Machine Made Marbles???

[Digswithstick]

Akro cork ,cork color bands can be tight and numerous or wide and few .

 

[Digswithstick]

M F C slag

 

[Digswithstick]

Posted these already but they are mostly easy to id, for me any way .They are Peltiers . Hope Road Dog posts some pics he knows marbles and hopefully will correct any of my mistakes .

 

[crozet86]

Very nice marbles Dan and Rick.Great way to learn identification with the closeups.

 

[Digswithstick]

Akro oxblood ,there are silver and milky types of these this is milky .Hope i am not jinxing the marble section by posting these

 

[idigjars]

Great marble pics Dan and Rick.

Road Dog, that is a great site. Thank you for sharing it with us.

I like marbles also. I tried collecting them for a little while but it takes some time learning the different makers of the machine mades. I guess my favorite machine mades are the popeyes. I have a multi colored that I love.

I gave a lot of my marbles to my Grandson who really likes them. I kept some to display. When we get the marble section I will post some of my pics.

Thanks for sharing the pics and information. Best regards. Paul

 

[Road Dog]

ORIGINAL: Staunton Dan

ORIGINAL: Road Dog

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.

This pic shows a Divided Core. Make sure to check the green for aventurine.

 

[Road Dog]

ORIGINAL: idigjars

Great marble pics Dan and Rick.

Road Dog, that is a great site. Thank you for sharing it with us.

I like marbles also. I tried collecting them for a little while but it takes some time learning the different makers of the machine mades. I guess my favorite machine mades are the popeyes. I have a multi colored that I love.

I gave a lot of my marbles to my Grandson who really likes them. I kept some to display. When we get the marble section I will post some of my pics.

Thanks for sharing the pics and information. Best regards. Paul

Paul I started with Akros when I got into marbles years ago. Sold alot off 4 years ago . Still have quite a few Akro though.

 

[jskirk]

Here is the best of what I have in Akros at this time, They are all mint and probably the middle of the road in Akros as far as value, I have collected for awhile but I have sold off quite afew collections when I want to go an vacation, I know I have sold better than I have right now,but they seem to sell easier when I need a little extra money. I always say that I am done with Marbles after I sell them ................but... I start to buy thm again either on ebay or at antique shops and once again I am collecting. I am definitly not a high end marble collector mainly because they cost to much and very hard to get. ,................Jay

 

[downeastdigger]

Great Thread ! Count me in on wanting a "marble catagory". It might be a slow moving catagory, but I'd love to see posts, especially when we have some really knowledgable marble guys on here, obviously.

Here's a pic I just happened to have posted a few days ago on a different post. I think they are some of my best dug ones.

Anyone interested in appraising my collection. Like maybe I send you my marbles, plus 20 bucks, plus postage, and you sort them out a bit, and label them? pm me if interested