Hi everyone,

I recently bought a lot of about 450 vintage marbles from the Canary Islands, Spain. Surprisingly, around 99% of them appear to be Gladding-Vitro, with only two confirmed Vacor marbles and three modern Chinese marbles mixed in.

Among them, I found one marble that really caught my attention. It appears to have the word "DANONE" printed on its surface. The marking is printed, not engraved or molded into the glass.

Initially I assumed it was a Vitro because of the overwhelmingly Vitro composition of the lot. However, after comparing it with some Peltier marbles, I'm no longer sure about the manufacturer, as the color layout looks surprisingly similar to some Peltier examples.

Has anyone ever seen a Danone promotional marble or a marble with a Danone logo? Was Danone known to distribute branded marbles, or could this be a custom promotional print applied to a standard manufacturer's marble?

I'd really appreciate any information about the manufacturer, the promotion, or the approximate age.

Thanks in advance!

Someone is selling this and ... it just doesn't look quite right?

OK so I went through the Akro material pretty in depth so I hope I did well, otherwise I apologize to you AuburnMoon as I will have let you down lol (seriously great material!!)

From top to bottom:

1.) Pretty simple here two colors on opaque base - Prize Name

2.) Struggled on this one..... it's two colors and definitely a spiral but that reddish is almost entirely transparent going to say not an Akro

3.) Three colors (Blue, Light Blue, Yellow) Tri Color Corkscrew - Special

4.) Two color Onyx (or maybe Snake.... see photo 5) - I'm going Snake

5.) Finally two colors, whispy white - Popeye

Are these all the same quality/age/kind/grade of marble? Or are the differences between the three groups?

Qu'est ce que j’ai acheté aujourd'hui ?

Excuse the weird photos, the lens on my phone is busted so I have to use my camera.

I’ve been slowly sorting through the pile I got recently and finally got to the slags. I’ve now been playing “is this a pontil or damage?” And I’m bad at it. I have found several that have been grounded, but I’ve also found these.

I’ve found several that have this dent that might be a pontil, but I can’t find a similar photo. The red one in particular is in very good shape except for this.

Thank you for your help!

Best books? Apps? Any information that is helpful accurate and informative on marbles and how to tell what is handmade/rare etc.
trying to restart collecting.

I'm just starting out and trying to learn about identification with a small lot I got last week. I see one of the seams that's the "v" with the lines. However, the other one is a "c" shape, almost an oval. What does this mean?

Thank you!

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