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One of the earliest marbles made by Peltier Glass Co., these multicolored swirls include a green or brown transparent base with swirls of several different colors. Circa 1920s and 1930s.

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Snakes are Akro corkscrews in transparent glass. These are 5/8" and were made in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Boxed sets of machine made marbles have always been popular. This collector's edition is dated 12/9/05. It's signed by Dave McCullough and contains ten marbles ranging in size from 3/4" to 1".

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Vaseline glass marbles get their color from uranium. They glow under UV light.

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Marble King, Inc. began making marbles in 1949 in St. Marys, WV. In 1958 it moved to Paden City, WV where it still makes marbles today.

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A truly beautiful marble, this type of sparkler is unique to Akro Agate Company, which produced them in the mid to late 1920s.

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Made in the 1930s and 40s, cornelian is a single-stream opaque type of slag - a combination of opaque red and white glass. Cornelians are very rare and not to be confused with the Akro Agate red carnelian slags.

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Sometimes called Sunbursts, it is believed these marbles were made in the 1940s or 50s.

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The Peerless patch marbles are a two-color patch. They are identifiable by the uniqueness of their shades of color and their design.