Master Glass Era.
Monday, February 27, 2006
Oxblood Mummy Swirl
This marble is the Oxblood Mummy Swirl. It is about 5/8" diameter and has some character; flea bites and some hits. It looks to be a clear base marble with heavy light blue and white swirling. It appears to have a thin outline of oxblood swirled with the light blue. And of course, all dark lines in marbles is oxblood. I think it is oxblood, it may not be. This outline helps me see a one eyed mummy with a small thin lips. Like most unidentified swirls on Ebay, this could be a Christensen. I do not surely know who made it. I think it is just cool looking.
Sunday, February 26, 2006
X-men patch
This is a brushed patch. Perhaps a tri-colored patch. It could be a Vitro. I am just not sure. It is 5/8" in diameter and great condition. It is a two seam marble. It is an opaque white based with a orange patch and a dark bluish patch. This marble reminds me of a X-men character.
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Sunburst
This is a Master Made Sunburst. It is about 5/8" in diameter and in fairly good condition with a few flea bites. It has a few air bubbles. This one has a clear base with lots of wispy multi-colored filaments that run from pole to pole. Although this one looks more like a Cloudy or moss agate. It does have the "U" or "V" shape seam. It was their attempt to make a copy of handmade onion skins. I got this one from a local junk shop.
Friday, February 24, 2006
Acme Realer
This is a Peltier Rainbo. It is 5/8" in diameter and is in good condition with couple a flea bites. It has a few air bubbles in it. It is a translucent based with four red opaque ribbons that form two bands that run around the equator and it is a two seam marble. I believe that this makes it a type three rainbo. More specific, it can be called a acme realer.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Vitro Conqueror Hybrid
This is a Vitro Conqueror. It is 5/8" diameter and great shape. It is a clear based marble with a white patch covering 3/4 of the marble surface and orange patch covering 1/4 of the surface. Or does it? The patch actually is inside the marble much like a catseye. Is this a hybrid?
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Vitro Popeye
This is a Vitro Popeye patch. It is 5/8" diameter and has a few bruises and flea bites. It is a clear based marble with a two color patch covering 1/4 of the surface and a white patch covering 3/4 of the surface of the marble. That makes it a Multicolored Vitro Conqueror. Popeyes are a clear based marbles with a white patch and two other colored patches; ie. blue and yellow. So this is a Vitro Popeye called by some although this does not have the true look of a Vitro Popeye, but it does meet the definition.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Vitro Victory
This is a Vitro Victory. It is 5/8" in diameter and in great condition. It is a transparent clear based marble with a brush patch that covers 1/4 of the surface. Like many Vitros, the patch is in a shape of a "V". The patch has a hint of white with a dark strip of maybe oxblood with brown, I guess you could call it anemic.
Monday, February 20, 2006
Alley Agate Swirl
This is an Alley Agate Flame, well swirl. If you close one eye and hold it up to the light it appears to be a flame. It is 5/8" in diameter and has lots of character (hits and flea bites). It is an opaque white based glass with translucent orange glass swirled in. It does have a few fine line flame tips. I am convinced that is not a Christian marble, but it could be Ravenswood Novelty marble. Help me, what is it? It is old.
Sunday, February 19, 2006
Green Jupiter
This is a Vacor Green Jupiter. It is modern marble and is a 25mm { about 1" to us Americans } in diameter. It is an opaque black based with specks of white and green rolled around the on surface of the marble. It looks like the green was applied first and then the white. The Vacor Jupiters comes in four different colors; red, green, blue, and yellow. Their color have varing shades from lots of color to not much color mixed with the white like this one. I got this one with a purchase of a lot from Ebay that consisted of 63 different Vacor marbles.
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Akro Corkscrew
This is an Akro corkscrew. It is a two opaque color corkscrew which this one is call a Prize Name. Even with blended colors as with this one, it is still just a two color corkscrew. It is a opaque white based with a orange spiral or orange based with white spiral, you call it. It is 5/8" diameter with a few flea bites. I got this one off of Ebay in one mixed lot.
Friday, February 17, 2006
Duckling Sulphide
This is a Duckling Sulphide. It is 1 3/4" in diameter and is in wet mint condition. This is a more modern sulphide. One key clue that I see is clarity of the glass. It is very clear with not many bubbles. Another clue is the figure itself. A duckling or figure like this one is one I have not see in the older sulphides. And the older figures usually have a silvery look to them. This is from air being around the figure. It looks like small air pockets. Now I my be wrong. I sure wish this is old, but I a realist. I bought this a local junk shop and was told it was a modern sulphide. The seller told me that he bought it from someone that told him it was a modern sulphide, probably about 1960 or 1970 as I was told.
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Jabo-Vitro Swirl
This is a Jabo-Vitro swirl. This shooter is 1" in diameter and has wet mint look. It has a dark green translucent base with orange-beige opaque swirled in. This is a modern marble made by the Jabo-Vitro marble company. I got this one off Ebay auction with about 60 other marbles of the same type. You got to watch out because these types are now being sold as old marbles, but in fact they are modern marbles. From time to time you can find some new Jabos from Rainbowturtle, Jabo Ebay store, or just Ebay.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Peltier 7 UP
This is Peltier 7 UP. It is 5/8" in diameter and the surface quality of the moon. It might have a lot of hit marks and small chips, but I believe it gives it character. This is a type of peltier called a Tri-color Rainbo with two seems. It has a blended red and white patch on one side and some dark green translucent glass with some red opaque glass and a strong white opaque ribbon near the equator. Of the 7 UPs I have, this one seems to have more opaque glass in it.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Vacor Jungle
This a Vacor Jungle marble. This is 25MM { 1" for us Americans } in diameter and in mint condition. This has a translucent green base with orange and white ribbons swirled through out the marble. This is a variation of a Cat's Eye and considered a wire pull. I got this marble off of Ebay for a seller who sells a lot of modern marbles, Rainbow Turtle. This marble is made in Mexico by Vacor, at the present, the world's largest producer of glass marbles.
Sunday, February 12, 2006
Chinese Corkscrew
This is a modern chinese handmade corkscrew marble. Just a little under 1" in diameter with melted pontil. This is has a opaque red base with white and black thin ribbons swirled in a corkscrew fashion. Although I bought about 15 of them in a bag for about $8.00, they really cost about $1200.00. That is I got them on a Vegas trip in 2003 that ran me $1200.00.
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Marble King Lemon & Lime
I believe this marble to be a Marble King rainbow. It is 5/8" diameter with a few nicks on it. It has two seems, on this side a pronounced "U" shape and the other side is a flat arc shape. This is a translucent green based marble with a yellow patch. Some could call this a Girl Scout, but it is a newer version because of the translucent green in it. I just do not know. It sure looks like a Marble King.
Friday, February 10, 2006
Vitro Brush Patch
This is a Vitro brushed patch. It has a clear base with a white patch and a light blue patch with two seams. It is about 5/8" in diameter with a few small nicks. What makes this a brushed patch is that has a patches of color look like they have been painted on with a brush. The colors are usually a thin veneer of color placed upon a clear or white opaque based marble.
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Champion Old Fashioned Swirl
I believe this marble to be a Champion Old Fashioned multiple colored swirl. It has opaque white and opaque lime green swirled with translucent green. It is slightly smaller than 5/8" diameter with a few dings. This also could be a Ravenwood Novelty Works swirl. Champion marble attempted to duplicate Ravenwoods designs and decide to call them Old Fashions. Most swirls are hard to pin down to a particular company and you really have to rely on design and mostly on color.
Sunday, February 05, 2006
Red Akro Corkscrew
This is an classic Akro Corkscrew. It is 5/8" in diameter and is fairly good condition. This one is a white opaque based with a red strip. It could be an ACE or a snake. It looks like a snake to me. These are plentiful and are easier to find than your prized named corkscrew marble.
Saturday, February 04, 2006
Vitro Elite
This is a Vitro Elite, as some call it. I believe it newer version of a simple brushed patch. Its 5/8" in diameter opaque white based with some translucent blue and translucent reddish brushed patches. It is a two seem marble. It does has a "V" in its blue patch.
Friday, February 03, 2006
Vitro Patch
This is an unusual patch. It is a white opaque base marble with large blue translucent patch one side with a small red patch on the other side, oxblood? It also has the look of a Helmet. This is probably plain old Vitro patch. It is sure in the style of a Vitro, but many other marble companies also made such marbles.
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Moss Agate
I believe this is a Akro Moss Agate or a variation. This style of marble is just a simple patch veneered on a semi-transparent base. It is about 5/8" diameter with some tiny dings on it. Another name for this type is a Cloudy.
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
All Red
This is an All Red. It is stylized by having a red patch at one pole, a black circle banding at the equator, and another colored patch at the other pole, in this case blue. This Vitro is 5/8" diameter and has the "V" in the red patch.