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Staunton Dan

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OK, the hand made marbles are fairly easy to distinguish with the right book or website. What confuses me are the machine made marbles. Akro this and slag that, Peltier, Marble King, Oxbloods, corkscrews, hand gathered, well, you get the idea. This all can be very confusing, as for me they overlap and many look the same but are called different than what I would call them. Can anyone out there who is knowledgeable, simplify the categories for me and anyone else who is also confused and wanting to know? For example, how about a few categories to begin with and then some pictures of examples of each. This woud be a big help to me and I know to others as well.

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Try this link. Go to marble pictures. I'll try and post some stuff when I get time.
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It takes time. Alot of hands on especially. Folks that are considered Pros still get stumped especially with the West Virginia Swirl Companies. Try to learn the easier ones first. Peltier, Akro, Marble King, Master, Christensen and M.F. Christensen.
 

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It takes time. Alot of hands on especially. Folks that are considered Pros still get stumped especially with the West Virginia Swirl Companies. Try to learn the easier ones first. Peltier, Akro, Marble King, Master, Christensen and M.F. Christensen.

OK, that being said, what is the difference between a slag, corkscrew, swirl, hand gathered, etc.? To me a lot of them look the same. BTW, thanks for the website too. It is a great help to actually see some examples of the various marbles.

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That is a favorite link Road Dog ! Dan like RD said it is hard learning all the types and companies .I have bought 5 books ,posted on many marble sites getting ids for over a year,looked at thousands of pictures ,watching e-bay sales,and i still feel i am just starting to get it .Hope the marble section is allowed . Size , condition , type(rarity) and colors are big factors .What size is the handmade (second pic) ? It looks mint . These are Ravenswood swirls
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Ruff made slag ,slags are opaque white swirled through a translucent (sp?) base ,i think
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Akro corkscrew ,just means color stream is in corkscrew pattern (circles around marble)
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This was ided as handgathered M. F.Christensen ,usually show a 9 or 6 pattern .For much better pics of marbles click on Road Dogs link
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Akro slag ,you can sorta see the crow
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